DNS Cache Poisoning Bug

Posted by Nish Vamadevan in August 7th, 2008  
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When a Name Server looks up a domain for the IP address, it stores the information into the cache so it doesn’t have to look it up every single time a request is made. For example, if someone looks for www.nishv.com the DNS server will look up the domain and stores the IP address 72.52.178.35 [...]

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Logitech MX Air Gyroscopic Cordless Mouse

Posted by Nish Vamadevan in August 5th, 2008  
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I have just got myself a Logitech MX Air Gyroscopic mouse. I haven’t spent this much amount of money on computer mice for quite some time (Maximum I have spent was around £50 for my MX 700). I have been trying to find a good replacement for my Logitech MX 700, and MX 1000 was [...]

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HTC Kaiser (TyTN II) car charger problem solved!

Posted by Nish Vamadevan in August 1st, 2008  
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HTC Kaiser has an issue when it comes to charging using the in-car charger using the cigarette lighter. It displays as the device is being charged but it doesn’t actually charge the device.
The root cause of the problem is the wiring of the mini-usb port on the Kaiser itself and HTC decided to swap it [...]

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Windows Defender Error Application failed to initialize: 0×800106ba.

Posted by Nish Vamadevan in June 23rd, 2008  
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This is a common error generated by Windows Defender when the Windows Defender Service cannot be started. The fix is rather straight forward…
Go to Start -> Run Type in services.msc
Make sure Windows Defender Services is running, if it is not, manually start it.
If that doesn’t fix the problem, download and install Windows Defender from Microsoft.
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