Aircrack-ng

Aircrack-ng is a network software suite consisting of a detector, packet sniffer, WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK cracker and analysis tool for 802.11wireless LANs. It works with any wireless network interface controller whose driver supports raw monitoring mode and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g traffic. The program runs under Linux and Windows; the Linux version has been ported to the Zaurus and Maemo platforms, and a proof-of-concept port has been made to the iPhone.

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Gerix Wifi Cracker is a GUI for the aircrack-ng suite, available on Linux. Gerix is a freely licensed tool under the GNU General Public License and is found in penetration testing Linux distributionssuch as BackTrack. Gerix contains a number of penetration testing tools such as network analysis, packet capturing, and packet injection. Gerix also contains other tools like macchanger forMAC spoofing. Gerix is commonly used to keep from needing to type long strings of arguments manually into a command-line interface.

Difference between 2nd and 3rd Generation core processor

As a manufacturer, Intel has committed to switching things up every generation of its cpu chips. They alternate between an architecture change and a die shrink with each other generation. 

The 2nd generation of Core i-series processors was dubbed "Sandy Bridge" and was an architecture change from the previous CPUs.

The 3rd generation is called "Ivy Bridge," and is basically a copy of Sandy Bridge manufactured on a smaller scale, or die. However, Intel also focused on beefing up the integrated graphics in this generation.

Basically, 3rd generation "Ivy Bridge" CPUs have a small (5-10%) performance advantage over 2nd generation Sandy Bridge chips, however they also produce higher temperatures when overclocked which means it is harder to push them further in speed. Basically they even out when compared to Sandy Bridge's performance+overclocking.

However, the Ivy Bridge CPUs also use less power and have a more powerful graphics chip built in.

Play Wii Games on PC - Dolphin

Dolphin is a free and open-source emulator of Nintendo GameCube, Wii and Triforce that runs on Microsoft Windows, OS X andGNU/Linux. It was the first emulator to successfully run commercial Nintendo GameCube and Wii games, and is the only emulator capable of running commercial Wii games. Its name refers to the development codename for the GameCube.

 

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High-definition support
Dolphin, like most PC emulators, supports arbitrary resolutions, whereas the GameCube and Wii only support up to 480p. This feature has been widely lauded by the gaming community and has received features on numerous gaming networks, as the emulator has surpassed the limits of the original console.

Dolphin runs best on a computer with a 3 GHz or higher dual-core processor, and a graphics card that supports the latest versions of DirectX, OpenGL, and OpenCL. Note that Dolphin only utilizes a maximum of three cores; it is a dual core program, with an optional additional thread for low level DSP processing. Preferable graphics cards are those manufactured by Nvidia or ATI. Integrated cards (like the Intel HD series) are not recommended due to lower average performance. Dolphin is able to accept input from a mouse, keyboard, joypad, joystick, Wii Remote, and microphone.

Dolphin's performance varies between operating systems, with the Windows version generally being the best optimized. For example, the only video backend available on the OS X releases is OpenGL, while Windows allows DirectX9, DirectX11, or OpenGL. Other emulator features like Free Look only work on certain operating systems or are not correctly implemented otherwise. Thus the same game running on a Windows operating system will usually perform better than under OS X, even under the same hardware by dual-booting.