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Google gets a new Favicon Again

09 jan 2009

Google gets a new Favicon Again
Google, which recently replaced its 8 year old favicon with a lowercase g favicon, has done it again. This time the favicon is a white lowercase g with the colors red, green, yellow and blue in the background.

Find Out Your Computer’s Uptime

08 jan 2009

Find Out Your Computer’s Uptime
Here is a simple trick Windows command to check how long your computer has been on. Start the Windows command line and type this command “net statistics server” (or the shorter version “net stats srv”) to get your computer’s uptime.

Twitter Hack – Detecting Recent Visitors

07 jan 2009

Twitter has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Here is another “feature” that could either compromise a lot of people’s privacy or could be great add-on to any blog.

“Rules of Engagement” for Blogs

07 jan 2009

“Rules of Engagement” for Blogs
The US Air Force has published its “Rules of Engagement” on how its officers should deal with social media and blogs in particular. These rules are pretty useful even if you’re a civilian, and are either a blogger yourself or find yourself dealing with blogs and social media on a daily basis.

Bubble Wrap Calendar for the Little Child Inside You

05 jan 2009

Bubble Wrap Calendar for the Little Child Inside You
This is for all you people who’ve ever enjoyed (or still do) bursting the bubbles of the bubble wrap used to package consumer electronics. Someone has printed out the 2009 calendar on a huge (122cm x 46cm) sheet of bubble wrap.

Google Trends meets Wikipedia

01 jan 2009

Google Trends meets Wikipedia
WikiMatix “wikifies” Google Trends results by linking each Google Trends term to its Wikipedia article. This is particularly useful if you’re not American and don’t get the cultural context of most of the Google Trends terms.

2008 to be 1 Second Longer

30 dec 2008

2008 to be 1 Second Longer
If you’re already beginning to miss the year 2008, there is some good news for you. Scientists and timekeepers around the world will insert an extra “leap second” at 11:59:60 pm as you countdown to welcome the new year.

How Old is the Internet ?

28 dec 2008

How Old is the Internet ?
The short answer, according to the site How Old is the Internet, is that the Internet is 25 years and 11 months old. The longer answer is not as simple. The ARPAnet, the predecessor of the Internet, was born in November 1969, making the Internet 39 years old.

Google lets “Terror Ads” slip through

28 dec 2008

Google lets “Terror Ads” slip through
In what appears to be a major embarrassment for Google, “Terror Ads” have seem to slipped through its Adsense filters and have begun to appear on various news websites.

Firefox on Hotel’s Christmas Poster

26 dec 2008

Firefox on Hotel’s Christmas Poster
An Indian Hotel has, perhaps unwittingly, used the Firefox logo to design its Christmas invitation poster. Here is the original image used to design this poster.
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