Category Archives: Tips
Tip, taking screenshots on android phone or tablet
There is a way to take screenshots. This method does not require root access. But it is complex because it is using debugging tool. For rooted androids, there is tool called drocap2. Requirements: android device is connected to PC, and … Continue reading
Tip, convert midi to wav, and burn to audio CD
It is possible to record your own piano performance into audio CD. See the figure below. Some digital pianos, like Yamaha Clavinova 430, can record your songs in midi, and later convert them into wav files on your USB … Continue reading
Security Awareness material available, by ENISA
ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) has published a set of usefull material as part of their Awareness Raising project: Video clips Posters for organizations for parents Illustrations Screen savers
TestDisk, Tool for recovering data and pictures on hard disks and USB drives
TestDisk is an free (open source) console based tool for recoving data. TestDisk includes another tool PhotoRec, which better for recovering photos from memory cards. (It is safer to recover files since it access USB drive as readonly.) It is … Continue reading
WinMD5, Tool for maintaining integrity of important files and documents
WinMD5 is a great portable tool for calculating and comparing MD5 hashes of files. With this tool one can check that the content of your important documents and files has not been changed. Positive: Portable Open source drag&drop Can create … Continue reading
wxHexEditor, Portable tool for viewing/editing binary data
wxHexEditor is simple hex viewer/editor for binary files and hard & usb drives. Positive: Open source Portable Supports big files See another blog for other hex editors with more functionality.
Undelete 360, Tool for undeleting and deleting files on hard disk or on USB drives
There are several tools for recoving accidentally deleted files. One of them is Undelete 360. The success of the recovery depends very much on the immediate actions made after accidental deletion of the file(s). In some cases, the antivirus and … Continue reading