Most Popular DIY Projects of 2008

When it comes to saving time and money, sometimes the best approach means rolling up your sleeves and doing it yourself. Check out the best DIY projects featured here in 2008 and beyond.
Most Popular DIY Projects of 2008

Baby Blogging: 8 Trendy Tools Compared

When baby needs to blog, and in this day and age it seem almost a life necessity with babies twittering from the cradle, where does mommy turn for a child and parent-friendly site for micro and macro baby publishing?
Baby Blogging: 8 Trendy Tools Compared

21 Sites To Find Out What’s Hot Online

Is it important for you to stay informed of daily news? Do you try to always be up-to-date with what people are talking about throughout the world? If “yes” is the answer to both of the questions, then today’s post on how to spot internet hot trends is right for you!
21 Sites To Find Out What’s Hot Online

What is Gibberish to One is an Etymology to Another

Gibberish is an undignified word, and this is the reason we have difficulties in discovering its origin.
What is Gibberish to One is an Etymology to Another

Internet Explorer Exploit Temporary Fix Now Available

Microsoft will be pushing out an unscheduled security patch for Internet Explorer's recently-discovered vulnerability tomorrow, but you can get a temporary patch from British software security firm Prevx today.
Internet Explorer Exploit Temporary Fix Now Available

Preservation for Home Movies

Home movies all too often get relegated to basements where they sit with recordings of made-for-TV movies or other equally-neglected videos. Of course, there are always the semi-annual walks down memory lane where people pull out the documentation of times past, but as a general rule, our home movies are going the way of dinosaurs. Please add to the growing collection at Internet Archive. Keep your footage safe while sharing in a collective vision to archive our heritage. If you have uploaded a home movie on the archive and would like it added to this collection, please contact skip@avgeeks.com.
Preservation for Home Movies

Disk Wipe Utility

Disk wiping describes the process of deleting data of a partition or entire hard drive so that the data cannot be recovered by data recovery software. Copy Wipe is a disk wipe utility for DOS or Windows that can be used to delete the contents of a partition or hard drive permanently. It can also be used to copy data from one partition or hard drive to another as well hence the name Copy Wipe.
Disk Wipe Utility

OPEN WEB AWARDS: People’s Choice Winners

Today we’re pleased to announce the winners of The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, a multilingual, international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements of websites and services in 26 categories.
OPEN WEB AWARDS: People’s Choice Winners

How To Polish Shoes With A Banana

No need for shoe polish when you have a banana around. You can eat the banana itself, just remember to keep the banana skin.
How To Polish Shoes With A Banana

Effective Communication

We’ve all seen spam emails and hyped-up sales pages that look so sleazy. We see large fonts, boldface, red text, and sometimes even blinking text. Everyone claims to be able to change your life with this one secret you absolutely need. Effortless abundance is there for the taking, but you must ACT NOW because they only have one product left.
Effective Communication

How to Convert Vinyl to MP3

These two videos show you how to convert your records to MP3 format using a free program called audacity.
How to Convert Vinyl to MP3

6 Ways to Convert a PDF to a JPG

PDF files can be a pain. You need a special program to view them which could mean long loading times.
6 Ways to Convert a PDF to a JPG

Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2008

Here's the full run-down of the 12 most popular Windows downloads of 2008.
Most Popular Free Windows Downloads of 2008

Cool Tools: Gift Guides 2008

The holiday shopping season is in full swing. By now, you're either finished (congrats) or catching up. Here's a few gift guides we recommend, because unlike a lot of year-end round-ups, they don't simply list what's new or flashy, but in most cases make a compelling case for why the stuff's interesting, fun and worth considering.
Cool Tools: Gift Guides 2008

Australian court rules that Facebook "Wall" scribbles are legal notice

An Australian court has ruled that a posting on someone's Facebook page can serve as legal notice.
Australian court rules that Facebook "Wall" scribbles are legal notice

The 10 Most Popular Slide Shows of 2008: Scientific American

Here we present Scientific American.com's most-viewed slide shows of 2008.
The 10 Most Popular Slide Shows of 2008

Microsoft warns of Internet Explorer security flaw

Users of the world's most common web browser have been advised to switch to another browser until a serious security flaw has been fixed.
Microsoft warns of Internet Explorer security flaw

Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories

From the ABS. In the 12 months to 30 June 2008, the Australian population increased by 359,000 people, reaching 21,374,000. The annual growth rate for the year ended 30 June 2008 (1.7%) was higher than that recorded for the year ended 30 June 2007 (1.5%).
Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories

How to Compromise with Your Spouse

Always feeling like the doormat when it comes to making decisions with your spouse? Or perhaps it's you who always calls the shots and your spouse meekly obliges, to the point where you feel they no longer contribute enthusiastically to the relationship. Either way, compromise between spouses is a key skill essential to a lifetime of cooperation, ever-growing love and continued respect for one another.
How to Compromise with Your Spouse

18 Top Tips for Buying Used Clothes

If the national media is any indication, more people are embracing the notion of buying used clothing from thrift stores and consignment shops. Last week, USA Today ran a story describing how secondhand stores are reaping the benefits of recession.
18 Top Tips for Buying Used Clothes