Microsoft Begs Users to Stop Using IE 6

Like the rest of us, Microsoft is ready to move beyond Internet Explorer 6. The software giant has launched a new website, The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown, that bears the slogan: “Moving the world off Internet Explorer 6.”
Microsoft Begs Users to Stop Using IE 6

Our Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The Vanity Edition

We are all the main players in our own, personal films — tortured Dorian Grays rendered oh-so blue in the presence of our fading youth, staring in the glass, transfixed by our glittering reflections. In short, pretty much everyone is completely and totally self-absorbed, which is why this week’s YouTube roundup is all about you — well, vanity, actually.
Our Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The Vanity Edition

Hold a Nail Steady with These Household Objects (and Avoid Crushing Your Fingers)

For the uncoordinated among us, simple tasks like hammering a nail can be pretty harrowing. Weblog DIY Life has a simple tip for keeping your thumbs safe—just hold the nail with some needlenose pliers.
Hold a Nail Steady with These Household Objects (and Avoid Crushing Your Fingers)

How Difficult Decisions Trick Your Brain Into Thinking They're Important

Have you ever stood in the supermarket, deciding between two different types of toothpaste, when suddenly you realize you've been there for ten minutes? Here's how you're being tricked into thinking small decisions are actually important.
How Difficult Decisions Trick Your Brain Into Thinking They're Important

The Current Crop of Tablets (Fairly) Compared: The iPad 2, Xoom, and Galaxy Tab

This should give you a pretty good comparison between the most popular tablets out today, as far as hardware is concerned.
The Current Crop of Tablets (Fairly) Compared: The iPad 2, Xoom, and Galaxy Tab

Get a free website for your business

Google and MYOB have come together to create Getting Aussie Business Online. We’re taking the time, hassle and cost out of getting a website so that you can get on with running your business.
Get a free website for your business

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 5/2011

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 5/2011

Here’s What The Most Average Person In The World Looks Like

National Geographic went about collecting statistics on the world’s population (which currently stands at 7 billion). Know what they found? Apparently, the most average/typical/frequent person on this planet is male, 28-years-old and is Han Chinese in ethnicity (with 9,000,000 alive). But they didn’t stop there. Taking images from 190,000 of those fitting the criteria, researchers created a composite image to show what the most average person looks like.
Here’s What The Most Average Person In The World Looks Lik

How We’ll Beat Traffic and Find Parking Spots in the Future

Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. is confident that the auto industry is on its way to eliminating CO2 emissions. He’s less confident, however, that the world is prepared to adequately deal with an even larger problem: the global gridlock created by a population set to grow to 9 billion people by 2044.
How We’ll Beat Traffic and Find Parking Spots in the Future

WebBrowserPassView, Reveal Browser Passwords

All modern web browsers have options to store passwords for the user which is beneficial in two ways; Users do not have to remember their passwords every time they want to log into a service on the Internet, and they do not have to enter the data into the forms manually. The downside are security implications and potential recovery issues. Most web browsers offer to protect the stored passwords with a master password to avoid unauthorized access to the passwords. The feature is however usually deactivated and needs to be activated first.
WebBrowserPassView, Reveal Browser Passwords

You Have Never Seen The Sun So Close

Our friends at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have sent us this spectacular 16:9 panoramic high definition close-up of a recent gigantastic solar flare. What you are seeing here occurred during 90 minutes on February 24, 2011.
You Have Never Seen The Sun So Close

How to Backup Your Web-Based Email Account Using Thunderbird

If the Gmail scare earlier this week has you thinking about backing up your Gmail or other web-based email account, we’re here to help. Read on to learn how to backup your web-based email using open source email application Thunderbird.
How to Backup Your Web-Based Email Account Using Thunderbird

The fish pedicure: a foot-holder's-eye view

(Bob Harris is a TV and travel writer, Kiva supporter, and dabbler). Had a long layover in the Singapore airport the other day. What to do? Why, I visited the Fish Spa, of course, where for just S$30 (about US$23) I could let hundreds of hungry doctor fish feast on my dead skin cells while I filmed the results and tried not to freak out.
The fish pedicure: a foot-holder's-eye view

DriveSafe.ly Reads Your Text Messages Aloud

DriveSafe.ly, a free application for Android and BlackBerry phones, reads your text messages, emails, and caller ID notifications aloud so you can stay connected while keeping your eyes on the road.
DriveSafe.ly Reads Your Text Messages Aloud

Space Shuttle Discovery's Last Launch, Viewed From the Air [VIDEO]

Imagine the delight of airline passengers flying out of Orlando when suddenly out the right side of their aircraft, the Space Shuttle Discovery appeared, beginning its final voyage late Thursday afternoon.
Space Shuttle Discovery's Last Launch, Viewed From the Air [VIDEO]

Why Giving Up Is Sometimes The Best Solution To A Problem

There comes a time when the work required to achieve certain dreams stops being beneficial and starts being a source of anxiety. Blogger Jonathan Mead reminds us that sometimes there’s nothing wrong with just giving up and moving on.
Why Giving Up Is Sometimes The Best Solution To A Problem

CCleaner Update Brings Windows 7 SP1 Support

The popular temporary file cleaner CCleaner has just been updated by the developing company Piriform. The latest iteration of CCleaner brings support for the first Windows 7 Service Pack, Internet Explorer user data cleaning, management and more.
CCleaner Update Brings Windows 7 SP1 Support

136 Discounts Just for Seniors

Despite what those "age defying" wrinkle creams might tell you, getting older needn’t be a negative.
136 Discounts Just for Seniors

Google Recipe Search

Google with Recipe View helps you find recipes from across the web.
Google Recipe Search

Autologon For Windows

There is really no need for typing in your Windows account username and password every time you log into the operating system, at least not if you are the only user with access to the Windows PC. I personally have configured my system to automatically log me in every time the computer is booted and Windows is selected as the operating system. This is obviously not practical for everyone but it can make the life of Windows home users and single PC users a tad more comfortable.
Autologon For Windows