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How Good is My Password

Posted by Unknown Thursday, September 26, 2013 0 comments

Nowadays, password is in our everyday life. Online Banking,Social Media,Blog,even a laptop needs Password to verify that you are the owner.

But to think the Password,most of people used the same password in several website or service.

You should not do this ,because once one of your Online account got hacked ,your another online Accounts will be easily taken without any Hacking Technique

Here's how to Create A Good Password

1.When thinking about Password,we have to think something that really hard to be guessed by stranger but really easy to remember for you.

2. Change your Password regularly,whether its once month or once a year

3. Always Check your password strength,some website doesn't provide the password strength in Change Password Form. I recommend you How Secure is My Password to check your password strength

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Warm Regards

Irhas Fernanda

Captive Portal often used in Internet Cafe,or in Coffee shop Wireless Network
but actually it widely used in Authenticating Netwok Users,
The Most Famous Captive Portal Technology and the Cheapest router that called Mikrotik.

And How it worked?

Captive Portal is a Software that Authenticating user that allowed to access the Internet from their network, and when the user type any address,they'll be redirected to gstatic.com/generate_204 and redirected to Captive Portal Page.

Let's check an example from Indonesian Wifi or called wifi.id

How To Extract a Subtitle from an MKV

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, September 25, 2013 0 comments

These day most of Anime or another videos are uploaded in matroska formats,such as MKV

in some videos. a bad subtitle are embedded to the MKV file

and sometimes it's appropriate for children and teens

and because of that we wan to edit it into a better subtitle,but a Media Player can't extract a subtilte

and Because of that case, Here i am going to Show you how Extract the embedded subtitle

First You Have To Install MKVToolnix, Download from Official Download Page.

And now run mkvinfo -g on Your Command Prompt for Microsoft Windows Users or Terminal For Mac OSX (Unix) and GNU/Linux Users

Click on File --> Open or Press Ctrl + O

Select your Video

and Search the subtitle ID for mkvextract

in my case is 2

Close mkvinfo ,and run mkvextract.exe for Microsfot Windows Users or mkvextract for GNU/Linux Distribution Users and Mac OSX (Unix) users

The Command

mkvinfo tracks input.mkv 2:subtitle.srt

input.mkv is your MKV File
2 is the track ID
subtitle.srt is the output file name

and Voila , now you can edit the subtitle

How To Download Torrent Files Without a Torrent Client

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This time I assure you there no need to use Java Apllet to Download torrent Files
and we won't use BitLet because it's using Java or Use Torrent2Exe that's not compatible to Mac OSX,and GNU/Linux Distributions

Recently i found a great Website , If your Office restricts you to download torrent file or your Internet Service Provider doesn't allow you to download Torrent files,but calm down this website make it possible to download torrent files.

Just Sign Up on ZBigZ

And Follow the the instructions

1. Copy your Torrent Download Link or magnet link to the URL box

2. Wait until torrent caching completed

3. And Download Your Torrent File without using any Torrent Client

Click on Free Cloud to Use standard download feature or Premum Cloud if you registered as Premium User before.

Warm Regards

Irhas Fernanda

Future Gaming OS Announced by Valve

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, September 24, 2013 0 comments

After expanding their market to Linux Users,porting their Best Selling Games to GNU/Linux.Now Valve Software wants build a gaming Operating System called SteamOS, and it designed for TV and living room

And the Most Important, SteamOS is free, no need to purchase the Operating System license ,it build based in GNU/Linux architecture ,and combined with better gaming experience on big screen

And the side effect ,the Hardware Provider will port more Driver to GNU/Linux, and more improvement for GNU/Linux Graphics and Sound System, such as AMD,nVidia,Dolby Surround,etc

These features will be available soon both in SteamOS and Steam Client

In-home Streaming

Play your purchased games in your TV ,by turning on both, and play it on your TV by using in-home streaming

Music and Videos

Spotify is officially confirmed by SteamDB will be available on SteamOS

Family Sharing

Share your purchased games with your family ,and the achievement will be yours,and the progress will saved in Steam cloud

Family Gaming Control

You want to share your games with your brother,but not your parents or you don't want your kids see your games library,This control options will available in SteamOS

Although it's not Official ,the rumor spreading on the net, SteamOS is a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS based Operating System

Read Official Page on Steam Store

Watch Live TV Streaming on XBMC

Posted by Unknown Monday, September 23, 2013 0 comments

Watching Live TV Stream using Web Browser is such a pain in the ass,

CPU Performance is at it best

Flash library,advertising, and another annoying notifications

Now You can watch live TV streaming on XBMC using FilmOn or NotFilmOn Add-ons

The Add-ons is available on XBMCHub Directory

Add Fusion to Your Online Directory on System Sub menu ->File Manager

Add Source

Add URL : http://fusion.xbmchub.com

Give The Online Directory a Name , i.e: FUSION

Go to Add-ons -> Install from zip

Enter FUSION --> videos --> featured --> choose XMBCHub's repo

Back To Add-Ons -> Get Add-ons --> XBMChub.com Repository , if the add-ons inside XBMCHub.com repository doesn't appear,try to force refresh by clicking XBMCHub.com Repository using right click button

Now Install Mikey1234 inside Add-ons Repository

Back to Get Add-ons ,enter Mikey1234's repository, if the add-ons doesn't appear ,repeat the step from XBMChub Add-ons

Install FilmOn or NotFilmOn inside Video Add-ons

Now Start Using FilmOn

access it from Videos Submenu--> Add-ons-->FilmOn or NotFilmOn

Just close the warning pop up from XBMCHub

Now Enjoy Watching TV Without Ads,Annoying Notification,Faster Buffer,and without using Adobe Flash Player

Warm Regards.

Irhas Fernanda

Be Aware of Being Watched by Webcam Hackers

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This technique if hacking is very dangerous for personal privacy.

The practice - known as 'Ratting' (for 'Remote Administration Tool') - is a variation of standard virus or malicious software attacks which have affected computers for ages.

The Hacker will send a fake music or videos link and ask the user to download download manager and bundled with the malware and the hacker will watch you everytime you go online.

Here is How to Avoid Surveilance from RATting technique

First : Always Update you Antivirus Database

Second : Do Not Install Unofficial and suspicious software

Third : Use VPN ( recommended)

Use a Free VPN or Premium VPN

Fourth : Setup a Better Firewall on Internet Router

ask your network technician to build a better firewall

And Now , You have tobe more careful when downloading or installing any software.

Warm Regads

Irhas Fernanda

XBMC Setup for Beginners

Posted by Unknown Sunday, September 22, 2013 0 comments

XBMC is an out of box free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS, and Android, that includes a 10-foot user interface to be used with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and different digital media files from local and network storage media and the net.

XBMC is often used to made a homemade Smart TV,but here we will learn about XBMC from the scratch

Download XBMC from Official Download Page

Now Configure Your XBMC

First : Set Movie Directory

Click on Add Videos..