10 Commandments for Dropping 10 Pounds & 10 Years

I don't diet. I don't count calories and rarely go hungry. In fact, my cholesterol numbers could win me awards. Oh, and I have been this way consistently since I made the change - eight years ago. Annoying? I know.
The thing is - it's so easy, its laughable.
10 Commandments for Dropping 10 Pounds & 10 Years

Microsoft Tries to Prevent Your Laptops From Getting Impounded

One of the things we discussed on the last Elite Tech News podcast was the newly acquired ability for border control agents to seize laptops, phones, cameras and other electronic devices that may contain material suitable for incriminating the owners. The general consensus of the panelists was that this was always an option for folks but it would rarely ever be exercised due to the fact that there really isn’t a whole lot anyone can do in searching a computer at the border in order to determine whether or not criminal activity was evidenced on it.
Microsoft Tries to Prevent Your Laptops From Getting Impounded

Mazda destroys 4,703 shiny new cars worth $100 million

Wall Street Journal reports that Mazda decided to destroy "approximately $100 million worth of factory-new automobiles" that had been shipped on a tanker that tilted on route to the US.
Mazda destroys 4,703 shiny new cars worth $100 million

Windows - How to Do Everything Faster

22 smarter, more efficient ways to make short work of common tech tasks--from reinstalling Windows to crushing spyware to setting up a Web site.
How to Do Everything Faster

(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos

Photography is a very powerful medium and a very difficult craft. Excellent photos don’t only display some facts — they tell stories, awake feelings and manage to share with the audience the emotions a photographer experienced when clicking the shot button. Taking excellent pictures is damn hard as you need to find a perfect perspective and consider the perfect timing. To achieve brilliant photography you need practice and patience. However, it is worth it: the results can be truly stunning.
(Really) Stunning Pictures and Photos

Whiten Your Teeth the Natural Way

White teeth and strawberries may not sound like they go hand in hand, but it turns out the berries can actually lighten your smile.
Whiten Your Teeth the Natural Way

11 Tips for Better Tech Support

We’ve all been there. Something’s dreadfully wrong with your trusty computer - you can’t print, you can’t get on the web, you can’t play Bejeweled. For whatever reason, the problem is major enough to warrant one of the most desperate acts you can imagine - a phone call to tech support.
11 Tips for Better Tech Support

The Seven Deadly Sins of a Relationship

Here’s a simple list of tips:
spend time alone together;
appreciate each other;
be intimate often;
talk and share and give.

But just as important as what you should do is what you shouldn’t do — and I’m sure many of you have stepped into these pitfalls yourselves. If you can avoid these seven things, and focus instead on doing the four things above, you should have a strong relationship.
The Seven Deadly Sins of a Relationship

How We're Wrecking Our Feet With Every Step We Take

It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take.
How We're Wrecking Our Feet With Every Step We Take

Here comes version 8.0 of AVG Anti-Virus Free!

Arguably the world’s most popular free anti-virus software, Grisoft’s AVG, has just been upgraded, set for free download from Friday, the 25th of April. We’re sure AVG’s servers are about to get hammered even harder as millions of AVG 7.5 users take advantage of the new version!
Here comes version 8.0 of AVG Anti-Virus Free!

Internet Activity, Australia, Dec 2007

The Internet Activity Survey (IAS) collects details on aspects of Internet access services provided by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Australia.
This release contains results from all ISPs operating in Australia as at 31 December 2007. For December quarter 2007 there were 421 operating ISPs contributing to the estimates.
Internet Activity, Australia, Dec 2007

ANZAC Facts and Figures

Over 1.5 million Australian men and women have served in eight major wars or conflicts during the twentieth century.
More than 100,000 people died in action, more than 200,000 were wounded and more than 30,000 were taken as prisoners of war.
ANZAC facts and figures from the ABS

How to Think Before Speaking

One of the most obvious and significant attributes to mankind is the ability to communicate through speech.
How to Think Before Speaking

US airport security retains right to search laptops

Frequent international flyers will be interested to hear that a US legal decision last week has confirmed that border security at their international airports have carte blanche to search people's laptops, without the need for any specific evidence of criminal activity.
US airport security retains right to search laptops

Why we tend to think that we should get what we deserve -- and deserve what we get

One of the most interesting and complicated issues within the study of happiness is the relationship between money and happiness. Although some folks seem content to say, “Money can’t buy happiness,” I think that relationship is a bit more complicated.
Why we tend to think that we should get what we deserve -- and deserve what we get

Duct tape saved Apollo 17 moonbuggy, while on the moon

The date was Dec. 11, 1972. Astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt had just landed their lunar module Challenger in a beautiful mountain-ringed valley named Taurus-Littrow on the edge of the Sea of Serenity. (...)
Duct tape saved Apollo 17 moonbuggy, while on the moon

Haggling to Save Big Bucks

I love haggling — it’s second nature to me. If I’m buying bagged mulch at the garden center and some sacks have small puncture holes, I negotiate a discount because the sacks are damaged. I negotiate on everything. For one thing, I’m in the antiques business, and that forces you to learn haggling from day one.
Haggling to Save Big Bucks

You Can't Travel Back in Time, Scientists Say

The urge to hug a departed loved one again or prevent atrocities are among the compelling reasons that keep the notion of time travel alive in the minds of many.
While the idea makes for great fiction, some scientists now say traveling to the past is impossible.
You Can't Travel Back in Time, Scientists Say

How Anonymous Are You?

You may think that you are anonymous as you browse web sites, but pieces of information about you are always left behind. You can reduce the amount of information revealed about you by visiting legitimate sites, checking privacy policies, and minimizing the amount of personal information you provide.
How Anonymous Are You?

Coffee Makes You Dehydrated: Say What?

It has long been thought that coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages are dehydrating and don’t count toward your daily fluid intake. In fact, some go as far as recommending one cup of water for every cup of Joe you consume.
Coffee Makes You Dehydrated: Say What?