Convert UIF file to ISO with uif2iso under ubuntu

uif2iso is a command line tool to convert the compressed magicISO file format uif(Universal Image Format) to the uncompressed ISO file format and few other formats. The output format (iso, cue/bin, mds/mdf, ccd, nrg) and corresponding extension are automatically chosen by the tool, depending on what the original format of the input file was.

To install uif2iso, open the terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install uif2iso

To use this tool, type as following:

uif2iso <inputfile.uif> <output>

Thanks :)

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Changing desktop background in windows 7 starter edition

Earlier, I was working on newly bought netbook of my friend and I was trying to change the desktop background which was not working. I tried to find the default wallpaper image and replace that image with the desired wallpaper image, but no luck. A quick google search revealed that it was actually the limitation of the windows 7 starter edition. With few more google search, I came across a win 7 starter edition's background changer tool by Oceanis. This tool was able to change the background easily.


You can get this tool from the link below:
Oceanis win 7 starter edition background changer

Edit: Alternative download link

Credits: Oceanis + www.sevenforums.com

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Paros Proxy - A tool for security pentester

Paros proxy can be used as the security pentest tool for evaluating the security of the web application. Written in JAVA, this tool can be used to intercept and modify all HTTP and HTTPS data between server and client, including cookies and form fields. Moreover this tool comes with an inbuilt session ID analyzer and fuzzing tool too.


For more information and downloads, you can visit the Official Site.

Thanks. :)

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ieHTTPHeaders : An IE alternative for livehttpheaders add-on

Well IE sucks but still if you need to use it and require some http header viewing addon like livehttpheaders for mozilla firefox, then there exists a tool called ieHTTPHeaders serving the same purpose.

I won't write much about it, just visit the official webpage for more information and download links:
Official webpage of ieHTTPheaders
Thanks.

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How to remove OS Boot Options from GRUB 2

Well due to number of updates, my ubuntu installation was showing numbers of OS boot options and I had to clean up the boot options. With new grub2, removing the older kernel packages from synaptic package manager is sufficient to remove these extra entries from grub. All you have to do is remove the kernel package and then update grub configuration.

In my case, I'll be removing the kernel package version 2.6.35-23 generic so I do search for it in the synaptic package manager.

Now from the search result, I chose the 2.6.35-23 generic and then right clicked and selected Mark for Complete Removal option. Now, we just need to apply the changes and wait for few minutes while everything is being done. The update-grub is done automatically and in case, it is not done, you can do sudo update-grub from terminal.

I hope this helps you. Enjoy :)

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Bittorrent Client for mobiles [Symbian and Java]

We've been using tons of bittorrent clients for P2P file sharing in our computers but now we have now got such bittorrent clients for mobile phones too. Applied Mobile Research Group (AMORG) from Hungary has developed the two bittorrent clients that will work in symbian based phones and java enabled phones.

Symtorrent is the first symbian OS based bittorrent client which supports multiple torrent downloads with both download and upload options. It has every feature that a basic torrent client should have and works in the Symbian OS 3rd and 5th edition. More information on Symtorrent in the official webpage




Mobtorrent is the bittorrent client for the JAVA powered phones so you don't need to worry if you don't have s60 phones.

Also, both of these tools are released under GNU GPL license and hence are free and open source tools. Hope this is informative for you guys. :)

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DoudouLinux - Linux designed for children

While going through internet, I came across this interesting linux distribution and just thought to share over here. This distribution is the linux distro called DoudouLinux and is targetted for the children.

It is designed to be very simple and reliable to use for the children and provides applications that suite for the small children of the age range 2-12.
You can read more about and get the download link from HERE.

DOWNLOAD PAGE for DoudouLinux

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Multiple accounts with single email account in forums/facebook and other sites

Hi everybody, its been a long time. I was in vacation and tour and was completely away from internet for a while. I will now start to post more regularly. Anyway in this post, I will show you how you can make multiple accounts in different discussion forums, social networking sites and other different sites (and even maybe in IRCs and others) with the single email account. This trick requires a single gmail account.

I accidentally mistyped the extra dot in my gmail account while registering in one forum. But in around a minute, my gmail tab was showing 1 new message in inbox and when I checked it, it was the forum's registration message. Then I tried to find what was going on and even a quick google search revealed that this would actually work.
So the idea is just registering in your target site with multiple forms of your gmail account with dot (.) in different positions. This google answer provides the answer for this so the account coolsamar207@gmail.com would be equivalent to:
cool.samar207@gmail.com
or
coolsamar.207@gmail.com
or
coOlsamar2.07@gmail.com
etc.

This means you can register in the forums/sites with any of the above(and much more) gmail accounts and still the email confirmation would come to your email account. I mean each accounts in the site would be actually associated with the single gmail account.

I tested this with fluxbb and facebook and was working well. I guess it would work for other social networking sites like myspace, twitter, etc. This might come handy for many of you guys for different purposes. If you got any queries, feel free to ask here.

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