The Live Messenger team has finally released the well awaited v9 for the new Messenger platform. Currently the download is only offered to a selected few Butterfly Beta testers, this is the email sent to the butterflies:

Hello from the Windows Live Messenger Team!

We’ve been hard at work building the foundation for Windows Live Messenger 9.0, we’d like to give you a look at what we’ve built and ask what you think. We’re running a small private beta to get early feedback on the new features we’ve built and get wider test coverage of the build.

As a valued member of the Butterfly/MVP community, you are invited to participate in the Messenger 9.0 Beta0 program. You’ll have access to an early 9.0 build, a private newsgroup just for Windows Live Messenger beta testers, and the ability to send bugs directly to the product team. The build you’ll be beta testing with is a very early build, so it may be less stable than beta builds you’ve tried in the past. We’re telling you this upfront so you know what you’re getting into. If you’re not sure about trying a not-quite polished build, maybe this beta isn’t for you. If you’re ready to dig in and explore this build with us, follow the below instructions to join.

Here are some of the changes you’ll see in 9.0:

· Sign-in and messaging in multiple locations - be logged into Messenger from more than one computer at the same time!

· Signature sounds - choose the sound your friends here when you log in, and customize the sounds you hear in Messenger

· Animated user tiles

Please note that this is a private beta for a very small audience only - Windows Live Messenger 9.0 isn’t ready for wide distribution yet. By entering the beta, you’re agreeing to use the client and send us feedback, and to not share it with anyone else. Doing so is against the Terms of Use. If the build gets out too widely and starts causing problems on the service we may have to shut it down. We don’t want to do that and we know you don’t want that to happen, so please keep it to yourself.

Check out the Release Notes to find out what’s new in this build and the list of known issues. This beta is a very early build, so you may find that it’s less stable than beta clients you’ve tried in the past. The Known Issues list will tell you where you may run into more disruptive bugs. If you think you’ve found a bug, check there before filing it in the bug form.

As usual the warning was ignored by some bad butterflies and the build was leaked.

By now you have probably heard a lot of bells and whistles about the iPhone, but Apple’s latest firmware proved to be a menace for open sim loving users. Here is a guide I put together at hackint0sh which will guide you through the entire process:

Use this ONLY if you have a BRAND NEW iPhone Firmware 1.1.1 NOTHING ELSE!

Text in red means you use WinSCP for that step, text in blue means you use Putty

I have made one zip file containing all the downloads that this guide tells you to get, so instead of individual links here is a zip archive of all the files/installers needed for this guide : http://d.turboupload.com/d/2098918/unlock111.zip.html
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NetBIOS Hacking

For this tutorial, We used Microsoft’s Windows XP Home Edition.

-What is it?-
NetBIOS Hacking is the art of hacking into someone else’s computer through your computer. NetBIOS stands for “Network Basic Input Output System.” It is a way for a LAN or WAN to share folders, files, drives, and printers.

-How can this be of use to me?-
Most people don’t even know, but when they’re on a LAN or WAN they could possibly have their entire hard drive shared and not even know. So if we can find a way into the network, their computer is at our disposal.

-What do I need?-
Windows OS
Cain and Abel (Oxid.it)

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Apple’s native browser Safari has been released for PC platforms today but many found it to be more of a bloat app with show render times. The rendering speed is increased with a simple modification in this location:

“C:\Program Files\Safari\Safari.resources”

NOTE: Make sure Safari is closed!

Open up Defaults.plist and add the following line:

<key>WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay</key>
<real>0.25</real>

This should make Safari Render faster

Here are a series of steps that will allow you to uninstall those annoying WGA notifications manually from your PC.

1. Log on to the computer by using an account that has administrative permissions.

2. Make sure that the WGA Notifications version that exists on the computer is a pilot version. The version format for the pilot version is 1.5.0532.x. In this case, you can uninstall versions 527-532 only. For example, you can uninstall versions that range from 1.5.0527.0 to 1.5.0532.2. To find the WGA Notifications version, follow these steps:

a. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

b. Double-click Add or Remove Programs, locate and then click Windows XP - Software, then click Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications, and then click Click here for support information.

c. In the Support Info dialog box, verify the version number, and then click Close.

3. Rename the following files by changing the extension to .old:

•Rename %Windir%\system32\WgaLogon.dll to %Windir%\system32\WgaLogon.old

•Rename %Windir%\system32\WgaTray.exe to %Windir%\system32\WgaTray.old4. Restart the computer.

5. Unregister LegitCheckControl.dll by using Regsvr32. To do this, follow these steps:

a. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

b. At the command prompt, type the following, and then press ENTER:Regsvr32 %Windir%\system32\LegitCheckControl.dll /u

6. Restart the computer.

7. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

8. At the command prompt, delete the following files by typing the Del command. Press ENTER after you type each command.

• Del %Windir%\system32\wgalogon.old
• Del %Windir%\system32\WgaTray.old
• Del %Windir%\system32\LegitCheckControl.dll9.At the command prompt, type regedit.

10. Locate and then right-click the following registry subkeys. Click Delete after you locate each subkey.

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\WgaLogon•HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows \CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WgaNotify

Many places like schools, public pc cafe’s etc block the command prompt to keep the ever so intrigued away from it. Here are some ideas as how to open the cmd when you have it blocked:

1. Open the calculator and click on help > help topics.

When the help window opens right next to where it says ‘calculator’ ( top left corner ) there is a ‘ ? ‘ symbol , right click on it and select jump to URL and put this;

file:///c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe

then click open. Magic the command prompt opens automatically. If calculator is blocked you can do the same in any of the windows XP games.

2. Using the same text as above; “file:///c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe”

You can open Excel and create a HYPERLINK with the this text, click OK and then click in the link in the excel cell. Click OK in both windows that will pop up and the command prompt will open.

3. Open notepad, type cmd.exe and save it as “anynamehere.bat”.

Run this bat file and enjoy the dark confines of the command prompt.

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