New Google Search UI
Google has been continuously revamping its Search Engine and is now up with a new, totally different UI. Be informed that the new UI is not available for the public until the end of holidays this year, in other words, it will feature starting next year, but here’s a JavaScript hack that’ll reveal the new UI. (more…)
Are you a Google Multitasker?
UPDATE: This site is no longer available due to copyright issues.
For all Google G33Ks out there, here’s a site that helps multi-task Google. Aptly named GoogleGoogleGoogleGoogle, this site loads 4 instances of ‘Google Search homepage’ in 4 different iframes with which you can do up to four searches at the same time. Here’s a screenshot of it.
Deleting a Virtual Hard Disk [Windows 7]
My previous post should have helped you learn to create Virtual Hard Disk Drives. Now if you don’t find the use of a Virtual Drive you created, you can easily remove it. Here’s how.
Before you proceed, be sure to take a backup of files you have in your virtual HDD. (if needed)
Open Disk Management by typing diskmgmt.msc in the RUN command. (more…)
Create Virtual Hard Disks [Windows 7]
Have you ever wished you had an extra Disk Drive to set aside your documents, files, etc.? This is one of the new features of Windows 7, that helps you create Virtual Disk Drives, similar to your Hard Disk drives.
If you are not a Windows 7 user, you can always use TrueCrypt, a freeware tool, to create encrypted virtual disk drives. The process is similar.
To start with, right-click ‘Computer’ (My Computer) and click ‘Manage’. Choose ‘Disk Management’ under ‘Storage’ in the left pane. Or type in diskmgmt.msc in the run command to directly open up ‘Disk Management’ window.
Create Shortcut to ‘All Users’ view in Task Manager [Windows 7]
When you open the Task Manager in Windows 7, you’ll only be presented with processes that run under your user account, even if you are an administrator. The process list includes few System processes. And you’ll have to click the ‘Show processes from all users’ button every time to view all running processes and that’s not what we need. Here’s a way to make it show ‘All Users’ list by default when you open this shortcut that you’ll create yourself by the end of this article..
Make System Restore use Less Drive Space [Windows 7]
System Restore is a part of your Windows Operating System that was debuted in Windows Millenium and helps recovering your files and settings from previous copies. But this can eat up your drive space, similar to Dr.Watson. If it eats up way too much of your hard disk space, here’s the solution for it.
Tweaking System Restore to use Less Disk Space
Start by right-clicking your ‘Computer’ (My Computer, in older term) icon, choose Properties from the menu. This will take you to the ‘System’ window. Click ‘Advanced system settings’ on the left pane in the ‘System’ window.
Mashable’s 2009 Open Web Awards Voting starts today
After nominations and over 92K+ ReTweets and 900+ Facebook shares, Mashable’s 2009 Open Web Awards voting starts today. Nominations were made available via Facebook & Twitter though November 15, 2009. From today, November 16 2009, the voting begins and ends on the 13th December this year. Winners will be announced two days later, December 15 2009.
Add ‘Open with Notepad’ to Context Menu
When I come across files with unknown extension, I prefer to open it with Notepad. The same when it comes to files like PHP, HTML, CSS and the likes. Adding a context menu option, to open with notepad, helps you quickly open up files without having to go through the long ‘Open with’ way, obviously saving your time. Though this is a common registry trick, for sure you should have read about this in many sites, if you haven’t heard, read below. You should also be knowing to deal with Registry Editor, if not, you can download the registry key directly at the end of this post. (more…)
Eliminate Comment Spammers [WordPress]
If you are on Self-hosted WordPress, spam comments are very common. Though Akismet smartly filters out spam comments, if you prefer not to allow spammers from commenting, the best solution is to have a verification system similar to CAPTCHA, to verify if it’s a human or a spam-bot.
Related: Block Spammers from Visiting your Site/Blog
Instead of CAPTCHA, a simple solution would be a math-based verification wherein a commenter is asked only to answer simple math questions. (more…)
Download Facebook for Sony Ericsson [Java Application]
Facebook for Sony Ericsson is an application by Sony Ericsson that comes packed with few mid-end Sony Ericsson J2ME phones like C510, W508, etc.
The application helps keep you connected to Facebook, update your status messages and view your friends’ updates (news feed). Clicking on a friend’s update will take you directly to their profile page on your phone’s default browser. (more…)
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