Google has added a fade in effect to its homepage. But it would better if we can hide links manually and other stuff other than the search box, so it would be a lot cleaner.

USB ports are becoming serious headaches to System Admins and ordinary PC owners. With USB ports open a system becomes vulnerable to outside virus/worm/trojan threats and corporate/personal data is in danger of theft. So, there are lots of ways to prevent USB ports, especially there are 3rd party fancy paid or free apps. But you can do this in just 1 minute. Just open the registry editor by typing “regedit” to run. Open the following path.

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet \Services\UsbStor”

In the right pane, double click on the “Start” and type “4″ in the Value field. That’s all. If you want to enable ports just change the value to “3″.

It has been 2 days using Ping. It really is useful. It is an alternative to SMS. It delivers messages through push technology. So you can use any internet connection (wifi, edge, 3g). Sure it will be a lot cheaper than SMS. The app was free when I downloaded it, but is now $ 0.99. It is worth trying if you want to lower phone bill.

Here is how. The idea is came into my mind in seconds. A few weeks before I have downloaded iPhone massage application from AppStore (free) for my neck pain, which can enables iPhone to continuosly or intermittently vibrate. While I was trying to discharge my iPhone battery to calibrate it, suddenly I have realized that it would be a nice idea to use the app. Battery was nearly %9 percent, and It has finished in minutes. By the way the app is completely useless until I find this idea You should know that Apple recommends you to fully discharge and recharge iPhone battery once a month (this prolongs the battery time.) and you have to replace your battery after 400 total discharge-recharge period.

Coffee is one of the many and most preferred drink in our everyday life. But really, do we know the perfect way of making one? Few tips

1- One heaping tea spoon Nescafé.
2- 6 oz of water (177 ml) at 90-95 celcius.
3- Stir and enjoy.

Water quality is crucial, %99 of its is water. Water Temperature should be slightly less than boiling. Optionally you may add hot milk or creme. Please share your tips

“Communicate & Collaborate in real time” says Google. A new but a belated step from Google for Social Networking. I’m pretty sure you are so late Google, Facebook has already digested its huge bite from the cake of social networking. Google has a single advantage, Google account owners need not to register again. Anyways, let’s say hi to wave.

http://wave.google.com

Do you know that if you search the following phrase in google, you will find that wiki is offering samples of different cultures.

“music of ireland”

By the way how peaceful is the song from Ireland. You can search for your own country. If you are Johnie Walker, then search for bagpipes

“music of scotland”

Long live wiki, you little Mozart …

Just sometime ago, I have ordered an usb fan from dealextreme to chill my self in melting summer days, take a look at the following pictures it just doesn’t do much, nothing but an irritating sound and a continuos buzzing. Pfff, Just do not buy! Or buy as a gift to someone that annoys you.

Have you heard that Monkey Island is back ? Telltale Games releases “Tales of Monkey Island” I’m dead sure that it won’t give the pleasure and the taste of “The Curse of the Monkey Island”. Good bye good old times.

You may want to visit the site for details,

http://www.worldofmi.com

Now here is a useful Google tip for daily usage. Following query reveals proxy sites that are indexed with Google.

Query:

inurl:”nph-proxy.cgi” “Start browsing”

You may alternate this query to obtain different results. Critical keyword is “inurl” as you may have noticed. It searches the desired phrase in the urls. Play with it, you will be surprised.