TECH TOLA

Here is a site which recently got digged for discovering backups of popular websites back in 1996 from the Internet Archive

They have page archives from websites of

• Mc Donalds
• Pepsi
• New york times
• Coca Cola
• Nick
• Lego

Everything dated 1996.

This is a truly awesome find and its both surprising and funny to look at the website designs at that time.

Read more to get the link.

Here is the link to the main site

Find Direct Links to Old websites with Screenshots Below


Mc Donalds Entry Page in 1996













Mc Donalds Main Page













New York Times site in 1996













Pepsi Website in 1996 - Must visit this !!

Most viruses, spy wares, malware use certain well known patterns to enter your PC. This articles describes how to stop all the common ways in which viruses enter your PC running Windows XP.

These solutions are extremely handy, if you don't have/like to install Anti-Virus software like me :)

TURN OFF DRIVE AUTO RUNS

Most Viruses run only when the user double clicks the USB pen drives icon in My Computer. There is an easy way to stop this.

• - Go to Start Menu > Run (Windows + R)
• - Type gpedit.msc
• - Go to User Config> Admin Templates> System.
• - On the right side double click Turn off Auto play
  
• - Change Value to Enabled and make it on 'All Drives' in the combo box below
• - Repeat the above steps for Turn off Auto play option in Computer config> Admin Templates> System

SET SOFTWARE RESTRICTION POLICIES

• - In the same group policy editor windows Goto Computer config> Windows Settings> Security Settings
• - Right Click Software Restriction Policy and give create new policies. If that option is not present then just expand the tree below.
• - Click on Additional Rules and on the right side Right click on empty space.
• - Select "New Path Rule"
• - Enter the Drive Letter for your USB Drive and set the level as Disallowed and Apply.
• - Now all executable files present on that Drive Letter are blocked (all .exe, .bat, .com etc). Thus when virus is present in the disguise of a folder icon, even when u double click it wont run.

Downside of this method :- When you need to run an application from the USB Drive you need to copy to your system's local disk and then run it. But I have found this approach very good to prevent viruses. You can also use this method to block EXE running from other drives as well when you have all programs installed on your C: or D: Drive.

BLOCK INTERNET EXPLORER 6 - USE FIREFOX

Internet Explorer 6 is one of the browsers with a lot of security holes and vulnerability issues.

• - Go to C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer.
• - Right click iexplore.exe and rename it to something else. Or go to Properties > SecurityTab and remove all entries from there. If the security tab is not visible go to Folder Options > View > Scroll down and uncheck "Use simple file sharing".

If you have not done it yet, download Firefox - the best browser in the world and try it today. Its got millions of cool add ons that will make you love it.

NEVER DOWNLOAD TOOL BARS

Never download any tool bar from any site. Even if they claim it to be 100% spam free except from Stumble Upon :P , (Google, Yahoo etc. optional). Even if its very very essential please Google it once before installing.

UPDATE YOUR BROWSER REGULARLY

Most Viruses from internet use the vulnerability in your Browser to download themselves. So please keep your browser updated everyday with latest patches.

Wanna get to know the top songs listened by people all over the world ? Yeah I will get you the list anytime. But.... How do you guarantee the results are real ?

Yes they are. All of know that Google talk has the feature of letting others know what music you are currently listening in your favorite music player. Google records this with only the song track and the location of your ip address.

And with the new trends service, they give you the list of top song tracks heard by gtalk users all over the world as well as country wise list and the genre wise list.

And currently the top tracks listened by GTALK users in India are
as follows

• Tum se Hi by Mohit Chouhan
• In the End - Linkin Park
• Tired of Being Sorry - Enrique
• Jab se teri naina - Shaan

Click here for the full list

GOOGLE MUSIC TRENDS HOME PAGE

The 'F' word. I am sorry that I can't give an introduction for this. One of the most critisized, forbidden yet widely used word in the English language (Courtesy: Hollywood Movies).

Google trends is a cool service still resident in google labs which gives geolocation and other statistics about searches made on google. My mind just got crazy to get the statistics for the 'F' word.



Shocking results revealed India on the top for the search.

Extra bits:- Though India did not top the world for the word 'sex', Delhi and Chennai are on the top 2 cities in the world for the same. :(


Google Trends

Google Trends result for the word 'sex'

Here is a pretty easy simple trick to avoid callers to your mobile phone at the same time, not let them know you have switched off your mobile.

Instead of switching off your mobile when you don't want to attend the call (Read more...) just remove the battery and SIM (Optional) without switching off your mobile phone. Though its such a simple trick, It comes handy when you want to avoid but not let the caller know it

Updated :- Some networks like VODAFONE already give not reachable message even after properly switching off.

Make limited time free calls to worldwide and India. The time limit is 5 mins.
But its absolutely free. For details read below.


Jajah and Gizmocall gives you absolutely free calls to India and Worldwide for 5 mins. If you need more, then you can try accessing it through a proxy ;-)

Coz you know, rules are meant to break !

Skype has released their own version of stylish mobile phone with 3G, a 2-megapixel camera, mp3 player, mobile TV and internet fully customised for easy skyping.

So Sad that its available only in some countries. If it does reach all over the world, then soon calling cost will be virtually free through out the world.

Its built with all tools needed for easy internet communication like browsing, voip calling, messenger etc.

Take a look at the page
http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/3skypephone/

The Web is getting way too powerful to such an extent that, soon one day there will no need for any desktop applications. Everything will be stored, shared, published online just with the click of your mouse.

Here is one such example. Did you know that you can actually edit videos online. Editing, I mean is to provide effects like overlays, cutting, resizing, transitions (e.g. fading between scenes), loops along with audio effects and editing, All of this just with your BROWSER !!!

Welcome to JUMPCUT, a cool online video editing service. Its a great service for quick editing, movie making with some jazzy effects. One feature I love with this service was the ability to upload photos also and include inside the video. Moreover you can add multiple background music, fade between them.

You can integrate this service with your Yahoo! account. The user interface is very well designed with AJAX and real time update of effects and video preview generation (Now thats a real WOW !!)

http://www.jumpcut.com

Here is an entry from Official Ad Sense blog about one of top bloggers of india - Amit agarwal..

He earns 5 digit figures in USD only through this blog every month

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Hey I am the person who runs this blog. Call me Quakeboy !