Change Browser Toolbar Background

This tweak customizes the appearance of the Internet Explorer Toolbar
XP Professional

1. Click Start > Run > Type gpedit.msc

2. Click User Configuration > Windows Setting > Internet Explorer Maintenance > Browser User Interface

3. Double click on Browser Toolbar Customization

4. Click on Customize Toolbar Background Bitmap

5. Browse for the new Background.

XP Home Edition
1. Click Start > Run, type: regedit

2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar

3. Right click on an empty spot and create a new string value

4. Name it BackBitmapIE5

5. Doubleclick on BackBitmapIE5 and type in the path of your toolbar bitmap

6. Click OK and close regedit(always backup before making any changes in the registry)

Note: Because you can customize your browser toolbar there isn't a specific size whichyou need to make this tweak work. Play around with the size until you get it right.-----The Width of your toolbar with be the width of your resolution. 1024 will be your widthif your resolution is 1024x768.-----

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NIVIDA kicks out low-end GeForce 9400 GT, starting price $59

While it likely won't cause the same clamoring for benchmarks that we see around the release of a new high-end NVIDIA card, those on a budget will no doubt nonetheless be pleased to know that the company's just bolstered it's low-end offerings a bit, with a new card that starts at just $59. That, of course, won't exactly get you a Crysis killer, but the GeForce 9400 GT does at least boast 16 processor cores, a 128-bit memory interface, dual-link DVI, DirectX 10 support and, in its standard configuration, 512MB of graphics memory (from the looks of it, 1GB versions are also available). Unlike something like a GTX 280 SLI config, this one also likely won't make a noticeable impact on your power bill.

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Centennial Bulb" still burning after 107 years

Hanging about 18 feet high in the engine bay of a Livermore, California firehouse, a humble, low-watt light bulb has been burning almost continuously since 1901.
The Los Angeles Times recently ran a story on the remarkably resilient Centennial Bulb—a four-watt, curlicue carbon-filament lightbulb that, give or take a few brief interludes, has been burning for 24 hours a day, seven days a week for more than a century.
The bulb has become something of a lucky charm for Livermore firefighters, who (according to the LA Times story) won't even dust off the bulb for fear of damaging it.Indeed, when the department moved to a new fire station in 1976, firefighters decided to cut the power cord rather than unscrew the fragile bulb from its socket. A motorcade of fire trucks then accompanied the Centennial Bulb (which, according to Wikipedia, was only off for about 10 minutes during the short journey) to its new home, where it's been burning continuously ever since.

What's the secret to the Centennial Bulb's longevity? As the LA Times story notes, there are many theories. One former firefighter thinks it's because the bulb, made by the long-defunct Shelby Electric Co., shines in a cool-burning vacuum thanks to a perfect seal. Others chalk it up to the fact that the bulb has almost never been turned off.

Source -** http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/18610 **

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