Why Android rocks and why I like android ...

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Buying an Android was one of the most amazing decisions I ever made, buying and HTC android (a333, 2.2.1 modded to 2.3.4) was even better,with fantastic support by the community and the HTC hacking commmunity at the pinnacle of eveything else (though I tend to remember the original nokia/symbian hackers who dct flashed-patched-disassembled their devices to connect their patchcodes to overwrite and override the flash protection and enter into debug modes of even the most trivial handsets...always makes me nostalagic.Infinity box anyone ?)

Well..onto my android, how life has changed since I moved over it -

• Always connected to social networking services and Email.
• Phone call logs/SMS dumped into my gmail account for quick reference.
• gesture based replys to anyone (for eg and inverted "U" will input "goodnight tc :) " to those late night sms and conversations which you want to end since the next morning you have to catch up for office..sigh..)
• Calender sync in realtime , call logs sync to calender and make an entry for subsequent calls , duration and name (if available) with autorecord and dumping recording to gmail if necessary. No more life threatning calls.
• Exploring the endless possiblities of application porting over the inherent Linux kernel.
• Old school games using emulators. I can now play Contra:hardcorps all the time any where ..or even can listen to chiptunes of castlevania/super c. Although i am looking forward to Mame emulation (tiger arcade works super slow..) over android but CPU is a bottleneck as of now. Need to get a new android soon :|
• Wifu and wardriving while i am on bus..here is a sample packet capture -

BSSID;LAT;LON;SSID;Crypt;Beacon Interval;Connection Mode;Channel;RXL;Date;Time
00:08:5C:EF:08:F0;28.56602;77.22951;Adiva;WpaPsk;-93;Infra;11;-92;2011/03/17;18:52:01
00:08:9F:81:8F:C4;28.56944;77.20531;Car0baR;WPA2;-96;Infra;6;-95;2011/03/17;18:58:30
00:0F:61:F2:D1:40;28.56866;77.21955;OZone WiFi;Open;-97;Infra;1;-95;2011/03/17;18:54:16
00:0F:61:F2:D1:4F;28.56866;77.21955;Aircel_OZone WiFi;Open;-95;Infra;1;-93;2011/03/17;18:54:16
00:14:78:EB:20:E4;28.56936;77.20624;Plutos Network;Wep;-86;Infra;6;-85;2011/03/17;18:58:05
00:17:9A:09:D1:79;28.56813;77.22440;WebunivM;Wep;-93;Infra;6;-91;2011/03/17;18:53:05
00:18:02:87:02:8F;28.56845;77.22306;RT2561_6;Wep;-94;Infra;6;-93;2011/03/17;18:53:18
00:18:02:92:A2:73;28.56955;77.20365;mtnlbb;Wep;-90;Infra;6;-89;2011/03/17;19:00:21
00:18:EB:01:4D:02;28.55103;77.24771;ICON EROS;Open;-94;Infra;1;-91;2011/03/17;18:40:44

• tcpdump/shark/nmap..need i say more ? (PS: you can always install shark over your GF's phone :P)
• Samba server :)
• Penetration testing using the nessus client and reading reports over it when I am on bus.
• Connected to like minded geeks ( who like to be pesked for technicalities ) even when I am on DTC and getting bored by the ongoing travels (i am looking at you : prateek singla, rahul sasi, prashant uniyal, chin tu/faku chand,raghu sharma and those who know I cant mention their names here :P )
• Taking remote control of remote computers and network devices using vnc/rfb (wrote bit.che for my college project, interested may see a demo at my college). Hell , if all else fails, you can always move with android vnc and team viewer.
• ssh to a machine having metasploit.
• 24x7 connectivity using openvpn...or vidalia..lemme summarise it in one image
• Overclocking :) although its a matter of only installing setcpu, but then, who doesnt likes the power it brings to slower devices.
• ninjamorph
• and much much much more (including 2 way authentication using timed key generation)

I am androidified .. Are you ?

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How to Download YouTube Videos: Easiest Way

YouTube is undoubtedly the most preferred website to share and watch favorite videos. Most users prefer to watch the videos online, while a few others like me, would like to download them so that, they can be saved and retained. Well, if you are one among those few who would like to download the videos from YouTube, then here is a way to do that.

In fact, there are many ways to download videos from YouTube, but here in this post, I would like to share with you one of the easiest way to do that. This can be done as follows:

1. Download and install the latest version of Internet Download Manager.

Internet Download Manager is a great add-on for your web browser which increases the download speed by 5 times. It also helps you to pause/resume and schedule your downloads. It has got a great interface and is user friendly. It works with most of the browsers including IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.

2. After you complete the installation, just open your browser and start searching for your favorite video on YouTube. You will see the download button on top of the video using which you can download it instantly.

3. Click on the “Download this Video” button to save the video onto your computer. The downloaded video will be in the flash video format (.flv).

4. You can use VLC Player to play the downloaded video or use SUPER to convert it to your desired format.

By using this trick, you can download almost all the buffering content on the Internet including videos from MySpace and Google. I hope you like this small post. Don’t forget to pass your comments. Enjoy

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