Nov 2, 2010
Using a single password on the internet is often a recipe for disaster. One account creation on the wrong site, and all of your accounts can be compromised.
On the other hand, how can you remember all of these passwords for each site, and which one you used where? It's a herculean task of memory. To make your life easier, there is software that will take care of it for you. Never click on "Forgot your password again." Read on to learn more.
Using Facebook Connect:-
Many sites are starting to use Facebook's login technology to verify your account, which means the only password you'll need is the one for Facebook. To take advantage of Facebook connect, simply click on the Facebook icon. You'll see a small Facebook overlay verifying your attempt to log in using Facebook. Comply and you'll be logged in with a single click.
Some sites that take advantage of Facebook Connect:
Some alternatives to Facebook Connect:
Using Keepass and 1Password:-
Using an online solution is great for sites that support those kinds of logins, but there are thousands of other sites that don't.
Browsers are another alternative. Most browsers store your passwords and will autofill them when you surf to a page it recognizes. The problem is when you upgrade your browser or if you ever have to reinstall, you lose all of those passwords in one foul sweep.
The best way to organize and secure your passwords under one is using software like Keepass (Windows, Linux, and Mac) or the Agile Web Solutions' popular 1Password software.
These applications will create very secure passwords for every site you create an account for and store it locally on your computer under a single password. When it detects a login, it will give you the option to fill in your account settings for you, using the password you enter or an ultra-secure password it has generated for you.
In the future:-
Requiring internet users to remember a different password for every site is unreasonable. That is why web service companies are more and more adapting to solutions like Facebook Connect and OpenID. It makes sense for software developers as well, since creating a sign-on solution of their own is expensive and arduous.
With these technologies growing more popular, in the future, you won't even have to think about logging in. A simple click will both authorize and log you in to any site, and the site owner can trust that you are who you say you are.
Nov 2, 2010 0
If your employer block non-work-related sites like Gmail, YouTube, and Facebook, you could try bypassing the blocks with a public proxy -- but those are typically blacklisted, too.
Here's how to forge your own detour:
Unzip the file and upload the entire folder's contents to a Web host that can run PHP scripts (GoDaddy and Dreamhost offer plans for less than $10 a month).
Enter the host URL into your browser. When the proxy page pops up, type your actual destination into the blank address bar.
You're now free -- and free to poke away.
Connecting to a ssh server with your webbrowser
If your problem is the reverse (ssh is blocked but surfing is possible) then surf to Webbased SSH, that site allows you to use ssh in your browser (http by default, https if you want to keep your traffic secret).
Use an SSH Server on port 443
Your corporate proxy knows nothing about what goes on over SSL/HTTPS connections. They simply allow any TCP connection to port 443 of any IP not blacklisted. So you run an SSH server on port 443 and connect to that to tunnel all your real connections.
If you are using your home internet connection for this, simply go into your router and port forward 443 to port 22 (the normal SSH port) of your computer. If you have a Mac, turn on remote administrator access in "sharing" and you'll be good to go. Or use a dedicated server you may have hired at a colo; Linux firewall rules can forward port 443 to 22 also. If someone knows how to run an SSH server on Windows, please add it here.
On a windows computer you can add Open SSH and Cygwin, as it takes quite a bit of information to create a seperate article will be created. installing sshd on windows
On your work computer, find out the IP address of the proxy. You'll likely find this in the connection settings for IE. You may have to download the "PAC" file it references to work out the rules.
Download PuTTY. In "Connection", add the proxy you just discovered as HTTP proxy. The proxy may require your username and password, usually in "domain\user" form. Then in "Connection>SSH>Tunnels" enter 8181 for source port, leave destination empty and select the "Dynamic" radio button and click add. Go back to "Session" and save this session.
Now try and open this session and see if you are in luck. If you are, you log into your server and the tunnel will be active.
Now all you need to do is change your browser to use "localhost:8181" as SOCKS proxy. Stuck on a locked down IE? FireFox installs just fine in your "Documents and Settings" folder without the need to admin rights on your computer.
If the connection failed, it could be that your company use Microsoft's proxy and it requires NTLM authentication, which PuTTY doesn't provide. In that case, download "ntlmaps" which sits between PuTTY and the proxy and takes care of the NTLM authentication.
This is not a step by step guide because the details will be slightly different for everyone. Work it out and prove you are a geek!
Yes, it's a lot of work but I have never not been able to escape the confines of any company, nor has any network security group detected this was happening. YMMV!
Disclaimer
When executing this work around you are essentially creating a back door into the company's network that is bypassing your companies content policies. For those of you that feel comfortable doing that, have at--but be aware of following sage advice.
If you work for a company that has industry regulated security compliance standards, like PCI, or the company has its own security polices, you could be putting your job/career at risk using this technique. Employees at a variety of corporate venues both large and small have been terminated for even a single breach of corporate content policies. You may even be violating the law, particularly if you work in the Banking or Defense industry. Read your company's employee handbook, particularly those sections related to IT policies, before pursuing any of the above work around.
Many companies log internet activity, and some have HTTPS inspection. This means that your HTTPS (TCP 443) data is decrypted, inspected, logged and re-encrypted by a firewall. Inspection of decrypted port 443 traffic, typically blocks non-http traffic (e.g. SSH over port 443) this renders such an attempt to bypass your companies security, invalid. You can detect SSL inspection by browsing to a site you trust and checking what certicate authority issued the certificate, then viewing the same site at home. Some Cisco firewall, Forefront TMG, and ISA (with addition of addons) offer this feature to your IT department.
Even if its legal, even you found some loophole in the employee handbook, even if you don't get caught by the company IT department, or they are simply "asleep at the switch", and even you restrict your web surfing to lunch time and breaks, you'll prove you are a geek all right--and the loser who does nothing all day but look at Facebook/EBay/etc. to any co-worker that happens to walk by your computer the moment you browsing to a site they know you to which you aren't suppose to have access.
You would be well advised to just surf from home and keep your job, or get cell phone or other wireless device that has web-browsing capabilities and head down to the local coffee shop to find out if your grape harvest is ready in FarmVille.
Build A Smart Battery Charger Using A Single-Transistor Circuit by Ejaz ur Rehman is one of the most popular articles on Mobile2downloading.blogspot.com.
It is just one of thousands of Ideas for Design articles that we have published over the years. IFDs are short articles designed to deliver a basic idea in a compact and concise format.
We have at least two in every print version of Electronic Design and more online. Often they include a single circuit diagram like the one for the single transistor circuit (Fig. 1).
I cover the Digital and Embedded technology areas for Electronic Design but I've always been interested in the power and analog IFDs because they are often handy adjuncts to digital projects that need power or analog interfaces.
In many cases, a project needs power or has an analog requirement. IFDs often come in handy because the provide the answers in a short and simple fashion.
There are literally hundreds of IFDs for battery chargers or power supplies on our website. Finding them all can be a challenge but I have collected a few here. The Build A Smart Battery Charger Using A Single-Transistor Circuit article is one of the simplest although it requires a relay.
The transistor in the circuit actually controls the relay. It is one way to charge a battery but not necessarily the lowest cost or most reliable. It does work.
The Battery-Charger Load Switch Approximates An Ideal Diode article uses an alternative technique (Fig. 2). It is more complex using a battery-charging IC with a Power OK (POK) output, like Maxim's MAX8814.
There are more parts but eliminates the relay and uses power transistors instead. The charging characteristics are also more complex because of the battery-charging chip.
Of course, sometimes you might be looking an in depth article. Something like Battery ICs Charge, Gauge, And Authenticate might be more useful. Our feature articles are often written by our editors or a contributing editor.
Sep 30, 2010
Android phones are just getting better and better with bigger display screens, latest features, cool apps and much more. With latest features coming in, one of the most prominent changes coming inAndroid phones are high quality camera to takegood quality images.
Android cameras are improving day by day with lots of features coming out like great movie-making features, superb flashes, cool camera tricks and apps and high mega pixels.Sometimes, the best hardware capabilities and photography tips are not enough, you need to use a few android apps for post-editing of photos captured.Whether you want to crop, straighten, zoom, rotate, flip or add some extra touch like tweaking brightness, contrast, remove red eye, pixelize etc to your images, you surely need photo-editing apps for your Android phone.
But lack of monitoring system and guidelines for developing Android apps, there are hundreds of Android apps coming each day and most of them don’t meet the high standards.So, in this article, I had done research for best free Android photo-editing apps available out there that does the job quite efficiently. These are some good photo-editing Android apps that helps you for taking and editing fabulous photos.
So, have a look on SaveDelete’s compilation of Top 5 best free android apps for photo editing that will save your valuable time to transfer images to PC and editing them. If you have any favorites that doesn’t show up in this list, feel free to share with us in the comments section below.
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Sep 4, 2010
Aug 12, 2010
I would like to introduce a new mobile application, Blue Shoot , for my readers. Blue Shoot is a program for cell phones and PDAs with you can send messages via Bluetooth to other mobile phones, PDAs, laptops or desktop PC.
There is no need to install Blue Shoot on these devices,
but Bluetooth is turned on and be visible in the active mode! Blue
Shoot is free and runs a variety of modern, but also of older phones
that support Java and Bluetooth on. Blue Shoot sends your message in
the format of a business card.
Download Blue Shoot
Aug 12, 2010 0
Free HootSuite Mobile Application for Android phones:-
The professional Twitter client HootSuite is now available for Android phones.
HootSuite already launched an iPhone App and now they released HootSuite for Android and iPhone Lite versions at no cost from the Android Market and Apple App Store respectively.
Key Features
Download Skype for Nokia Phones
Skype released limited beta of upcoming Symbian phones client, Skype for Symbian.
Symbian is the world's most popular mobile operating
system,widely used on Nokia mobile phones.Skype for Symbian works over
Wifi or 3G data connection.
Key Features
* Free Skype-to-Skype calling
* Call phones with Skype credits or subscription
* Receive calls on your Online Number
* Instant Messaging
* Group conversations
* File sending and receiving
Download
Skype for Symbian beta
Orkut for Android Application
Orkut is now available on mobile phones with Android. To install the
orkut for Android application visit Android Market from your Android
device and search for "orkut" under the social applications category.
Key Features
- Orkut friends live folders, lets you communicate with your friends in a single click.
- Photo uploads to your orkut albums
- Get notifications on your Android device
Aug 11, 2010
Download BOLT 2.1 to Get Facebook chat on Mobile Phone
Bitstream has released its new version of free downloadable browser Bolt with advanced features.
Key Features of BOLT 2.1
- Facebook chat
- Fully supports HTML5 video
- Updated webkit engine.
Bolt 2.1 is now available to download from boltbrowser.com.
Aug 11, 2010 0
Get Yahoo Messenger on Your Mobile.
Yahoo
messenger is a funny way to interact with our friends. If you are more
addicted to chat, you can hangout with your buddies 24x7 with yahoo
messenger on your mobile.
Log on via SMS
To Sign in to Yahoo! Messenger via SMS, type in [Yahoo! ID] [password]
on your mobile phone and send it to 58242. Once you have successfully
signed in, you will receive a list of your online friends.To send a
message, type in your friend's Yahoo! ID followed by the message in
this way: "to [Yahoo! ID] [message]". To Sign out, type OUT and send to
58242.
Log on via Wap
From your GPRS phone go to Internet>Go to Address> and enter the url: http://in.wap.yahoo.com
Log on via Mobile Applications
You can also access your yahoo messenger via mobile applications too. Here are some of them.
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Fring
ebuddy
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