The $2500 Tata Nano, Unveiled in India

After months of rumors and tantalizing leaks Indian automaker Tata Motors has finally unveiled the Tata Nano -- its already legendary $2,500 car. As expected, the car that Tata claims will change the face of not only the Indian car market, but the global auto industry will be a four door, five seat hatch, powered by a 30 HP Bosch 624 cc four stroke engine mounted out back and mated to a CVT.
The $2500 Tata Nano, Unveiled in India

Download and Listen to Free Music on the Web

Hey, I know you. RIAA lawsuits have scared you off P2P, but the iTunes DRM is both too expensive and too restrictive for your tastes, right? Then it's time you head to the web. In the past year the number of web sites linking to free downloads and streaming music has exploded, meaning there are more ways than ever to get your music fix.
Download and Listen to Free Music on the Web

New Year 2008

Sydney-Rio-Amsterdam-London-Hongkong-Taipei - 360 degree Panoramas.
New Year 2008-Sydney-Rio-Amsterdam-London-Hongkong-Taipei

Australian Economic Indicators, Jan 2008

A monthly compendium of economic statistics, presenting comprehensive tables, graphs, commentaries, feature articles and technical notes. Primarily a reference document, the publication provides a broad basis for analysis and research on the Australian economy and includes statistics that can be applied to both macro-economic and sectoral analyses.
Australian Economic Indicators, Jan 2008

Read Text from a Scanned Document into Word with OCR

There are a number of OCR products on the market, but don’t go for your wallet just yet. If you own Microsoft Office, you already own software capable of Optical Character Recognition: Microsoft Office Document Imaging. You can use Microsoft Office Document Imaging to grab text from a scanned document and convert it into a usable Word document.
Read Text from a Scanned Document into Word with OCR

CIA’s Electronic Reading Room Releases Top 25 Searched Phrases and Top 25 Searched Documents

CIA’s Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room Releases Top 25 Searched Phrases (Nov. & Dec. 2007) and Top 25 Searched Documents (Dec. 2007)
CIA’s Electronic Reading Room Releases Top 25 Searched Phrases and Top 25 Searched Documents

The Origins of Buzzwords

Everybody seems to resent buzzwords, and everybody uses them. It may therefore be of some interest to look at the origin of those universally reviled favorites.
The Origins of Buzzwords

Top 10 Underhyped Webapps

Even in this golden age of Big Internet Companies Acquiring Everything In Sight, there are still a few independent, small webapps out there that don't get the attention they should for their useful functionality.
Top 10 Underhyped Webapps

Network Solutions steals domain ideas; Confirmed!

I am appalled at the concept of taking people’s domain ideas and registering it before the consumer has the ability to manually register the domain.
Network Solutions steals domain ideas; Confirmed!

Shop around to get the cheapest petrol prices

If you want to save money on your petrol costs, you need to shop around to find which of your local service stations is the cheapest. And plan ahead to make sure you buy at the cheap time of the week too.
Shop around to get the cheapest petrol prices

Bad Day at the office! (COMPILATION VIDEO)

Yup!
Bad Day at the office! (COMPILATION VIDEO)

FaxBox: the latest in password scams

Looks like spammers have found yet another way to worm (ha ha) themselves into the computers of the unsuspecting.
FaxBox: the latest in password scams

10 Things Your Personal Trainer Won't Tell You

1. "I'm a specialist — in marketing myself as a health expert."
etc
10 Things Your Personal Trainer Won't Tell You

10 Things Your Fitness Club Won't Tell You

1. "If you're still here in April, it'll be a miracle."
etc
10 Things Your Fitness Club Won't Tell You

The secret of two hidden messages in Google 2008 Logo

The secrete messages in Google's 2008 logo revealed. Google put silently two hidden messages in its 2008 logo. Google is celebrating 25 years of TCP/IP and the New Year.
The secret of two hidden messages in Google 2008 Logo

ikea hacker

A blog about hacking Ikea stuff.
ikea hacker

Netscape. Specifically, version 0.9b

Ah, memories! This is the first browser I can remember using back in either late 1994 or early 1995....I still remember the joy of the first screen appearing (the dawn of the age of Internet discovery!) and actually getting this and that Trumpet Winsock thing to work....
Netscape. Specifically, version 0.9b

American Dialect Society Word of the Year

In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “subprime” as the word of the year.
American Dialect Society Word of the Year

Essential Free Online Video and Animation Tools

Whether you do some blogging, operate an e-commerce site, or simply have moving pictures in the back of your mind to work with, web-based video and animation should probably be on your radar. Many marketing departments are setting up their own video and animation studios for everything from product demonstrations to webinars, and an increasing number of companies such as Brightcove are helping to deliver and syndicate video on the web. The good news is there are also lots of free applications for video and animation on the web.
Essential Free Online Video and Animation Tools

General Travel Advice to Australian Travellers

This advice has been reviewed and reissued. It contains new information in the Summary and under Safety and Security: Terrorism (update), Civil Unrest/Political Tension (update), Crime (update), Local Travel (new section), Airline Safety (update), Natural Disasters (update), Local Customs (update) and Health Issues (update).
General Travel Advice to Australian Travellers