Miana Kan Tue? #2

Milah (bukan nama sebenar): Dapat di trace urang yang menggunakan FB ku tanpa pengetahuan ku? Kemarin FB ku kana gunakan then ia m'order kasut tempat 0nlineshopping @ FB.. In inbox, the Onlineshop says aku m'order kasut darinya and stated my name and my private phone no.. When I checked my sent item, mana ada.. Maybe deleted by that "hacker".. So do you have any solution? (the question is edited for more convenience)

Admin: There are certain ways how the "hacker" gain your FB authentication information. You may read further here on how people may obtain your password as well as simple tips how to secure your password. For your first question, eventually it is hard to successfully "trace" the person due to FB's prvacy terms unless if the hacker uses your computer, you may consider to use keylogger (click here to read further on keylogger) as an early precaution. There are millions of FB user around the globe and I think tracking every user's IP address might be less priority for FB team a.k.a "they don't usually care". Plus, you are not the only victim and FB might have a problem to cater and investigate all the cases.

Next step is to "look at your own mirror". How much information (about yourself) are you exposing in your FB account for public view? Some information that you gave to public may give them some points to "hack" your FB account. You may read my previous post on "How less valuable data may become a threat". Regarding your phone number, FB usually expose your email address along with your phone number to people who are in your friend list. Every FB users are recommended to hide these information. "Kalau bulih tah pakai nama samaran saja". To maximize your FB privacy setting, you may click here.

If you really want to dig this person out, ask the onlineshop to forward the message sent by the "hacker" earlier and also ask what day/time the message has been sent, then try to think like this "hacker". Hopefully you will gain some useful information from that.

Here are some useful tips:

• Never give too much information about yourself in cyberworld
• Change your password frequently
• If possible, never share your computer with other people
• When your computer is being used by other people, BE THERE to observe every actions
• Never accept friend request from people you do not know in FB
• "Sabar itu separuh daripada iman"
• "Balas kejahatan dengan kebaikan"
• Delete current FB account and create a new one or simply delete unfamiliar people in your friend list

Be more careful next time and bear in mind that internet is for EVERYONE including that kind of people. Other people might have even better solution for you. Those who have some other points to share with Anak IT readers regarding this matter, kindly post your comment =)

Sekian, wasslam.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Salam Anak IT readers...

Are you planning to buy Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000? Think twice because the big brother will be launched soon =)

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Miana Kan Tue? #1

Fizul Hy: cana bleh atu aa...my laptop initial graphic card 1789MB....after upgrade to 64bit...jd 2549MB arh dxdiag...any idea?

ALai KoGawa: ok..i'll answer this as simple as possible to understand..hehehh.msa 32bit the system can calculate limited memories to be processed then when upgrading to 64bit the system it also upgrade the address memory amount like what u can see with ...ure graphic card which means it calculate at that amount and thus improve its video encoding and decoding methods..upgrading 64bits also likewise allow addressing more ram up to 16GB where 32bit cant..in conclusion for those upgrades..the bigger (which is 64bits) the more the system can hold and calculate the memory..hehehe..(p/s: kalau ada salah tolong betulkan..this is based on my expertise regarding hardware and software..hehehe)

Fizul Hy: okay...its based on its capacity that 64bit can hold...something like that?

ALai KoGawa: yeap..its something just like that..

Fizul Hy: thnx a lot ^^)

FOSS - TeraCopy

Salam Anak IT readers.

Today's article will be another FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) and the selected FOSS for today is Teracopy - "Copy your files faster". Here is the screenshot:

TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user with a lot of features:

• Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.
• Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click.
• Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skip the file, not terminating the entire transfer.
• Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files.
• Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual.
• Full Unicode support.
• Windows 7 x64 support.

- Taken from Teracopy's website

I have been using Teracopy since the past mmm 2-3 years? The only thing is that it can only be used in Windows OS but yea I just prefer using Teracopy rather than Windows built-in file/folder operation controller. Just try it now and experience it yourself. Try to copy big files and compare it with the regular Windows built-in operation controller. You may download it from here. If rasanya inda tepakai, simply uninstall it =)

Semoga mendapat manfaat dan kebaikan ;) aminnn...

Sekian, wassalam.

Write Jawi Easily

Salam Anak IT.

I would like to share a useful software to write jawi named "Maktab", Written by Dennis C. Bemmann (www.bitclick.com). Here is the snapshot:

Click on the image to download the file (jawi.exe)

It shows what you need to press in order to have the jawi letters. For example, if kan mau huruf "Alif", simply press small "a" but if you type capital "A" it will give you huruf "'Ain". The good thing about this is that you do not need to buy a jawi keyboard sticker to be attached on every keys on your keyboard. After you are done with typing, just copy everything and paste it into MS Word, OpenOffice, MSN nick etc.

Simple? Semoga ianya dapat memberi manfaat kepada kitani semua lebih-lebih lagi guru ugama =)

Sekian, Wassalam.

Selecting Text

Salam Anak IT reader(s),

Here I would like to share some brief or common knowledge on methods of selecting text or as you may usually say it ‘highlighting text’ in Microsoft Word using your… mouse!

YEAYYYY!!! DRAG AND HIGHLIGHTTTT!! *dramatic*

No no no no no papoy! That’s not what I am going to talk about. It is not wrong though =) That, I can say is the most fundamental method of selecting text in word (= It would be rather tiring if you drag and highlight most of the time. No? Especially when you are dealing with pages of document to modify *cough* melawakan assignment punya report *cough* then again there are a lot of ways to select text in document and here is one of the many way.

So, without further ado… Here is the first method…

but before proceeding, senyum and buka MS Word... below is a sample text document that I am going to use throughout this article.

Now... we are ready to continue...

-take note on the position of my cursor/mouse pointer/arrow throughout the article-

To select a Word /Perkataan – double click on the word you want to highlight

as you can see above. That is a result of double clicking the word 'sentence' in the paragraph.

To select a Sentence/Ayat – hold the ctrl key and click anywhere in the sentence you want to select and the result of it is somewhat like what i have below...

To select a Paragraph/Perenggan – triple-click anywhere in the paragraph

Another method of selecting text is by using the selection bar. Selection bar is on your *fikir skajap kiri or kanan* I think and I am sure it is on your kiri/left hand side of the document. (<-- that side). When you place your cursor on that side of the text, your mouse cursor will change to right pointing arrow.

as you can see above... the white/highlighted side is the selection bar. And do you realize? cursor berubah arah macam kana tiup angin dari sebalah kiri at that area. Try and see it on your MS Word.

To select a Line of text – Katik sekali pakai tetikus bahagian kiri text yang kan di highlight

as you can see it highlights sebaris atu saja.

To select a Paragraph/ Perenggan – Katik dua kali arah bahagian kiri perenggan yang kan di highlight

And last but not least is to select the Entire document – Katik tiga kali arah selection bar atau takan ctrl(on your keyboard) and katik sekali di mana mana arah selection bar atu.

Atu ta saja dulu for now. Hope it will benefit you or anyone you share this with and may inspire you in any ways. (= feel free to comment. Kalau salah tolong betulkan. Kalau ada pertanyaan jangan malu untuk bertanya, InsyaAllah ANAK IT will try the best of the best to help.

Sekian.

FOSS - CCleaner

Salam Anak IT readers =)

The FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) for today is.......................... *drumroll*.................. *masih drumroll*........ CCleaner~ my favorite FOSS :)

So, what is CCleaner? It is a free cleaning tool for Windows OS. It is small with big *masih ada drumroll* capabilities and also very light =) it is also easy to use and a *pacahi drum kai pisau cukur* must-have tool for Windows OS. Download it for free at http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner or if malas kan copy paste click here. If you feel that it is useful you may have choice to donate or buy the software with priority support.

It has 3 category: Cleaner, Registry and Tools. For Cleaner, it cleans up your temporary files, cookies, clipboards etc. which is usually needed by the machine once but haven't been wiped off from the machine. Registry cleaning fixes any problems found on the registry while Tools cleaning deals with the software installed on the machine. This is the screenshot of the sofware:

To use Cleaner, simply click on the Analyze button and it will scans your machine for the junk files.

After the scanning is complete, click on the "Run Cleaner" button. Straight forward right? ;)

For Registry cleaning, click on the "Scan for Issues" button.

Sudahnya abis scanning, tekan punat *hahaha* "Fix selected issues..."

You will be asked either you want to backup your registry or not. To be on a safe side, just back it up and then follow the instructions.

Tools~ This is my favorite part. It has 3 sub-functions: Uninstall, Startup and System Restore. Yang Uninstall atue you know la apa ia but ;) but the most interesting part is the "Startup" feature. Usually the machine loads very slow after switched on. This is because of some programs being loaded at windows start-up. This software gives you freedom on choosing which program you want to be enabled during start-up and which programs you want to disable or even delete it from the start-up list =)

Semoga memberi manfaat arah kitani semua serta rakan-rakan dan saudara-mara tidak lupa adi beradi insyaAllah.

Sekian. Wassalam.

Go Green With Solar Energy

"Mengapa keta atue parking arah tangah-tangah lautan atue kan? Ngam-ngam bawah lampung lagi tue..."

The reason is...

Charging a handphone with solar panel

Salam Anak IT readers...

I would like to expose an energy efficient technology called SOLAR PANEL =) tau jua biskita tue kalie apa binatangnya huhu so na payah panjang ceta for today la k ;)

Advantages:

• Can be used anywhere, inda payah cari plug karan rah dinding
• UNLIMITED power source (renewable)
• Silent - bukan hingar portable generator
• No pollution
• Minimum maintenance

Actually banyak plang lagi its advantages... It also carries disadvantages such as expensive (short-term) and may not be reliable on bad weather or even at night... The good thing about it is the fact that it is renewable in a way that it can be used rapidly unlike fuel, abis dipakai abis tah tue... For a long-term power source, solar energy might benefit us hugely... Its just that we have less access to these kind of power "gadget", ada tapinya inda banyak kalie...

Here are examples of charging/using a laptop with solar energy:

Click on the image to read further

I think that is it for today. If you have extra ideas, knowledge, skills and experience on today's topic, post it through comment =)

Sekian, wassalam...

Green IT Certification

"CompTIA's Strata Green IT certificate is designed to enhance an IT professional's experience, knowledge, and existing IT credentials to incorporate emerging technologies shaping the global green IT industry today. IT professionals that pass the Green IT exam validate that they have the aptitude needed to effectively implement and measure green IT programs and investments, including:

• A specialized knowledge of current IT methodologies
• The ability to develop, deploy, and calculate true ROI for green IT initiatives
• Knowledge of cost-cutting power management and IT virtualization techniques
• Proven understanding of environmentally-sound waste disposal
• An awareness of global organizations mandating standards and regulations

The Strata Green IT certificate is ideal for IT professionals who have decision making authority over a company's IT infrastructure or work in implementing green IT initiatives such as an IT manager, data center or facilities / operations manager, IT technician, and system or network administrator." -CompTIA

CompTIA Strata - Green IT certificate

For further information on the CompTIA Strata - Green IT, go to CompTIA's website at http://www.comptia.org/certifications/strata/greenit.aspx or simply click here. Those who need some guidance on the certification, you may approach me.

As Anak IT's motto, "Mun rotan ganya sejangkal, jangan mendaluh lautan dalam" encouraging you to improve and further your skills.

Sekian, semoga biskita mendapat inspirasi dan juga manfaat. Wassalam.

"When there is a will, there is a way"

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Change Case in MS Word

Hi readers! Just a brief one.

Have you ever wonder how to change from lower case to upper case or vice versa in MS Office Word? It is really simple. Highlight the targeted word/phrase and then press Shift+F3 keys on your keyboard simultaneously and examine the output. Here are few examples:

First, highlight the text.

Then press Shift+F3. You will see that only the very first letter is changed to uppercase (or capitalised).

When you press the combination keys one more time, all of the selected text will be capitalised.

Try to repeat the process and see what will you get.

Until next time, happy trying~