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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Your Online Footprint

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The CEO of Google has suggested that once you leave college, you may want to change your name to distance yourself from all the dumb things ...

Create a Simple Password Protected Folder in Windows 7 Sans Software

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Windows: If you're looking to stash some files away from other users casually browsing your computer but don't need to go full bore ...

Historical Imagery - How a Place Has Changed Over Time?

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Google today introduced a new version of Google Earth, which among other new enhancements, sports an easier way for you to explore historica...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Top 10 Registry Tweaks that Power Up Windows

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The Windows registry is a mysterious place, but if you're comfortable editing it, you have the power to tweak nearly every Windows setti...
Friday, November 26, 2010

5 Important Tips for Better Eye Health in a Digital World

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In attempting to sum up the world in 2010, one word comes to mind: connected. Everywhere we go we carry devices that keep us connected to so...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

How to Identify and Resist Manipulative Sales Pitches

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Stores everywhere are competing for your hard-earned money (or easily acquired credit) this holiday shopping season, and they're pulling...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The Hacker’s Guide to Tea

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Coffee gets a lot of attention, but if tea's more your style, tea guru Tony Gebely offers this guide to understanding and brewing better...

Australian Women’s Weekly in National Library of Australia Digital Archive

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Hat tip to PC World Australia for the pointer to the new digital archive of Australian Women’s Weekly, brought to you by the National Librar...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Curing Warts, Removing Splinters, and 19 Other Bizarre Uses for Banana Peels

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It all started with a rumor that banana peels could be used to polish silver and a bet among friends that it couldn’t. In trying to discover...

Curing Warts, Removing Splinters, and 19 Other Bizarre Uses for Banana Peels | Wise Bread

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It all started with a rumor that banana peels could be used to polish silver and a bet among friends that it couldn’t. In trying to discover...

Short Sharp Science: Looking down on the tallest structure ever built

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The 828 metre Burj Khalifa skyscraper towers above downtown Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The no doubt soon-to-be iconic image taken ea...

Practice Eye Contact to Generate "Reality Distortion Field" Charisma

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Some people, like Bill Clinton and Steve Jobs, have undeniable charisma that even their most ardent detractors are forced to acknowledge. Ma...

How to Find the Person behind an Email Address - Reverse Email Search

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You get an email from a person with whom you have never interacted before and therefore, before you reply to that message, you would like to...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Don’t Sleep, Prevent Standby, Hibernate, Shutdown In Windows

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The power configuration in Windows determines if the operating system initiates a system state change. This can be an automatic shutdown, a ...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The Cheesy Action Movie Edition

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This Friday, we’re taking the term “weekend warriors” quite seriously. Today’s YouTube Roundup theme is “Cheesy Action Sequences,” curated b...

9 Notable Tech Flops That Live in Infamy

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Not every gadget is destined for greatness. Despite the hype before launch, or the promise of how a shiny new device will change your life, ...

Win a Coin Toss by Volunteering to Flip the Coin

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The person flipping the coin has a significantly higher chance to calling the outcome. Stack the odds in your favor by volunteering to be th...

Top 10 Holiday Travel Tips and Tricks

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Traveling in general isn't always fun, but it's especially miserable during the holidays. Long lines, long drives to the airport, an...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Use Toothpaste to Fix Car Body and Headlight Scratches

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Toothpaste: it restores old sneakers, de-stains MacBooks, un-clouds drinking glasses, and, it seems, heals whatever minor scratches ail your...

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 24/2010

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The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump. Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 24/2010
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