Since I needed this information quite often - I believe many others will need it too. Here is how you may know your own number from various mobile phone operators: GrameenPhone: *2# BanglaLink: *511# Robi: *140*2*4# Airtel: *121*6*3# Teletalk: *551# Citycell: Type MDN & send it to 7678
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Determine if the storage is SSD or HDD – using linux command
You've purchased a Cloud server or a Virtual server. The server provider says it comes with an SSD (Solid State Drive). Now you definitely would like to verify whether the storage is indeed SSD or is it simple HDD (Hard Disk Drive). If you're server is running on any version of Linux OS (kernel version…
Continue readingDownload Windows 10 iso directly – Install / upgrade offline
Microsoft has released its new operating system Windows 10 - which is available free for the existing Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. Windows 7 & 8 users can upgrade to Windows 10 through a tool called "Media Creation Tool" - which is available in this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 The software downloads the whole operating system and…
Continue readingDisable / enable WordPress comments from phpMyAdmin
Wordpress comments option is often not needed for our website. It is also true that we often forget to disable the commenting option. As a result - spammers fillup your website with garbage/spam comments to create backlinks of their website. You can always disable the commenting option from the wordpress admin dashboard. But assume you…
Continue readingDelete all pending spam / comments of WordPress from phpMyAdmin
We do not really need wordpress comments option for websites most of the times. After developing a website in Wordpress we often forget to disable comments. And that is what attracts the spammers. Spammers fill out comments option with bots and tries to create backlinks from your website. These garbage comments also increases the database…
Continue readingDownload link of Winamp – The best MP3 player in the world [updated]
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MP3 and Winamp became synonymous since the end of 90's. I have always used Winamp for listening to music. No doubt it was the most popular media player in the world. When Nullsoft Inc - the creator of Winamp announced it will no longer work on Winamp - was a shocking news for Winamp lovers…
Continue readingGHOST vulnerability in Linux distributions and its Solution
A GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability - termed as "GHOST Vulnerability" was announced to general public on 27 January 2015 - after a Cloud research company Qualys discovered this major security vulnerability. This vulnerability enables hackers to remotely take control of systems without even knowing any system IDs or passwords. How to Quickly Identify if your…
Continue readingFacebook temporarily unavailable – January 27, 2015
Facebook was unavailable for about an hour today. Not sure what happened but this is what I found when I tried to browse FACEBOOK.COM UPDATE: From further search on this issue I came to know that the famous Lizard Squad (Black Hat Hacking Group) is responsible for the Facebook down issue. A huge DOS attack…
Continue readingFree Joomla.com Subdomain
GRAB YOUR JOOMLA SUBDOMAIN - BEFORE OTHERS TAKE IT AWAY. Like wordpress - Joomla.com is now offering subdomain. You can open your joomla.com subdomain with just 1 step - signup process. This is indeed a great initiative by joomla. It will help the beginners to learn Joomla on realtime hosted environment. However, if you signup…
Continue readingWhatsApp, Line and MyPeople Blocked in Bangladesh
Three more instant messaging and Internet calling software got blocked in Bangladesh - just one day after blocking another popular program Viber. From an unconfirmed source - I could learn that these are blocked till 21st January with an excuse of security concern. Although officials said these will be unblocked by 21st January - but…
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