Posts Tagged ‘google’

What happened with the Internet in 2009?

Pingdom.com has your answers.

Cool Google Interfaces

Google has always been known for not being the norm. An example is changing the banner image everyday for one event or another. Take today (October 7^th) as an example. It is the date that barcodes were invented. They made the banner image a large bar code.

What is that Windows Key really for?

I know this is a long time in coming, but sometime in the mid 90's a new key began appearing on keyboards.  The Windows key.  We quickly figured out, if you hit the key the start menu came up.  But that one button actually does more, much more to help you move around your Windows OS more efficiently.

Forget Park Place, I want to buy the Red Square

In case you have not hear about it, Monopoly is going global.  According to Daily Mail UK, Google has been in contact with Hasbro to make a new Monopoly game that utilizes Google Maps.

16 Interesting Facts About Google

1. The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact it was noted that the submit button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.
2. Due to the sparseness of the homepage, in early user tests they noted people just sitting looking at the screen. After a minute of nothingness, the tester intervened and asked ‘Whats up?’ to which they replied “We are waiting for the rest of it”. To solve that particular problem the Google Copyright message was inserted to act as a crude end of page marker.

Read the entire article: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/16-interesting-facts-about-google/

Things Learned from the Internet

• You want it, you can find it online.
• If you don't want it, you can also find it online.
• It might take a while.
• Sometimes the hunt is half the fun.
• Everyone has a website. Grandfathers, mothers and babies. Everyone.
• At some point, Google became a verb.
• The difference between web surfing with Firefox and IE is the difference between body armor and a trendy cotton vest.
• If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
• The Internet is the geeks playground. Here, we rule.
• Not that you would ever need to know the dietary habits of the South American anteater, but it's comforting to know you could find it online if you did.
• When in doubt, Wikipedia.
• Anyone who uses the term 'Interweb' has never been online.
• Explaining the Internet to someone who's never been online, is like explaining the Magna Carta to your cat.
• Almost everything of substance can be summed up with a “DUDE! Check this out!' and a hyperlink.
• Be safe. Be cynical.
• Some else already said it first. But that doesn't mean it won't be said again, and again...
• The Internet IS redundancy.
• There is no such thing as 'sufficient bandwidth'.
• There's always something new.
• You can never go back once you've tried it.

10 Timesaver Google Search Tricks

Thanks to TricksHub I would like to repost these 10 Google Search Tricks

The 15 Biggest Screw-ups in Internet History

Check out these 15 Internet screw-ups that will live in infamy.

Child Safe Searches

In the ever expanding integration of the Internet and kids lives, filtering out non age appropriate information from searches is often overlooked by parents.

Secure that Wireless Router

I felt it was my duty to bring up some basic wireless router security.  I have a neighbor by my house that has been providing the area free wireless access.  The problem is, she didn’t know she was doing it.

Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

1. Drag and drop
   • Drag the favicon of any site to your home icon to set it as the home page.
   • Drag a hyperlink (or image) to the new tab icon to open the link in a new tab.
   • Drag a highlighted word to the search bar (beside the address bar) will bring you to the Google search result page for that word. If you drag the highlighted word to the address bar (and press enter), Firefox will perform a Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” search

There are many things that you can drag and drop in Firefox.

Koobface malware attack on Twitter

Twitter has posted a warning concerning koobface infections.  If their system detects your PC sending out these bogus tweets they will suspend your account.

KidRex — Kid Safe Search

As many parents know, kids are getting using the internet at a much younger age now.  They are using it for research, for games, even Nickeloden channel advertises for kid friendly games.