"When Larry Met Sergey" - An interactive guide to Google

You will find details of a company like Google from anywhere on the web. A simple Google search bout Google (Duh..) would give you endless results from Wikipedia to the company pages of Google itself. The following interactive infographics titled "When Larry Met Sergey" created by Online PhD is an interesting representation of the history of Google.

 The guide starts off when Larry Page met Sergey Brin at Stanford in 1995, and showcases all the major milestones the company has established until the end of 2011. The guide unveils itself in a scroll that seems to be infinite.

 View it "Full Screen" to enjoy it better.

Created By Online PhD

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How Safe Is Your Normal Household Items [Infographic]

Did you know that your normal household items are not safe as you think it is. It is estimated that your keyboard has 60% more germs than on your toilet seat. Shocked? Check out the following infographic from keepingitkleen.com to find out more shocking revelations and how you can protect against them.

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Manthra To Clear Your Desktop Clutter

There is no better software to sort out a cluttered desktop than fences. If you are one of those like me, who find it hard to keep their desktops clean and in order at least for a few days then you've come to the right place. I'll show you how to keep everything in place using this simple software called Fences. Fences basically creates many small and large rectangular boxes on the desktop onto which you can drag and drop icons, files, folders etc.

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Run Linux Inside Windows

I have always loved the idea of running two or more OS on one pc. But I've never actually run my pc for long with 2 OS. I couldn't handle the complexity of such things. Now that I have found a way to run any other OS in windows, I could taste the different Linux offerings available and that too from the comfort of Windows. I will show you how to run Windows or Linux or any other operating system in a Virtual Machine.

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Protect Your PC From USB Threats

Not every body can keep their PC's clean all the time, some have a certain passion for attracting viruses. The major culprit here is the USB drives. The innocent looking USB (armed with viruses obviously) can take down most PC's with ease and can also steal all your private data. But with a few precautions you can protect your system from 99% of all USB attacks.

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Free Opener can open any file for you

It is often annoying to download a new application simply to open an unknown file someone sent you. It is more annoying when the application you download requires you to purchase it inorder to use. In other cases the application you have to download will be enormous in size. Think of the situation where you downloaded a file of a few Kb in size and in order to open it you have download an application which has a file size in the MB range.

Free Opener is a nifty little application that can save you precious time and money. This is a free program that allows users to view, edit and print many different types of files without having to download specialty software. Currently, the software supports over 80 different file formats including Microsoft® Office Files (.doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .msg, .vcf), Adobe® Files (.swf, .flv, .psd, .pdf) and many others.

The most interesting part of Free Opener is that it can open torrent (.torrent) files also.

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Top 5 free antiviruses

When it comes to your PC security obviously the first thing that comes to our mind is the Anti Virus. We take a lot of pain in selecting a good Anti Virus; probably the best that is available . Many believe that none of the Free Antivirus out there can't match up to the paid counter parts. But the cheapest or better 'free' of the lot might perform better than the costliest.Here is a list of FREE ANTIVIRUS that you could choose from.

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When Should You Delete Your Tweet

Twitter is a micro-blogging site which revolutionized the social networking world with their 140 letter messages nick named tweets. Twitter, launched in July 2006, has gained immense popularity worldwide and is estimated to have 200 million users, generating 110 million tweets a day. In this vast amount of tweets it is nearly impossible for your tweet to be read by more than a handful of people unless you have an immense following. 

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Lock Your Windows PC With A Transparent Lock

You can always lock your Windows PC, without turning it off, by using the keyboard shortcut Win Key + L. But if you have programs running which you want others to see you can use a tiny application called ClearLock. This application unlike the regular Lock function in the operating system aims at disabling input to your computer while acting as a transparent layer.

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The Best Skin Care Cream EVER [Funny]

People have been using many kinds of skin care cream to clear their skin. But a new face cream has arrived which can clear all your dark spots, wrinkles and pimples and make your skin look beautiful and young.

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The Dark Side Of Google Domination [video]

The following video created by the people at University of Applied Sciences Ulm, Germany checks out the dark side of the Google's domination in online search and online services. They are raising the question - What will Google do with all the personal data that it collects from its users?

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The State Of Cloud Computing [video]

"State of Cloud Computing," is an encompassing look at the history of cloud computing and the growing cloud economy.

The State of Cloud Computing video highlights the multitude of possibilities that cloud computing offers, from sharing videos and photos from anywhere in the world to storing and organizing data for remote access. Skype, Dropbox, YouTube, Wikipedia, Yahoo, MSN, Gmail, Farmville and Twitter are all referenced, and the video provides a snapshot of statistics.

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Don't Read EULA, Just EULAlze it

End User License Agreement or the infamous EULA gets thrown at our face every time we try to install a software. Many of us don't even bother reading the long licence agreement and simply clicks "I Agree" as soon as we see it. But by doing this we also 'Agree' to open our computer to all kinds of applications that the software manufacturer wishes to forward. It can, in some cases, be third party applications to monitor our online or offline activities or even malwares and ad-wares.

So what can we do to avoid this? eh. Read the EULA ofcourse. Or let someone or something read it for you.

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Get Updates Of Sites Which Do not Offer RSS Feeds In Your Inbox

It is hard nowadays to find sites which do not offer feeds of some sort. But yet there are some sites which are still in the stone age..Urr. So the only way you can find whether the site is updated or not is by visiting it every few months and manually checking it.But it is hard work.

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Determine the popularity of your website using Social Meter

Links from external sources can be considered as one of the criterion for the popularity of a website. The more the number of links from external sites, the more popular the website. So how can you determine the popularity of your website or blog?

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Vaseline Brings Face Whitening App To Facebook

Unilever, the manufacturers of Vaseline, has come up with a new facebook app in order to promote their new skin whitening cream -Vaseline for men advertised by the bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor.

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Internet Explorer Recreates an 'Online Scam' in New York [Video]

The following is a video footage about people at Microsoft recreated an online scam in empty Manhattan storefront and fooled many New Yorkers inhanding over their personal information to them. This is actually an ad of  Internet Explorer 8 which boasts of higher security against online scams.

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How to use the new Rupee font

This is a presentation showing how to use the new Rupee font. It shows how to install and use the Rupee font in various applications.

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How To Test Your Antivirus

Antivirus software is one of the most important software required in a computer. It must be updated regularly inorder to keep out the pesky viruses. But even after regular updates, how will you know whether your antivirus is working properly or not? Using real viruses for testing in the real world is rather like setting fire to the dustbin in your office to see whether the smoke detector is working. Such a test will give meaningful results, but with unappealing, unacceptable risks.

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Make your image Google search background

Google has added a new feature to let the users to set a background image of the Google Search Homepage. However this feature is only available to Google account holders. The users must be signed in to be able to change the default white background.

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