Games Giveaway Of The Day

As the name suggests, both the sites offers provides licensed software and games as free downloads daily. Each software/game of the day comes with a time ticker (24 hours) where you have to download and activate the application before the end of each day (in US hours).

What I like is that the software/games offered is presented with full functionality and without any limitations (according to the software’s own T & C). You do not have to worry about virus/adwares/spywares as the site authors ensures the programs are free from these threats.

There is usually some review on the software/games for the day, and you can also read the comments from the users before downloading them to try. I suggests to add both the websites to your RSS feeds so that you can easily see the new software/games being offered everyday.

Click on the pictures above for the links.

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According to Wikipedia, white noise is a random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density. Basically it’s what you hear when the tv has is not receiving any transmission or the empty static noise between the radio station frequencies.

The folks at SimplyNoise came out with the idea of providing these white noises in a continuous from, which is supposedly to aid in sleeping, soothes migraines, enhance concentration and mask tinnitus (ringing in the ears), among others. Some other functional uses incluses drowning out irritating noises around you (like noisy neighbors) or if you just needed some noise in the background while working without being distracted by music or words.

At the site, you can adjust the volume of the noises according to your level of comfort (I found Level 6 is soothing), categorized in white, pink and brown noises.

You can even download the noise files either in .wma format (Windows Media Player format) or .mp4 format (for use on Ipod). The site also offers a thunderstorm background noise if you like the sound of a distant thunderstorm. 

I was listening to the white noise while writing this post and somehow, to my supris,  I do find it easier to focus on what I am thinking. Do check it out and let me know if it works for you too.

Download the Noise and SoundScape Thunderstorm here.

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The new Maybank2u (beta) site has been officially launched today to mass users with its new sleek web 2.0 based look. If you visit the site today you will still goes to the old Maybank2u site, that’s because you need to click on the middle banner to take you to the new Maybank2u site. 

The first impression that I had is how amazingly organized the page has become, without all the menu and information clutter (not to mention the distracting flash advertisement animation) that the previous Maybank2u site had. The new site has adopted the strong black-white-yellow color scheme, which I think is easier on the eyes. Another main changes is that the page also has browser-like tabbed menu now, with the relevant options being tabbed into the respective category.

The user navigation has became friendlier and simpler, without the need to move my eyes all over the page to search for a particular service information, unlike in the previous Maybank2u page. I also like the selection highlight feature which brings you to focus into the selection immediately.

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Overall, the experience has been positive, especially the much improved and ‘clean’ menu system. However, at times during transaction, the new site do feel a bit sluggish, which I hope the Maybank2u site management are able to sort out in the near future. 

If you have Maybank2u account, try it and let me know your comments.

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I am pretty sure users of Google search, in some point, have at least googled their own name, just for some vanity check. (Okay I did it too..)

Well here’s a website, Pipl that let you just do that, searching for people (and yourself) online.

According to the website, Pipl’s query engine uses a ‘deep search’ method on websites which produces more results on a person’s information that you are looking for, as compared to a regular search engine. It is currently in beta development but there is some promising effort there.

I did a search on myself and most of the results came from social networking sites such as Friendster, Facebook and even Linkedin.

Try it yourself!

Pipl

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Here’s a cute Firefox mascot developed from Japan Mozilla, named Foxkeh to promote the Mozilla Firefox browser in Japan. 

The website also offers calendar wallpapers for each month of the year, as well some cute Foxkeh pictures/graphics that you can use for your site.

What I found to be interesting is the picture of the chronological development of the web browser since 1993. What a big difference it has been from the days of the first web browser, the Mosaic.

Click here to download the file.

Foxkeh

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