Now Kinect in your Laptop as a windows 8 secret weapon

The Windows release of Kinect is coming up in a couple days, but for most people that won’t be a major event: the Kinect they have is sitting on their TV or in a drawer, waiting to be taken out for an impromptu Dance Central 2 party. Of the 10 million Kinects out there, the only ones connected to computers are the ones being fiddled with by the various hackers and students making science projects out the things.

Will Dave Cutler, Father of Windows NT, do wonders with Microsoft Xbox ?

Dave Cutler, who has been called the “father of Windows NT” has joined Microsoft’s Xbox team. “Dave is one of our brightest minds and is currently working on projects that will help advance our goals in the consumer space as we continue to grow the Xbox from a game-centric console to a complete home entertainment device,” a Microsoft spokesperson told ZDNET‘s Mary Jo Foley, who confirmed the move recently.

Cutler made his name long ago as the father of Windows NT. After working on the Windows side, Cutler moved to the cloud to help Microsoft develop its Azure platform. According to Foley, a source told her that Azure is "basically 'done'," so Cutler was looking for someplace else to turn his attentions. 

Windows 7.5 Messaging Hub killed, Security flaw found

While most of the Windows Phone 7.5 operating system is playing catch up to Android and iOS, the Messaging Hub truly shines as a stand-out feature. It allows you to thread Facebook messages, IMs and texts all into one unified conversation, exactly what a messaging app should be.

The only problem is that there seems to be a security flaw that disables the Messaging Hub entirely, all from receiving one malicious text. Devices running Microsoft's Window Phone are susceptible to a denial-of-service attack that disables their messaging function, a tipster has told WinRumors.com.

Windows Hack - Add Options to Right Click Menu

Here is a nice trick to add options to your right click menu.

 

Source: Pc wiz kids

Some cool computer tricks and hacks

Here are some cool computer tricks and hacks for you which are very easy to use and can be done by any person with some knowledge of computers. But try these tricks at your own risk.

 

Source: howtohowdoes.blogspot.com

Fun with batch programming part-3

Whenever you write the following code rename it as *.bat and it will become batch file
To create a virus to delete mouse, keyboard, internet explorer, logoff in notepad using batch programming:
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Here is the code:
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How to get full control of your windows operating system

As a normal user you have to work hard and handle a lot of things in your system. But what if you got full control over your PC ? Yes that's true, you can get a full control over your PC once you are done with this. You can be a GOD of your machine by activating the full control Mode in Windows. This mode is also sometimes referred to as GOD mode. Yes you can do anything to your windows, as you will become a god in this Mode.

Fun with batch programming part-2

Whenever you write the following code rename it as *.bat and it will become batch file
To make a matrix like animation on screen type the following code in notepad:
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Here is the code:
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Fun with batch programming part-1

Whenever you write the following code rename it as *.bat and it will become batch file
To make a folder into folder virus type the following code in notepad:
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Here is the code:
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some useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 7

List of some useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 7 operating system

Keys pressed in keyboard when windows explorer is at the screen.

1. Alt + Up = Go up one level
2. Alt + Left = Back one move
3. Alt + Right = Forward one move

How to obtain information about a website using command prompt

To obtain information about a website using command prompt:

This trick is used to find out the hosting provider which hosted the particular domain.

Follow the below mentioned method:

1.   Start->Run(Ctrl+R)->cmd(open Command prompt).

2.  Type the given command and then press enter(“tracert www.domainname.com”).

Enter the website name whose information is to be obtained in the above given command.

Once the enter is pressed, it will tell you all the information related to  a particular domain like, Location, Country and some details of that domain.

Website blocking on local computer

Website blocking on local computer

If you want to block access to particular websites on your system you can use this method to block some websites.  Moreover, parents can also block certain websites from their children. It is most widely used in schools and colleges to restrict the use of some websites which are not allowed to be opened in these places, for example, Sites containing explicit material, social networking or free downloading sites. These are also used in business centres or offices to stop the employees for wasting time on various social networking sites.

   

This trick can be performed in this way.