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New Apple Patent app would improve iPhone, iPod video playback by ZDNet’s Russell Shaw — A newly published Apple Patent Application provides technology that could enhance the frames of a video fast forwarded on an iPhone or iPod. The goal, presumably, would be to facilitate viewer decisions on whether or not to play the video at normal speed based on the content in these sample frames. The Patent application title is Portable […]

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There are many ways for a hacker to gain access to you router. Lets talk today about how they are getting your name and password to your router.

  1. Reverse engineering 
  2. Dumpster Diving
  3. Planting The Thumb Drive
  4. Trojans
  5. Packet Sniffing
  6. Username And Password Programs

Reverse engineering 

All of these examples lead the hacker to your personnel information. The definition of Reverse engineering is the process of extracting the knowledge. Here’s an example of reverse engineering.

Ring Ring
Hello (me)
Hello Mister Bragg, how are you today? This is Mr. Blahblahblah, I am with (name of your bank goes here), we are calling our account holders to let them know that there has been a breach in one our databases with your online account name and password. It pains us to have to call and tell you this but we want you to be assured we are taking every measure to get you back on track. (Mr. Blahblahblah)
Really, wow sounds like the bank is having a bad day. (Me)
So let’s take care of this right now ok. (Mr. Blahblahblah)
Ok let’s do it. (Me)
Let’s verify your online username and password and change it to a new one. For security reason’s, what is your security password you have set to your account to give us authorization to make these changes. (Mr. Blahblahbla)
Sure, it’s This Or That. (Me)
Great, now that we can make the changes, let’s verify what you have it set to and make the necessary changes. (Mr.Blahblahblah)

So you can see where this is leading. The hacker get’s all of your infomation to your online account with the opportunity to access your bank account.

Dumpster Diving

Come on this has to sound appealing to you. Who doesn’t want to sneak to your house in the middle of the night to look through your trash for any information that could lead them to your account information?
Planting The Thumb Drive

You walk outside to have a smoke and there it is, a thumb drive. You pick it up and think, it’s my lucky day. You walk inside, put it in your computer and pow, the key logger program is loose and you think the thumb drive had no info on it. Later that day you buy something online and give the hacker all of your credit card information.

Trojans

These are more common than you think. Seems there are a lot of people that are downloading stuff for shareware sites. The files you download might not always have exactly what you expected; they might have something extra to it, a Trojan. This allows a hacker to break through your computers defenses to access you computer.

Packet Sniffing

We can talk about wireless hacking here. By listening in on your wireless transmissions, a hacker can gather information that will allow them to study it to get your personnel information. This can also be done over the wire, meaning through your telephone wire of cable modem. If a hacker has any way to intercept your transmission he can access your packets of information.

Username And Password Programs

When you buy software or hardware for firewall or virus protection, it doesn’t stop a persistent hacker. There are many programs out there that will sit and try and find your user name and password to your wireless router or computer. After they have that information they have the keys to the castle. If you have any questions to any computer security or computer related issues, my door is always open.

Is Anybody Out There???

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Today’s review is from a blog that covers Tech from every side of the spectrum. The layout is simple and the page is easy to navigate.

The article that caught my eye was the most recently written about the Airborne Laser project. I have had first hand involvement on this project and the information given about the project is spot on. For more info you can go to Boeing’s home page and you can navigate through pages that give you all the info you want to know of the ABL project.

The Daily Tech Impressions site gives you a nice look at gadgets that might intrigue you or help you in the quest for a new toy. From folding guitars to Swiss Army knives, this site will offer you a daily dose of some cool technology.

With a bite more splash of color or maybe a new theme, it just might give this site some flare and in this writer’s opinion, more traffic. The articles really do the trick for this geek of a man that I am.

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How secure is your wireless network? Too many times I have turned on my computer and the wireless network connection icon tells me there are available connections. This is an indication that there are wireless networks out there, question is, are they secure.

Types Of Wireless Networks

• RFID -Radio-Frequency Identification
• Infrared/IRDA -line-of-sight low power optical networking.
• HomeRF -an older wireless PC networking standard that is rapidly
Disappearing.
• Bluetooth -wireless networking for connecting peripherals such as printers, PDAs etc., and sometimes used for LAN.
• WiFi -IEEE 802.11a, b, g there are other versions; the standard everyone is going to is 54mb of transfer speed.
• 1x RTT, 3G and 2.5G cellular technologies

Security

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) -uses MAC (Media Access Control) level security to access your wireless network, and does not share an authentication key. When the wireless network has verified that your MAC is allowed on the network that’s when the encryption begins.

WPA (WiFi Protected Access) –this is the successor to WEP, it should resolve some of the issues that WEP is known to have.

Before You Go Wireless

Ask yourself some questions before you add your home computer to the wireless world. Once you put yourself out there, anyone can get in to your PC if it is not secure.

 Questions:
 
1. What kind of network will I be using?
2. What is your MAC?
3. Do you know how to get into your wireless router?
4. How many people are going to be on the network?
5. What is going to be your SSID?
6. Will you be using WEP or WPA?
7. What will be your method of using wireless?

Hackers Haven

Your open wireless network is a hacker’s hideout. He or she can get in while you are transmitting data and grab any of your information out of the air. With or without security you are still at risk. The time it takes a hacker to break into your network is about the same time it takes for you to get up and answer the door. So this authors opinion is that if you are using wireless do not put any information out that you don’t want the world to have. 
 

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If you are finding it hard to tell your kids to quit watching so much TV, Hopscotch Technology has come out with a product called BOB. If you want to have the kids upset with BOB and not you here’s your chance.

When you get BOB you need to open the bottom and plug in your TV to it, then program times you want BOB to turn the TV on and off. BOB also features password protected controls to better serve the parent and not the technologically sound young mind. You can set it up to be on for so much time or at certain times. To the people who say that they have a hard time programming stuff will not say that about BOB.

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Here is a list of 20 popular software downloads from CNET.

1. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition - Protect your computer from viruses and malicious programs.

2. LimeWire- Search for and download files located in P2P networks and share your files.

3. Ad-Aware 2007 - Scan your system for ad-supported software components and remove them.

4. ICQ- Communicate instantly using the latest version of this popular chat client.

5. Avast Home Edition- Scan your computer for viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

6. BitComet- Share and download files from BitTorrent and chat with your friends.

7. VersionTracker Pro- Detect and correct out-of-date drivers and software automatically.

8. WinZip- Zip and unzip your files quickly to conserve disk space and greatly reduce e-mail transmission time.

9. mIRC- Chat with other people and participate in group discussions.

10. WinRAR- Manage RAR and ZIP archives.

11. BearFlix- Search and download videos.

12. RealPlayer- Download and watch Web videos with a media player and jukebox from RealNetworks.

13. Camfrog Video Chat- Join live-video chat rooms from around the world.

14. Spybot - Search & Destroy- Search your hard disk and Registry for threats to your security and privacy.

15. FrostWire- Download and share files on Gnutella network.

16. FLV Player- Play Flash video files on your PC.

17. Avant Browser- Block pop-up windows and browse multiple sites at once.

18. Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic- Detect and remove more than viruses from your computer.

19. DivX for Windows with DivX Player-  Create and watch videos in the DivX video format.

20. SmartFTP Client (32-bit)- Upload and download files using FTP.

     All of the links will lead you to CNET for download. I have at least 6 out of these 20. Enjoy…

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   After the third email and giving them all my info I am still waiting to see what Instant Coding has in store for me. They have kept in contact with me and have insured me that they are going to get to me. I have thanked John Chow over and over for the helpful help he has provided by selling these guys on his site. Let’s see if John’s guys can do the job. By the time I get done with them my site should be 100% tip top shape for business.

 What Business You Might Ask

I know all of you who have kids are so tired of wondering where your kids are going on the internet. Well I can tell you where they are going who they are talking to and if they are doing all the right or wrong things you think they are doing. Yes I can….you think he is cheating, let’s find out. You think she is cheating, yelp, let’s find out. The kids, the babysitter, your mom, whom ever you are worried about. You might be one of those parents who are worried about their children and want to check up on them.

PC Broke, Let Me Be The Judge

There is a way for me to check your pc from the very seat where I seat. Do you want a firewall, some spam protection, virus protection installed, you could be better protected.  No, I am not good with code; I work on the health and maitenance of the pc. Email me if you are interested and we can talk about what we can do for you.

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   VOB is bringing you the best of the best how to video’s brought to you by Youtube and other high ranking video share sites. Everytime I go to Youtube I have to spend an hour looking for the video that is the most helpful, you don’t have to do that anymore. VOB will have the newest and the most helpful how to video’s from the most popular video uploading sites. If you find yourself wanting a how to video and you are having a hard time finding it, email me at randy.bragg@yahoo.com and I will find it and publish it here.

   VOB is giving you more info at two locations, one here at http://voiceofbragg.com and the other at http://www.voiceofbragg.com.

This gives me a way where I can have a family side and a technical side on my site. Please visit both sites and give me your input.

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