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How to change MAC Address in Windows

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A MAC Address or Media Access Control Address is a unique identifier assigned to every Network Interface Card. In this post, we will see what is MAC Address and how do you change a MAC Address in Windows 10 / 8. Mac Address A Network card is a term used in short for a Network interface card. We call it NIC for short. Every NIC has a MAC address – just like a postal address so that the data packets travelling on your network can reach the correct NIC and from there, your computer. While the IP address is the software part of the Network Interface card (Network card or NIC), the MAC address is hardware address, without which data packets will just keep on roaming on the network, as they do not have any address where to deliver the data. Each data packet on the network has a header containing MAC address of the computer you wish to connect to and then the data. The last part of the data packet will contain a bit to ascertain if the data bit was correctly delivered or was ...
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WhatsApp starts rolling out voice calling feature

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Finally the most popular messaging service Whatsapp is all set to launch a new feature of voice calling. It seems that WhatsApp has started to roll out its much-awaited voice calling feature to users. While there is no official word on the availability of the free voice calling feature on WhatsApp from the company. WhatsApp has reportedly introduced its new voice calling feature in India. According to online reports, the voice calling feature is available on invite-only basis. However, WhatsApp has not released this officially and it seems the new feature is still being tested. With this users can make calls for free to their WhatsApp contacts.  If reports are to be believed, the voice calling feature is included in WhatsApp's 2.11.508 version, which has not yet made its way to Google's Play Store. The upgraded version, however, can be downloaded and installed on your phone from the company's website. For  more updates follow us on Facebook , Twitter and G...
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Kali Linux 1.0.6 Released With LUKS Nuke Self Destruction

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A few days back the developers of KALI Linux announced that they were planning to include "emergency self-destruction of LUKS" in Kali. They write a poll asking the users whether they should implement the cryptsetup patch in the cryptsetup package, and now it's already there in Kali Linux 1.0.6 latest release. It’s been a while since the Kali deveoper last minor release which makes 1.0.6 a more significant update than usual. With a new 3.12 kernel, a LUKS nuke feature, new Kali ARM build scripts, and Kali AMAZON AMI and Google Compute image generation scripts. A couple days back before the release, one of the developers had an idea to add a "nuke" feature where it fill destroy all the data stored in Kali system after inputting a boot password. They use an old cryptsetup patch created back in 2008 by Juergen Pabel that adding a "nuke" password to cryptsetup which when used, deletes all keyslots and makes the data on the drive inacce...
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