Social Media is stocked with a list of memorable viral video or smile-worthy social good campaigns. Tech & Mobile showcases some great robots, tips for your iPad, and trends in web app design. Business rounds out our list with how to gain inexpensive online exposure, use mobile credit card payments or start a digital business.
33 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
Monday, October 18, 2010
33 New Social Media Resources You May Have Missed
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Top 10 Fast Food Recipes You Can Make at Home
You can complain about it all you want, but it's a fact: some fast food is delicious. It gets a whole lot better with fresher, tastier ingredients. Here's our top ten favorite fast food recipes that you can make at home.
Top 10 Fast Food Recipes You Can Make at Home:
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Cold snap brings snow to Victoria
Snow has fallen in parts of Victoria as the state shivers through a cold snap. Temperatures plummeted as a cold front brought heavy rain, strong winds and snow flurries. (and check the photo of the road to Kinglake, a bit different to the raging bushfire scenes of not long ago!)
Cold snap brings snow to Victoria
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Snow, wind and rain whip eastern Australia
Snow, floods and gale-force winds have swept across eastern Australia overnight, transforming parts of New South Wales and Victoria into springtime winter wonderlands.
Snow, wind and rain whip eastern Australia
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Friday, October 15, 2010
What Is in a Barrel of Oil?
Whether you're watching CNN discuss the effects of the recent oil spill in the gulf, or you're watching MSNBC discuss how the price of oil has shifted throughout the month, you probably hear them use the term "barrel," which defines oil in volume.
What Is in a Barrel of Oil?
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Your Best Solutions for Massive, Multi-Terabyte Storage
The best ways to safely store tons of data (at least 6TB)? Here's a round up of some of the best and most creative answers.
Your Best Solutions for Massive, Multi-Terabyte Storage
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Airport Security Might Soon Be Scanning Your Ears
New research says your ears are like snowflakes – completely unique in the world. Which is neat! But it also means you have two giant fingerprints on the side of your face, and airport security wants a look.
Airport Security Might Soon Be Scanning Your Ears
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Asteroid 2010 TD54 flies by really close Oct. 12, 2010
Asteroid 2010 TD54 will fly by the Earth on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, and will pass at a distance of only about 46,000 kilometers (28,500 miles) from our planet’s surface.
Asteroid 2010 TD54 flies by really close Oct. 12, 2010
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Understanding the Food Group Pyramid and How to Use It For Better Eating
The food pyramid was designed to offer an easy-to-understand look at healthy eating, but for the average person it's too simplistic, vague, and sometimes way off. Here's how food pyramids work and how you can actually use them in your day-to-day eating.
Understanding the Food Group Pyramid and How to Use It For Better Eating
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The Best PDF Writer and Reader for Windows
Nitro Reader gives you the best of both worlds. It’s a PDF Reader for Windows that you may also use for creating PDFs from Office documents, web pages and virtually any other Windows application that has the print button.
The Best PDF Writer and Reader for Windows
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7 Resources for Handling Digital Life After Death
Death is a fact of life. When someone dies, they’re no longer physically here, but their digital self lives on. There are more than 5 million accounts on Facebook that are inactive due to death, according to the calculations of BlackBook Media’s Executive Editor Chris Mohney. And that’s just Facebook. Think about all of the other social sites and online services out there – the number of abandoned accounts due to death must be enormous.
7 Resources for Handling Digital Life After Death
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Armless pianist wins on "China's Got Talent" TV show
Liu Wei, 23, has won "China's Got Talent" for his piano playing. He has no arms.
Armless pianist wins on "China's Got Talent" TV show
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Top 40 burgled suburbs in Melbourne
In Victoria, on average, one in 71 homes is burgled each year; that equates to one burglary every 19 minutes. A review of crime statistics in Metropolitan Melbourne has identified the top 40 suburbs most at risk of a burglary.
Top 40 burgled suburbs in Melbourne
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New Aussie Invention Lets You Move Two Wheelie Bins – AT THE SAME TIME!
In a completely rubbish statistic that I just made up, 98% of all Australian inventions are designed for the sole purpose of getting us milliseconds closer to beer. Take this multi-bin creation from South Australian inventor Mark Bradshaw, that allows users to wheel out not one, but two wheelie bins at the same time, therefore reducing the amount of time spent taking out the rubbish before cracking a beer.
New Aussie Invention Lets You Move Two Wheelie Bins – AT THE SAME TIME!
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Five Best Disk Image Tools
Disk image tools allow you to take physical discs and drives—DVDs, hard drives, and other media—and turn them into virtual images for ease of storage and manipulation. Here's a look at five of the most popular disk image tools.
Five Best Disk Image Tools
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10 Useful Apple iPad Tips and Tricks
From managing the sound levels of your tunes, to organization your apps, to muting in the case of emergency, we have 10 handy hints for you to work your way to iPad ninja status. Check out our tried and tested iPad tips, and impress your friends when they come to you for help with their iPad.
10 Useful Apple iPad Tips and Tricks
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Join the birthday salute to John Lennon
Today we join Yoko Ono in asking fans around the world to upload video tributes to John Lennon on what would have been his 70th birthday.
Join the birthday salute to John Lennon
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Specialty of 10/10/10 – Virus Alert, Chinese Wedding & More
There is something really special about today’s date. For all those who are strong believers in the “perfect ten” concept, here’s a date you should look forward to. Today is 10/10/10. A day which is special for everyone because of it’s numerical rarity which occurs once in 100 years. But there is more to it than just the numbers. While some Astrologers consider this day to be lucky for money, others believe it’s a bit unlucky. Well, astrology is just one of the many interesting things happening around the world.
Specialty of 10/10/10 – Virus Alert, Chinese Wedding & More
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Today is 10/10/10 – the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
Today is 10/10/10, but it’s even more than that. Today is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. How? Keep reading.
Today is 10/10/10 – the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
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