Ever wished to have a Yahoo Webcam chat in your Linux but all you could get was a text chat using pidgin , well for those who did not knew this there is a special multi protocol IM client ( these are those that support multiple chat networks like aol,msn,yahoo,gtalk etc .) it’s name is KOPETE and believe me it is a wonderful. It comes already installed with KDE version of Ubuntu ie. Kubuntu but you can get it installed on Ubuntu Gnome from your Synaptic package manager
Using Kopete, you can easily have a Webcam chat with your friends inside Linux .
This video is amazing, teaching you how to make an emergency lamp out of the power in your phone line , it says that a phone line as near about 50 to 60 volts of power and as the phone line never goes down, even if your electricity goes out, you can have an excellent emergency lamp.
Now , I hope you can add one more gizmo to your list of self-made gizmos and show it to your family !! ( Techstroke.com – smart@Technology )
This news from ISC ( Internet Storm Center) is truly shocking according to The SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center (ISC) currently estimates the "survival" time of an Internet-connected computer running Windows at around four minutes if it’s not equipped with the latest Microsoft Corp. security patches, said Lorna Hutcheson, a researcher and analyst, in a post to the ISC blog.
Hackers are always on a lookout for security vulnerabilities and if they find one, then Microsoft tries to remove it by providing a patch for that vulnerability, but if you do not download and patch your pc, you leave it open to the hackers who can easily scan for open ports on your system, and then easily get hold of your PC .
So the best thing would be to let the Microsoft Update feature in Xp/vista always on , so you get the latest of patches and save yourself from attacks !!
