Archive for March, 2010

Energizer battery charger contains backdoor

This is pretty crazy. “An attacker is able to remotely control a system, including the ability to list directories, send and receive files, and execute programs. The backdoor operates with the privileges of the logged-on user.” When you buy off-the-shelf peripherals such as this, it’s easy to assume they have been tested and are safe, [...]

High End Desktop for a Low End price

Want to build a high end desktop computer for a low end price (around $600 or less)? Note: I don’t include Windows 7 in the default build, as you can just download Ubuntu, Fedora, or OpenSuSE Linux etc. for free. However, I’ve included links for Windows 7 (student and normal) in the Additional options section. [...]

CD Archival and Re-Encoding – Using FLAC and LAME

PART – I: Purpose: The purpose of this guide is to provide general information on the following items. Suggested software/codec’s for digitally archiving your CD’s for long term storage and without losing an ounce of quality. (I.E. Using the Open Source FLAC lossless encoder) Encode from the Archived FLAC files for the most currently used/popular [...]

Connect your blog with Facebook

Facebook keep redesigning their interface, and thus messing up instructions people have written for doing simple things such as integrating your blog posts with Facebook.  If you have every wanted to make it so that your blog updates Facebook automatically, this is how, as of this writing: 1. Log in to Facebook 2. In the [...]