Friday, July 23, 2010

Best Free Data Recovery Software

How many times have you deleted something from your hard-disk and immediately realized you made a mistake? How many times have you shift-deleted something really important, only to bang your head on the keyboard later? How many times have you wished you could un-delete a file from USB drive?
Best Free Data Recovery Software

Thursday, July 22, 2010

NASA Uses Space Lasers to Map the World’s Forests [PICS]

Typically, we’d associated terms such as “lasers from space” with global destruction. However, the good folks at NASA have used three satellites and LIDAR laser technology to do something much more interesting — and with much more value for residents of Earth.
NASA Uses Space Lasers to Map the World’s Forests [PICS]

Find DNS Problems with Pingdom Tool

Pingdom tools – one of the most popular and accurate tools to test page loading time of websites has added DNS Health checkup tool to its arsenal.
Find DNS Problems with Pingdom Tool

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

“Refudiate this, word snobs!”

Here at Oxford, we love words. We love when they have ancient histories, we love when they have double-meanings, we love when they appear in alphabet soup, and we love when they are made up.
“Refudiate this, word snobs!”

Uni delves into Aussie diminutives

A new study aims to find out why Australians use so many abbreviated words like 'servo', 'rellies', and 'barbie'.
Uni delves into Aussie diminutives

Watch The Apollo 11 Landing With New Audio, Multiple Cameras

Forty-one years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon. Millions watched the grainy video and listened to the noisy sound from space. Now Stephen Slater and Footagevault have joined multiple camera feeds with restored audio.
Watch The Apollo 11 Landing With New Audio, Multiple Cameras

Reduce Computer-Caused Eye Strain with the 20-20-20 Rule

Repetitive stress injury (RSI) and eye strain are common ailments among computer users, and there's no silver bullet for avoiding them beyond taking regular breaks to relax. Following his doctor's advice, tech blogger Amit Agarwal suggests a simple 20-20-20 rule.
Reduce Computer-Caused Eye Strain with the 20-20-20 Rule

First (Australian) surfing photo?

Is this the first Australian surfing photo? Taken in 1912, the shot depicts surfing pioneer Tommy Walker catching a wave at Main Beach on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
First (Australian) surfing photo?

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Buy Cheap Sunglasses Without Sacrificing Quality

Apart from the price tag, It turns out the difference between a $40 pair of sunglasses and a $400 pair is often as little as the shiny designer logo stamped on the side. Save money without sacrifice by grabbing some cheap shades.
Buy Cheap Sunglasses Without Sacrificing Quality

Monday, July 19, 2010

Display All Special Folders In Windows With Special Folders View

Special folders in the Windows operating systemare presented to the user abstractly, they are not represented by their folder path but solely by their function. Examples of special folders are the My Documents or My Music folders in the user directory, application data folder, the desktop or the temporary Internet files folder.
Display All Special Folders In Windows With Special Folders View

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Friday, July 16, 2010

How to Do Tasseography

Tasseography is a grand name for the enjoyable art of tea leaf reading. Although most people use teabags nowadays to make tea, this change of preference need not deter you from practising what is perhaps the most homely of all the methods of divination.
How to Do Tasseography

Ancestry.com.au Launches the Australia Birth, Marriage and Death Index

The Australia Birth, Marriage and Death Index, a compilation of the records of those who were born, married or died in Australia between the years 1788 and 1985.
Ancestry.com.au Launches the Australia Birth, Marriage and Death Index

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Scientists think chicken came first

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Scientists in Britain think it was probably the chicken, after using new computer technology to try and crack the age-old riddle.
Scientists think chicken came first

Paul the Octopus Gets His Own (Unofficial) iPhone App

You know that German octopus who successfully predicted all those World Cup games? He’s back in the form of an iOS app that makes predictions about anything you want it to, not just football.
Paul the Octopus Gets His Own (Unofficial) iPhone App

Add "Scam" To Your Searches When Checking Out A Business, Product Or Web Site

People often turn to services like Yelp or Amazon to see what people think about a business, product or web site, but to cut straight to complaints that may have made it everywhere, reader MrYdobon adds one word to his searches.
Add "Scam" To Your Searches When Checking Out A Business, Product Or Web Site

Common Netiquette Questions: Answered

The ground rules for online courtesy gelled sometime in the late ’90s: Don’t swear on public forums. Zip large files before sending. AVOID WRITING IN CAPS, AS IT IS RUDE TO CYBERSHOUT.
Common Netiquette Questions: Answered

15 Fascinating Facts About Smiling

Everyone loves the quote “laughter is the best medicine,” and as a nurse, I have experienced the benefits of smiling and laughter with my patients. In fact, smiling can boost your mood and even your immune system. Keep reading for more fascinating facts about our smiles.
15 Fascinating Facts About Smiling

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Why The Filter Proposal Won’t Work

Gizmodo’s Fight The Filter campaign continues to produce great material on why Internet filtering is a bad idea, even if it’s been deferred by a year. Today’s contribution from SAG-AU member Andy Leyden offers a technical-but-not-confusing explanation of why the planned technology is doomed to failure, no matter when it gets deployed. Well worth a read.
Why The Filter Proposal Won’t Work

Share an Internet Connection Between Wireless Machines with an Ad Hoc Network in Windows 7

When you’re traveling sometimes you don’t have a Wi-Fi connection available for your portable devices or need to share files with another wireless computer. Here is how to create a wireless ad hoc network in Windows 7 to solve the issue.
Share an Internet Connection Between Wireless Machines with an Ad Hoc Network in Windows 7