Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, Summary Results, Australia, 2006

Information from the 2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey. The results will assist in answering questions of whether Australians' literacy skills are adequate for the challenges they face in work and daily life.
Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, Summary Results, Australia, 2006

Self Improvement Advice from the Devil

The Internet is full of self improvement advice. You can’t browse a blog these days without someone telling you how you should be living your life.
Well it is about time we shook things up a little…
Self Improvement Advice from the Devil

Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music

During normal operation or in Safe mode, your computer may play "Fur Elise" or "It's a Small, Small World" seemingly at random. This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance. This is a design feature.
Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music

The 10 Most Ridiculous Inventions Ever Patented

The wheel. The light bulb. Big Mouth Billy Bass. Great inventions inspire awe, while providing comfort and convenience to the masses. Other inventions inspire second-hand embarrassment and provide a window into the dark souls of the men who created them.
The 10 Most Ridiculous Inventions Ever Patented

Outlook: How To Delete Duplicated Contacts

Sometimes syncing Outlook with another application or device can result in the addition of a duplicated list of contacts. Removing this list can be quite cumbersome if you take the time to delete each one, especially if you have collected a large number of addresses and such.
Outlook: How To Delete Duplicated Contacts

Ensure a Fast Internet Connection When You Need It

Your internet connection is an indispensable part of your life, but between BitTorrent, Xbox Live, web browsing, and VoIP, sometimes there's not enough bandwidth to go around. But rather than running around the house shutting down all of your computers next time you're experiencing a little lag on Xbox Live or Skype is breaking up on you, you can set up Quality of Service (QoS) rules on your router to distribute bandwidth to your different gadgets and applications based on your priorities.
Ensure a Fast Internet Connection When You Need It

How Babies Know What You're Up To (or Not)

When it comes to watching the actions of others, we all have a little Nostradamus in us. When someone begins a physical action we can often "predict" the outcome before it occurs -- that is, our eyes move to the action's end point before the actor reaches it himself.
How Babies Know What You're Up To (or Not)

Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: for her

So you want to get your girl something gadgety for the holidays, but don't quite know what. We've got you covered. In addition to our own thoughtful ideas, we also roped in Engadget-ladyfriends Veronica Belmont and Jill Fehrenbacher to make some suggestions and ensure we're not too far off base. (In other words, if you're looking for a totally trite list of pink gadgets you'll want to look elsewhere.)
Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: for her

Census of Population and Housing

The second release of 2006 Census data is here! All the valuable data you and the rest of Australia provided has been processed and is now available. You can discover information online about the people of Australia and your local community for free!
Census of Population and Housing

One way to try to figure out what someone REALLY thinks.

Sometimes when we ask an important question, we know that people might be reluctant to give a true opinion. Maybe they’re worried about angering someone else, or appearing unsophisticated, or maybe they feel uncomfortable with what they think.
Tyler Cowen made an observation that I think is absolutely fascinating, and one that provides a possible solution to this non-disclosure problem.
One way to try to figure out what someone REALLY thinks

Hey, Kids, MySpace Can Hurt You

Whenever some agency creates a site aimed at young people, you can be absolutely sure that kids will a) never ever visit it and b) if they do visit it, they’ll laugh at it. This will probably be the case with ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) and their site which should explain UK kids that MySpace data is not private, and that it can be stolen and misused which can hurt them in the long run.
Hey, Kids, MySpace Can Hurt You

Want to live longer? Buy yourself a pogo stick

We all know the mantra - to live longer we need to eat more fruit and veg, take regular exercise, drink in moderation and cut out cigarettes.
Then last week the World Cancer Research Fund declared that we also need to give up bacon, pork chops and salt. Thankfully, there are other, less tedious ways to add years to your life. Here, the Mail shows you how...
Want to live longer? Buy yourself a pogo stick

Google Street View hits Australia

The controversial Google Street View project has arrived in Australia taking snaps in our major cities and towns.
The project has already captured images in 17 cities in North America, taken at street level and attached them to the highly popular Google Maps online application.
Google Street View hits Australia

Eight Ways to Fight Memory Loss

Memory loss can occur for a variety of reasons. Some loss of memory with aging is natural – it is normal to experience short-term forgetfulness, such as the inability to remember a person’s name you met recently.
Eight Ways to Fight Memory Loss

Your Eyes Don’t Lie - Reading Thoughts By Eye Movements

The eyes have this habit of positioning themselves according to the thoughts that are in your head, and other people can often understand what you are thinking about just by watching your eyes.
Your Eyes Don’t Lie - Reading Thoughts By Eye Movements

30 Interview Questions You Can't Ask and 30 Sneaky, Legal Alternatives to Get the Same Info

In every job interview, the goal is to obtain important information while building a friendly rapport with the candidate. But some questions are just a little too friendly. Protect yourself and your company from legal trouble and embarassment by avoiding the wrong questions while still getting to the root of the concern behind the question. Read on for 30 ways to turn litigious questions into harmless, legal alternatives.
30 Interview Questions You Can't Ask and 30 Sneaky, Legal Alternatives to Get the Same Info

Easily Show The Contents of Password Fields

How to recover passwords from your browser. It doesn't require any software to reveal hidden passwords under asterisks and don't need to waste your time in cracking master password.
Easily Show The Contents of Password Fields

JAXA | KAGUYA (SELENE) World's First Image Taking of the Moon by HDTV

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have successfully performed the world's first high-definition image taking by the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE,) which was injected into a lunar orbit at an altitude of about 100 km on October 18.
JAXA | KAGUYA (SELENE) World's First Image Taking of the Moon by HDTV

How to Study Less by Learning Things Once

You read over your notes. Then you read them over again. Then you read them over a third time. Then you take the test and are surprised at just how much you missed. Despite reading everything three times!
A lot of study time is wasted because of one problem: you fail to learn things the first time around.
How to Study Less by Learning Things Once

Don’t Want to Shell Out for MS Office? Get a Free Alternative

Among free productivity application suites that can save you from shelling out money for Microsoft’s Office suite, GoogleDocs and OpenOffice tend to get all the attention. Lately, though, I’ve been experimenting with some alternatives, and they’re more than good enough to use in place of Microsoft’s applications. ThinkFree Office, in particular, is worth a look.
Don’t Want to Shell Out for MS Office? Get a Free Alternative