Hacker's Lane

Run Trial Softwares, Even When Trial Period is Over

HacK_MiNDeD — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:26:50 +0000

Recycle :P

I had to make use of a software which was running under trial period, and I had almost forgotten it that I had that software on the PC…it was damn urgent and I didn’t have a penny in my PayPal account to buy it.

This is when I remembered of a software called *Time Stopper*, which claims to run trials forever. But I thought to try doing things myself, what the software is supposed to do :)

So here it goes, Time Stopper makes the trial software believe that it’s in another time and the trial period is still left. So basically what I had to do is, change the system’s date to previous so that the software will run thinking that it’s being run in trial period, instead of prompting me to buy it. Then, I changed my system’s date to two months back and I tried to run the software and it notifies me that the system’s date is wrong because before two months, the software wasn’t there at all on the system (lol). :P

After that, I forwarded the date to a month and this time, it went all perfectly! :D

But then, the only thing is that I have to Google to know the correct date and day, as the system has got it all wrong :P

Related posts:

Seen FB’s new “simplified” layout?

HacK_MiNDeD — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:35:32 +0000

Facebook's new layout

Facebook ( the world’s most used social networking site) has recently “simplified” its look, and yes its really simple from what it was before – complicated. I had invited a few Orkut users to Facebook, they joined it and then were not active at all on FB. I asked them for the reason for being inactive and they said that FB is complicated and difficult to understand, and Orkut is much simpler and easy to use :)

Well, now I will be glad to get them back after the re-arrangement of layout of FB.

FB has taken good care of the things that we mostly look for, the notifications, friend requests & messages are given most priority. We can see all of these three just next to the logo in the new layout. And the rest stuff – Photos, Events, Applications, etc. are shifted to the left side and the bar that used to be there at the bottom is gone, except for the “Chat” on the right-bottom side of the screen. Coming to chat, you can see your online friends on the left side of the screen too while you’re at “Home”.

The Home and Profile links have shifted to the top-right corner of the screen, and the Settings and Logout option are all added to “Account” scroll-down link :)

To sum it all, the new layout looks a lot cleaner than the previous one.

Related posts:
Seen the Facebook’s TOUCH version?
Get a custom profile URL on FaceBook
I’m on the all new Orkut, it’s simply awesome!

Web meets phone with Google’s Nexus One

HacK_MiNDeD — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:01:22 +0000

Google has now stepped in the mobile market with its new phone the Nexus One. Google’s Nexus One gives a tough competition to the one-of-its type, the iPhone :)

Google's Nexus One

Google’s new android-powered phone Nexus One is the most buzzed topic right now in the tech world. Powered by the 1 GHz (Qualcomm QSD 8250) Processor and advanced communication technologies, it is considered to be a revolutionary mobile phone!

Lets take an insight of its main features:

Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz Processor

512MB Flash

512MB RAM

4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)

Powered by Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

5 MP camera with 2X digital zoom, Autofocus from 6cm to infinity

Video captured at 720×480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions

User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver

3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen with 800 x 480p resolution

UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)

HSDPA 7.2Mbps

HSUPA 2Mbps

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver

Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning

Digital compass

Accelerometer

See complete tech specs over HERE.

Here’s what the Adroid Guys say about its price:

Here’s the price: $199 unlocked in stores. $100 rebate online if you have an active and old Google account. That $100 rebate is either to buy it $99 online from Google’s online phone store, for using on Android Marketplace or for using on any Google Checkout stores. Can also be used for T-Mobile or AT&T pre-paid Data SIM card service at $29 per month, no contracts required.

Google will push full VOIP usage on these, meaning no voice/sms plans needed at any carrier. Voice calls will go through Google Voice on Data SIM cards and will provide unlimited free voice calling. And SMS is replaced by unlimited free Gtalk.

Finally, Google will provide easy roaming data services in other countries. For example, if you go to Europe, you can roam on HSDPA data networks for the same price of 20€ per month, and if you only stay in Europe for a few days you won’t need to pay for the whole month. You may not even need to change the SIM card.

Related posts:
Secret Codes for Sony Ericsson
ISRO’s Bhuvan vs Google Earth
Google morphs its logo for Gandhi Jayanti!

A new clean and simple WP theme: PL Theme

HacK_MiNDeD — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:50:20 +0000

Introducing a new clean, simple, yet beautiful theme made by Ricky.

Preview of the PL Theme

Sorry, I don’t have the time to post the review and the features, but you can read it all over HERE & download it :)

Related posts:
A better torrent search engine is here!
Earn Online by doing extremely simple Tasks!
The New Look | Hacker’s Lane Just Got Swifter