[Via FSMdotCOM]
After being released in RockApp, Multifl0w has finally landed in Cydia. Multif0w is a multitasking interface which displays apps that are running and you can scroll left and right for quick switching.
The idea is very nice because the developer has tried to reproduce the effect that occurs when we move between tabs in Safari, and it acts in a similar way with Palm Pre’s multitasking
After you install the Multifl0w, using Backgrounder you will close all the apps that you want ( by pressing the home button ), then just tap the home button twice and you will get the multitasking interface provided by Multifl0w.
Multifl0w has a very small and concrete code and uses very little RAM and CPU power, and it works great even on a older iPhone model. The only thing is that after installation it was crashing my Springboard everytime i was trying to background apps. I restarted my iPhone, and now everything is running so smooth…
You can find Multifl0w in the Cydia store for $4.99
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Tech N9ne Miser Loves Kompany NZB
I could NOT find this NZB ANYWHERE! Finally I decided it was time to create it after gathering the files elsewhere. If anyone wants it here is my post at Merlin's Portal: http://www.merlins-portal.net/Vbulletin/showthread.php?p=526338#post526338
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Posting (Check this post out!)
I know I havent been posting much lately.. I have had a crazy November it seems like! Wow! Well I am trying to get back to it :). At least get something for you guys who actually read this Blog (If there are any :(... Hmmm). Anyway I am gonna get some stuff done on this site! Gonna add some affiliate banners (FOR ASTRAWEB!) so click and sign up! I get money for everyone who signs up for an unlimited account, so if your looking for a FANTASTIC Usenet provider (I am NOT saying that because I am trying to sell anyone on there product alone, I am saying that because I have friends who have had great experiences using Astraweb and I have heard many many good things about them, I myself use Supernews but that is because They are a bit cheaper.. Service is lacking though so I am STRONGLY considering switching to Astraweb!). Anyways give them a shot! Try a block account before getting an Unlimited (although if you use links on this site I only get money for sign ups for Unlimited accounts). Even so give it a try. Especially if you dont want to torrent or want better speeds or more security for whatever you may be downloading. (reasons why I now use Usenet).
Here is my Affiliate Link for anyone interested! Please click here to sign up to help me out: http://affiliate.astraweb.com/10217.html
Anyways enough with my advertisement ramblings!
Hope you guys are having a great November!
Here is my Affiliate Link for anyone interested! Please click here to sign up to help me out: http://affiliate.astraweb.com/10217.html
Anyways enough with my advertisement ramblings!
Hope you guys are having a great November!
Friday, November 13, 2009
BitTorrent Safety For Dummies - FileSharing Talk
Original Post - [Via FileSharing Talk]
BT Safety for dummies
Before people read this tutorial I want to get a few things strait. First and for most this tutorial is far from original. It is in fact taken from many different articles and other known information from around the net and is far from perfect. I my self can take no credit but do like everyone else have an opinion.
The most important point and I stress this with big bold letters.
*****WHEN YOU USE BITTORENT TO DOWNLOAD AND SHARE COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL YOU CAN NEVER BE 100% SAFE*****
If you want to be 100% protected than stop using it.
You may even use many of these programs or techniques and still be sent a ugly little letter from your ISP or even be sued(though incredibly unlikely)
when you consider more people use P2P than all the Americans who voted in our last election it becomes even more unlikely. Whats the total? Well according to RIAA watch 17,587 individuals have been sued, and that’s not including letters from your ISP or MPAA lawsuits. But with as many as 20 million P2P users including bittorrent and other file sharing networks....well you can do the math, my head hurts and I failed math.
Even with all that said it is still very important to keep your self as safe as you can.
Of course if you live in Sweden or sea island you probably only use a firewall but for those that live with a kind of government such as in England or the U.S this maybe worth a read.
It may seem silly to mention but many people don’t realize how important it is to have a good firewall when using Bittorent or any P2P program for that matter. After all a firewalls main purpose is to filter all the bad traffic that try to connect to your PC.
With a good firewall you can tweak it to your internet habits and likings including blocking IP ranges, specific web sites, blocking code or adds.
There are so many good firewalls and a lot off bad ones too but I would recommend and use
Zonealarm.
Here is a screen shot of Zonealarm manually blocking IP’s
Go to >Firewall>Zones>Add>Host/site
While blocking IP ranges can take time there are programs that do this automatically by getting Ranges from an online database. The most popular is PeerGuardian once downloaded it blocks IP(s) associated to what it designates as a bad IP or ranges. This could include Sony, Warner music or the RIAA. I find some of the IP(s) that connect to my computer are harmless including many of the universities and others. But it is handy as you can choose what lists you want depending on how unsafe you feel. It also has a HTTP option which blocks some sites that are known for viruses or spyware.
I personally use ProtoWall it also blocks IP’s and uses a program called BLOCKLIST MANAGER to load IP(s). Protowall is a bit more advanced as far as installing but the tutorial on their page will help you get started.
Another way is actually using block lists in your torrent client. Azereus already has an add-on called Safepeer
which once installed, can automatically update and in my opinion is very hassle free.
If you use uTorrent it can be a little more of a hassle but I will go threw it step by step to help everyone understand it a little better.
First things first you need to understand that uTorrent should already have a file called ipfilter.dat if not in the uTorrent folder you need to copy and rename the rss file or any other file to ipfilter!
To locate it you need to go to Start>control panel>tools>folder options>view and Select "Show all hidden files and folders"
Next you need to download Blocklist Manager
Install and start, then go to Tools>options>app locations then select IPfilter (emule/donk)
Then browse, go to documents and settings>username>application data>uTorrent>ipfilter
once assigned make sure you tell block list manager what lists to download in the sources tab under tools.
Once done hit process. After all the ip’s have been downloaded go to Export>p2p apps>to emule.
The last step is to go to uTorrent options>Preferences>advanced then scroll down to ipfilter.dat and set value to true!
Please note: you may want to unselect show hidden files and folders when done.
You’re done
If you want before we move on take a look at this these articles
http://torrentfreak.com/video-how-pe...orrent-080114/
Or this
http://torrentfreak.com/do-p2p-block...keep-you-safe/
and
http://www.slyck.com/story769_RIAAs_..._are_Your_Odds
DHT When used in public bittorrent sites, having DHT enabled in your torrent client can be a good thing. What does this mean? Well by having DHT enabled you are able to connect to more nodes (peers) or putting it in layman’s terms people.
For example, say you download something from ThePirateBay! If the torrent is popular odds are that the same torrent is not only at the pirate bay but at Mininova, ISOhunt or any other public tracker. By having DHT enabled you are able to connect to more peers from almost any public tracker with that file. That means faster downloading!
An example where safety might play a role is when you download from a Private tracker, where only members are able to download and upload content to each other…
If you have DHT enabled say on Torrentleech which is a private tracker and ThePirateBay has that same file. You may be sharing a torrent to hundreds of others that are not part of the private community by letting other IP’s connect to the Swarm. You can see how this might be upsetting for people working hard and sharing for a ratio. If people are able to connect to your swarm then they are able to see your IP and anyone else downloading. Odds are you don’t want some Joe shmo that’s sole purpose is to track you, to see that kind of information.
It’s also a good Idea when disabling DHT to disable peer exchange, which is in the same box as the DHT option:
There are known ways most of which cost money that make you completely anonymous. Though I no very little about this I will give you some helpful links.
The VPNTunnel service works by disguising your Internet traffic take a look:
http://www.vpntunnel.co.uk/
BTGuard is a proxy service that reroutes your BitTorrent downloads thru there servers:
http://btguard.com/
You can also use TOR by running Bittorent threw its proxy servers. I highly discourage this! not only will it slow you down to a crawl but it will also slow down the whole network. If you still want to use it you can do your own googling.
There are other ways but many of them, some frankly are not worth it and are very time consuming including i2p.
There are many sites which it sole purpose is to track you. The most popular was Miivi which came about from a well known and long gone anti P2P Company MediaDefender.
Here are some others:
http://www.torrentm8.com/
http://www.rapid-torrent.com/
http://www.torrent-movie-host.com/
http://www.thepiilotbay.org/
http://torrentrnate.com/
http://moviehost.rapid-torrent.com/
http://www.everybodyshappytorrents.com/
http://hdmi2.com
http://codec.uploadvid.net
Just ask in the FST forums before you sign up to see if it is legit!
And remember “never pay money for file sharing”
I hope you enjoyed reading my tutorial and if you have any comments or anything to add please let me know.
Edit: I almost forgot to give credit where credit is due! even though most of this is not taken verbatim from any place I got much of this information or knowledge from this forum, private site forums including torrentleech and ScT. also I did get some of the statistics from slyck and torrent freak which are both really good news sites.
I'm sure I'm missing a site or two but anyhow...enjoy
BT Safety for dummies
Before people read this tutorial I want to get a few things strait. First and for most this tutorial is far from original. It is in fact taken from many different articles and other known information from around the net and is far from perfect. I my self can take no credit but do like everyone else have an opinion.
The most important point and I stress this with big bold letters.
*****WHEN YOU USE BITTORENT TO DOWNLOAD AND SHARE COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL YOU CAN NEVER BE 100% SAFE*****
If you want to be 100% protected than stop using it.
You may even use many of these programs or techniques and still be sent a ugly little letter from your ISP or even be sued(though incredibly unlikely)
when you consider more people use P2P than all the Americans who voted in our last election it becomes even more unlikely. Whats the total? Well according to RIAA watch 17,587 individuals have been sued, and that’s not including letters from your ISP or MPAA lawsuits. But with as many as 20 million P2P users including bittorrent and other file sharing networks....well you can do the math, my head hurts and I failed math.
Even with all that said it is still very important to keep your self as safe as you can.
Of course if you live in Sweden or sea island you probably only use a firewall but for those that live with a kind of government such as in England or the U.S this maybe worth a read.
*****Please remember! This maybe very basic to some and not to others******
Firewalls:
It may seem silly to mention but many people don’t realize how important it is to have a good firewall when using Bittorent or any P2P program for that matter. After all a firewalls main purpose is to filter all the bad traffic that try to connect to your PC.
With a good firewall you can tweak it to your internet habits and likings including blocking IP ranges, specific web sites, blocking code or adds.
There are so many good firewalls and a lot off bad ones too but I would recommend and use
Zonealarm.
Here is a screen shot of Zonealarm manually blocking IP’s
Go to >Firewall>Zones>Add>Host/site
Blocklists::
While blocking IP ranges can take time there are programs that do this automatically by getting Ranges from an online database. The most popular is PeerGuardian once downloaded it blocks IP(s) associated to what it designates as a bad IP or ranges. This could include Sony, Warner music or the RIAA. I find some of the IP(s) that connect to my computer are harmless including many of the universities and others. But it is handy as you can choose what lists you want depending on how unsafe you feel. It also has a HTTP option which blocks some sites that are known for viruses or spyware.
I personally use ProtoWall it also blocks IP’s and uses a program called BLOCKLIST MANAGER to load IP(s). Protowall is a bit more advanced as far as installing but the tutorial on their page will help you get started.
Another way is actually using block lists in your torrent client. Azereus already has an add-on called Safepeer
which once installed, can automatically update and in my opinion is very hassle free.
If you use uTorrent it can be a little more of a hassle but I will go threw it step by step to help everyone understand it a little better.
First things first you need to understand that uTorrent should already have a file called ipfilter.dat if not in the uTorrent folder you need to copy and rename the rss file or any other file to ipfilter!
To locate it you need to go to Start>control panel>tools>folder options>view and Select "Show all hidden files and folders"
Next you need to download Blocklist Manager
Install and start, then go to Tools>options>app locations then select IPfilter (emule/donk)
Then browse, go to documents and settings>username>application data>uTorrent>ipfilter
once assigned make sure you tell block list manager what lists to download in the sources tab under tools.
Once done hit process. After all the ip’s have been downloaded go to Export>p2p apps>to emule.
The last step is to go to uTorrent options>Preferences>advanced then scroll down to ipfilter.dat and set value to true!
Please note: you may want to unselect show hidden files and folders when done.
You’re done
If you want before we move on take a look at this these articles
http://torrentfreak.com/video-how-pe...orrent-080114/
Or this
http://torrentfreak.com/do-p2p-block...keep-you-safe/
and
http://www.slyck.com/story769_RIAAs_..._are_Your_Odds
DHT: (Distributed hash tables)
DHT When used in public bittorrent sites, having DHT enabled in your torrent client can be a good thing. What does this mean? Well by having DHT enabled you are able to connect to more nodes (peers) or putting it in layman’s terms people.
For example, say you download something from ThePirateBay! If the torrent is popular odds are that the same torrent is not only at the pirate bay but at Mininova, ISOhunt or any other public tracker. By having DHT enabled you are able to connect to more peers from almost any public tracker with that file. That means faster downloading!
An example where safety might play a role is when you download from a Private tracker, where only members are able to download and upload content to each other…
If you have DHT enabled say on Torrentleech which is a private tracker and ThePirateBay has that same file. You may be sharing a torrent to hundreds of others that are not part of the private community by letting other IP’s connect to the Swarm. You can see how this might be upsetting for people working hard and sharing for a ratio. If people are able to connect to your swarm then they are able to see your IP and anyone else downloading. Odds are you don’t want some Joe shmo that’s sole purpose is to track you, to see that kind of information.
It’s also a good Idea when disabling DHT to disable peer exchange, which is in the same box as the DHT option:
VPN tunnels and other anonymous downloading:
There are known ways most of which cost money that make you completely anonymous. Though I no very little about this I will give you some helpful links.
The VPNTunnel service works by disguising your Internet traffic take a look:
http://www.vpntunnel.co.uk/
BTGuard is a proxy service that reroutes your BitTorrent downloads thru there servers:
http://btguard.com/
You can also use TOR by running Bittorent threw its proxy servers. I highly discourage this! not only will it slow you down to a crawl but it will also slow down the whole network. If you still want to use it you can do your own googling.
There are other ways but many of them, some frankly are not worth it and are very time consuming including i2p.
Scams:
There are many sites which it sole purpose is to track you. The most popular was Miivi which came about from a well known and long gone anti P2P Company MediaDefender.
Here are some others:
http://www.torrentm8.com/
http://www.rapid-torrent.com/
http://www.torrent-movie-host.com/
http://www.thepiilotbay.org/
http://torrentrnate.com/
http://moviehost.rapid-torrent.com/
http://www.everybodyshappytorrents.com/
http://hdmi2.com
http://codec.uploadvid.net
Just ask in the FST forums before you sign up to see if it is legit!
And remember “never pay money for file sharing”
I hope you enjoyed reading my tutorial and if you have any comments or anything to add please let me know.
I’m sure there are more things I could add but I’m off to bed.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Edit: I almost forgot to give credit where credit is due! even though most of this is not taken verbatim from any place I got much of this information or knowledge from this forum, private site forums including torrentleech and ScT. also I did get some of the statistics from slyck and torrent freak which are both really good news sites.
I'm sure I'm missing a site or two but anyhow...enjoy
Comment with a Name
So everyone appears to be leaving comments on here Anonymously, which is kind of frustrating. I would love it if everyone used the form where you can just fill in a name! It would be much more convenient!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Usenet vs Torrent
Just about everyone on the internet has probably heard of both Usenet and Torrents before even if they do not know what they are, they are so popular lately that everyone has come across the name somewhere.
Most people know and use Torrents for getting legal and often illegal content off the internet, because torrents are free the majority uses them.
Many of us have heard of Usenet but never looked into it because it costs money, even though Usenet has been around much longer then Torrents. Usenet was originally for communication purposes and many ISPs ran there own Usenet servers for customers, but then someone thought outside of the box and used it to transfer files, then the ISPs started to disable there Usenet servers. Now Usenet is a paid service (there are free Usenet servers but good luck finding a good one). But even though it is paid, it is well worth it it in some cases.. Let me give you an example.
I have used Torrents since I built my first computer in 2005 (AMD 64 3000+ 1.8GHZ, 512mb RAM-Upgraded now, and nVidia GeForce 6600) and I have not thought of an alternative besides Limewire, Frostwire and others that are much better for getting small files like music and not so much for bigger files.
Today I got a letter from Cox telling me I had Copyright material on my computer and that I should delete it... Crap.. So I searched for a way to download anonymously, I found many services such as ItsHidden, PeerBlock(Already had that one), TorrentPrivacy(Why pay to be anonymous when your already pirating? Thats stupid...), and many others... Finally I asked my friend what he did and he said he barely uses Torrents anymore and just uses Usenet and that he gets much, much better speeds, I was like "Hell yeah! Lets check it out!" so I did and I asked him what service he uses, he said Astraweb and NzbMovieSeeker and newzleech for the Usenet indexer and GrabIt for the client. I checked out Astraweb and was debating whether I wanted to spend the money right now or now, I was also searching other options and came across Binverse which has a 14 day free trial! I thought "Yes! Perfect!" so I signed up and started downloading the game I had been waiting to play (Borderlands) and it said 4 Hours remaining and I was jumping anywhere from 3000kbps to 10000kbps! (HOLY SHIT!)... The time just kept going down... I was so shocked... I got the game plus a movie in 3-4 hours (and this is a 6.7gb game mind you...) I was ECSTATIC!!
So the point of this story is that if you are having trouble with Torrents, you should absolutely look into paying for Usenet. Yeah I know you are thinking "Why the hell would I wanna pay to pirate?"(If that is what you use it for... I am NOT condoling piracy), but I have to say the speed increase and anonymity is just so nice that its just WELL WORTH IT! I swear from just the day I have used it.
Thats my story for the day!
I am not saying that I pirate or that you should go out and pirate games, movies, or what have you. It is up to you what you do, if you like the game/movie then buy it.
Just have to say that, dont want to get in trouble
Most people know and use Torrents for getting legal and often illegal content off the internet, because torrents are free the majority uses them.
Many of us have heard of Usenet but never looked into it because it costs money, even though Usenet has been around much longer then Torrents. Usenet was originally for communication purposes and many ISPs ran there own Usenet servers for customers, but then someone thought outside of the box and used it to transfer files, then the ISPs started to disable there Usenet servers. Now Usenet is a paid service (there are free Usenet servers but good luck finding a good one). But even though it is paid, it is well worth it it in some cases.. Let me give you an example.
I have used Torrents since I built my first computer in 2005 (AMD 64 3000+ 1.8GHZ, 512mb RAM-Upgraded now, and nVidia GeForce 6600) and I have not thought of an alternative besides Limewire, Frostwire and others that are much better for getting small files like music and not so much for bigger files.
Today I got a letter from Cox telling me I had Copyright material on my computer and that I should delete it... Crap.. So I searched for a way to download anonymously, I found many services such as ItsHidden, PeerBlock(Already had that one), TorrentPrivacy(Why pay to be anonymous when your already pirating? Thats stupid...), and many others... Finally I asked my friend what he did and he said he barely uses Torrents anymore and just uses Usenet and that he gets much, much better speeds, I was like "Hell yeah! Lets check it out!" so I did and I asked him what service he uses, he said Astraweb and NzbMovieSeeker and newzleech for the Usenet indexer and GrabIt for the client. I checked out Astraweb and was debating whether I wanted to spend the money right now or now, I was also searching other options and came across Binverse which has a 14 day free trial! I thought "Yes! Perfect!" so I signed up and started downloading the game I had been waiting to play (Borderlands) and it said 4 Hours remaining and I was jumping anywhere from 3000kbps to 10000kbps! (HOLY SHIT!)... The time just kept going down... I was so shocked... I got the game plus a movie in 3-4 hours (and this is a 6.7gb game mind you...) I was ECSTATIC!!
So the point of this story is that if you are having trouble with Torrents, you should absolutely look into paying for Usenet. Yeah I know you are thinking "Why the hell would I wanna pay to pirate?"(If that is what you use it for... I am NOT condoling piracy), but I have to say the speed increase and anonymity is just so nice that its just WELL WORTH IT! I swear from just the day I have used it.
Thats my story for the day!
I am not saying that I pirate or that you should go out and pirate games, movies, or what have you. It is up to you what you do, if you like the game/movie then buy it.
Just have to say that, dont want to get in trouble
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Blacksn0w released - Updated Blackra1n!
blacksn0w is live
blacksn0w is a free unlock for the latest iPhone 3G and 3GSblackra1n is a super simple jailbreak used to install unlock
new visitors, go to blackra1n.com download and have fun
blackra1n RC3 is also live for both Windows and Mac!!! Clean firmware 3.1.2 and baseband 05.11.07 are recommended.
Updates:
Unlock!!!
Hacktivation
Keep legit activation if activated before running app
15 seconds faster, you'll feel it
Tiger + PPC support
Go to blackra1n.com to download
For support, blackra1n.support at gmail...but read this first
blacksn0w is also available on Cydia, add blackra1n.com as repo
requires firmware >= 3.1 and baseband 05.11.07
It appears some users are having wifi issues. Try a "Reset Network Settings" Also, this just enables custom MobileConfig files. To fully enable tethering, go here on your iPhone and download a MobileConfig file for your carrier. Watch out for carrier fees for tethering.
iClarified has made some nice tutorials:
Windows
Mac
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