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Kindle Fire: USB Mode.

Kindle Fire supports USB mode for transferring files between the Kindle Fire and computer. Kindle Fire supports the following file types:

  • Documents: AZW, AZW1, TXT, MOBI (unprotected), PRC, DOC
  • Audio supported within Music: AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+), AMR-NB (.3gp), AMR-WB (.3gp), MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis (.ogg), PCM/WAVE (.wav)
  • Images: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP
  • Video: H.263 (.3gp, .mp4), H264 AVC (.3gp, .mp4), MPEG 4 SP/ASP (.3gp), VP8 (.webm)

Kindle Fire does not support EPUB format.

Based on a few tests, transferring 1.33 GB worth of files through USB took an average of 6 minutes.

 

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We did start the Kindle Fire.

The first thing you would notice that Amazon ships the Kindle Fire in a “frustration free” packaging; it doesn’t require any sharp objects to open. Inside the box there’s the Kindle Fire and the micro-USB charger.

Just like any Amazon Kindle purchased directly through Amazon.com, the Kindle Fire is automatically registered to the account the unit purchased with. Before anything else started, Kindle Fire automatically downloads Kindle Software Update Version 6.1. The software update includes E-mail client.

After a good 5 minutes, the Kindle Fire restarts and is ready to use.

Two notable things for now.

One, Adobe Flash Player 10.3 ships with Kindle Fire.

Two, Netflix is available at Amazon Appstore for Android.

There are a lot more to explore in Kindle Fire, I’ll get to that later.

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South Park: Season 15 Episode 14 – “The Poor Kid”

South Park: Season 15 Episode 14 – “The Poor Kid”
With their parents in jail, Kenny and his brother and sister find themselves in the foster care system. Cartman is sincerely disturbed when Kenny is taken away. He doesn’t know who to rip on for being the poorest kid in school anymore.
Original Air Date: 2011-11-16

Watch “A History Channel Thanksgiving” stream on South Park Studios starting Wednesday November 16th, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. until Tuesday November 22nd, 2011.

You can search for “South Park S15E14“, but you will not find any leaks before the episode aired.

Preview “The Poor Kid” here. (“Don’t Take My Babies!” – Kenny’s parents are arrested.)

“The Poor Kid” Press Release

References:

  • Pabst Blue Ribbon
  • Diablo (T-shirt on one of the character.)
  • Penn State Gazette
  • Penn State University
  • Joe Paterno
  • Agnostic
  • Dr. Pepper
  • Mysterion
  • “Don’t try, do!”
  • Greeley, Colorado

This is the Season Finale for South Park Season 15.

South Park related images are courtesy of South Park Studios.

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My gear for the road.

I’m on the road again for an assignment in Idaho. Why Idaho? I myself wonder why.

Anyway, here’s what I have in my gear bag:

  • MacBook Pro 15-inch.
  • iPad 2.
  • Canon EOS 60D, obviously I need this for this assignment.
  • Nexus One, don’t tell AT&T about it.
  • An iPhone, which one?
  • Virgin Mobile Mi-Fi, which is useless around Boise area. It was really useful on I-15.
  • A lot of power adapters, one for each device.

It has been snowing in Boise but it doesn’t stick to the ground. I’m looking forward to Saturday for the assignment.

Update:

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Persistence of bootkit

Platform: Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Symptoms, but not limited to:

  • Search results using browser search box including Chrome and Internet Explorer 9 Omnibox are redirected to other sites.
  • Internet Explorer is running in the background on login, using large amount of memory.

After long troubleshooting sessions I figured out that a bootkit was present on this computer.

A bootkit hides itself by modifying the master boot record.

The particular bootkit I was dealing with was not detected by Combofix, Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and many others. The only anti-malware program detected the bootkit was Hitman Pro 3.5.

If you are dealing with a persistent malware infection that redirects search results, try using numbers of anti-malware softwares. In addition to that, search for “Google redirect virus” using an uninfected computer. The malware redirects search result system-wide. On the infected system, search results were redirected on Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome and Firefox. The malware will redirect search results on any browsers installed on the system.

It is almost 5 o’clock in the morning. I have not had a minute of sleep. I’ll clean up this post later.