January 26th, 2010
There are a couple of ways to make your Mac require a password when you leave it. The easiest way is to set “Require password after sleep or screen saver begins” in the Security section of System Preferences. Here, you can also set a time limit so a password isn’t required right away, but only [...]
Tags: mac os x, security
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December 14th, 2009
My normal OS X account is not the “Administrator” account. For daily use, I want as much protection as possible so that I don’t screw up the system. However, there are times when I need Admin privileges or even root privileges. In the past, I used to logout of my user account and login to [...]
Tags: admin, mac os x
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December 14th, 2009
There is a cool utility for allowing you to enter any password protected profile without any knowledge of the password. I have posted about Ophcrack (click here) that enables you to crack windows password. Well this method is even more simpler. Check it out at here.
Tags: hacking, Kon-Boot, windows
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September 14th, 2009
I was looking to build a mini itx server with the purpose to be a file server, mail server and to run a few virtual machines. It had to be powerful enough to do all these and to cost around £500.
Motherboard
I opted for the ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi motherboard due to having a good on board [...]
Tags: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, mini itx server, Silverstone LC12S-120, ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi
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May 21st, 2009
Intel has just released Moblin v2.0 Beta for netbooks. You can download it here.
I’m going to install it on my Dell Mini 12 and test it. Hopefully it is fast and has good battery life.
Tags: moblin, netbook
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