Chromecast : Google’s New Miracle Device

Chromecast: Google’s New Miracle Device

                                                          

Putting a web browser on TV is a difficult task

The tech industry in general has been struggling with it for a long time and for regular people

 it’s just easier to plug in their laptops 

The problems faced in incorporating a web browser in TV are many

Interface problems, weird  remotes and clunky performance are just some of the roadblocks

 faced by the tech industry

 Google’s last attempt with the Google TV platform was a spectacular failure and their

hardware partner, Logitech, almost went out of business in the process

But now Google is back on track with Chromecast, their newest device which promises web on

 TV without performance hassles

The Chromecast is a HDMI dongle which essentially  competes with Apple’s AirPlay system

Plug it into your TV or music system and you can control it easily using any Google enabled

 device

Services such as YouTube and Netflix played on your phone, tab or computer can be

 transmitted to the TV using the new Cast button

Entire Chrome browsers from Macs and  PCs can also be put up on any TV site or service

In view of the previous unsuccessful  attempts, this is a lot more than any other service has been

 able to provide till now

AirPlay from Apple was the only sustainable TV browser but it also has the drawback of

having very  few Apple users

The Chromecast dongle itself is a compact and convenient to use device

It measures a little less than 3 inches in length and looks similar to a pen drive

The back of the device is fitted with an LED, a Micro USB port and a button

The Chromecast draws power through the Micro USB  port and Google recommends using an

external power adapter to charge the Chromecaster using a wall outlet, when it is not charging

via the USB port

Once the Chromecaster is plugged in, the next step in setting it up is to establish a Wi-Fi

network

To set up Wi-Fi you need to download the setup app for Mac, Android or PC and the

 system automatically prompts you to choose a network

Chose a network, input password name your Chromecast and download Google Cast Chrome

you are all set

The rest of the operations are similar to web browsing and can be carried out on apps or a

 computer

As of now there are just a limited number of apps available for this device. But given the

 success rate of the Chromecast, users can expect much more to come soon

Hack with Command Prompt: All Command Prompt Commands

Command Prompt

 

 is the heart of windows and with a technical point of view, command prompt is the only good thing in windows for a techie. Command Prompt gives you a feel of how things work in the back end of windows. For example, if we copy and paste using usual right click feature we don't get to know what is happening behind the buttons to make copy and paste possible. But if we copy and paste using command prompt, we get to know how things are done.

This screenshot shows an example to copying contents of  "functionallog.txt" to a new file "android.txt".

When someone starts learning about computers and hacking, the priority should be to gain a firm hold on command prompt as command is very powerful and allows you to do a lot of stuff. Now I'll talk about some of the commands of command prompt which a hacker should surely know. Before trying these commands, make sure you are running command prompt as the administrator.(right click on cmd > run as administrator)

1. ipconfig:

  ifconfig is a very basic command which tells the IP(Internet Protocol) address of your  machine if you are connected to the internet. Other information  such as default gateway, subnet mask etc. are also displayed. This command is similar to ifconfig command in linux systems.
Syntax: ipconfig 

                              

2.  Ping:

 

Ping command is used to check if a host is up or not. It sends 32 bytes of data to the host whom we want to check, if the reply comes from the host, it means that the host is up.
Syntax: ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the ip you want to check). 

 

Ping command can also be used to check the IP Address of website by pinging them and you can use that IP Address to open that site too by putting it on the URL box.
Syntax: ping thecyberelite.blogspot.com

3. Telnet:

 

Telnet is a command line tool by microsoft which is used to establish connection remote servers. Telnet has been used widely for hacking where attackers used to establish remote connection to victim pc when the ports of the victim system where open. By default telnet operates on port 23. Telnet is not available in the windows system, you have to enable it manually. To enable telnet on windows follow the following steps:

• Open up control panel and select system and security.
• Select "programs" option from left side.
• In program and features section click on "turn windows features on or off".
• A menu will open up and from there select check the option "telnet click" and "telnet server".

                     

 If you know the ip of a person, you can gain access to his system using telnet. To open telnet window, type "telnet"(without quotes) in the command prompt. Here is an example of a simple telnet command used to open a connection.

Syntax: o xxx.xxx.xxx 171 (o: means "open", 23: default port for telnet)

Various other commands of telnet can also be used once the connection is established to the client machine. Simple type "help" in the telnet windows to see other options.

4. ARP:

 

"arp" stands for Address Resolution Protocol and this command is used to monitor the network stats and connections. Address Resolution Protocol means that it link ip address to physical address or mac address. ARP command comes handy when you are in a school, college, office network. This command is available by simply typing "arp" in command prompt.

Syntax: arp -a (This command displays a list of current ARP entries)

  Syntax: arp -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(This command deletes a host specified by you from network, here xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the specified host).

5. nslookup:

 

This is a very useful command which you name of your domain and it's ip address.

Syntax: nslookup

You can also find information about an ip in using the same server in your netowrk by just simply typing name of the ip in the nslookup window.

6. Netstat:

 

Netstat command gives you information about your internet connections. Netstat command gives a list of active connections. This command is very useful and if someone has RAT Ed your pc, then you can detect it by this command as it would display the connection of RAT being made with it's host.

Syntax: netstat

Here Protocol used by the connection, foreign address and the state of the connection are displayed.

If you suspect some connection then you can always see what is causing that connection by typing the following command : netstat -b (this would display the executable involved in creating that connection)

The pointed .exe's are the open which are creating a connection.

If you want to know statistics of each protocol, then your can try this command: netstat -s

Other netstat commands can be seen by typing "netstat help" (exclude commas).

With this, I conclude this article. I hope this helps people new to command prompt and renews the memory of ones already using it :) 

List of commands can be downloaded from HERE

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