New cracked Windows Genuine Advantage Validation by iND. 100% working on Windows Update, Microsoft Download Center and Microsoft Update. And no nag screens. Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is an anti-piracy system created by Microsoft that enforces Microsoft Windows online validation of the authenticity of several recent Microsoft operating systems when accessing several Microsoft Windows services, such as Windows Update, and downloading Windows components from the Microsoft Download Center. Specifically, WGA covers Windows XP and Windows Vista. It does not cover Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 or the Windows 9x family. However, certain downloads and non-critical updates from the Download Center for Windows 2000 require validation.
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The Skype application for the iPhone is the best selling product in the App store for nine different countries just two days after release. But consumer groups are complaining that the service is unfairly limited by Apple’s agreement with carrier AT&T.
The iPhone edition of Skype looks and works very similarly to the full desktop edition and supports text chats as well as voice calls. It doesn’t include the conference calling or video chat features of the full edition (which is unsurprising given the lack of an appropriately-placed camera on iPhones). Most reviews so far say audio quality is generally pretty clear.
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Microsoft may have slimmed Windows 7 down to be small enough to run on a netbook computer, but it still can’t seem to slim down its product lineup. The company will offer six separate versions of Windows 7 upon its release- enough to make nearly anyone’s head spin.
Many critics deem six versions of Windows to be completely unnecessary. Even Microsoft has pledged that it would focus on two versions at release: Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional.
Many were surprised that Microsoft did not opt to create a version of Windows 7 designed especially for netbooks. Instead, the company says that any version of Windows 7 will run on a netbook.
Windows Home Premium should suffice for nearly any home user. It includes full multimedia capabilities including Windows Media Center as well as basic networking functionality.
Windows 7 Professional will work if you have more advanced networking needs. If you’re looking to access your computer remotely or brush up on your LAN skills, this is the version for you.
Here’s the full rundown:
Windows 7 Starter
- Available worldwide to OEMs on new PCs
- No Aero UI tweaks
- Limited to 3 simultaneous applications
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As wireless networks evolve, so does the security encryption needed to protect them. As usual, the methods to hack this encryption evolves just as fast, so let’s take a look at how its done and how to protect yourself from these types of threats.
WEP-based encryption was the first to be developed, and therefore first to be easily cracked and made vulnerable. Then came WPA-based encryption which took the security up a level and introduced some new methods. Let’s look at some differences between the two. WEP, or Wired Equivalent Privacy, is a basic form of wireless security where both the “WAP” and the user are configured with an encryption key of either 64 bits or 128 bits in HEX. When someone connects to the network, the access point issues a “random challenge.” The user inputs the key which is encrypted with the “challenge answer.” If the answer is correct, the user is granted access to the network. WEP is easy to crack because the network key required to gain access is static, and with very little effort can be figured out.
WPA-based encryption, or Wi-Fi Protected Access, is similar in theory to WEP but doesn’t use a static network key, but rather a “Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP),” which changes keys with every data packet sent or received. This by itself makes WPA a very secure method for wireless networks, but the problem is that in most home-based environments, a “shared pass phrase” is used to access the network. If this pass phrase is any word found in the dictionary, a hacker can crack it through what is known as a “brute force dictionary attack.” While it may take a long time, it can be done.
Since WEP can be easily cracked, we’ll focus on educating you on how your WPA-encrypted wireless network can be cracked and made vulnerable to attacks as well, and how to prevent this from happening, or at least lower your risk considerably. With WPA, there’s two different versions; PSK and RADIUS. In the simplest terms, PSK is hackable and RADIUS is not. PSK uses the TKIP process I mentioned above to authenticate the network, and therefore makes it vulnerable to cracking. While WPA is indeed much more secure than WEP, only WPA-RADIUS is un-crackable. Ninety percent of access points and home wireless routers don’t even support WPA-RADIUS, only advanced enterprise-based routers do, which leaves most WPA-secured home-based networks almost as vulnerable as WEP-secured networks.
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