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16 Hidden Windows XP Goodies

August 19, 2007 By: Ilias Category: Microsoft, software, voyager, Windows

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1. Installer music
Start > Run > “C:Windows/system32/oobe/images/title.wma” > Ok

2. Hibernate
Start > Turn Off Computer… > press Shift key to change the “Stand By” button to “Hibernate”

3. Hidden Devices
Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > select “View” and Show hidden devices

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US Internet ‘Spam King’ arrested

June 01, 2007 By: Ilias Category: internet, news, People, world

A huge US email spammer has been arrested and if convicted as charged, he will face a maximum sentence of more than 65 years in prison and a fine of 250,000 dollars.

Robert Soloway, 27, was arrested in Seattle, Washington, a week after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of identity theft, money laundering, and mail, wire, and e-mail fraud.

“Spam is a scourge of the Internet, and Robert Soloway is one of its most prolific practitioners,” said US Attorney for the Western District of Washington Jeffrey Sullivan.

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ΕΕΤΤ: Δραστικά μέτρα για την αποφυγή υπέρογκων χρεώσεων από dialers

April 26, 2007 By: Ilias Category: Greece, Greek, internet, news

Η Εθνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Ταχυδρομείων (ΕΕΤΤ) έχει γίνει το τελευταίο χρονικό διάστημα αποδέκτης σημαντικού αριθμού καταγγελιών καταναλωτών σχετικά με την πραγματοποίηση από την τηλεφωνική τους σύνδεση ακούσιων κλήσεων προς διεθνείς προορισμούς. Οι κλήσεις αυτές, σύμφωνα με τις καταγγελίες, πραγματοποιούνται μέσω του Ηλεκτρονικού Υπολογιστή των χρηστών.

Η ΕΕΤΤ, αφού διερεύνησε τις καταγγελίες και συνέλλεξε στοιχεία κίνησης τόσο από τον ΟΤΕ όσο και από τους υπόλοιπους παρόχους δημόσιων τηλεφωνικών υπηρεσιών, διαπίστωσε σημαντική αύξηση των κλήσεων προς τους διεθνείς προορισμούς Nauru (+00674), Solomon Islands (00677) και Wallis and Futuna (++00681), από την αρχή του έτους 2007.

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CCleaner

April 17, 2007 By: Ilias Category: Download, internet, Links, software, voyager

CCleanerCCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it’s fast! (normally taking less than a second to run) and Free.

Cleans the following:

  • Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.
  • Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.
  • Recently opened URLs and files.
  • Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).
    Including: Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more…
  • Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.
    Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more… Backup for registry clean.
  • Windows Startup tool.

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It’s official: Pirates crack Vista

March 05, 2007 By: Ilias Category: Download, internet, Links, Microsoft, news, software, voyager, Windows

Windows VistaA genuine 100% crack for Windows Vista which allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational has just been released by a pirate group. (This is NOT the brute force crack that randomly guesses numbers.)|via|

WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, Upgrade to 2.1.2

March 03, 2007 By: Ilias Category: blog, internet, Links, wordpress, world

If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately. |Read more|

Links for 27/02

February 27, 2007 By: Ilias Category: blog, celebrities, Design, Download, internet, Links, Marketing, Microsoft, news, People, photos, software, voyager, Wallpapers, Windows, world

Νέες εξελίξεις στο σπάσιμο των Vista

February 27, 2007 By: Ilias Category: Microsoft, People, software, world

Δεν έχουν το θέο τους οι “security testers” των Windows Vista. Αφού είδαν και απόειδαν, κατάλαβαν πως δεν μπορούν να δημιουργήσουν keys ή ακόμα να πειράξουν αρχεία στο σύστημα, ωστε αυτό να γίνει “νόμιμο”. Μετά σκέφθηκαν κάτι ιδιαίτερα πρωτότυπο και το πέτυχαν…

Γνωρίζουμε πως σε ηλεκτρονικούς υπολογιστές της Dell ή της HP (κάθε διεθνούς κατασκευαστή), υπάρχει προεγκατεστημένο το λειτουργικό σύστημα. Η ενεργοποίηση (activation) στους υπολογιστές αυτούς, δεν ακολουθεί την πεπατημένη. (more…)

Yahoo Tracking Your Google AdSense Data & More

February 24, 2007 By: Ilias Category: internet, Links, news, voyager

Yahoo has a widget called MyBlogLog which (they recently purchased for 10 million dollars). People were a little mystified why Yahoo would pay so much for a widget. Turns out they are using it to track Adsense data to get a edge. (video included)| via|

Monty Python’s Dead Parrot sketch, scammer style!

February 18, 2007 By: Ilias Category: blog, funny, internet, People, voyager, world, youtube

This is a video created by a Nigerian email scammer who thinks he is producing a video for a scholarship payment from a victim he tried to scam. Unfortunately for this particular scammer, the “victim” fought back and created a fake video production company with promises of cash!