Archive for July, 2008

  • Cuil.com: A serious alternative to Google?

    www.Cuil.com: A new search engine created by Engineers from Google is claiming that they have indexed 3 times as many pages as Google. They claim that it will provide better results than Google by searching across more Web pages and studying them more accurately.
    Cuil.com [pronounced "cool"] has 120 billion pages in its index which Google [...]

  • One Trillion Pages in Google Index!

    Google’s index has hit the trillion page mark! This was recently announced on Google’s blog. Way back when, in 1998, Google already had 26 million pages in its index. By the year 2000, this number grew to 1 billion. Over the next 8 years, this number has grown by a thousand times to the one [...]

  • Windows Installer Error 1721 & Tune Up Utilities 2008

    If you get error 1721 when installing/uninstalling Tune Up Utilities, here is a quick fix. The error usually occurs when you install or uninstall something. You may get the same error with other programs too. This should for them as well.
    The error reads something like:
    “Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. [...]

  • Proto-Shiva

    This is a seal from the Indus Valley Civilization. It depicts an earlier form of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. There are some obvious clues supporting that:
    # The posture or the mudra looks similar to that of Shiva.
    # He is surrounded by animals (I could identify the tiger, the elephant, the rhino, the [...]

  • Hostgator Coupons

    Hostgator is one of the best webhosting companies around. Not only are their servers stable, but their support is also top notch. They also provide free templates that really rock. I am saying this from personal experience. I have been with them since 2 years, but never had to open even a single support ticket. [...]