Turn Google into your own personal (free) Napster

Google is good for so many things, among which is searching for all sorts of files, including MP3's. Here's a quick primer:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) "Nirvana"

Just substitute the term "Nirvana" for any band or singer you might be looking for, and your search will lead you to open indexes that contain downloadable music files.
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Google Dark

If you want to give up the white background color of google.com ,here is a way to make it black.

Unfortunately,it only works for the first page only and not for the results pages.

Anyway,i still think is very nice.

Visit 07Designs to find out how to use GoogleDark.

How to disable chdisk at start-up

CHKDSK can be very annoying sometimes,epecially if you are trying to defragment.
So if you’ve got problems with it,here’s what you have to do:
(Windows Xp and 2000)


1. Go to Start ,Run and type in regedit.
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE , then go to the following subkey:
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
3. Change the BootExecute entry to: autocheck autochk *
4. Exit your registry.
5. Restart.


That should solve it.

Cool Notepad Trick

This neat trick came across on an internal alias. I hadn't seen this before, but I'm guessing it isn't new. It is pretty handy for notetaking (if you're a plain text sort of guy/gal).



1. Open a blank Notepad file
2. Write .LOG (in uppercase) in the first line of the file, followed by Enter. Save the file and close it.
3. Double-click the file to open it and notice that Notepad appends the current date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor on the line after.
4. Type your notes and then save and close the file.
5. Each time you open the file, Notepad repeats the process, appending the time and date to the end of the file and placing the cursor below it.
Simply pressing F5 in Notepad will also insert the date and time. So no matter how you do it, it's easy to create your own to-the-minute journal in Notepad.

How to increase Alexa ranking

What is your websites Alexa Rank? If you do not know, then maybe you should check it out. I know many people who give lot of importance to their Alexa Ranking.

But as I looked around the web to search how Alexa ranking is calculated, I found that it is not determined by complex algorithms or backlinks as in the case of Google Pagerank. In fact it is compiled by website traffic analysis of browsing information by website surfers / visitors using the Alexa Toolbar.

How are Alexa’s traffic rankings determined?

‘’Alexa’s traffic rankings are based on the usage patterns of Alexa Toolbar users over a rolling 3 month period. A site’s ranking is based on a combined measure of reach and pageviews. Reach is determined by the number of unique Alexa users who visit a site on a given day. Pageviews are the total number of Alexa user URL requests for a site. However, multiple requests for the same URL on the same day by the same user are counted as a single pageview. The site with the highest combination of users and pageviews is ranked #1.’’

So that means, the more visitors with Alexa Toolbar you have, the more visits will be logged by Alexa and you will get a higher Alexa ranking. So offer a Download Alexa Toolbar on your website (with a quick tour if necessary), and get a higher number of your readers using it, you might see an increase Alexa rank for your website soon.

If that does not motivate you enough, there is the Alexa Amazon Associate Toolbar, which lets you create a customized Alexa Toolbar for your web site. Your logo is built into the toolbar and when your toolbar is used to make purchases on Amazon.com you get paid a commission from the Amazon associate program.

On a related note: You can add the Alexa Site Stats button to your site that automatically updates with your site stats every day. For lesser info, The Alexa traffic rank button on your site automatically updates with your traffic rank every day.

sourtce: quickonlinetips.com

Surf without a trace with Torpark

Hacktivismo, an international group of computer security experts and human rights workers, just released Torpark, an anonymous, fully portable Web browser based on Mozilla Firefox.
Torpark comes pre-configured, requires no installation, can run off a USB memory stick, and leaves no tracks behind in the browser or computer. Torpark is a highly modified variant of Portable Firefox, that uses the TOR (The Onion Router) network to anonymize the connection between the user and the website that is being visited.

Every few minutes, the Torpark browser causes a computer's IP address to appear to change. IP addresses are numeric identifier given to computers on the Internet. The number can be used along with other data to potentially track down a user, as many Web sites keep track of IP addresses.

The browser is free to download from here.

One minor downside is that surfing with Torpark is slower than with a typical browser over the same connection.
Torpark cautions that data sent from the last Tor server to the Web site is encrypted. Since only the user's connection is anonymous, Torpark advises that sensitive data such as username and passwords should only be used when the browser displays a golden padlock, a sign that a Web site is using encryption.

Torpark's user interface appears similar to Firefox with a few changes. It shows the current IP address that would be seen by Web sites in the lower right hand corner, and features a special "Flush Tor" button to reset a new, random server connection.

Source: news.yahoo.com

written by Cristian I.

MacBook scroll tip

I bought a MacBook Pro a few months back and found I can scroll using the trackpad just by touching two fingers side by side and moving up and down. Hopping onto older laptops is a drag. iScroll brings two finger scroll on all pre-2002 G4 PowerBooks and iBooks, running OS X 10.3 or higher.

Beta testing now, so it’s free!

Download iScroll2 from VersionTracker.

Watch video on your desktop

Some time ago I’ve found a useful feature in VLC media player: to play a video on your desktop’s wallpaper. This allows you to watch a movie behind your desktop’s icons and, if you use them, widgets.

The last time I saw a moving wallpaper, being generated from a media player, was the Milkdrop visualisations for Winamp. This was pretty amazing, but nowhere near as amazing as watching a movie on the desktop!

This may not be very productive, but is pretty interesting and fun to see.

You can download VLC media player from here.

In order to watch a video, in VLC, on the desktop;

1. Open a movie with VLC.

2. Right click on the video (while playing)

3. Press Wallpaper.

That’s it.

How to Burn a Three Terabyte CD

A new nano-optical device can focus laser light tighter than traditional optics, which could lead to higher-density data storage.

As gigabytes of movies, pictures, audio, and text fill up more and more CDs and DVDs, there's clearly a need for better ways to save more data. A research team at Harvard University has developed a technique that could help to significantly boost the capacity of conventional optical discs. They've fabricated a nano antenna--built directly onto an inexpensive, off-the-shelf laser--that focuses light to a much smaller spot size than is possible with even the best traditional lenses, potentially enabling more bits to be written onto an optical disc.

With this you'd be able to pack more than three terabytes [3,000 gigabytes] worth of data onto something the size of a CD.

Full review here.

How to Break Windows Notepad?

This actually works. It will not crash your computer, it just breaks Notepad in that it causes it to display very oddly. No perm damage comes of the following steps.

Here's how to do it:
1. Open up Notepad (not Wordpad, not Word or any other word processor)
2. Type in this sentence exactly (without quotes): "this app can break"
3. Save the file to your hard drive.
4. Close Notepad
5. Open the saved file by double clicking it.

Instead of seeing your sentence, you should see a series of squares. For whatever reason, Notepad can't figure out what to do with that series of characters and breaks.
Source: Helpero

Protect your intimacy with Browzar

If you want to surf the Internet without leaving a trace of your surf history, Browzar is the new solution.

Based on Internet Explorer engine, Browzar offers no browsing history, stored files, or cookies no embarrassing search auto-complete, no installation - Just click ‘run’ and go and no registration required.
You can download Browzar as many times you want, whenever and wherever you need it to protect your privacy.

The minimum system requirements are: Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) with Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5.
Still in it's beta phase Browzar offers support only for Windows Operating System but it is expected that a Linux and a Mac OS X version will be available in the near future.

You can download Browzar for free here.

written by Andrei I.

Source : Helpero