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7 Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing

Below I have compiled a list of 7 clever Google tricks that I believe everyone should be aware of.  Together I think they represent the apex of the grand possibilities associated with Google search manipulation tricks and hacks.  Although there are many others out there, these 7 tricks are my all-time favorite.  Enjoy yourself. 1.  Find the Face Behind the Result – This is a neat trick you can use on a Google Image search to filter the search results so that they include only images of people.  How is this useful?  Well, it could come in handy if you are looking for images of the prominent people behind popular products, companies, or geographic locations.  You can perform this search by appending the code &imgtype=face to the end of the URL address after you perform a standard Google Image search.     Examples (notice the differences in each URL):         Image Search for Google vs. Faces Behi...

ONE STORY THAT EXPLAINS LIFE!

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due 2 infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. He received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: "Why does God has to select u for such a bad disease?" ...to this Arthur Ashe replied:  50 million children started playing tennis,  5 million learn to play tennis,  5,00,000learn professional tennis,  50,000 come to the circuit,  5,000 reached grand slam,  50 reach Wimbledon,  4 to the semifinals,  2 to the final  and  when I was holding the cup I never asked God 'Why Me?'  and now in the pain I should not be asking God 'Why Me?'

What is the best operating system and why?

Note: Both Mac OS X and Windows have come out with newer versions as of the writing of this answer. Some details may be different from what is written below, and the answer should be updated accordingly The best desktop operating system to use depends on what its intended use will be and who will be using it. There is no specific operating system which can be called "the best" overall, and since most current operating systems share most common and advanced features there is much debate on the topic. A few of the most popular operating system, their pros and cons, and some of their best uses are described below.  Microsoft Windows Pros: The largest library of programs and applications. Some commercial games work only with Windows and DirectX. Almost all hardware has drivers which are compatible with Windows. Most widely used. Cons: Prone to viruses, spyware, and adware if proper steps not taken such as installation of internet security software, which red...

Install Mac OS X Snow Leopard in VMWARE Windows 7 Edition

How to install Snow Leopard in VMWARE 7 and Windows host ? Virtualization of Snow Leopard (Client) is not officially supported/allowed by any virtualization solution. However a few modifications to the .vmx file and use a modified install disk as this will save a lot of trouble. Let me clear Apple licensing does not allow for the virtualization of OSX Client on any hardware and only allows for the virtualization OSX server on Apple hardware. Anything else is in violation of the license agreement. This article is for informational purposes only, you can never achieve full utilization of Mac OS X on VMWARE. So if you like the Mac then go ahead and buy a Mac. Requirements VMWARE 7 and Windows XP, Vista or 7 Retail DVD of Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 Intel Based Machine, AMD isn’t supported. Patience, a Cup of coffee or Energy drink whatever you like. A pre-made Snow Leopard VMDK, dariwn_snow.iso Download ( Rapidshare ), (Mediafire) Or (Megaupl...

How does Facebook Make Money ?

They say its free. They also say that Mark Zuckerberg – the guy who started Facebook – is one of the richest people around – a billionaire apparently. So how the hell does this guy give free accounts to its users and yet sit happily atop a goldmine? The figures going around about Facebook's annual revenue are heart-stopping to say the least. The numbers that did the rounds were all around the US$ 500 million mark, which means that since 2007, they've been more or less doubling their revenue. All this from a  free  website! So where is the money coming from? This article will answer the question, how does Facebook make money and solve the mystery for you. How Facebook Makes Money? Free account notwithstanding, Facebook  is  making money. And lots of it. How does Facebook make money? If only you knew how does Facebook work financially! Ads I'll solve the mystery for you in one simple word – ads. The same thing that runs most websites across the...

Partition a USB Flash Drive in Windows XP

One way to Partition a USB Flash Drive from Windows XP and mark it active "bootable". Windows detects Flash Drives as " Removable Disks " and flash drives are typically shipped formatted as a "Super Floppy" (USB-FDD without a partition table) . The Windows built in format utility cannot create a partition table on Removable Disks. Furthermore, the diskpart utility in Windows XP will not allow you to partition Removable Media, although diskpart does work for partitioning a Flash Drive from Windows Vista/7. To address the inability to Partition a Flash Drive in Windows XP, you need to use a third party low level partitioning tool such as BOOTICE, created by Pauly.  BOOTICE Home Page Note : I partition my flash drives as USB-HDD (with a partition table), simply because my computers support booting from Flash Drives formatted to be seen as a USB Hard Disk. One way to Partition a Flash Drive from Windows Download BOOTICE , unzip, and run  BOOTICE.EXE Mak...

Restore GRUB2 after installing Windows

How I  Restored GRUB2 after a Windows 7 Install .  GRUB2  (Grand Unified Bootloader)  is a universal bootloader used by Ubuntu and other Linux Distributions. If you have a Linux Distribution installed on a partition, and attempt to  install Windows alongside it, your GRUB bootloader will be overwritten by the Windows bootloader, and your computer will only boot into Windows. Recovering the GRUB2 Bootloader  after a Windows Install  is simple. When finished, your Bootloader should detect all installed Operating Systems and automatically add a bootable menu item for each of them. Note : This GRUB2 Installation process assumes that a Linux Partition still exists. If you overwrote Linux with Windows, this tutorial will not work for you, as there is no Linux system to recover boot. How to Restore GRUB2 after installing Windows : Boot from an Ubuntu Live CD or Live USB Once up and running,  Open a Terminal   Type  sudo su  (press...