22 September, 2012

How to save a webpage as PDF without any Extension in Google chrome.


Here we will discuss to save any webpage in PDF document format without using any Extension or software in Google chrome. So save webpages as PDF documents online in HD. Google chrome is the one of the most used internet browsers in the World. It has gained huge popularity due to its fast browsing speeds, very nice and clean looking interface. Besides Google chrome provides a great collection of extensions for various purposes. Here we are going to discuss one very interesting feature of Google chrome to save any web page in high quality PDF ( Portable Document File) format documents without using any extension or any external software. Most of computer users are well familiar about PDF files. So you can save any HTML web page to pdf document on your computer direct from Google chrome browser without using any plugin or extension in Google chrome. You can follow simple steps to save a web page as a pdf document in Google chrome as given below: -
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  • Open the webpage which you want to save as a pdf document in Google chrome browser on your computer.
  • Now go to wrench menu on right hand side of menu bar in Google chrome. Click on Print option here. or you can reach here by pressing Ctrl+P.
  • Now click on Change under Destinations as shown in below image.
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  • Now a new Printing options window will pop-up. Select Local Destination value as Save as PDF.
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  • You can see preview of PDF document on right hand side. Press Save given in left hand side Print Options.
It will prompt you to save the pdf file in desired location. Now you can save that HTML web page in PDF format document to your computer. You can open that pdf file from your computer. This pdf document file will be very clean and without any branding unlike other web services which place some ads in converted pdf document.
In this way you will be able to save any HTML webpage to pdf document direct from Google chrome browser without installing any extension. We hope you will enjoy this great Google chrome feature to save  web pages as pdf document.

To sign in to Multiple Gmail accounts at same time, same browser


Gmail is the most preferred and most featured free email provider in the present scenario. Gmail provides all the vital features for any internet user. Due to this, Most of internet users prefer to open gmail accounts for their email needs.
Sometimes, Gmail users have multiple gmail accounts. For example:-  one for personal use, second for business purposes. Normally most of gmail users used to sign in to gmail account once and select option Stay signed in.Therefore Next time when you go to Gmail. it will redirect you automatically to your inbox. You don’t need to sign in again to your inbox. But when you have more than one Gmail accounts as explained earlier, one for personal use and other for business proposes. In simple practice, You used to sign out of one email account and sign in to other email account. Besides you can use two different browsers for each email account. You can sign in to each email account once in one browser. Next time you can go straight to your inbox. So you can read email for two different accounts by using two different browsers. In the similar way, you can use multiple gmail accounts.
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Gmail has always introduced latest features pertaining to needs of different email users as per the changing scenario. Besides the methods given above to open multiple Gmail account at same, there is one more interesting feature provided by gmail for sign in to multiple Gmail account at same time within the same browser. We will discuss this method in simple steps to open multiple gmail accounts at same time without leaving the browser. So you will be able to read all emails related to your all Gmail accounts within the same browser.
  • Go to Gmail and Sign in to your any one gmail account.
  • Tick the option Stay signed in
  • You will be carried straight to your inbox for that specific gmail account provided by you in first step.
  • Now go to top-right corner in your inbox. Click on drop-down menu as shown in below image.
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  • This will show you details about the current sign in user.
  • Now click on Add account at the bottom as shown in above image.
  • This will carry you to sign in to another gmail account. Put your username and password and sign in.
  • You will be carried to your second Gmail account inbox.
  • You have successfully signed in two gmail accounts.
  • Now just select any one gmail account from drop down menu. You will be carried to that specific gmail account.
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  • Similarly you can add more gmail account for which you want to sign in from the same browser.
In this way, You will be able to sign in to multiple gmail account at same time within the same browser. So this time you don’t need to leave your browser or sign out and sign in again to access multiple Gmail account emails.

Bind a .exe (executive) file into a image file


One of the most popular way of hacking is keylogging and for keylogging, we must bind the server with another program so that the victim don't get a clue about your intention. But most of the binding software won't be able to bind your server with an image file, and in this post i will be sharing a tool called Easy Binder which can easily bind a .exe file with any image file. Follow the steps below for download link and instructions:
NOTE:- You should disable your Antivirus or else your Antivirus may not allow it to run.
  • Download Easy binder
  • Extract it and run Easy Binder.exe
  • Now click on the Plus (+) sign and add the two files (Your server or any .exe file and the image file).
  • Then come to the Setting's tab and select an icon for the bind files and then select an output folder where you want to save the file.
 
  • Again come to the File's tab and then click on Bind File's.
  • That's it!

How to Download YouTube Videos Via VLC media player


Want to download YouTube videos ? Here is simple method to download YouTube videos without any external software but using only VLC media player. You can save these YouTube videos to your computer in full high definition. We all know that YouTube provides vast source of video related to all topics in full HD quality. Although You can watch YouTube videos in full HD online. But sometimes you like a video and want to download that video on your computer so that you can watch it later. For this purpose, Their are many software, downloaders and web services are available to download YouTube videos. But most of these software comes with an expiry date. You need to purchase these software after trail period is over. Besides, online web services available to download YouTube videos have also some shortcomings like, Downloaded videos have lower quality, Slow downloads etc.
But here we are going to discuss simple trick to download YouTube videos by just using popular VLC media player with faster speeds. Most of the users know about ultimate popular software VLC media player having some great features as explained in our earlier article.
VLC media player has also a great feature to stream videos online. This feature can be used to download YouTube videos in full HD.

Simple trick to download YouTube videos:-

  • Copy the URL of YouTube video which you want to download. Copy the URL up to the URL part as shown in below image.
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  • Open VLC media player on your computer.
  • Go to Media >> Open Network Stream or you can also press Ctrl+N to open required window.
download YouTube videos
  • Paste the YouTube video URL here and click on Play button on bottom side.
download youtube videos from url
  • Now YouTube videos will start to play in VLC media player. while playing YouTube video in VLC media player. Go to Tools >> Media Information. This will open Media information window.
  • Copy the location of video from above window opened as shown in below image:
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  • Open any browser preferably Google chrome and paste the location of video copied from earlier step in address bar.
  • This will open that particular YouTube in your browser. While playing this video in browser, right click on video and select Save Video as option to save YouTube video at desired location.
  • In other browsers except Google chrome, you need to add file extension like mp4, flv, mpeg after file name while saving YouTube video.
Now your favorite YouTube video will start to download at desired location. You can watch downloaded YouTube video after download completes.
So in this way, you will be able to download YouTube videos direct to your computer without using any web services but using only VLC media player in full HD. Don’t forgot to share this nice trick to download YouTube videos with your friends.

How To Publish blog Posts in Google+


Google Plus has gained much popularity in such a short period. Google Plus provides vast Variety of features to share your thoughts with others. Today Google plus is considered among the top social media web applications like Facebook or Twitter. Google plus enables you to connect with your friends or readers. You can easily create your own community to share your thoughts among friends or readers with Google Plus.
But if you are a blog writer, then it becomes very essential to create your own Google Plus community of followers like Facebook or Twitter followers. Which provides more exposer to your blog and enables you to spread your blog to more readers. It also helps to provide latest blog post updates to your blog followers. This automatically results in more traffic to your blog.
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When you write a new post it can be published on your blog Facebook Fan page and Twitter Profile automatically  with the help of some application or services available online. But you can hardly find any application or service on present time, which can auto publish your blog posts directly to your Google plus page just after publishing. But with the help of tutorial give below, you can easily publish your blog posts titles to Google Plus page directly for any blogger blog. There is no need to leave your Blogger Dashboard or login to your Google Plus account to publish a new post. You can easily publish new blog post to Google Plus page in easy way directly from your blogger dashboard.
Keep in mind this works only if you have activated New blogger interface for your blog. If you are using old blogger interface, then firstly switch to new blogger interface to use this feature. Also this method can publish only blog post title to your Google plus page.

Log in to your Blogger Account.
Go to Posts tab for your blog  from Drop-down menu in blogger Dashboard as shown in below image.

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You will see all your blog posts, published as well saved in drafts.
Just Hover over the post title which you want to share on Google Plus page.
You will see a share link just below each blog post as shown in image below.

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Click on share link.
This will open a pop up window as show in image below.

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It will also show the title of your blog post which will be published on Google Plus page.
Add people and circles to which you want to share this post from drop-down list opened.
You can also publish any message or comment in above box which you want to share with your readers or friends along with this post. You can share post with public, Friends,Followings etc.
In last just Hit share. That is it, you’re done. You have successfully published a blogger blog post to Google Plus page directly.

13 July, 2012

A cool website to make colorful silk design and graphic text

In this Blog I am going to introduce you with a cool website where you will be able to make colorful wave silk design just by moving your mouse pointer. You can also write your name with that super cool wave silk design.

Below you can see a picture : 







Wanna check the site? 


To check the site go to this link - Weave Silk


At first  learn about some basic shortcut key . Click and drag your mouse pointer to draw whatever you want. The silk weave will flow to make beautiful design.

Some of the shortcut keys are:  


X = Press X to create a new design by removing the old one. 


S = Press S to stop the flow of the silk. This is very important key. When you draw anything it the wind will blow the color trend. You must press "s" before the color trend goes too far away. 


Shift+Move mouse pointer = when you draw anything the wind blows to the right and the color trend also goes on that Direction. Press shift and then move your mouse pointer to change the wind direction. 


Below you can see a picture where I have written "Pctric" :




Hope you will like the site. Thanks for visiting my Blog.

12 July, 2012

LATEST AIRTEL 3G TRICK WORKING ALL AROUND INDIA

We are using Internet.Tricks for getting 3G speed on 2G plan can be seen on every second Tips and Tricks site but they Don’t Confirm that Trick will work or Not.
Initially it started When BSNL 2G sim was Downloading data at speed of a 3G Network but it was the fault of BSNL administration and technical problem, Which were resolved later by BSNL now we don’t get 3G speed (1-10 Mbps) on Simple 2g sim of BSNL.The Pricing of 3G data plans are touching sky, so Common men like us are forced to use slow speed (10-20 KBPS) of 2G networks.
As I did it in my recent posts I searched over the Internet for most promising posts about the 3G hacks and Tricks.So I came Across two working Tricks on two different sites Which seems legit to me.
Check out these Three Posts Where two post are about latest working Hack and Trick for 3G Airtel Network and For Symbian and Android Phones and Another One is for Free Airtel Internet Trick which Include Five Different Tricks for Different Device users and Browsers.In first two Basically it is Hacking 3G Network from a 2G sim it is Not Necessary that you have to buy a 3G sim You can use your Normal 2G sims Trick works fine on that.Try any of These and Tell us if you Find them useful.
First Trick
I’ve found this working trick and getting more than 500 KBPS download speed. But the browsing Speed is little slow.And I am using this on my Personal Computer.Its working Absolutely fine.This proxy Support Resume Downloads and can Directly streams youtube videos.
Just follow these steps.
1 ) Open Mozilla Firefox.
2 ) Go to TOOLS > OPTIONS>ADVANCED>NETWORK> SETTING> MANUAL    CONFIGURATION
3 ) Enter anyone Proxy and Port 91.143.83.139 with 80 port
or
208.77.23.4 with port – 80
4 ) Then Go to TOOLS -> OPTIONS ->GENERAL -> HOMEPAGE
5 ) Enter this url in homepage
http://fb.me/11010101.php?u=http://www.google.com for Proxy – 91.143.83.139
6 ) Use Home page : Fb.me for this PROXY : 208.77.23.4
Now You can browse and download any site for free in Airtel.
-To download files in Internet Download Manger (IDM), you need to change the proxy like this
91.143.83.139  with  80 port ito the proxy setting of IDM
If you got it.Enjoy free GPRS in PC.

7 Best Programs to Capture Video on a PC

PC screen recording technology has become pervasive thanks to the uptrend in both video tutorials for business and gaming videos made by kids in bedrooms all over the world for bragging rights. Other common uses for PC screen recording are to record live streaming content, such as a video chat session, for later playback, and capturing complicated actions or tweaks in order to duplicate the steps exactly later on.
In order to record your computer screen, you are going to need a dedicated software program. There are dozens upon dozens of solutions, and all work in basically the same way: once the software is launched, recording is started and stopped with a simple mouse click or by pressing one or more hot keys.
PC Screen Recording
Apart from recording all of the action on the screen, most programs offer one or more of the following features:
  • Panning across the screen.
  • Zooming into highlight a certain action.
  • Mouse highlighting to better show actions, such as clicks.
  • Pen or highlighter tool to draw on the screen directly.
  • Sound capture, including from microphone.
  • Variety of output formats (.avi, .flv, .mov)
  • Still screenshots capture.
  • Basic video editing capabilities.
  • Annotations and callouts.
Let’s explore a few of the diverse software options currently available in several categories to record your computer screen.

100% Browser-Based: Screencastle

For the quickest, no-frills screencasting service, which requires no registration or separate software installation (besides Java, which most people already have), Screencastle takes the cake. Simply visit the page, press the big red button to start the application, and you can record your entire screen along with the computer’s audio if desired.
Once saved, a series of links are provided that allow viewing and embedding, and files are stored indefinitely on the Screencastle server as long as they are occasionally viewed. Oh yeah, this service is also completely free!

High-End: Adobe Captivate

At the opposite end of the spectrum, Adobe Captivate is a professional-grade screencasting and tutorial creation solution with a robust set of features. These include incorporating Microsoft PowerPoint slides and other multimedia, picture-in-picture capabilities, built-in templates, interactive quizzes and export for viewing on iPads and iPhones. The program also supports capture in High Definition.
All of these features come with a steep price, however, making Adobe Captivate the most expensive of the software mentioned here.

Mid-Priced: Camtasia Studio

Not to be confused with the similarly named Camstudio mentioned below, Camtasia Studio is another paid software, albeit more much affordable than Adobe’s Captivate. The program produces excellent quality videos with a user-friendly interface, and offers saving to multiple file formats, uploading directly to YouTube, and the ability to edit audio and video separately in order to re-record narration errors or add additional explanations.

Open Source: Camstudio

Camstudio is open source and sports relatively advanced features, for a completely free product. These include the ability to record the screen and a webcam simultaneously, screen panning, annotations and mouse highlighting. It also comes with a converter to produce SWF files for streaming sites.
Camstudio is one of the most popular screencasting solutions, recommended by many throughout the Web.

Firefox Add-on: CaptureFox

For those wishing to stay within their browser when capturing, as opposed to launching another program, CaptureFox is a good solution. This Firefox add-on begins recording audio and the screen frame-by-frame with two clicks, producing an .avi file which is saved to your PC, unlike Screencastle where the files reside on their servers.

Gaming: Fraps

Fraps is widely used by gamers posting videos on YouTube due to its extremely high-quality captures, with up to an astonishing 7680 x 4800 pixels and 120 frames per second possible. A free download is available, but to unlock the full features of the program, the software must be registered for a very affordable fee compared with other paid options.

Free and Full-Featured: ScreenVirtuoso PRO

This is a full-featured program that is free for personal use, but the authors require a license if you are going to use it commercially. With it, you can save to .avi, adjust frame rate to reduce file size, move the screen to a new area while recording, annotate while recording, and control the program through the Command line.
With so many screen recording options available, it is best to compare several to determine which best fits your needs. Fortunately, many of them are completely free, or at least offer free demos for evaluation purposes. Other highly regarded screen capture programs you might wish to check out include BB FlashBack Express, Screenr, Bandicam and Screenpresso.

Cool VLC player tricks that you must know..!!!

Hi All,
VLC player is top video player widely used to play many video formats.There are so many hidden tips and tricks (for more tricks CLICK HERE) that can optimize you VLC player.
Here I am providing you some great trick for VLC player.
                                  
1. File converting trick:-
  • VLC can also act as an audio and video converter, thus allowing you to switch your media to and from different formats like MP3, OGG, and MP4. 
  • To get started with file conversion, simply press Ctrl+R or if you aren't a big fan of keyboard shortcuts, simply go to the Media option in the Menubar. Then, select the file or files you want to convert by using the Add button. 
  • Once you’re done adding them, hit the Convert/Save button. Now, a new window will pop up letting you choose the destination and the output format. Choose the appropriate settings and hit the start button.

2. Fine-tune your audio with the graphic equalizer:-

  • If you’re an audiophile and you prefer to listen to your tunes on VLC, then the open-source application can also act as a full-fledged music player. 
  • Apart from displaying the cover art and other information of the currently playing song, VLC comes with a completely functional graphic equalizer.
  •  The best way to get started with it is by using the pre-loaded presets and then moving on to individual fine-tuning. 
  • To open the equalizer, press Ctrl+E while on the main window; or, from the menubar, go to Tools and click the option that says Effects and Filters.
3. Record videos from webcam:-

  • If you want to record your own videos for uploading on YouTube or sending a video message to your friends, VLC can act as a full-fledged video recorder. 
  • Just fire up VLC and press Ctrl+C. Then, select the appropriate capture device (which is your webcam) and start recording.
4. Take screenshots of videos:-

  • Ever love a scene so much that you want to share it with your friends? Or maybe not a complete scene, just a particular moment? Don’t worry, VLC takes care of it perfectly by letting you take screenshots of videos without any complex button-pressing. 
  • To take a screenshot, simply press Shift+S or, from the menubar, go to Video, and hit the ‘Take Snapshot’ button. Once you hit the button, you’ll see a small thumbnail of the screenshot at the left corner of your video. The image will be saved in your Pictures folder.
5. VLC essential shortcuts:-
  • f = Full screen
  • Space = Play or Pause
  • + = Play faster
  • - = Play slower
  • s = Stop
  • Ctrl + q = Quit
  • Ctrl + Up or Mousewheel up = Volume up
  • Ctrl + Down or Mousewheel down = Volume down
  • m = Mute
  • Shift + Right arrow key = Skip forward
  • Shift + Left arrow key = Skip backward
6.  Jump to specific time in the video:-
  • To jump to a specific time in the video, just use the Ctrl+T shortcut and enter the time you want to jump in to.
7. Fine-tune your audio with the Graphic equalizer:-
  • Apart from displaying the cover art and other information of the currently playing song, VLC comes with a completely functional graphic equalizer. 
  • The best way to get started with it is by using the pre-loaded presets and then moving on to individual fine-tuning. To open the equalizer, press Ctrl+E while on the main window; or, from the menubar, go to Tools and click the option that says Effects and Filters.

5 Cool Ultimate Tricks For Windows

Enjoy This cool tricks for windows…
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How to Convert text into audio file By using Notepad in windows..!!!

Windows XP is widely and most commonly used OS in world for many computer related work.
Sometime we need the text in windows XP to be hear in headset or Speaker.
So we have to use 3rd party software to perform this task.
Here I am giving you nice trick to Convert text into voice or audio file using "NOTEPAD".

  
Just follow below simple steps:-

  1. Go to Start -> RUN-> type notepad-> notepad will open.
  2. Copy following code & paste it into notepad.
Dim msg, sapi
msg=InputBox("Enter your text for conversion–www.techvorm.com","TechVorm Text-To-Audio Converter")
Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
sapi.Speak msg

3.  Save this file with any name with .vbs as extension. For eg. Text-To-Voice.vbs

Thats all..!! you have created own Text to voice converter.
whenever you wanna convert text to voice or mp3 file just open this file & do it.

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10 July, 2012

How to Send free Sms from your mobile phone via free java app

In this Post we are going to tell you about an excellent Java app for normal mobile phone user. You can send free SMS and MMS to anywhere you want for Free.


You can send Free SMS and MMS via PicoSMS application. PicoSMS is free, fast and feature rich (Sms+Mms) application developed by a Canadian mobile applications company. PicoSms can be used in Java and Symbian powered cell phones. You can send Text messages, photos, graphics and small documents to any number for free.


Internet is free or very cheap now. So by using PicoSms you can save a lot of money. This is one of the useful software you can find on internet. The software will appear as you can see in the picture below :




How to Install it : To Install Picosms app go to their official site - http://picowireless.com/wap from your mobile phone.They have many apps such as Picomail, Picosms , Picoweb etc. Look for the Picosms link and download it.Then install the software and run it. You can understand the rest of the things by yourself. 

42: The answer to life, the universe and everything

Now, in an attempt to cash in on their obsession, a new book published this week, 42: Douglas Adams' Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, looks at real-life occurrences of the number 42. The book is timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Adams's death this spring.
Scores of adolescents have posited theories about significance of the number. The actor Stephen Fry claimed to know the true answer, but won't tell, saying he'll take it to his grave. The author himself rather undermined the myriad analyses when he dismissed them all with the simple answer that the choice of the number was a joke.
"The answer to this is very simple," Adams said. "It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base 13, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat on my desk, stared in to the garden and thought 42 will do. I typed it out. End of story."
Throughout history, various numbers have had special meanings ascribed to them. Plato called the study of number symbolism "the highest level of knowledge" while Pythagoras believed numbers had souls as well as magical powers.
Meanwhile, millions of Hitchhiker's fans to this day persist in trying to decipher what they imagine was Adams' secret motivations. Here are 42 things to fuel their fascination with the number 42.
1. Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert died aged 42; they had 42 grandchildren and their great-grandson, Edward VIII, abdicated at the age of 42.
2. The world's first book printed with movable type is the Gutenberg Bible which has 42 lines per page.
3. On page 42 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry discovers he's a wizard.
4. The first time Douglas Adams essayed the number 42 was in a sketch called "The Hole in the Wall Club". In it, comedian Griff Rhys Jones mentions the 42nd meeting of the Crawley and District Paranoid Society.
5. Lord Lucan's last known location was outside 42 Norman Road, Newhaven, East Sussex.
6. The Doctor Who episode entitled "42" lasts for 42 minutes.
7. Titanic was travelling at a speed equivalent to 42km/hour when it collided with an iceberg.
8. The marine battalion 42 Commando insists that it be known as "Four two, Sir!"
9. In east Asia, including parts of China, tall buildings often avoid having a 42nd floor because of tetraphobia – fear of the number four because the words "four" and "death" sound the same (si or sei). Likewise, four 14, 24, etc.
10. Elvis Presley died at the age of 42.
11. BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs was created in 1942. There are 42 guests per year.
12. Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear's spaceship is named 42.
13. Fox Mulder's apartment in the US TV series The X Files was number 42.
14. The youngest president of the United States,Theodore Roosevelt, was 42 when he was elected.
15. The office of Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt is called Building 42 of the firm's San Francisco complex.
16. The Bell-X1 rocket plane Glamorous Glennis piloted by Chuck Yeager, first broke the sound barrier at 42,000 feet.
17. The atomic bomb that devastated Nagasaki, Japan, contained the destructive power of 42 million sticks of dynamite.
18. A single Big Mac contains 42 per cent of the recommended daily intake of salt.
19. Cricket has 42 laws.
20. On page 42 of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jonathan Harker discovers he is a prisoner of the vampire. And on the same page of Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein reveals he is able to create life.
21. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence gives Juliet a potion that allows for her to be in a death-like coma for "two and forty hours".
22. The three best-selling music albums – Michael Jackson's Thriller, AC/DC's Back in Black and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon – last 42 minutes.
23. The result of the most famous game in English football – the world cup final of 1966 – was 4-2.
24. The type 42 vacuum tube was one of the most popular audio output amplifiers of the 1930s.
25. A marathon course is 42km and 195m.
26. Samuel Johnson compiled the Dictionary of the English Language, regarded as one of the greatest works of scholarship. In a nine-year period he defined a total of 42,777 words.
27. 42,000 balls were used at Wimbledon last year.
28. The wonder horse Nijinsky was 42 months old in 1970 when he became the last horse to win the English Triple Crown: the Derby; the 2000 Guineas and the St Leger.
29. The element molybdenum has the atomic number 42 and is also the 42nd most common element in the universe.
30. Dodi Fayed was 42 when he was killed alongside Princess Diana.
31. Cell 42 on Alcatraz Island was once home to Robert Stroud who was transferred to The Rock in 1942. After murdering a guard he spent 42 years in solitary confinement in different prisons.
32. In the Book of Revelation, it is prophesised that the beast will hold dominion over the earth for 42 months.
33. The Moorgate Tube disaster of 1975 killed 42 passengers.
34. When the growing numbers of Large Hadron Collider scientists acquired more office space recently, they named their new complex Building 42.
35. Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has 42 illustrations.
36. 42 is the favourite number of Dr House, the American television doctor played by Hugh Laurie.
37. There are 42 US gallons in a barrel of oil.
38. In an episode of The Simpsons, police chief Wiggum wakes up to a question aimed at him and replies "42".
39. Best Western is the world's largest hotel chain with more than 4,200 hotels in 80 countries.
40. There are 42 principles of Ma'at, the ancient Egyptian goddess – and concept – of physical and moral law, order and truth.
41. Mungo Jerry's 1970 hit "In the Summertime", written by Ray Dorset, has a tempo of 42 beats per minute.
42. The band Level 42 chose their name in recognition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and not – as is often repeated – after the world's tallest car park.

When Douglas Adams wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, he added a central joke which has become more famous over the years than the novel itself: "The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42." Geeks have since wasted years and massive effort trying to ascribe some deep, symbolic significance to the number and its occurrences.