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 It's about something which you have been using many a times everyday and for most of you, a day isn't complete without it. Here is a teaser question for you.

How many colors is the GOOGLE logo made of?. As in the title, 'Do No Evil' :). Type your answer in comments, then see the answer for yourself and check if you got it right!

If you are fanatic about Astronomy and outer space, here is a joy ride for you to explore the outer space. 'Exoplanets', are planets orbiting stars that are outside our solar system. More than 300 of them have been discovered so far by astronomers across the globe. You can now explore these strange new worlds using Google Earth's API.

The web site uses the API to place icons in Sky View. Visitors can fly around the universe and click on the icons to get information about exoplanets drawn from the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, and other sources. Information includes pictures of the parent star, the estimated planetary orbit, and artist’s interpretations of the planet’s appearance based on known data. Tabular information about the exoplanet and its star, and detailed descriptions and references are also included.

To add on, it’s built around the “Astrometrics Console” from the Star Trek: Voyager series, and works by using the buttons and controls on the console. Visitors can hear “7 of 9” and scan for Borg cubes in Sector 001, watch briefings and experience the world of Star Trek: Voyager but with real explanatory data.

Bookmarks are always important for future reference. Firefox has a very lucid and smart bookmark system. Its always better to backup the bookmarks, here is how you can save the bookmarks as a HTML page.

Click on Bookmarks tab in firefox browser and then click on Organize bookmarks this will open a library of bookmarks. Now click on Import and export tab in the bookmarks library menubar. Click on export and specify a destination folder to save all your bookmarks as a HTML page.

Tools to save links for later

Timesnapper runs in the background of your computer, taking screenshots of your desktop every few seconds for specified period of time. You can configure the programs you want to track , flag notes , make auto popups , reminders. You can play it at any desired speed, jump in at any time you like.

Features

• It keeps track of your time using the screenshots
• The time spent in each program on the computer can be tracked
• It creates reports from time to time about the programs you spent time with , the disk space used and it also gives you a productivity scorecard
• There is also a Note Reminder to remind you to write down notes throughout the day
• You can also use it to know if anyone else is using your pc without your knowledge
• There is also a shortcut menu to switch between start and stop of snapping , report generation
• There is a filter which lets you view only the screenshots you're interested in.
• Control how frequently a screenshot is taken
• the image quality and resolution in multiple image formats can be adjusted
• It can be configured to de select snapping while you are watching movies or playing a game
• The reports are also generated as an activity cloud to track the usage

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