If someone asks you to think of any windows wallpaper, the first one that comes to your mind is “Bliss”, the default Windows XP wallpaper.

Most of the desktop wallpapers these days are either photoshopped or 3d designs, but there are a few that are original photographs and “Bliss” is one of them.

The scenic beauty of the wallpaper is so magnificent that its hard to believe it is a real photograph. It was taken by Charles O’Rear, a former National Geographic magazine photographer.In fact it is the most iconic photographs ever taken and also the second most expensive photo ever licensed.

Charles O’Rear took this photo while walking from Napa, California, to San Francisco to visit his girlfriend. He was stunned by the beauty of the vineyard that he passed along the way. It was a January, and the garden green looked really good so He decided to stop the journey and take pictures before continuing. Read the rest of this entry

Have you ever used the “I’m feeling lucky” button in the google homepage? may be a few times, but honestly speaking this button hasn’t got much purpose other than simply redirecting you to the URL of the first search result. But here are some tricks you can show to your friends with the help of this button. Read the rest of this entry

I’ve been searching all over web for the last few weeks to find an app with which i can finally use my iPhone as a flashdrive when connected to a PC. Of course there were many magnificent apps but unfortunately they were not for free and also need to follow a lot of installation procedures and steps just to transfer a file to & from PC using iPhone.

Since my phone was not jailbroken I didn’t want to risk downloading apps from places other than iTunes. But by the time I read the description of the last app in iTunes, I lost hope and started googling. BOOM!!! Thats when I hit upon this magnificent yet simple software - iFunbox. Read the rest of this entry

If you have got a lot of confidential documents or personal stuffs in your system and wants to hide them from all other users, what will you do? Don’t tell me you will make the folder hidden, it is one of the oldest tricks in the book, even a 10yr old knows how to access a hidden folder these days.

Here is a very simple trick that we would like to share with you guys on iCore. With this trick even if a user unhides all folders in your system, your folder will still be invisible. Learn it and have fun. Read the rest of this entry

Our technology is advancing so fast that we can’t even imagine the kind of gadgets we may possess after 10 years. Here are two real photographs that compares memory sizes in 1980 with that of 2011. Hats off to human intelligence !!!

Microsoft Paint was probably the first platform that most of you have used to showcase your art skills on your computer. But with the entering of advanced softwares like photoshop, we forgot our old pal.

The fact is that, MS paint though it is a simple platform, it has got a lot of potential and scopes we haven’t yet seen. Here are some youtube videos that shows how some amazing master piece art works can be made using MS Paint. Read the rest of this entry

Google has always fascinated us with the magnificent & amazing doodles they come up with on special days. This time Google has created a play-along & interactive doodle to mark the anniversary of electric guitar inventor Les Paul’s birth.

Les Paul (1915-2009), for those unfamiliar, was a jazz/blues musician and inventor of the solid-body electric guitar that kicked-started rock and roll.

Featured on Google.com’s search page the doodle allow you to run your mouse cursor over the strings to hear authentic Les Paul strumming. Read the rest of this entry

I’m pretty sure the first thing that comes to your mind after reading the title of this iCore post will be “Rebecca Black’s - Friday”, but that is just a part of the show, there are plenty of other amateur artists uploading pathetic videos everyday, so honestly it’s been quite tough writing this post.

Anyways after watching a whole lot of disliked youtube videos (trust me it is harder than you think), we have finally composed a ‘top10′ list of the most disliked youtube videos of all time. If you think we have missed any, feel free to post it in the comments box below for the other readers. Enjoy!!! Read the rest of this entry

Here is an effective tool to calibrate your computer mouse online for free. It is a very simple test and all you have to do is just follow the instructions below. good luck!!! Read the rest of this entry