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GMail users, a word of warning, I’ve discovered a new phising email designed to steal your Google account password and credential.
Here’s how the email looks like.
Gmail users are advised not to fall into these type of scam as the scammer can use your Google account for all sort of nasty things. Please change your Google Account password as often as possible
Previously I’ve published how to upgrade Ubuntu Linux operating system to the latest release using “upgdate-manager” tool. But what if the computer you are upgrading does not have internet connection ?
Upgrading to Hardy Heron without Internet Connection
gksu “sh /cdrom/cdromupgrade”
That’s all hope you can enjoy the latest Ubuntu 8.04 LTS release !
Modern Linux system uses UUID instead of traditional block name (/dev/hda1, /dev/hda5, /dev/sdb) to uniquely identify harddisk or other storage medium. This is because UUID is unique and never changes even if you switch the harddisk ordering.
So by mounting or refering your hard disk by its UUID, you are guaranteed to mount the correct storage medium no matter where its connected on your system.
Here’s how to get your harddisk UUID number
Method 1: Ubuntu and Debian Way
sudo vol_id /dev/hda1
This command display harddisk extra information including its filesystem and uuid number.
Method 2: using /dev/disk/by-uuid/
Another method which works universally on modern GNU Linux operating system is :
ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid
which will uuid of connected storage medium to your computer.
That’s all, now you can easily identify your storage disk UUID number without much problem anymore.
Here is an easy way to convert Adobe Flash Video files (FLV) to MPEG-4 using a tool called flv2mpeg4.
svn co https://vixynet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vixynet/trunk vixynet
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You can convert flash video file to mpeg4 by executing :
flv2mpeg4 youtube.flv youtube.mpeg4
Alternatively you can install flv2mpeg4 from GetDeb.net website.
Couple of days ago I was given a task to configure CCTV DVR device (AVTech 4 Channel MPEG 4 recorder). I prefer the embedded device approach as opposed to the cheap PC CCTV cards as the latter requires a full blown PC and it depends on Windows operating system (which naturally incur additional costs).
The AVTech CCTV DVR is priced slightly higher, but you get the perks of having a dedicated and compact device for your CCTV solution. It has a network interface which lets you configure and view your CCTV security camera over the internet.
Motion Detector Settings
Generally I’ve no trouble at all in using AVTech, the only thing that I’ve hard time figuring is the motion detector settings, which allows the camera to record the video only if it detects movement on one of its cameras.
Fortunally I found a source which reveals the meaning of each configurable settings on the AVtech CCTV device :
Following recent announcement from Technorati about WordPress security vulnerability issue and the fact that there are a lot of WordPress sites that has been compromised. It is recommended those who are running WordPress blog to upgrade and tightens their WordPress site security to prevent it from being injected with malicious or spammy code.
Here are few pointers that might help you secure your WordPress installation to prevent it from being cracked into :
Remember you will be responsible for all the damage caused by the crackers should your site been cracked into