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A source of interesting "bytes" of information about the computer world.
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Facebook Integrated Email Client - a "killer feature"?
The other day I realised something. I spend the vast majority of my day in the browser, with two tabs always open: Facebook, and Gmail. I use Facebook for the rich social features, photos and up-to-date contact information. Gmail I use for business...
How to Convert MIDI to Mp3 using Timitidy and FFMPEG
Command line switch for outputting WAV file from timidity is -Ow. So: timidity -Ow ./file-to-play.midi will generate a WAV file named ./file-to-play.wav To convert this to mp3, use FFMPEG: ffmpeg -i ./file-to-play.wav ./file-to-play.mp3 That's it! ...
FULL CODE - Windows 7 Zero Day Exploit Proof of Concept Python Code
Here is the full code for the Windows 7 Zero Day Exploit involving SMB that was first posted here. Exploitation of this vulnerability occurs when a user attempts to browse to Windows Share hosted on the malicious server. On Windows 7, the DoS (denial...
How to Setup Android SDK / ADB / Fastboot Under Ubuntu 9.10
These instructions work for Ubuntu 9.10, which I am running, as well as most other linux distributions. Basically how to setup Android for debugging. I have found this works with my HTC Magic 32A. ...
How to Install Android Donut 1.6 on HTC Magic 32A (Cyanogen Mod)
I installed the lastest Cyanogen Mod firmware (v4.2.4) - Android version 1.6 "Donut" release on my HTC Magic 32A type phone. This is the standard HTC branded phone with 292MB of RAM. NOTE: This process will erase all DATA and APPLICATIONS on y...
How to ignore hidden folders with rsync
When using rsync to copy directories, I will use the following command: rsync -av /home/david/directory-to-copy/ /tmp/new-directory/ But to ignore hidden files (and folders) I would use the following command: rsync -av --exclude '.*' /home/david/d...

