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Crystal Report: Image did not reflected in report

2010-04-10T13:29:00.002+08:00

There's this incident where a report is developed which retrieve the image from oracle database. The code are all looks fine but the image just did not get refreshed, in other words, not grabbing the latest image from database. Playing around with crystal reports function which leads us to the setting of "save data with report". Once we uncheck the setting and the image was fetching from database.

Dynamic page number

2009-12-17T22:27:00.002+08:00

Found this code snippet which is quite useful if you're allowing dynamic configurable page length:intOldPageLength = GetPageLengthValue()' if there is a new page length valueIf intOldPageLength <> m_intPageLength Then ' adjust the page number to compensate intItemCount = ((m_intPage - 1) * intOldPageLength) + 1 m_intPage = intItemCount \ m_intPageLength If intItemCount - (m_intPage *

Generate Crystal Report Error: 0x800003E5 Failed to open report

2009-11-13T23:29:00.002+08:00

This happened when there is an attempt to generate the crystal report. It occurs during the loading of crreportdocument.load. It didn't include any further leads but only the function that triggers the error. This makes me wonder what causes the above stated problem.I searched around in the usual engine, Google. Few possibilities, and funny thing is, one indicated that the memory has problem (

Mafia wars and Texas Holdem Poker hacks or cracks

2009-09-22T00:06:00.002+08:00

I always wonder, does all game have their crack? Unlike those days, those games that I played have cracks circulated around the net. To name a few, the Grand theft auto and starcraft or age of empire. Those are I believe more of like the infamous "easter eggs" where the hacks itself is coded in the game for the gamer to find out. I believe it makes the game more interesting. How bout those games

Receiving Gmails or 3rd Party email on your hotmail account

2009-07-14T23:11:00.002+08:00

Most of us, who surfs internet, have few different emails account. I am, proudly, one of them. I have few emails account to separate its' usage on different purposes. One of account is being used to communicate with friends, while others for different matters.Thumbs up to Microsoft Live Mail's team. Another great move. Hotmail now allows other emails account to be setup for retrieving and sending

Live.com and other related email domains registration

2009-05-12T19:18:00.002+08:00

Have you got your live.com email? I failed to get mine and it was too late to get mine. But I just manage to get Live.IT domain for myself. The .IT domain extension is meant for the people residing in Italy but I thought it would be cool to have one. If you are in vein to get one for yourself, be it .com or .IT or .BE, but failed deliberately, then you may want to hop over to Helmers Blog. He

Windows XP activation key: activate by phone

2009-05-05T21:41:00.003+08:00

Been trying to install a copy of windows xp onto my virtual machine to do some testing. However, upon starting my freshly installed windows xp that resides on the virtual machine, it appears that the windows requires key activation (which is a norm). Then without hesitation, I went and followed the steps in Easy Way to Activate Windows Home Server (Crack and Bypass Activation). Apparently, the

Crystal Report License Implementation On Visual Studio

2009-03-13T10:47:00.002+08:00

I have been doing some reports for my employer to be implemented in client place. There have been some debate on the licensing issue. Without curiousity, I did a check on google for more details on the license to avoid any rights infridgement.Developers can use Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET or for Visual Studio 2005 to do the following: Design unlimited reports for use in Visual Studio .

Oracle Char vs VarChar vs Varchar2 datatype

2009-03-04T14:18:00.002+08:00

I was kinda confused earlier on the differences but get a better explaination after hunting around. Below details each of their characteristics:Char: Declare and used. If the size declared is 5 and assigned value is only length 2, the leftover will be stored with spaces. Some claimed this would be much faster, but some doesn't find any differences in performance comparison to varchar.VarChar:

Windows 2003: Terminate User session remotely

2009-03-03T15:42:00.003+08:00

I tried to remote desktop login one of the windows 2003 server but was prompted "The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections.". As this would prolly some sort of CSI required before I could login the server, I was wondering if there is any tool to quickly terminate one of the user session (since there wasn't anyone admit loggin into the server. Browsing through

Enable remote connection to SQL 2005

2009-02-23T13:18:00.002+08:00

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft SQL Server 2005, point to Configuration Tools, and then click SQL Server Surface Area Configuration.2. On the SQL Server 2005 Surface Area Configuration page, click Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections.3. On the Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections page, expand Database Engine, click Remote Connections,

Crystal Report: Server page unavailable

2009-02-20T01:13:00.002+08:00

I have been doing crystal reports development for sometime. There are few errors encountered and worth mentioning it here:1. Crystal reports tool icon does not show when the reports is loaded.2. Image in the crystal report is not showing but working fine in the development machine and not the production server.3. "Load report failed" error prompted when trying to load the crystal report.4.

Checking MS SQL and Analysis version

2009-02-02T22:31:00.002+08:00

Found this article explains how to do it. Steps varies depending on the product itself.*Latest SQL patches for 2000 can be downloaded at Microsoft website.

ASP.NET: Export PDF/Excel/Word file corrupted

2009-01-06T23:56:00.001+08:00

An encounter with an error while trying to export the Crystal report to the abovementioned document format has resulted "file damaged" or "file corrupted". It was then later found I out that the response.write function requires an end at the end of sending the file content like below;Response.End

Free html/web/blog templates

2008-12-10T23:23:00.003+08:00

Have been browsing through the web and manage to discover a new portal that shares a decent number of templates available for downloads. The site located at http://www.zeroweb.org/. It's surely a good thing to have a quick start in creating the WWW identity.

Ungroup Microsoft Excel on Windows Taskbar

2008-12-02T14:50:00.002+08:00

A typical user called up and enquire about the above encountering. It seems that, his PC's Excel is behaving rather abnormal as all the excel files which were executed, loaded into an Excel program instance. Below is the settings to dismantle the mysterious encounter;Tools -> Options -> (Tick) Windows in TaskbackThat will load each and every excel file on a new Excel instance.

Auto Logon Windows XP

2008-11-22T23:22:00.002+08:00

Below are the steps to enable auto logon in Windows XP;Click Start, and then click Run.In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK.Note When users try to display help information in the User Accounts window in Windows XP Home Edition, the help information is not displayed. Additionally, users receive the following error message:Cannot find the Drive:\Windows\System32\users.hlp

Oracle ORA-00911: invalid character

2008-11-21T14:01:00.002+08:00

This was the error that bug me for few hours. I wasn't sure what was the exact reason. I google'd it and doesn't seems helpful. Then I tried to trim down my SQL queries, in which by luck, the mystery reveiled. It was a simple SQL query, selecting all records in the table. I include the semicolon ";" which not supposed to be. After removing it, the error gone and the result were what I want.

Oracle: SQLState=IM004 Driver's SQLAllocHandle on SQL_HANDLE_ENV failed

2008-11-19T19:07:00.003+08:00

If coincident you got the above error, what I did was to perform the below;If you navigate Oracle home you will find that the directory has different permissions then the root of the tree. In the case of 10G the path is C:Oracleproduct10.1.0Client_1. Open the properties for the Client_X directory, and you will see that "Authenticated Users" should have Read and Execute, List Folder Contents, and

Drop or Remove oracle schema(database)

2008-11-19T15:01:00.002+08:00

In order to remove the existent schema in oracle, execute the sqlplus and execute the below command;drop user user_database cascade;The once the above command gets executed, the database created by user_database will be removed.Should you have better suggestion, kindly leave a comment..;)

AVG removed User32.dll, Windows critical file

2008-11-11T13:36:00.002+08:00

This might not be a fresh news now. It appears that an update released by AVG on 9th of November 2008 has caused the user32.dll file been removed. AVG has reported this as false positive on the suspected malicious file user32.dll at issue #1574 on http://www.avg.com/support.This clearly shows that the criticality of software-dependent application installed on individuals PC as some mishap would

Remove C Drive network sharing

2008-11-06T15:36:00.002+08:00

There are few methods available I suppose, and below are what I found;1. Delete the sharing for the specific session only. Will re-share once reboot.Start --> Run --> cmdthen type following command. net share c$ delete2. Permanently remove sharing.Proceed to registry file by typing Start -> Run -> "registry". Look for below registry entry and amend accordingly.Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEKey: SYSTEM\

IIS start: Unexpected error 0x8ffe2740 occurred

2008-10-19T20:47:00.003+08:00

If you got the above error when trying to start the IIS services, then the most probable reason is, there is another application which is utilising the port that conflict with IIS on port 80. One way to resolve this is by changing their port, either one.This error striked my PC and the application that uses the conflicting port was skype. Upon after quiting the program and triggering the start on

FoodMart 2005 Error: Dimension was not found in cube when string is parsed

2008-10-10T16:36:00.003+08:00

If you happened to face the above error while trying to install the FoodMart sample Microsoft 2005 Analysis cube, then you may probably have the same problem as I had.Go to FoodMart 2005's H/R Cube, go to Calculations, change to Script View, then comment of starting from below line/* CREATE MEMBER CURRENTCUBE.[MEASURES].cellsecurity.....end scope; */This will then skip the error.

Clean uninstall Oracle database

2008-10-08T11:09:00.002+08:00

Execute the Universal installer located at:Start > Programs > Oracle Installation Products > Universal Installer1. On the first screen click on "Deinstall Products..." 2. Expand the tree view (just so that the second level is visible) and make sure you 3. select everything that is selectable. 4. Click on "Remove..." 5. On the confirmation screen click "Yes" 6. When it has finished click "Close"

Installing Microsoft Loopback adapter for Oracle requirement

2008-10-03T14:29:00.003+08:00

What is Microsoft Loopback and what is the use of it? SQL Server is dependent on network functionality - even for the set-up routines. Specifically it needs to use named-pipe/mailslot functionality on NT machines. These usually require a network card to be present. If you don't have a network card then go to control panel/networks, choose add adapter and then add the Microsoft loopback adapter -

Microsoft SQL version check

2008-09-24T15:24:00.002+08:00

As there are many patches in pertaining to the Microsoft products, it is sometime difficult to identify which version of patches has been applied to which client.One of the method is by performing a query on the server using below T-SQL query;select @@versionThere will be full versioning details of the SQL server like below;Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3073.00 (Intel X86) Aug 5 2008 12:31:

Joomla Reset Admin Password

2008-09-19T15:00:00.005+08:00

Just in case you have forgotten your Joomla admin panel password, it can be easily reset to any md5 encoded password through amendment in the database record. The table where the password is stored is located in _user, under password column. To encode your human readable password to md5 hash encryption, there are plenty site available throughout the virtual world and I am personally using

Transfer or Migrate Joomla to another new server

2008-09-19T15:00:00.002+08:00

One of my client was requesting me to migrate its' current existing Joomla site to another new webhosting server. As Joomla utilizes the database aside from its' web application, in order to transfer its' current application, the database needs to restore over as well. In this post I am going to post the configuration required once you replicate over the files and database over to the new server.

ASP.NET Three or more ways to connect Oracle Database

2008-09-12T10:48:00.002+08:00

There are at least 3 ways to connect IIS to Oracle. there is the microsoft .net connector, OLEDB, and ODP.NET. The ODP.NET connector which is distributed by Oracle themselves and I strongly believes you will get more benefits out of Oracle database engine from the connector as they knows the best of what their database have. To use it requires that the oracle client software also be installed (

MSSQL SEMMAP90.DLL not found

2008-08-27T23:35:00.002+08:00

If you try to add "Send Mail Task" object into Microsoft SQL Enterprise Manager's DTS Designer and you are prompted with the above error, you may want to try the below steps;1. In [C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\binn\] - Duplicate a copy of SEMMAP.DLL and rename the duplicated file to SEMMAP90.DLL2. In [C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\binn\Resources\1033] -

Your friendly files' search engine

2008-08-27T23:14:00.002+08:00

Have you ever wanted to search for an ebook online? Is Google your first source in mind? If not, do share it here. Well, just in case you're interested, I found one search engine site, namely "Rapidshare Search Engine" where you can search for files you need which appears to be having quite a huge collection in varity of files. From movies to music, ebook to magazine, application to cracks, and

Windows /noguiboot boot.ini

2008-08-26T20:15:00.003+08:00

Trying to minimize the load time taken, I have disabled the noguiboot option. Ensuring the option doesn't really affect the system, MSDN defines noguiboot;The /noguiboot parameter suppresses all bit-mapped graphics during the boot process, including the splash screen and progress bar that precede the logon prompt and the blue background of a bug check screen.Via /noguiboot

Windows XP Dual boot Windows Vista

2008-08-26T20:09:00.002+08:00

If you would like to try out Windows Vista on a Windows XP, you may want to use dual boot to avoid any complication arises and revert back to previous platform. This can be done, guided, through Microsoft MSDN site:Creating a multi-boot configuration that includes Windows Vista To create a working multi-boot configuration, install the oldest version of the Windows operating system first. Then,

Source for Casino Bonuses - All Casino Bonus

2008-08-25T22:04:00.002+08:00

All Casino Bonuses presents the most updated online casino bonus portal available throughout the virtual world. If you like online gaming activities, you may want to give it a shot and make it your favourite site as it sources for variety of online casino site in giving you the most bonuses that benefits you! Aside from bonuses, they also extended their effort to check if deposits are required

Failed to access IIS metabase

2008-08-21T16:19:00.002+08:00

Faced an error when trying to install a web application on a PC running Win XP: Source Error:An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.Stack Trace:[HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.]

Multiple files uploading javascript

2008-08-19T02:10:00.002+08:00

Out in curiousity, I went to search for articles in assisting one of my mission to come up with multiple files upload through the web application. It was meant to be used in asp.net/vb.net but I found one which is done using PHP. I thought it would be good to share it here just in case there are someone who needs it, which is located here. I have yet to try it out with asp.net as I was packed

Javascript Feed for your news feed

2008-08-12T22:16:00.003+08:00

Usually I prefix my browser to blank page to avoid the unnecessary memory/bandwidth usage by the browser to load the home page when its' executed. However, as I got more and more addicted to few blogs and news portal, I start to think if there is a tool to feed those xml and display it nicely in a page of my design (by not using those feedburner services or other free service portal).Then google

Slow in Visual Studio debugging

2008-08-12T22:03:00.002+08:00

My visual studio has working pretty hard lately. It take minutes to start debug or even compile. I search through the net and found some methods in which would improve the performance of the Visual Studio debuggin performance.The symbol information for diasymreader.dll tells the debugger that it's symbols are on \\cpvsbuild\....\diasymreader.pdb. When you debug a process which has diasymreader

Cuil - The Largest Search Engine

2008-07-30T21:05:00.003+08:00

Have you heard of Cuil? No? Well, you should. Go ahead and visit Cuil, they have almost similar to Google friendly interface, and I love how the result were presented. It was great to know another search engine has emerged in the virtual world. Google, Microsoft's Live and Yahoo! has been dominating the Internet Dictionary and I guess Google is the No.1 ranked with most popularity in term of

Visual Source Safe

2008-07-22T21:49:00.002+08:00

The new company that I am currently worked with is heavily using SourceSafe. It was a good practice to have a centralised copy of the projects where everyone is maintaining the latest one. Being new toward the visual product, I googled it and found out there are quite a number of negative respond toward the use of sourcesafe. I would not comment on it as I am still new toward it. However, to be

ASP.NET: Assembly could not be loaded

2008-07-16T21:58:00.002+08:00

If you're trying to debug your asp.net web application and was prompted with such error, I would suggest you clear your temporary internet files and restart your debugging process. It may be due to the old files is in state "locked" which does not fetch the latest compiled files.If that doesn't resolve thing, the next step you can take is possibly restart your PC and see if the error goes

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the Web server... Publisher policy file is not found.

2008-07-15T21:15:00.002+08:00

To enable integrated Windows authenticationLog on to the Web server by using an administrator account. Click Start and then click Control Panel. In Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools. Double-click Internet Information Services. Click the Web server node. A Web Sites folder opens underneath the server name. You can configure authentication for all Web sites or for individual Web

iPhone version 2 unveiled... cheaper by 50%?

2008-06-13T22:18:00.003+08:00

The iPhone will soon be $200 cheaper and support satellite navigation and faster Internet access, but higher monthly service charges are likely to erase most of the savings. Apple Inc. revealed Monday that it has scrapped its pricing plan for the iPhone as it unveiled a model that works over faster wireless networks, addressing key criticisms about the device that have hurt the company's foray

Windows XP will not die, so soon

2008-06-13T22:18:00.001+08:00

Windows XP is dead... long live Windows XP. You may have heard that as of June 30, you're no longer able to buy the operating system or obtain support for it. But that isn't quite the case. In fact, you'll be able to buy XP on certain mainstream PCs at least until January 31, 2009, and possibly beyond. The cutoff date is even later for some ultra-low-cost notebooks such as those made by Asus:

Firefox 3 with bookmark feature enhancement

2008-06-13T22:16:00.000+08:00

A new version of the Firefox Web browser is scheduled for release Tuesday with improvements in security, speed and design. Many of the enhancements in Firefox 3 involve bookmarks. The new version lets Web surfers add keywords, or tags, to sort bookmarks by topic. A new "Places" feature lets users quickly access sites they recently bookmarked or tagged and pages they visit frequently but haven't

Opera 9.5 with new feature, portable bookmarks

2008-06-13T22:14:00.000+08:00

A new Web browser from Norway's Opera Software ASA addresses Internet users' growing tendency to use multiple computers and devices. Opera 9.5, released Thursday for Windows, Mac and Linux computers, includes the new Opera Link feature, which lets you bring your bookmarks wherever you go. It works with Opera's desktop browser as well as Opera Mini, the browser for mobile phones.The new browser

Microsoft into Gambling device?

2008-06-13T22:12:00.000+08:00

Microsoft Corp. and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each other. The tables offer Harrah's a new way to track its customers' habits and behaviors, adding to its sophisticated costumer rewards program that tracks users' gambling habits."Of all the

OpenOffice.org version 2.4.1 available for download

2008-06-13T22:11:00.000+08:00

OpenOffice.org has issued a patch for a security vulnerability affecting several versions of its open-source office suite.The latest version, 2.4.1, is available for download on the organization's Web site.The vulnerability is a memory problem called a heap overflow, OpenOffice.org said in an advisory. It can be exploited if an attacker sends someone an OpenOffice.org document that can take

Command to Gunzip folder

2008-06-05T19:38:00.002+08:00

In linux, most of the task are accomplished through command. Compressing files are one of it. Below are the command to gunzip the files in linux;ls files | cpio -ocv | gzip > test.gz*This files should be the directory or path where you want to gunzip it

Firefox 3.0 to hit Guiness World Record

2008-06-04T23:05:00.002+08:00

For the upcoming release of Firefox 3, Mozilla aims to set a new world record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours. The company has put out a call to its global community of users to pledge to download the new 3.0 version of Firefox on the day the browser is made available to the public. Given that there's no established Guinness World Record for software downloads, Mozilla is

iPhone next version to announce next week

2008-06-04T23:05:00.001+08:00

SAN FRANCISCO - June has arrived and for Apple fans and investors that means just one thing — a new iPhone.The encore to the original iPhone, which launched nearly a year ago amid unprecedented industry buzz, is widely expected to be the main attraction when Chief Executive Steve Jobs takes the stage at Apple's developers' conference next Monday.The new iPhone will be accompanied by support for

iPhone to be in Japan soon!

2008-06-04T22:59:00.000+08:00

Japan's third-largest cellphone operator Softbank Mobile said Wednesday it had clinched a deal to bring Apple's iPhone to Japan. Softbank hopes that the launch of the iPhone here will further boost its efforts to woo subscribers away from larger rivals NTT DoCoMo and KDDI.Softbank said in a brief statement that it had signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Japan sometime later this

Alien in the outer space?

2008-05-14T22:55:00.001+08:00

"If we push back boundaries far enough, I'm sure eventually we'll find something out there," said Mike Foreman, a mission specialist on the Endeavour, which returned to Earth in March."Maybe not as evolved as we are, but it's hard to believe that there is not life somewhere else in this great universe," he told a news conference in Tokyo.The crew members on the 16-day Endeavour mission, which

Online Community is a hit!

2008-05-14T22:54:00.000+08:00

Following similar moves by the two biggest online hangouts, Internet search leader Google Inc. is introducing tools that are supposed to make any Web site more sociable.The service, expected to be available on a limited basis Monday evening, provides a framework that will enable people to interact with their friends and use favorite applications they have accumulated on social networks like

More than a cell phone... AI phone?

2008-05-14T22:53:00.001+08:00

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cell phones that use Google Inc.'s upcoming Android mobile operating system.In the process, they revealed the power of an open system like Android to shake up the mobile phone industry, where wireless

Grand Theft Auto IV - 3.6 million copies sold on 1st day

2008-05-14T22:52:00.000+08:00

IGN has created a Google-powered online map of Liberty City, the fictional GTA 'hood that closely resembles New York. GTA players are able to place markers on the map for points of interest, restaurants, nightclubs, and just about anything else they find in their travels in GTA's virtual world. On Friday, IGN's GTA Web site was working hard to keep up with the number of players. "Due to the sheer

VBA support back to Microsoft Office

2008-05-14T22:51:00.000+08:00

Microsoft will return VBA to the next full upgrade to the Mac version of Office, the company said. While Office 2008, which was sharply criticized for omitting VBA, will receive bug-fix updates (such as Service Pack 1, also announced Tuesday), it will not be updated to add VBA support. "We know [VBA] is important to a section of our user base who needs cross platform compatibility," said Kurt

Boom Boom or Grand Theft Auto IV

2008-05-14T22:44:00.000+08:00

A game like "Grand Theft Auto IV" is designed for die-hards who can drive, shoot and talk on a cell phone (virtually, that is) simultaneously. After a few hours, though, you long for something simpler, where you're only doing one thing at a time. Such simple pleasures should be part of any gamer's diet, especially if you want to play with friends who aren't as hardcore._"Boom Blox" (Electronic

box.net - free box for all

2008-04-11T23:40:00.002+08:00

As the name sounds like it. Box.net offering 14 days free online storage ranging office documents to naked photos ;). Try it out and I bet you would prefer it more than rapidshare or yousendit and even megashare. I got to know the box from some forum offering pirated ebooks. I was searching for OOP articles but gave it a thought and went for ebooks. Downloaded WPF ebook, distributed application

Sony SLR

2008-04-10T22:38:00.000+08:00

It's a question I get nearly every day: "I want to step up from a point-and-shoot camera to a digital SLR; should I buy a Canon (CAJ) or a Nikon?" Glad you asked. The answer just got more complicated thanks to Sony's (SNE) new $799 Alpha A300. This is one terrific alternative, perfect for soccer moms and baseball dads who want to stop action of their kids and get closer to the scene.Single-lens

Parallels Server alternative to VMWare and Virtual Machine?

2008-04-10T22:37:00.000+08:00

Parallels Server enables companies to run "virtualized" operating system and server environments, helping IT departments to leverage legacy software while being able to standardize the hardware that runs it. It's a "bare metal" system that uses Parallels' Hypervisor technology to set up and run different operating systems and software.Improvements to the Beta 3 release include an integrated

Yahoo! trying to catch up Google

2008-04-10T22:25:00.000+08:00

Flickr's video technology, to debut late Tuesday, represents the latest example of Yahoo trying to catch up to Google in a crucial battleground.Yahoo's inability to keep pace with Google in the lucrative online search market caused its profits and stock price to sag during the past two years, which in turn triggered an unsolicited takeover attempt by Microsoft Corp. for more than $40

Another blog search, Twingly

2008-04-05T01:47:00.001+08:00

San Francisco - Swedish startup Twingly has launched a blog search engine designed to deliver spam-free search results. Spam blogs are now considered to stand for the majority of the blog posts worldwide, according to the company."It's very important for consumers and companies, which want to monitor their brand, to find quality content, and spam currently makes that difficult," said Twingly CEO

FTP prone to vulnerabilites

2008-04-05T01:45:00.000+08:00

FTP may be a dinosaur these days, but it's being used -- or, perhaps, misused -- regularly by employees who are simply trying to do their jobs, but who lack the adequate tools, according to John Thielens, vice president of technology for Tumbleweed, a vendor of content-security solutions. Employees Must Fend for Themselves "When, for whatever reason, employees can't use e-mail -- the typical

Apple released 11 Quicktime patches

2008-04-05T01:39:00.000+08:00

Apple released 11 patches for its QuickTime multimedia program on Wednesday, fixing a variety of problems that could allow a hacker to execute malicious code on a machine.It's at least the sixth time Apple has patched QuickTime since October, as researchers and hackers have been closely examining media players for vulnerabilities. As operating systems have become more secure, vulnerabilities in

VB: Default button to No

2008-02-29T11:51:00.002+08:00

Was doing a message box prompt with vbYesNo button in vb6. The default selected button was "YES" and this is useful in certain cases. However, as it was being used to confirm the user action and requires an additional verification before proceeding, it would be preferably to have the button defaulted to "NO".temp = MsgBox("Confirm shutdown application?", vbQuestion + vbYesNo, "Confirm?")In order

Linux Gunzip files compression

2008-02-21T22:17:00.002+08:00

I was searching high and low for the above to be done on one of the linux box but couldn't find any hint. Below is the method to accomplish the task:1. tar cvf filename.tar files 2. gzip filename.tarThe output will be filename.tar.gz. In order to uncompress the file, below should do the job:gunzip < filename.tar.gz | cpio -icvdumHappy compressing~

Microsoft's bid under valued Yahoo!?

2008-02-13T23:52:00.001+08:00

The rebuff, formally announced early Monday, wasn't a surprise because Yahoo had leaked its intention over the weekend.As expected, Yahoo's board unanimously decided to spurn Microsoft after concluding the offer — originally worth $44.6 billion or $31 per share — "substantially undervalues" one of the Internet's prized franchises. The cash-and stock deal is now valued at about $40 billion, or

Bug fixes for Mac 0SX 10.5 codenamed "Leopard"

2008-02-13T23:50:00.001+08:00

The latest security updates fix a 11 of bugs in the Mac Operating system, including eight bugs in the recently released Mac OS X 10.5, known as "Leopard." Apple released the security fixes in conjunction with an 10.5.2 update to Leopard, which includes dozens of other updates.Some of the security flaws are extremely serious, and could be exploited by hackers to run unauthorized software on a

3G iPhone will be out mid year

2008-02-13T23:49:00.001+08:00

The iPhone shipments are likely to be weak during the March quarter, and inclusion of 3G technology in the phone could ensure that Apple meets its target of shipping 10 million iPhones in 2008, analyst Richard Gardner of Citigroup said in a research note on Monday. 3G is a high-speed wireless communications standard that provides broadband Internet capabilities to cell phones and mobile

Beware Virus infected Valentine's card

2008-02-13T23:46:00.000+08:00

Valentine's Day e-greetings from a stranger could deliver more than the recipient bargained for in the shape of a destructive "Trojan horse" that hijacks computers, the FBI warned Tuesday. "If you unexpectedly receive a Valentine's Day e-card, be careful," the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement, warning Internet users to "be on the lookout for spam emails spreading the Storm Worm

Reset Microsoft SQL "sa" password

2008-02-05T16:02:00.000+08:00

Just few weeks ago I setup a SQL Server(Microsoft SQL Desktop Edition), and now when I need to install another client PC but forgotten the command to reset the "sa" password through command line using Windows authentication mode.I researched around and found out that there's only a slight different to the parameters to login using sql authentication;Using Windows Authentication modeosql -EUsing

MSDE installation Guide

2008-01-26T12:53:00.000+08:00

Found Microsoft technet article on the abovementioned title. I found out that there's a patch for MSSQL 2000 MS02-035 and MS03-031. One articles with many more sub info...

Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine Guide

2008-01-26T12:34:00.000+08:00

Earlier last week, I went to one of our client site to setup an application which was done by me. The application utilizes the MSSQL database in which I have been using the MSSQL Enterprise version from the beginner. However, due to licensing issue in using the Enterpise version, the client request to use the MSDE version.I was cracking my head to solve the "authentication" error at the site

Reverse engineer malware

2007-12-27T23:21:00.000+08:00

But, when he reversed the backend code associated with the Pushdo Trojan downloader, he discovered a modern malware distribution system fitted with complex tracking mechanisms and hiding techniques—another clear sign that virus fighters are up against a clever and sophisticated enemy. Stewart, a veteran reverse-engineer who spends the majority of his time breaking apart malware samples, said the

Microsoft and Samba

2007-12-27T23:18:00.000+08:00

Microsoft was compelled to make this information available following a March 24, 2004, European Commission antitrust ruling against the company. In July 2006, the EU fined Microsoft EU280.5 million (US$338.6 million at that time) for failing to provide documentation on Windows protocols to its rivals. Microsoft lost an appeal of that decision in September, setting the stage for the deal.The deal

Social networking grows tremendously on virtual world

2007-12-27T23:17:00.000+08:00

Online social networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar this year as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online communities. Google's freshly released "Zeitgeist 2007" reveals that seven out of the 10 hottest topics which triggered Internet queries during the year involved social networking.A Top Ten list compiled by the world's

Earn Money Through Blogging!

2007-12-27T23:15:00.000+08:00

Zach Brooks pocketed $1,000 this month blogging about the cheap lunches he discovers around midtown Manhattan ($10 or less, preferably greasy, and if he's lucky, served from a truck). The site, Midtownlunch.com, is just a year and a half old and gets only about 2,000 readers daily, but it's already earning him enough each month for a weekend trip to the Caribbean — or in his case, more fat-filled

Microsoft release first Windows Vista service pack

2007-12-05T00:08:00.000+08:00

Microsoft Corp. is pulling back from a system that disables programs on users' computers if it suspects the software is pirated, opting instead for a gentler approach based on nagging alerts. Microsoft said late Monday it will roll out the new version of Windows Genuine Advantage with the first "service pack" for Windows Vista, due in the first quarter of 2008.When computer users activate a copy

Yahoo! team with eBay

2007-12-05T00:04:00.000+08:00

Yahoo Japan Corp. and eBay Inc. agreed Tuesday to team up in online auctions, planning services for next year that will make it easier for consumers to buy things over the Internet from the U.S. and Japan. The move marks a return to Japan of eBay, which pulled out of the market in 2002, never able to compete against the domination of Yahoo here.Yahoo said by March, Japanese will be able to bid

New partner aside from DoubleClick, Google INC

2007-12-05T00:03:00.000+08:00

Google Inc is looking to more advertising technology partnerships outside of its proposed purchase of DoubleClick Ltd as it expands beyond Internet search advertising, a top executive said on Tuesday. "DoubleClick is one piece of it," said Tim Armstrong, Google's president of advertising and commerce in North America. "We think the deal should close. We think our competitors have been able to

TiVo to offer Google and Photobucket Photo Services

2007-12-05T00:02:00.000+08:00

The enhancement reflects TiVo's ongoing plan to make its DVR an Internet hub for the home, as well as a device for playing and recording cable TV and satellite television programming. People with TiVo's high-end Series 3 box will be able to see their photos in high definition. TiVo subscribers can access the photo-sharing applications through the "Music, Photos, Products & More" screen on their

Advertising get advances, expect user's behaviour

2007-12-03T00:19:00.000+08:00

Targeting got even more precise as advertising moved to the Internet.At first ads were largely targeted to Web sites or sections geared to specific topics. An ad for food products might appear on a cooking site.Then came search and the ability to target messages even more precisely based on what you're looking for.But increasingly, online time is spent connecting with friends at News Corp.'s

Facebook restrict user's privacy

2007-12-03T00:18:00.000+08:00

And its retreat this week — with the decision to make sure users agree first — underscores the risks social-networking sites face in helping businesses employ their wealth of user data to tailor and target advertising messages.Dozens of commercial Web sites are embedding Facebook's free tool called Beacon to pick up data on users' activity and send alerts to their Facebook friends' "news feeds."

Paypal runs Linux

2007-12-03T00:17:00.001+08:00

A Linux grid is the power behind the payment system at PayPal, and it's converted a mainframe believer. Scott Thompson, the former executive VP of technology solutions at Inovant, ran the Visa subsidiary responsible for executing Visa credit card transactions worldwide. The VisaNet system was strictly based on IBM mainframes. In February 2005, Thompson became chief technology officer at the eBay

Where am I? in Google Maps

2007-12-03T00:16:00.000+08:00

My Location approximates your location by using the surrounding cellular towers instead of GPS data, which is often associated with such features. “It’s not GPS, but it comes pretty close (approximately 1000m close, on average),” said Google. “We’re still in beta, but we’re excited to launch this feature and are constantly working to improve our coverage and accuracy.”To find your location, you

Virtual distros

2007-12-03T00:14:00.000+08:00

The service, now in beta, doesn't store any code, just information about where the various components in a given distribution are located. It also provides a utility for collecting and assembling the various pieces.Cloudsmith's goal is to greatly speed up and ease the process of creating open-source distributions, according to the company, which is based in New York.One early adopter is Eteration

New SKU for the PlayStation 3

2007-12-03T00:13:00.000+08:00

In May, Sony confirmed speculation that a new SKU for the PlayStation 3 was in the works with news that an 80GB version would be coming to South Korea in June. Later that week, the Japanese giant said to the Korea Times that a video-on-demand service that takes advantage of the PS3's spacious new hard drive would also be available in the tech-savvy nation. Now, Sony is preparing to launch a

Doublesix joins Zoë Mode, Chemistry, and other Kuju studios

2007-12-03T00:09:00.000+08:00

UK developer Kuju has established a new studio in Guildford called Doublesix that will focus on digital download games. Studio head James Brooksby explains the name by saying, "Rolling a double six is all about having another go, and that embodies what we're about: addictive, fun games that you always want to go back to." Earlier this year, two other Kuju studios underwent rebranding, with the

Hack Windows Vista: Tweak activation

2007-10-30T00:13:00.000+08:00

If you have not know yet, there have been quite a numerous post on the topic above. I have even seen it myself watching the Windows Vista Activation getting removed. It's quite amazing as there is such a quick hack released to the public when most of the coorporate have yet to upgrade their Windows to the latest version. Although it's nothing to surprise for as there are millions or trillions out

Microsoft Delivers Silverlight 1.0, Extends Support to Linux

2007-10-20T23:10:00.000+08:00

Microsoft Corp. today released to the Web (RTW) Silverlight™ 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft will work with Novell Inc. to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com.Silverlight significantly reduces development and deployment costs and provides

Mac OS, Linux May Share a Windows Flaw

2007-10-16T22:54:00.001+08:00

In fact, Nathan McFeters, one of the researchers who has been studying the problem most closely says he hopes to present more details on how other Unix-based operating systems like Linux and Mac OS X may also be susceptible to what are known as URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) protocol handler flaws at the Toorcon hacking conference, being held next week in San Diego.In an interview, McFeters

Google now stands at $12.5 billion

2007-10-16T22:34:00.000+08:00

The recipe has been extremely fruitful. While the Internet search leader has sold more than $30 billion in advertising since 2001, Google has become a household name without buying expensive ad campaigns on television or radio or in print."It's almost as if they have this cultural allergy to advertising," said Mark Hughes, author of "Buzzmarketing," a book about unconventional ways to build a

Google acquire Jaiku

2007-10-10T22:53:00.000+08:00

Google Inc has acquired the Finnish company Jaiku, one of a new class of start-ups that offer instant-messaging tools for Web and cell phone users to keep track of their friends' daily activities. Writing on Goggle's official blog, Tony Hsieh, a Google product manager, said his company had acquired Helsinki-based Jaiku Ltd. Google confirmed in a separate statement that the deal had closed but did

iPod caught fire

2007-10-10T22:50:00.000+08:00

The nearly two-year-old iPod caught fire in the pocket of Danny Williams at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where he is employed, according to Williams' mother, Elaine. The flames lasted 15 seconds and fire reached up to his chest, she said in a telephone interview.Apple representatives were not immediately available for comment, but the company has since sent a packet to

Samsung new model, SGH-i450, SGH-F330, and SGH-F210

2007-10-10T22:48:00.000+08:00

Samsung Electronics has unveiled a refreshed lineup of three new cell phones that are targeted at music lovers. The handsets have more of an emphasis on music than other phones and are intended to be just as much music player as cell phone. The SGH-i450, SGH-F330, and SGH-F210 are aimed at the same market that rival Sony has had success in with its Walkman music handsets.The top-of-the-range

Wimax in Nokia

2007-10-01T23:22:00.001+08:00

WiMax is a wide-area networking technology that offers faster download speeds than 3G (third-generation) mobile networks and has a wider range than Wi-Fi. Adding WiMax support to the Internet tablets will allow users to surf the Web or make calls using Skype Ltd. away from Wi-Fi hotspots.Nokia's current Internet tablet, the N800, has a wide screen display with a resolution of 800 pixels by 480

Office Live Workspace launched

2007-10-01T23:04:00.000+08:00

Microsoft Office Live Workspace, as the free Web site is called, isn't quite live. Starting Monday, users can sign up to be part of an early "beta" test of the service. A number of those users will be able to start using the service at some point this year, Microsoft said.Office Live Workspace will give users about 250 megabytes of storage, or room to keep about 1,000 average Office documents "in

Apple Orange iPhone

2007-09-24T02:06:00.001+08:00

Apple is partnering with Orange. That exclusive, and potentially flavorful, partnership for the iPhone launch in France was announced Thursday by Orange Chief Executive Didier Lombard, according to a Reuters news report. A spokesperson for the company has confirmed to the news service that Lombard announced the deal-signing at an industry event in Hanoi. No formal announcement has yet been posted