Mark P Burrows

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- What's casuing Apple's stock to dip?
  
  Apr 18, 12
  
  What's casuing Apple's stock to dip? It's easy F = G( (m1 * m2) / r^2) where F is the force between the masses, G is the gravitational constant, m1 is the first mass, m2 is the second mass, and r is the distance between the centers of the masses.
- My new Freelander project
  
  Apr 01, 12
  
  Just acquired a cheap freelander :-)
- How to Remotely Shut Down or Restart Windows PCs
  
  Mar 26, 12
  
  How to Remotely Shut Down or Restart Windows PCs
  
  Windows includes Shutdown.exe, a simple utility for remotely shutting down or restarting Windows computers on your local network. To use Shutdown.exe, you must first configure the PCs you want to shut down or restart remotely.
  Once you’ve configured the PCs, you can use a graphical user interface or command to restart the PCs from another Windows system. You can even remotely shut down or restart the PCs from a Linux system.
  Configuration
  The remote registry service must be enabled on each computer you want to shut down remotely – it’s disabled by default.
  To enable it, first launch the Services control panel on the computer you want to shut down remotely. To do this, click the Start button, type services.msc into the Start menu and press Enter.
  Locate the “Remote Registry” service in the list, right-click it and select Properties.
  From the properties window, set the Startup type to Automatic and click the Start button to launch the service.
  Next, you’ll have to open the required port in the computer’s firewall. Click Start, type “Allow a program” and press Enter. In the window that appears, click the “Change settings” button. Scroll down in the list and enable the “Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)” exception.
  Your user account must also have administrator permissions on the remote computer. If it doesn’t, the shutdown command will fail due to lack of permissions.
  Remote Shut Down
  To shut down the computer, launch a Command Prompt window on another computer (click Start, type Command Prompt, and press Enter). Type the following command into the command prompt window for a graphical interface:
  shutdown /i
  From the remote shutdown dialog window, you can add one or more computer names and specify whether you want to shut down or restart the system. You can optionally warn users and log a message to the system’s event log.
  Not sure what the name of the remote computer is? Click Start on the remote computer, right-click Computer in the Start menu, and select Properties. You’ll see the computer’s name.
  You can also use a command instead of the graphical interface. Here’s the equivalent command:
  shutdown /s /m \\chris-laptop /t 30 /c “Shutting down for maintenance.” /d P:1:1
- Emergency site IP's
  
  Mar 19, 12
  
  So if the 'brass' in DC decide to ruin the internet, here’s how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown
  tumblr.com 174.121.194.34
  wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201
  # News
  bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131
  aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252
  # Social media
  reddit.com 72.247.244.88
  imgur.com 173.231.140.219
  google.com 74.125.157.99
  youtube.com 74.125.65.91
  yahoo.com 98.137.149.56
  hotmail.com 65.55.72.135
  bing.com 65.55.175.254
  digg.com 64.191.203.30
  theonion.com 97.107.137.164
  hush.com 65.39.178.43
  gamespot.com 216.239.113.172
  ign.com 69.10.25.46
  cracked.com 98.124.248.77
  sidereel.com 144.198.29.112
  github.com 207.97.227.239
  # Torrent sites
  thepiratebay.org 194.71.107.15
  mininova.com 80.94.76.5
  btjunkie.com 93.158.65.211
  demonoid.com 62.149.24.66
  demonoid.me 62.149.24.67
  # Social networking
  facebook.com 69.171.224.11
  twitter.com 199.59.149.230
  tumblr.com 174.121.194.34
  livejournal.com 209.200.154.225
  dreamwidth.org 69.174.244.50
  # Live Streaming Content
  stickam.com 67.201.54.151
  blogtv.com 84.22.170.149
  justin.tv 199.9.249.21
  chatroulette.com 184.173.141.231
  omegle.com 97.107.132.144
  own3d.tv 208.94.146.80
  megavideo.com 174.140.154.32
  # Television
  gorillavid.com 178.17.165.74
  videoweed.com 91.220.176.248
  novamov.com 91.220.176.248
  tvlinks.com 208.223.219.206
  1channel.com 208.87.33.151
  # Shopping
  amazon.com 72.21.211.176
  newegg.com 216.52.208.187
  frys.com 209.31.22.39
  # File Sharing
  mediafire.com 205.196.120.13
  megaupload.com 174.140.154.20
  fileshare.com 208.87.33.151
  multiupload.com 95.211.149.7
  uploading.com 195.191.207.40
  warez-bb.org 31.7.57.13
  hotfile.com 199.7.177.218
  gamespy.com 69.10.25.46
  what.cd 67.21.232.223
  warez.ag 178.162.238.136
  putlocker.com 89.238.130.247
  uploaded.to 95.211.143.200
  dropbox.com 199.47.217.179
  pastebin.com 69.65.13.216
  Here’s a tip for the do-it-yourself crowd: Go to your computer’s Start menu, and either go to “run” or just search for “cmd.” Open it up, and type in “ping [website address],”
  Once you have the IP for a website, all you really need to do is enter it like you would a normal URL and hit enter/press go. Typing in “208.85.240.231” should bring you to the front page of AO3, for example, just as typing “174.121.194.34/dashboard” should bring you straight to your Tumblr dashboard. Since we’re obviously bracing for the worst case scenario which would involve you not being able to access the internet regularly, you should, save this list.
- How To Preserve Your Jailbreak Apps and Settings Between iOS Upgrades
  
  Feb 16, 12
  How To Preserve Your Jailbreak Apps and Settings Between iOS Upgrades
  
  If you drag your feet between iOS upgrades because you don’t want to have to reinstall all your awesome Jailbreak apps, custom tweaks, and fiddle with all the default settings, then follow along as we show you how to easily backup and restore everything for easy iOS upgrading.
  Those who jailbreak their iOS devices have a variety of extra hassles to deal with when it comes to upgrading their iOS version. When dealing with a non-jailbroken device, you simply use iTunes to backup your apps and reinstall them from there if anything goes wrong with your upgrade.
  While that same mechanism works for normal apps on a jailbroken iPhone or iPad, it doesn’t help you at all when it comes to your jailbreak apps and all the tweaks you have applied—those apps and settings are wiped away when you upgrade to the new version of iOS. Even if you apply the new jailbreak for the new version of iOS you upgraded to, the jailbreak apps and their settings are gone for good. By following along with this tutorial you will be able to preserve your jailbreak apps and settings between iOS versions and save yourself a hug amount of time and hassle in the process.
  What You Need
  For this tutorial you won’t need much. To get started we’ll need the following:
  An iOS device to backup and restore
  A copy of PkgBackup ($7.99)
  A Dropbox or SugarSync account (basic accounts are free).
  Although PkgBackup isn’t free—and certainly more expensive than your average $0.99 App Store offering—it’s a really robust application that makes this entire process easy on so many levels. Given the sheer amount of time you’d spend reinstalling your jailbreak apps and tweaking the settings between upgrades, it’s more than worth the price. That said, if you want to experiment with cheaper and/or outright free options that assist in backing up jailbreak apps (albeit not as easily and smoothly as PkgBackup) you may want to check out xBackup ($1.50), AptBackup (Free), and iBye ($1.50) to get started.
  Where PkgBackup shines is that it backs up to both your local address book and to cloud-based storage (so you don’t have to fuss with SSH’ing into your iOS device to retrieve the backups from the hidden file system and you can retrieve them from the cloud), and in addition to backing up your jailbreak apps and jailbreak app settings it also backs up your general springboard settings, Cydia repositories, preference files, and supports data backup for all your regular apps too.
  One final note before we continue–it is beyond the scope of this tutorial to assist you with actually jailbreaking your iOS device. Please be sure you are comfortable with the jailbreak requirements for the iOS version you are upgrading to before continuing.
  Installing and Configuring PkgBackup
  First stop, hit up the Cydia store and search for PkgBackup—it’s included in the BigBoss repository and should appear right away in your search. Purchase the product and install it—for those of you who have never purchased an app through the Cydia store you’ll need to authorize yourself with a Facebook or Google account (to associate the paid apps and allow for easy future re-downloads) and then pay via Paypal or Amazon’s payment system.
  Once installed navigate to your iOS devices settings menu before actually opening up PkgBackup. Go to Settings –> Extensions –> PkgBackup.
  Within that sub-menu toggle “Scan Applications”, “Scan Packages”, “Confirm Backup”, “Confirm Restore”, and “Enter Backup Memo” to On. The on-startup scan is convenient and stops PkgBackup from reminding you that you need to do a refresh scan every time you open the applications. Confirming your backups and restores, as well as attaching a note to each backup, is just good file keeping practice.
  Backing Up Your Apps and Settings with PkgBackup
  Once you’ve toggled the settings, return to your springboard and launch PkgBackup. iPad users will have to forgive that the application is sized for the iPhone and doesn’t have retina support—it’s a very minor flaw in an otherwise superb application.
  When you launch the application it will scan your packages—it should just take a moment or two. Once the initial scan is completed, it will warn you that you have no created a backup yet.
  If you do not intend to use the cloud-based backup but, instead, want to backup to your local address book (which will then be synced to your iTunes installation upon the next sync) go ahead and click “Yes” to start the process. We recommend using a cloud-based solution, however. To continue following along with our tutorial to the letter, click “No”.
  Once you have clicked “No”, tap on the gear icon in the upper left corner of the interface.
  By default “Addressbook” is checked as your primary backup location. We want to change this to a cloud-based solution. While we are using Dropbox, you can just as easily use Sugarsync if you are so inclined. Tap on your cloud-storage service of choice. You’ll be promoted to log in and authorize yourself with that service. When you have done so successfully the service you selected will be checked as the new default—as seen in the second panel of the image above.
  You can also, while you’re in here, schedule routine backups. The backups are very small (under 100k) so you can backup as frequently as you want without chewing up much space. We skipped the scheduled backups as we really only need them when we make major changes or before an iOS upgrade.
  Return to the main screen. On the main screen you’ll see a list of various apps and settings you can backup. By default PkgBackup selects all of your installed Cydia packages. In addition you can also backup the data for stock Apple apps, Appstore Apps, Cydia sources, and preference files as well as your SHSH blogs (necessary if you want to downgrade your iOS version in the future). Go ahead and select the ones you wish to backup (we recommend, at minimum, doing all the Cydia Sources and preferences files in order to backup your Cydia experience).
  Once you’ve selected the individual pieces you want to backup go ahead and tap the Backup button at the bottom of the interface.
  PkgBackup will prompt you to confirm the backup, then it will prompt you to give the backup a name, like “Test Run”, and then you will see it copying the files (locally if that was the option you selected or to the cloud-storage of your choice).
  When the backup is complete it will give you another popup notification to the effect of “Your backup is now on Dropbox!” (or whatever location you saved it to). Now is the time to go check your cloud-based storage (or sync your address book to copy the data). When we go to our Dropbox test account, we see the backup files right in the PkgBackup folder:
  Success! At this point you can now begin the upgrade process for the new version of iOS. When you’re done upgrading and jailbreaking, check the next section to get your apps and settings back on your iOS device.
  Backing Up Your Apps and Settings with PkgBackup
  Once you’ve upgraded your iOS device and jailbroken it, you’ll have access to the Cydia store again. Now it’s time to essentially repeat the first half of the tutorial.
  Launch Cydia, search for PkgBackup and install it. Don’t bother installing any other apps or messing with any other settings. If you stashed your backup in your address book, make sure to sync it now. If you used a cloud-based solution, go ahead and launch the application and repeat the steps from earlier in the tutorial to authorize access to Dropbox or SugarSync.
  Here is where the process differs. From the main screen, tap the button at the bottom that says “View Restore”. By default PkgBackup selects your most recent backup, if you wish to change it tape the drive icon in the upper right corner of the screen beside the name of the recent backup it is displaying (from within that menu you can pick any previous backup from your backup source).
  When you have the backup you want, tap “Do Restore” at the bottom of the screen. You’ll receive a confirmation, and then PkgBackup will take your pile of applications, application settings, and other backup data and reinstall it all in the proper order. After that you’ll be prompted to reboot your device. Reboot and enjoy all your jailbreak apps!
  What would have taken you an hour or longer of fussing and tinkering just took, including reinstalling PkgBackup, about 5 minutes.
- Upgrade/Replace your SkyHD hard drive
  
  Feb 14, 12
  
  Polite disclaimer: these instructions are for the first Thomson-made Sky+HD box (model number DS18215). The same basic procedures apply to all boxes, though. If you're not entirely sure what you're doing, leave it to someone who does! Neither the author nor Future Publishing can be held responsible if you blow up your box – or yourself.
  1. Completely-disconnect the unit from the 'outside world' (LNBs, TV, mains and so on). Leave it in this state for a few hours (ideally overnight) thereby giving the power supply's high-voltage smoothing capacitor sufficient time to discharge safely.
  2. After removing a screw at the back of the receiver and prising up three front mounted retaining tabs, the metal-cased receiver will slide out of the plastic outer enclosure. The metal top panel is 'tab-hinged' to the box on one side; three screws secure it to the opposite side.
  Undo these – and don't forget to carefully remove the top-mounted control panel, which is held in place by two countersunk screws. The lid can be swung open and removed, revealing the unit's complex circuitry.
  3. The hard drive can also be seen – typically made by Maxtor, it resides in a plastic cradle and is partially covered by a self-adhesive synthetic sheet that either dissipates heat or reduces vibration. Not all Sky+HD units are equipped with such sheets.
  4. These are the power (left) and data (right) cables that connect the hard drive to the Sky+HD motherboard. Carefully pull out the plugs from the hard drive – they should require little force.
  5. Remove the four screws that hold the cradle to the chassis. The cradled drive can then be carefully pulled out to reveal the cooling fan cable. Carefully unplug this from the motherboard.
  6. The cradled drive can now be pulled completely clear of the Sky+HD chassis. Turn it upside down so that its cooling fan can be seen. You'll now have access to the four screws that secure the drive to the cradle.
  Note that one of the relevant holes is covered by a tamper proof label. If your receiver is out of warranty, then you're OK. If it's not, then you might want to reconsider and wait until the warranty has expired.
  7. The next stage requires a PC, but don't connect your drives to it yet. The safe-but-slow way is using an external hard drive USB-to-SATA enclosure or even just a USB-to-SATA data cable. An enclosure is better because data copying could take several hours and it will protect the new drives.
  Your computer must have USB 2.0 ports, or copying will take a very long time indeed, but it saves you opening your PC and works if you have an older PC that uses IDE/PATA hard drives. Connecting direct to SATA inside your PC is much faster, but carries the risk that some BIOS and motherboards have issue with SATA/PATA drive configurations.
  Having such drives connected at startup runs the risk of Windows running a disc check on them at startup. However, I experienced no such problems with direct SATA connections to a PC based around a Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H.
  If you're happy to open up your PC, then do so and discover if your PC uses SATA drives. Chances are that it does if it's a modern design. Look for spare SATA ports on the motherboard – you'll need two of these if you're going to transfer recordings from your old drive to your new one.
  You'll also need the appropriate number of SATA power cables, which will originate at the power supply. Maplin also sells a handy four-way SATA power supply cable. Fed from a PC power supply's spare AT/ATX drive power-connector, this provides four SATA power-connectors.
  The photos show typical motherboard SATA ports, a data cable and a power cable. If an insufficient number of SATA ports is available, consider external hard drive enclosures.
  8. Boot up the PC, and then install the software you need. First and foremost is Copy+, which may be downloaded free of charge. Also available from the same site is XTVFS.
  Using these 'read-only' drivers will prevent Windows from corrupting your Sky+ and Sky+HD hard disc drives by attempting to write to them. Now you should shut down the PC and disconnect it from the mains.
  9. Now it's time to get the drives connected to your PC, so that the new drive can be appropriately formatted and copying can begin. As you can see from this picture, we have opted for the internal SATA approach. However, the same principles apply if you're using external USB-interfaced drives.
  Once everything has been connected, reconnect the PC to the mains and reboot it. Disable any virus-scanners, disc optimisers and anti-spyware software.
  10. Windows (and thus Copy+) won't recognise a factory-fresh hard drive, like the 750GB Samsung we're migrating to here. You'll need to initialise it first. We're using Vista, but the same principles are also used for XP.
  Click on the 'start' button, and highlight 'My Computer' (XP) or 'Computer' (Vista). Right-click, and select 'management'. Select the 'storage/disc management' option. The new hard drive can be identified by a black bar, which denotes that its storage hasn't yet been allocated.
  Right-click the relevant disc number – note this down – and select 'initialize disc'. On the pop-up that appears, ensure that the relevant disc and the 'MBR' partition-style are checked. Then click 'OK'.
  11. Run Copy+. This friendly and well-designed program will automatically deal with the trickier settings (like the disc format used by a specific Sky box). From the 'source drive' pull-down menu, choose the original 300GB drive. After a while, Copy+ will the display the drive's recordings.
  Next, specify the 'destination drive' – choose the drive (0 to 3) as it was displayed in Windows Disc Management. Then click on the big 'start copy' button – and let the program work its magic!
  With a direct SATA connection, it took us 90 minutes to copy a nearly full (only 4 per cent free) drive. With external drive enclosures, you might have to wait longer because the USB interface slows things down somewhat.
  12. This is how the original and new drives appear under Vista. C and E are the 'guinea pig' PC's NTFS (Windows) formatted drives; E and G are, respectively, the old and new drives. The free capacity reported by Windows is the same as the unused capacity, despite the recordings.
  Windows is incompatible with the XTVFS format used in Sky PVRs; that's why we use those XTVFS read-only drivers. Shut down the PC, disconnect from the mains; disconnect the drives. When booting the PC, re-enable any disabled software.
  13. Screw the new drive into the Sky+HD box's plastic cradle, and reconnect its fan to the motherboard.
  14. Screw the HDD cradle to the Sky+HD chassis, and connect the SATA power and data cables to the drive.
  15. Carefully peel the synthetic pad from the original drive – if one is present – and stick it onto the top of the new one.
  16. Reconnect the display, power and LNB cables to your Sky+HD box, and then turn on. Now it's time to carry out a Sky+ Planner Rebuild (quickly press: [services] 4, 0, 1 [select] and choose option 7).
  This will take a few minutes – when your box is restarted, you should have access to all of your original recordings and Anytime content – in addition to a useful increase in free capacity (from 4 per cent to 74 per cent in our case).
  17. Check that all is well by playing a few recordings and trying to make some new ones. As soon as you are completely satisfied that the hard-drive transplant has been successful your box can be reassembled.
  First of all, disconnect the box. Re-fit the top plate, and screw the control panel to it. Finally, insert the unit into its plastic jacket and fit the retaining screw.
  Then reconnect your supersized Sky+HD to the rest of your system – and you are ready to enjoy all that extra recording time.
- Make a hidden folder in windows SUPER hidden
  
  Feb 13, 12
  
  Make a Super Hidden Folder in Windows Without any Extra Software
  Almost anyone knows how to make a “hidden” folder in Windows, but then again almost anyone knows how to make explorer show hidden folders. Let’s take a look at how to make a folder so hidden, only you will know its there.
  Anyone that has used Windows for a while knows that they can right-click on a file or folder and edit its properties, more so its attributes to make it a so called “hidden” file or folder. The problem is that just as many people know you can show files and folders that have the “hidden” attribute by simply changing a radio button under the folder view options. The easiest way to make a real hidden file or folder is to mark it as an important operating system file, that way Windows wont display it even if explorer is set to display hidden files and folders.
  To do this we need to launch a command prompt, so press the Win + R key combination and type cmd then hit the enter button.
  Now we are going to use the attrib command, so go ahead and type:
  attrib +s +h “C:\Users\Taylor Gibb\Desktop\Top Secret”
  You will need to replace the stuff in the inverted comma’s to an absolute path of a folder or file on your system that you want to make hidden.
  Now if I go look for the Top Secret folder on my Desktop it is gone, even with explorer set to show hidden files and folders.
  To unhide the file or folder you can run the same command, except this time use “-“ instead of the “+” signs.
  attrib -s -h “C:\Users\Taylor Gibb\Desktop\Top Secret”
  Like magic, my folder appeared again.
  Warning
  While this method will catch 99% of people, if I knew for a fact that there was a hidden folder on a system that I was looking for there are many ways that will expose the folder. The easiest would be to make explorer show operating system files, which can be done through the same interface as showing hidden files.
  Although any ordinary user who unchecks the box will most probably be scared off by the warning message that appears.
  Hope this was informative, now go hide all your things
- Install ANY version of Windows 7 from one disk
  
  Feb 09, 12
  Did you happen to grab the Professional Edition of the latest build and want to install Ultimate? That’s no problem! Follow these simple steps and you will be able to install any version of Windows 7.
  
  1) Extract all contents of the ISO to a folder on the deskop. I recommend using 7-Zip to open the ISO up.
  2) Browse into the folder where you extracted all the files to and open up the /sources/folder and locate ei.cfg.
  
  3) At this point, you have two options:
  Delete: If you delete this file, it will give you options on which version you want to install during installation.
  Edit: If you edit this file, you can set which version of Windows you want it to install automatically.
  If you chose to EDIT the file, just open the ei.cfg file in notepad and edit:
  Change the word to Ultimate or any other version you would like to install.
  Ultimate
  Professional
  HomePremium
  HomeBasic
  Starter
- My 30 day challenge - FITNESS here we come.
  
  Feb 03, 12
  
  Happy New Year all who read!
  Well this is it… I'm getting sick of looking at the ever-growing-belly and have decided to get my body back.
  I'm going to try and do my old (the racing years) fitness program. This is basically The Bodyrock 30 day fat loss challenge! I've recently got engaged and didn't really make a new years resolution so now THIS is the one I should have made.
  This exercise program is guaranteed to take a regular workout routine to the next level !!! Trust me it HURTS so much but gets really good results.
  The first step I need to take is to perform the Fit F1 Test and see where my fitness level is at from day one. I'll obviously keep my log here.
  I'm planning to complete 7 exercises for 50 seconds on with a 10 second rest in between each exercise.
  The test runs like this - write down my scores in a journal. Then once the 30 day trial is complete – i'll will be able to look back and be proud of how far i've come in such a short time with a noticeable difference in your strength & fitness.
  I'm going to really try and push hard with the workouts as it'll hopefully leave me feeling muscles I know i've got in there somewhere.
  Blogging my progress and 'selling' the idea to myself will hopefully keep me motivated. Well, one can wish!
- The UBER Useful List of Certifications
  
  Jan 11, 12
  
  http://www.itcertificationmaster.com/it-certifications/
- Upgrading through EVERY version of Windows
  
  Nov 30, 11
- Resetting Windows 7 Passwords
  
  Nov 25, 11
  
  Boot off the Windows disk and select the “Repair your computer” option from the lower left-hand corner.
  
  Follow the options until you get to the option to open the Command Prompt, select that.
  
  Type in the following command to backup the original sticky keys file: copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\
  
  Then copy the command prompt executable (cmd.exe) over top of the sticky keys executable: copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
  
  Now reboot the PC.
  
  Once you get to the login screen, hit the Shift key 5 times, and you’ll see an administrator mode command prompt.
  
  Now to reset the password-just type the following command, replacing the username and password with the combination you want:
  net user user MyNewPassword
  
  Now reboot and login.
  
  You’ll probably want to put the original sethc.exe file back, which you can do by rebooting into the installation CD, opening the command prompt, and copying the c:\sethc.exe file back to c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe.
- Install iOS 5 Beta 5 Without Developers Account On iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
  
  Oct 07, 11
  
  Install iOS 5 Beta 5 Without Developers Account On iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
  Step 1: Download iOS 5 beta 5 for your iDevice.
  Step 2: Download iTunes 10.5 beta 5 for Windows and Mac. You need the latest pre-release beta of iTunes so that it sync with iOS 5 beta 5.
  Step 3: Install iOS 5 beta 5 on your device using your computer. Don’t actually set up your device on iOS 5 beta as first you need to jailbreak it. Follow this tutorial to jailbreak iOS 5 beta 5 tethered and after that, boot your device tethered.. Keep in mind that this does not work with the iPad 2.
  Step 4: Basically, you need to delete a key and string from within the filesystem of your device in order to install iOS 5 beta 5 without developers account. To gain access to the filesystem, you need software. i-Funbox for Windows and iPhone Explorer for Mac are the two most perfect software for this job.
  Step 5: Launch the relevant software and go to this path:filesystem/library/coreservices/systemversion.plist. Once you locate thesystemversion.plist file, right click on it and then open it in notepad. Once opened, locate and remove: ReleaseTypebeta. When you remove it, save changes to the file.
  Step 6: Once you have done this process, reboot your device. Because it is jailbroken, you will have to boot it tethered. Voila! Your device is now running iOS 5 beta 5 without developers account or a UDID activation. No more this device is not registered as part of the iphone developer program errors! If you did this on an iPhone, you shall be able to use cellular services as well.
  We strongly caution you not to upgrade your software unlocked iPhone to iOS 5 beta firmware as you will lose your unlock. Factory unlocked or officially unlocked iPhones can be updated to iOS 5 beta 5 using this procedure without any risks.
- My on-going Bucket List
  
  Aug 24, 11
  
  This is a work in progress. This list will continue to grow and change…..(idea’s are more than welcome)
  
  ~~Get a sexy wicked girlfriend~~
  ~~Get a tattoo~~
  ~~Have sushi using chopsticks~~
  Legally change my name to Mark Philip Megatron Burrows
  Solve a Rubik’s Cube
  Get my face painted
  Go to Stonehenge
  Buy a guitar
  Get a fish pedicure
  Fire and glass walking
  Indoor sky dive
  Sun bed
  Back sack and crack wax, less the back as no back hair
  Colonic irrigation
  Bungee jump
  Watch a TV show being filmed
  Grow sea monkeys, the fleas of the sea
  ~~Buy a bike~~
  ~~Try Viagra~~
  Join a gym
  Walk a marathon
  Wing Walking
  Make a matchstick model (well start it, it’s gunna take longer than a week to do)
  ~~Get a spray tan~~
  Glass blowing
  Sky dive for charity
  Scuba Diving With Sharks (Redletterdays)
  Go zorbing
  Rock climb
  Climb a real mountain or mountain bike it
  Stay awake for 100 hours straight
  Test drive a top of the range car/Driving experience
  Hot stone massage
  ~~Fly a plane~~
  Run a half marathon
  Try salsa
  Go paragliding
  Aqua sphereing
  Ice climb
  Husky Riding
  Snowboard
  Try fencing
  Gyrocopter
  Use a hovercraft
  Gliding
  Wakeboarding
  Cook a live lobster
  ~~Buy a suit~~
  Go to Cadburys World
  ~~Get my picture taken with someone famous~~
  Watch all the Lord of the Rings Extended films in one day
  ~~Get a caricature done~~
  ~~Take a legal high drug~~
  Be an Extra on TV
  Plaster cast my willy and make a vibrator of it
  Adopt something, snow leopard?
  Gorge walking in north Wales
  Yoga
  Get tasered
  ~~Buy a BMX trick bike~~
  Flowboarding lesson
  Chocolate making lesson
  Clay Pigeon shooting
  Boeing 737 Flight Simulator
  Do an army training course
  UK’s longest zip wire
  Look into the cosmo - see another planet through a big ass telescope
  ~~Bake a cake for work~~
  Go tadpoling
  Have a bath with bubble bath, candles and a mood lighting
  ~~Buy a cardigan~~
  Sleep in the bath all night, no water
  Learn 10 foreign words and us them all as much as I can in that day
  ~~Get a photo of me holding a bird. (Pigeon, duck, sparrow)~~
  Eat octopus
  Go speed dating
  Watch Citizen Kane
  ~~Take a 1st aid course~~
  Watch a 3D football game
  Learn to say “hello” in 10 languages
  ~~Ride a hot airballoon~~
  The England 2 Scotland 2 Northern Ireland 2 Southern Ireland 2 Wales 2 - ...England trip in under 24hrs by car and ferry challenge
  Make a short comic strip/story
  Do something constructive when an etch a sketch instead of just a house I do every time
  Write a story on a toilet roll and roll it back up
  Do a lap of the M25 in a fast car
  Do a stand up class
  Paint a mug
  Find out if I love or hate marmite
  Zumba class
  ~~Try contact lenses~~
  Cheese Rolling
  Shear a sheep
  Get hypnotised
  ~~Shoot a real gun~~
  Tall ship sailing
  Deep sea fishing
  Fire eating
  ~~Go to a gig~~
  Learn to do a back flip or a back somersault or a wall run back somersault
  ~~Have a radio/newspaper/tv story done about me~~
  ~~Spank an actual monkey~~
  Become a zoo keeper for a day
  Become a circus person for a day
  Bull riding
  Water Jetpack
  London Eye
  ~~Do a lap of the Nürburgring race track~~
  Water Skiing
  Become a mystery shopper
  Watch taxi Driver
  Get Vajazzled
- How to use iTunes with HTC Phones
  
  Aug 01, 11
  
  Most people have hundreds, if not thousands, of songs loaded into iTunes and organised into playlists, and the thought of starting again is not a happy place to be.
  
  The bad news is that you cannot just plug your Desire into your computer and use it with iTunes... the good news is there is a simple way to make iTunes work with the HTC handset.
  iTunes Sync - synchronize your playlists onto Android phones
  iTunes Sync is a freeware application from BinaryFortress that allows you to sync your existing iTunes playlists onto any MP3 player - which means your HTC Desire.
  
  Basically, this software allows you to continue to use iTunes to manage your songs and playlists, and then sync these onto your HTC Desire.
  How to sync iTunes onto your HTC Desire
  Sync iTunes with Android
  A quick download of under 500kb, iTunes Sync is easy to install. The first time you run the software you'll be able to add your HTC Desire as a new MP3 player, choose a directory on your Desire's SD card to use for your library and then allocate a playlist to sync. Once running, you'll see an icon in your system tray.
  
  Each time you plug your Desire into your computer and connect as a disk drive, it will recognise your phone and give you the option to sync your playlist. The first time I synched, I copied over 500+ songs in less than 10 minutes - and this included songs bought on iTunes as well as those I'd uploaded via CD.
  
  On subsequent occasions, any changes to your iTunes library can be mirrored to your Desire with just one click.Neat tip - if you want to sync multiple playlists, just create a new playlist in iTunes that itself contains your chosen playlists.
- How to watch Hulu in the UK
  
  Jul 21, 11
  covered several ways to access blocked stuff on the web, but most free proxies are problematic; namely, they go down, and they’re slow. Lifehacker AU explains how to set up a Squid proxy on your own server to avoid those problems.
  Note: This tutorial is fairly technical, and requires that you’re willing to pay for server space of your own in the U.S. If you’re based in the U.S. and looking to access geo-locked content in other countries, you’d want to rent your server space in the appropriate place. For another great alternative that you control, check outDigital Inspiration’s guide to using Google App Engine as a free proxy server.
  One of the perennial challenges for Australian TV enthusiasts is finding a way to use Hulu and other geo-blocked streaming services. Here’s how Lifehacker reader Luke Carbis solved the problem.
  I realise that you’ve featured Pandora and Hulu access from overseas on your site before, but this way hasn’t really been done before. The beauty of it is that once you’ve got it set up, you don’t have to look at it or think about it ever again!
  A server in the US (I use Slicehost, but any US server will do)
  SSH access to said server
  The premise
  We’re going to set up the U.S. server to run a proxy (alongside Apache, because my server is a web server, too). Then we’re going to tell our computer to use that proxy for the web, but only if the URL is pandora.com or hulu.com.
  Step 1: Install Squid
  Squid is a fully-featured HTTP/1.0 proxy. Log into your server via SSH, and install it by using this command:
  sudo aptitude install squid squid-common
  Step 2: Edit the Squid config file
  You can edit the file using vi or nano while you’re in the SSH environment like this:
  sudo vi /etc/squid/squid.conf
  Or you can just use FTP. The file you want is located at /etc/squid/squid.conf.
  Now there’s two things that we need Squid to do, which we specify using this file.
  1. Authenticate the user by checking their IP, and
  2. Use port 8080 so we don’t have any Apache conflicts
  You can download my squid.conf file here. Change lines 603-606 to allow your own IP addresses (instead of the two IP addresses I use).
  Step 3: Restart Squid
  First, correct your permissions with:
  sudo chown -R proxy:proxy /var/log/squid/
  sudo chown proxy:proxy /etc/squid/squid.conf
  And then restart with:
  sudo /etc/init.d/squid restart
  Step 4: Set up your proxy settings
  Sounds easier than it actually is. It’s not as simple as using http://your-server.com:8080, because we only want to use that as a proxy if the URL is something specific (pandora.com). Instead we need to create a custom .pac file with our specific proxy settings.
  So, create a .pac file (it’s just plain text), and save it with the following:
  function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
  {
  // variable strings to return
  var proxy_yes = “PROXY your-server.com:8080″;
  var proxy_no = “DIRECT”;
  if (shExpMatch(url, “http://www.pandora.com*”)) { return proxy_yes; }
  if (shExpMatch(url, “*pandora.com*”)) { return proxy_yes; }
  if (shExpMatch(url, “http://www.hulu.com*”)) { return proxy_yes; }
  if (shExpMatch(url, “*hulu.com*”)) { return proxy_yes; }
  // Proxy anything else
  return proxy_no;
  }
  You can save this to your hard drive for use, or you can upload it to your server and link to it that way. If you have multiple machines using this file, I would recommend the latter so you can easily update the proxy settings for all of them if you need to.
  On a Mac, you can tell your computer to use this file for it’s proxy settings by opening System Preferences, clicking Advanced, clicking on the proxies tab, choosing Automatic Proxy Configuration, and entering the URL there (or choosing a file on your hard drive). I’m sure you can do it on Windows too, but I’m not sure how (you’ll figure it out, I’m sure).
  Once those settings are saved you should be good to go. Enjoy Pandora and Hulu from Australia without having to open a special program or change your network settings!
- How to Downgrade from iOS 5 Beta 1 to iOS 4.3.3 on iPhone 4
  
  Jun 09, 11
  
  The following is guide on how to downgrade your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad on iOS5.0 Beta 1 back to iOS4.3.3.
  
  The complete guide after the break
  Tools you’ll need:
  The latest iTunes.
  iPhone 3GS iOS4.3.3 Firmware File. Click here.
  iPhone 4 iOS4.3.3 Firmware File. Click here.
  iPad iOS4.3.3 Firmware File. Click here
  iPod Touch 3G iOS4.3.3 Firmware File. Click here.
  iPod Touch 4G iOS4.3.3 Firmware File. Click here.
  Recboot(Mac). Click here
  Recboot(Windows) – Requires Dotnet 4.0. Click here
  
  Step One
  Download the respective firmware file for your iDevice and place it on the desktop.
  Connect you iDevice to your PC and place it into DFU mode. To place your device into DFU mode:
  1. Turn your device off.
  2. Hold the power button for Three seconds
  3. Without letting go of the power button, press the home button. Keep them pressed for 10 seconds.
  4. Let go of the power button and hold the home button until your PC detects the phone. It takes upto 30 seconds.
  It may take several tries to get your phone into DFU mode.
  
  Step Two
  Open up iTunes. If you get the following message, then it means that you’ve successfully placed your device into DFU mode.
  
  On the iPhone menu in iTunes, hold shift and press the restore button.
  
  iTunes will now ask you to locate the IPSW file. Point it towards the firmware file which you downloaded and placed on the desktop.
  iTunes will then restore your iPhone with the firmware. This process will take about ten minutes and iTunes will notify you once the process is complete. The phone will then restart.
  
  Step Three
  After the restore, if you encounter an error like 1011, 1013, 1015 ; just ignore them (the firmware has actually been successfully installed). You just have to kick your phone out of recovery mode. To do this open up recboot-which you downloaded above. Once it loads up, press the exit recovery button and it will kick your phone out of recovery mode. The phone will then reboot and you will be boot into iOS 4.3.3.
  
  Update: If you are getting this error
  Follow THIS guide.
  
  If all else fails, use THIS guide to restore to a custom firmware.
- BEST PROPOSAL EVER
  
  May 19, 11
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnVAE91E7kM&feature=player_embedded#at=303
- Ultimate txting fail
  
  Apr 28, 11
- Essential Router Setup
  
  Mar 15, 11
  
  http://www.tested.com/news/15-essential-steps-for-properly-setting-up-your-new-router/1794/
- Snow Leopard inside VMware
  
  Feb 06, 11
  
  The following step by step guide will help you in installing Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard as a guest virtual machine in Windows 7. You’ll need to have a system with an Intel processor which supports hardware virtualization, original OS X Snow Leopard retail disk, VMware Workstation 7 and Windows 7, Vista or XP installed as host operating system. If you meet all these requirements, you can then install OS X Snow Leopard as a VM under Windows and can enjoy the best of both worlds.
  
  Note: We don’t in anyway encourage downloading Apple software via file-sharing / torrent sites and run it in an virtualized environment under Windows. This guide is for informational purposes only. If you like OS X Snow Leopard, Get a Mac.
  
  Step 1: Download and install VMware Workstation 7.
  
  Step 2: Download pre-made modified version of Snow Leopard.vmdk and darwin_snow.iso files required to get this thing to work.
  
  Step 3: Start VMware Workstation and open up “Mac OS X Server 10.6 (experimental).vmx” file which you downloaded in Step 2.
  
  Step 4: Click on”Edit virtual machine settings”, select CD/DVD (IDE) option from left hand side and then and select “Use ISO image file” option. Point it to “darwin_snow.iso” which you downloaded in Step 2.
  
  Step 5: Now power on the virtual machine and hit “F8” key. You should now have a screen similar to the one shown below.
  
  Step 6: Now you’ll have to point your virtual machine to OS X Snow Leopard retail DVD instead of “darwin_snow.iso”. To do this, right click on CD/DVD option found in lower right most corner of your VMware window and select settings.
  
  Insert OS X Snow Leopard retail DVD in your DVD drive and select the “Use physical drive” option.
  
  Step 7: Now go back and select “c” option (Boot DVD) from the prompt which you got in Step 5 to boot from the OS X retail DVD. OS X boot screen with Apple logo should now appear. If the boot screen doesn’t appear for you, try booting it in verbose mode by pressing “F8” key after selecting “c” option, and then enter “-v” (without quotes). This will enable the system to boot OS X DVD using verbose mode.
  
  Step 8: Wait for a couple of minutes for the Installation Setup screen to show up. From here on, simply follow the onscreen setup instructions to install OS X Snow Leopard. Make sure you format your virtual hard drive in “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” format using Disk Utility. Customize your installation with minimum set of printer drivers and language options for a lightweight trouble free installation experience.
  
  Step 9: Once the installation is completed. System will automatically reboot. At this point, close your guest virtual machine and change your CD/DVD option again like you did in Step 2 to point it to “darwin_snow.iso”.
  
  Step 10: Start the virtual machine again. Press “F8” key and select “h” option to “Boot first hard disk”. Voila! Snow Leopard should now be running live under Windows 7! [via ihackintosh]
  
  Feel free to ask me any question should you run into any problem in getting Snow Leopard VM to work under Windows 7.
- A Way to Reveal Passwords Behind Asterisks on websites
  
  Jan 25, 11
  Open your browser.
  
  Go to the Web page containing the login in form where you saved your password.
  
  Right click in the above box and select all - Copy and paste the above code to your browser address bar (to replace the URL).
  
  Press Enter.
  
  As soon as you press Enter, the browser will display a window containing the password!
- Orange San Francisco - Unlock - De-Brand etc
  
  Jan 24, 11
  I have been looking for a new phone for a few months now and was looking at the new Apple iPhone 4, but due to the cost of buying the phone on Pay as You Go I decided against it.
  After looking for an alternative I decided to find a phone running the Google Android platform, this is due to the amazing amount of apps available for the device. I would say there is almost as many apps available for Android devices as there is for the iPhone.
  After looking for my perfect Android device I came across the Orange San Francisco which is actually just a ZTE Blade which has been branded under the Orange (phone network) name. What made me go for this device? Well mainly price, it is one of the cheapest Android phones on the market costing me just £98 inc £10 credit on Orange Pay as You Go. The phone is available to buy online from the Orange Store or from most Orange high street stores.
  As said above, the phone is available at an amazing price but the downside is it comes branded with the orange colour scheme and is full of the orange crap software, but this can be removed easy as I will explain below.
  First here is the main specs for the phone:
  Talk Time: 4 hours
  Standby Time: 9 days
  Weight: 130g
  Dimensions: 116 x 56.5 x 11.8
  3.5 inch touchscreen, 480×800
  600MHz CPU
  Camera Features: 3.2 megapixel
  Connectivity: WiFi / Bluetooth / USB / GPS (SatNav)
  Music: MP3 / FM Radio
  Network Band: Tri band
  Video: Messaging
  Memory: 150 MB internal / Up to 32gb Micro SD Card
  Email: POP3 / IMAP4
  Data Speed: 3G +
  Operating System: Android v2.1 Eclair
  Now lets get started with the modifications, just follow the steps below in order and by the end you will have an amazing Android phone for an amazing price.
  How to Unlock the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco:
  Once you have purchased the phone you will more than likely want to switch networks, thats not a problem at all. In fact the only reason I purchased the phone on Orange is because it was so cheap. To unlock the phone follow these instructions:
  Visit this site here.
  On the above site put your IMEI (will be on the phones box), select ZTE, change the model to “ZTE Orange San Francisco”, pop in the image code. In the box above the IMEI you’ll receive your code.
  Turn off your phone.
  Open the back.
  Remove the battery.
  Remove the (Orange) SIM card.
  Insert a SIM card from a different operator.
  Replace battery.
  Replace back.
  Turn on phone (If prompted, enter any PIN number that you may have set on the new SIM).
  Now you should be prompted to enter the unlock code. Do it carefully!
  You should now get some sort of message saying your phone is unlocked.
  How to De-Brand the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco:
  This will remove all of the Orange Themes and Software and Install the Standard Android Software which will free up space and make it look and run so much better, well worth doing.
  Download the ClockWork Recovery Mod – Download.
  Turn off your phone and take out the battery and Unplug the phone from the PC / charger.
  Replace the battery and turn the phone back on with ‘volume up’ held. The device will stay at the ‘green android’ screen.
  Plug the phone into the PC.
  Extract the fastboot folder once downloaded.
  From a command prompt (at the directory containing these new files!) run ‘fastboot-windows flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.8-blade.img‘ (subsituting ‘fastboot-mac’ or ‘sudo fastboot-linux’ if not running Windows).
  When this finishes, from the command prompt run ‘fastboot-windows reboot‘ (again substituting ‘fastboot-mac’ or ‘sudo fastboot-linux’ if not running Windows).
  ClockWork Recovery Mod should now be installed, you can use this to backup your firmware to your SD Card, to get to it you need to hold the bottom volume button while turning on the phone.
  Download the 2.1 Debranded firmware – Download.
  Download the 2.1 Standard Software Pack – Download.
  Copy the De-Branded firmware and Software to your SD card leaving them in .zip format.
  Press and hold the bottom volume button and switch the phone on, this will boot it into Recovery Mode (which may be upside down).
  Navigate the menus to flash the file “r8_update_de-orangeated_blade_signed.zip” (Install Zip From sdcard > Choose zip from SD Card).
  Wait for the image to flash.
  Now go back to Install Zip From sdcard > Choose zip from SD Card and flash the file “r8_update_de-orangeated_addon_blade_signed.zip”.
  Once done just restart your phone and it should be totally de-branded.
  Troubleshooting:
  If you are having problems installing ClockWork Recovery Mod and have a message like “Waiting for device” you need to install the phones drivers on the computer, you can download them here - Download.
  Want to switch back to the Stock Orange ROM? No problems just download this file and flash to your phone in Clockwork Recovery Mod - Download.
  How to Install Apps and Games from the SD Card on the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco:
  Sometimes there will be the need to install an App or Game from the SD Card of your phone, the file will be in a .apk format.
  Do do this you will need to copy the .apk file onto the SD Card, anywhere you want should be fine.
  Load up the Android Market on your phone, download and install AppsInstaller made by ModMyMobile.com.
  Once Apps Installer is installed just run it and select the .apk file from your SD Card to Install.
  How to ROOT the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco:
  Rooting an Android Device is the equivalent of Jail breaking an iPhone, it gives you and the apps full access to the phones resources.
  Download UniversalAndroot – Download.
  Extract and copy to the SD Card, you can install the app using AppsInstaller as mentioned above.
  Once installed just run UniversalAndroot and press the Root Button.
  Your Android device should now be Rooted.
  How to block ads in Apps and Games on the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco:
  You may have noticed that some of the Free Games and Apps come with ads that show up on the screen, this is very annoying but they can be blocked very easy.
  Firstly you need to Root your Android first by following the instructions above.
  Download and Install “AdFree Android by BigTinCan.com” from the Android Market.
  Load up AdFree and click “Allow” on the Superuser Request Popup.
  Then click “Download & Install Hosts”.
  You should now be able to use all your Apps and Games without seeing any ads.
  How to Download Apps and Games for Free on the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco:
  With the help of Applanet you can download hundreds of Android Apps and Games for free. Applanet looks just like the Android Market except all the apps and games are free.
  Download and Install Applanet – Download.
  You can use AppsInstaller to install the above file from the SD Card.
  Once installed just load up and use in exactly the same way as the standard Android Market.
  Thats it, you ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco is packet full of features. If you have any questions, comments or items to add to this guide please let me know below and I will update as necessary.
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- My San Francisco - Unlock and De-Branded
  
  Dec 09, 10
  How to Unlock the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco:
  Once you have purchased the phone you will more than likely want to switch networks, thats not a problem at all. In fact the only reason I purchased the phone on Orange is because it was so cheap. To unlock the phone follow these instructions:
  Visit this site here.
  On the above site put your IMEI (will be on the phones box), select ZTE, leave the default model as ZTE BLUEBELT, pop in the not-a-robot code. In the box above the IMEI you’ll receive your code.
  Turn off your phone.
  Open the back.
  Remove the battery.
  Remove the (Orange) SIM card.
  Insert a SIM card from a different operator.
  Replace battery.
  Replace back.
  Turn on phone (If prompted, enter any PIN number that you may have set on the new SIM).
  Now you should be prompted to enter the unlock code. Do it carefully!
  You should now get some sort of message saying your phone is unlocked.
  How to De-Brand the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco:
  This will remove all of the Orange Themes and Software and Install the Standard Android Software which will free up space and make it look and run so much better, well worth doing.
  Download the ClockWork Recovery Mod – Download.
  Turn off your phone and take out the battery and Unplug the phone from the PC / charger.
  Replace the battery and turn the phone back on with ‘volume up’ held. The device will stay at the ‘green android’ screen.
  Plug the phone into the PC.
  Extract the fastboot files once downloaded.
  From a command prompt (at the directory containing these new files!) run ‘fastboot-windows flash recovery clockwork.img‘ (subsituting ‘fastboot-mac’ or ‘sudo fastboot-linux’ if not running Windows).
  When this finishes, from the command prompt run ‘fastboot-windows reboot‘ (again substituting ‘fastboot-mac’ or ‘sudo fastboot-linux’ if not running Windows).
  ClockWork Recovery Mod should now be installed, you can use this to backup your firmware to your SD Card, to get to it you need to hold the bottom volume button while turning on the phone.
  Download the 2.1 Debranded firmware – Download.
  Copy the De-Branded firmware to your SD card leaving it in .zip format.
  Press and hold the bottom volume button and switch the phone on, this will boot it into Recovery Mode (which will be upside down).
  Navigate the menus to flash the file “2.1 Debranded.zip” (Install Zip From sdcard > Choose zip from SD Card).
  Wait for the image to flash.
  Once done just restart your phone and it should be totally de-branded.
- Cat5 vs Cat5e vs Cat6
  
  Aug 18, 10
  
  Category 5
  
  As the old standard for Ethernet cabling, you've might have a few of these relics lying around the house. Capable of either 10BaseT (10MBs) or 100BaseT (100MBs), these cables are most often included with older modems, routers and Ethernet adapters. They're decent if you're operating a lower-bandwidth network, but they've been superseded by Cat5e for a couple of important reasons. In fact, we'd be surprised if any modern device still included these cables, though it's worth checking if any legacy devices on your network still use them.
  
  Category 5e
  
  From the outside, there's not much of a physical difference between Cat5 and Cat5e cabling. However, changes to the inside wires offer a number of useful improvements over the older specification. Unlike it's predecessor, Cat5e supports up to 1000BaseT connections, offering 1000MBs, or Gigabit speeds, when connected to other supporting devices.
  That extra speed is achieved by using all four wire pairs, instead of the usual two. Also, while crosstalk — interference between wire pairs — is sometimes an issue with Cat5 cabling, Cat5e works to reduce the effect of crosstalk via tighter twists between wire pairs. Packing more twists into a length of wire helps to more effectively cancel out interference between pairs. The maximum length here remains the same as well — up to 100m in length for optimal performance.
  
  Category 6
  
  As the latest Ethernet specification, Cat6 cable offers increased performance capability thanks to improved wire insulation. By adding even more twists on each wire pair, and insulating each pair with it's own sheath, Cat6 cable reduces crosstalk interference even further than its predecessors. While it might not make much of a difference in a home environment, these changes make running bundles of Cat6 cabling much more forgiving, especially near sources of high interference.
  Cat6 also bumps the cable's rate frequency to 250MHz, instead of the Cat5 and Cat5e's 100MHz spec. In English, this is what allows for faster and more reliable transfer speeds, especially when combined with Cat6's improved insulating qualities. In fact, these two features combined make both Gigabit and even 10-Gigabit speeds possible, though the maximum cable length is halved to around 55m when using the latter.
  
  Cat6 is the choice for future-proofing in-wall home networks, since there are plans in place to use Cat6 to replace HDMI as an A/V standard in the near future. What Ethernet cables do you use for your networking needs?
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  I'm an accomplished, enthusiastic and versatile certified professional able to adapt to any given situation with a professional approach. With 12 years of professional IT experience across the globe. I have the ability to learn and adapt quickly to integrate as a productive member of a team or work as a single unit to research and develop project management solutions.
  
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  MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist
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  Windows IIS7/IIS6/IIS5
  Microsoft Windows (XP/VISTA/7 ) Certified Professional
  Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2003 Certified Professional
  MS SharePoint Server 2010 (Designer & Administrator (MCTS or MCSD)
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  Experienced with Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2005 (Not certified)
  VMware Certified Professional (vSphere & ESX)
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    Was the engineer and administrator of the Microsoft and OpenGL infrastructure along with network administrator for all offices within the group.
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The premise

Step 1: Install Squid

Step 2: Edit the Squid config file

Step 3: Restart Squid

Step 4: Set up your proxy settings

Category 5

Category 5e

Category 6