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Fun with UNICODE and Mirroring Character

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2006/11/fun-with-unicode-and-mirroring.html is not enough to mention all characters in all languages. Here comes UNICODE, in which each character is represented by 16 bits. Therefore in this method of encoding, 65536 characters can be represented.For more information about UNICODE and its applictions visit Unicode.orgWhats interesting?Unicode is capable of representing many languages, including those written from left to right and those written from right to left. There are special characters in UNICODE to achieve the RTL. One such character ...

About "HOSTS" File

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2006/11/about-hosts-file.html About "HOSTS" File Warning: Backup the file before playing with it!What does this file do?The HOSTS file found on Windows (and linux too) is like a local DNS (domain name server). When you type a url on the browsers address bar, the domain name is converted to the IP of the server by a DNS lookup by the browser. Now here is the catch ... Windows first looks at the HOSTS file before doing any DNS lookup. So we can block certain sites by editing the HOSTS file. Where is it ? I dont see ...

How to connect laptop to TV

http://digitalpbk.com/laptop-tv/how-to-connect-laptop-tv How to connect laptop to TV Various methods to connect laptop to TV, S-Video, DVI, RCA, VGA and steps to configure your laptop Want to Connect laptop to your TV? Find out how to connect your laptop to TV based on what technologies are available on your laptop and television. There are many options to connect your laptop to TV, choosing a connection depends on what laptop and Television you have. Based on your laptop and tv connectivity options, here is a list Laptop Technology Television ...

Tips to Improve your android battery life

http://digitalpbk.com/android/tips-to-save-android-battery-life > Location. GPS takes up a lot of battery when used. If you are not using 3G, you can disable 3G altogether by enabling the "Use only 2G Networks" setting in Mobile networks settings. A good application that ships by default in android is the power control application widget which can be put on the home screen to put shortcuts of these settings on your home screen. A slightly advanced version you can use is available as Widgetsoid in which you can configure your shortcuts. Here is my ...

SQL Injection: Tutorial Part 1

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2009/06/hacking-sql-injection-tutorial.html hands over you the control.The method demonstrated here is just the teaser, you can do much more sinister things with SQL injection like dropping tables (which is not a good thing)to be continued...In case you find a website with such a vulnerability, please inform the webmaster of the condition and refer this page (in case they are ignorant). Be ethicalHappy Browsing... ...

Official Gmail Blog: 9 reasons to archive

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2008/04/official-gmail-blog-9-reasons-to.html Official Gmail Blog: 9 reasons to archive Guess GMail wants all its users to archive their mail often.We hear reports that many users don't archive their email. If you don't regularly click on the "archive" button or never even thought about it, here are some reasons you might want to get in the habit. Archiving just means moving mail out of your inbox and storing it for safekeeping. Your messages will be waiting for you when you click All Mail or search for them.9. Phone ...

Base 64 Encoding

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2006/12/base-64-encoding.html in the ASCII code. 64 different characters implies 6 bits as the word length. (no: of bits to represent a character)(2^6=64). So the encoding method is to group the binary data in groups of 6 bits. 10001010010010011110101101010100100100111000101001001001111010110101010010010011Now the grouped 6 bits words are represented by letters, digits and punctuations. A table is defined to denote the mappings of the bit pattern to a corresponding character. Here is a sample of base64 encoding ...

How to make Windows Media Player Skins

http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-make-windows-media-player-skins.html How to make Windows Media Player Skins What is a WMP skin?WMP or Windows Media Player Skin is a way of customizing how the media player looks. Basically a wmp skin is a .wmz file found on "X:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Skins\" folder (Replace X with your drive letter). Here we shall atempt to create a simple skin, from which you can create more advanced skins.WMZ File FormatWMP Skins consists of a collection of files zipped together. So it means, the WMZ file on your computer ...

Connecting Laptop to TV using HDMI Port

http://digitalpbk.com/hdmi/connect-laptop-tv-using-hdmi-port . A special cable is required to connect two HDMI capable devices. This sort of cable is shown right You can get this cable for under $10 or around 400 INR. As for a short note regarding the HDMI cable buying guide, Quality of the HDMI cable is critical as it has to carry high frequency signal. So look for a properly shielded, High quality HDMI cable. Now the other HDMI capable device here is an LG Scarlet 32 inch LCD TV. The following picture shows the available input ports behind the LCD TV. We ...

Rasberry Pi Tech Specs

http://digitalpbk.com/mini-computer/rasberry-pi-tech-specs } and RCA video output, 3.5mm Audio output, SD card slot and a RJ45 Ethernet connector. And runs on a 5V power supply which is connected via the standard micro USB interface, which means you can also connect your android charger to power the system. The interesting part is that there are several General purpose IO pins to connect or control another hardware. There are many exciting opportunities for the electronics hacker here. At the minimum it runs on Linux and hence can be used to run a server, do ...