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Let’s say you want to open some office documents such as spreadsheet on a cybercafe. If the cybercafe is using licensed software, most probably you won’t find Microsoft Office installed on it because it’s just too expensive and mostly people go to cybercafe to play games, check emails and web browsing.

So what do you do if you urgently need to open spreadsheet and document file? Downloading OpenOffice, a free alternative to Microsoft Office is over 100MB! And there’s a possibility that the cybercafe has some protection on the system to disallow installation of any programs.

What you need is a small office replacement that is smaller than 2MB that don’t require installation to solve this problem.

It is possible to download MP3 from MySpace even if the download link is hidden by using Replay Media Catcher which used to call MP3 Gopher. The program is a shareware and it will only download part of the music from MySpace. If you want to download the MP3 in full, you must purchase Replay Media Catcher at the price of $39.95.

Here’s an easier way just for downloading MP3 from MySpace. No download of software and installation is required.

I bet you’ve heard numerous of times that a lot of Windows Vista interface is copied from Mac OSX. Want to check out Mac OSX interface yourself but can’t afford one or can’t get the Intel version of Mac OSX installed? Your last option would be to install a Mac OSX theme on Windows.

Here’s one of the best Mac OS X theme for OSX and non-OSX users who want the look of OSX on Windows.

Two of the best ways to login to Windows if you’ve forgotten the password is by reseting the password or replacing sfcfiles.dll with a cracked one to allow login with any password. However, a lot of anti-virus detects the cracked sfcfiles.dll as a hacktool and it prevents the DLL file from loading making it unusable.

The best and highly successful way to login to Windows if you’ve forgotten the password is by resetting the password. All you need to do is put in a BootCD, boot up with it and follow the simple instructions to reset any user’s password. No bruteforce cracking, modifying of cracked DLL files….

Today I found a software that’s better and more powerful than Windows Key included in Passware Kit Enterprise.

If you’ve heard of Nmap, it’s a very powerful, and in my opinion the best security scanner available. Last time, it used to only run on Linux, but now it is available for Windows as well except no graphical interface is included, so you need to run nmap.exe from a DOS/command window. Everything is in command line and there’s a long list of command lines available for you to use. Can be quite tough and confusing to use if you’re a newbie.

There used to be Nmapwin and also eEye NmapNT that provides the graphical user interface for Nmap. All you need to do is just click the checkbox available and enter the hostname or IP address. However, both GUI for Nmap is obsolete and no longer works with the latest Nmap. Thankfully there’s another one that keeps its free Nmap frontend up to date with Nmap….

Here’s a scenario. You’re not a professional in web designing. So you download free web templates that can be readily used. That save you the trouble from designing website right from the beginning. Most of the time we want to tweak and customize the template by changing some colors on it. Problem is, we have to identify the color that’s being used and the only way you can do it is by looking for it in the HTML code or CSS.

Now you can save all that trouble by simply picking a color on the page under your mouse and transforms it into a number of different color formats.

When someone says Google, I think at least 60%-70% of people reply that it’s a “Search Engine”. Do you know that Google has so much thing going on that we don’t even know it exist? Google has the ability to search for images, news, blogs, music, video, maps, products, answers, notebook, linux, apple, movies, definitions and the list goes on…

One thing I don’t understand is why when we visit Google’s URL (www.google.com), we only see a very simple and clean search page instead of a full featured page like Yahoo? At least now it’s much better with a navigation bar where it shows Web, Images, Video, News, Maps, Gmail and more but it’s still NOT complete.

Here’s a quote taken from Don Norman’s “The Truth About Google’s Simplicity“.

Why are Yahoo! and MSN such complex-looking places? Because their systems are easier to use. Not because they are complex, but because they simplify the life of their users by letting them see their choices on the home page: news, alternative searches, other items of interest. Yahoo! even has an excellent personalization page, so you can choose what you wish to see on that first page.

Take another careful look at Google’s front page. Want a map? You have to click once to be offered the choice, then a second additional time to get to the map page. Want to use Google Scholar to check references? Um, well, is that “Advanced Search” or “more.” What about their newly announced blog search? Why is Google maps separate from Google Earth? (Oh, those were purchased from different companies. Yes, but why should I, the user, care about the history of Google’s acquisitions?)

Anyway, continue reading to check out the list of free and hidden services offered by google in ONE page.