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Official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for HTC Desire Released
August 1st, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
After long wait, HTC has released official Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for HTC Desire. Because of memory limitations in HTC Desire, they have remove unnecessary apps and squeezed it down to fit in available space of HTC Desire. Secondly it is released as a developer build only for developers and not for general public because you’ll loose all customizations and operator settings. So if you’re an advanced user you may want to give it a try.
The Internet of Things – infographic
July 22nd, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Things connected to internet are not just computers and smartphones. You may have heard about Ford car that offers functionality for you to listen to your tweets via internet or about a Dutch startup, Sparked, that is using wireless sensors on cattle to send message to farmer via internet. During 2008 the number of things connected to the internet exceeded to the number of people on earth and by 2020 there will be 50 billion things connected to the internet. With ipv6 there can be 100 addresses for every atom on the face of earth. This infographic from cisco shows interesting facts about things connected to the internet.
The Evolution of Grand Theft Auto
July 13th, 2011 / 1 Comment » / by Faizan
Grand Theft Auto is a series of award winning video game developed by Rockstar Games, from 1997 to 2009 the series include 10 stand-alone game titles and 4 expansion packs. GTA 3 was first real world action game that brought 3d graphics and immersive experience to the series. This interesting infographic shows incredible history of this video game.
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Beauty of Azad Kashmir
July 7th, 2011 / 3 Comments » / by Faizan
Symfony 1.4 – Doctrine and Multiple Database Connections
June 14th, 2011 / 2 Comments » / by Faizan
Symfony is one of the best PHP framework out there and provides great control over your code. It provides speed, security, ease of use and flexibility out of the box. But some times due to lack of documentation or outdated information on internet you get stuck in different issues for which even googling can’t help so you have to figure it out yourself. While working on a project I got stuck in an issue with multiple databases and Doctrine ORM. Suppose you are creating a web application where for each user of application there is a separate database stored on some different server, we call this Client database, while there is one Master database which stores user’s credentials and their Client database credentials. Now when user logs in we have to modify DSN (Data Source name) for client database depending on which user has logged in.
iMessage – iPod Touch & iPad joins the conversation
June 7th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
Earlier today at WWDC11 apple announced iOS 5 with over 200 new features. One of the most anticipated feature is iMessage that let you send message to other iOS 5 devices via Wi-Fi or 3G.
FaceNiff for Android – Hack Facebook, Twitter sessions in seconds
June 6th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Faizan
You may know about FireSheep, the Firefox extension that used to hijack Facebook, Twitter sessions of users connected to an unsecured Wi-Fi Network. With recent success of Android, some developer has taken same concept of FireSheep to next level by creating an Android app. FaceNiff lets you hijack Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more social network’s sessions of users connected to same Wi-Fi network with a tap of a thumb. It even works with secured (WEP, WPA or WPA2) Wi-Fi networks. All you need is a rooted and compatible Android Phone. Free version lets you hijack only three accounts and you can donate to buy unlock code. With my HTC Desire running MIUI rom, I was able to hijack Facebook account of my neighbor who uses my Wi-Fi network.
To protect your Facebook and Twitter profiles from being hijacked, you must secure your accounts using SSL encryption. Click here for information on how to secure your facebook account and here for information on securing your Twitter account.
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