Full List - The 2010 TIME 100 - TIME

In our annual TIME 100 issue we name the people who most affect our (American?) world.
Full List - The 2010 TIME 100 - TIME

What Were the Most Popular Search Terms at Google, Bing, and Yahoo During March?

According to Hitwise and via Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Land, the most popular search term at all three engines for March, 2010 was….Facebook. Yes, it’s true.
What Were the Most Popular Search Terms at Google, Bing, and Yahoo During March?

Ultimate List of Funny Bathroom Signs

An Ultimate collection of Funny Bathroom Signs from all over the world! Make sure you check out each of the gems below and have a hearty laugh!
Ultimate List of Funny Bathroom Signs

Facebook Privacy: 8 Ways to Protect Yourself

You want to use Facebook, but you also want to keep your private information from being spread all over the Internet like a Justin Bieber video. The key is to understand how Facebook works, where your information is going, and how to navigate the service's labyrinth of privacy controls. If you accept the service's default settings, you'll likely be sharing a lot more than you might expect. Take the time to update your settings. Chances are you check Facebook every day anyway, so take a few minutes today, go into your privacy controls, and make some choices. Of course, ultimate privacy can only occur by avoiding the service—and every other social networking site—altogether. But where is the fun in that? Read on, follow these tips, and share just what you want—and no more.
Facebook Privacy: 8 Ways to Protect Yourself

Bccthis for Gmail Adds Secret Messages to Mass Emails

Firefox: Ever wanted to send a message to a bunch of people, but with a note tacked on the end for just one of them? Firefox extension Bccthis adds this feature to Gmail, saving you from writing multiple messages.
Bccthis for Gmail Adds Secret Messages to Mass Emails

See What Facebook Publicly Publishes About You

With Facebook's new Open Graph API causing such a stir, many people are questioning what Facebook is publishing to the public. Developer Ka-Ping Yee has created a simple tool shows you what everyone else can see.
See What Facebook Publicly Publishes About You

RIP Floppy Disk

If you’re of a certain age, you probably have a history with floppy disks. The moniker dates back to your first forays into computer games and later came to signify those multicolored, hard plastic contraptions you used to store college papers or work presentations.
RIP Floppy Disk

Bulk File Changer

The Windows operating system stores file attribute and file time information for each file on connected storage devices. File attributes are for instance read-only or hidden flags that can have an impact on file operations. The dates and times a file was created, modified and accessed are also stored in Windows although they do not usually have such a high impact on file operations.
Bulk File Changer

Answers.com Pushes Answers to Twitter

Answers.com, which you might remember from WikiAnswers or ReferenceAnswers, announced last Wednesday a new alpha feature called “Hoopoe,” which ties in with Twitter. Hoopoe’s Twitter account is at http://twitter.com/answersdotcom.
Answers.com Pushes Answers to Twitter

Did an Omnifidel Steal Your Obscenometer? A Nonce-word-a-palooza

The longest entry in the enormous online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is for the verb put. If I wanted to burn out my toner, I could print all 198 pages, which contain definitions and quotations for hundreds of meanings and variations of that little word. As far as its place in the language, put is well-put-together, and this entry is a mega-put-fest.
Did an Omnifidel Steal Your Obscenometer? A Nonce-word-a-palooza

Angels & Demons - The science behind the story

In Angels & Demons Tom Hanks plays Harvard academic Robert Langdon, who discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood called the Illuminati - the most powerful underground organization in history. When Langdon finds evidence that the Illuminati have stolen antimatter from a secret laboratory at CERN, which they plan to use as a devastating weapon to destroy the Vatican, he and CERN scientist Vittoria Vetra begin a race against time to recover the antimatter and prevent catastrophe. But what is antimatter? Is is real? Is it dangerous? What is CERN?
Angels & Demons - The science behind the story

Bumpology: Can old wives' tales tell me my baby's sex?

Deciding whether or not to find out the sex of our unborn child was a dilemma that plagued us for weeks. Would it spoil the surprise? Even without getting a definitive ultrasound examination to tell us the sex, there are any number of folklore prediction methods – but is there any science behind them?
Bumpology: Can old wives' tales tell me my baby's sex?

[How to] Convert PDFs to Word Documents for Free?

PDF has become a standard format for documents, eBooks and others. But the problem with PDF files is that you can edit them easily. But if you can convert PDF into a word document, you can easily edit whatever you like. So what is the easiest way to convert PDF to word doc for free? The answer is – by using AnyBizSoft PDF to Word Converter.
[How to] Convert PDFs to Word Documents for Free?

Airport Screeners: Beware Intentional Contraband

Shhh, keep this podcast a secret. Because new research points to a possible blind spot in airport security screening: it may be easier to sneak something dangerous past security–a box cutter, for example–by also including an obvious and innocuous banned object, like a water bottle, into the mix as a distraction.
Airport Screeners: Beware Intentional Contraband

Computer Network Information Tool

Network Information Center displays various network related information in its interface upon startup. The computer network information
tool will automatically list the external and internal IP address, default gateway and physical address. All information can be copied to the clipboard individually.
Computer Network Information Tool

9 Habits of the World's Healthiest People

The United States is facing a health crisis of unprecedented proportions: Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. Diabetes and heart disease rates are on the rise. For the first time in living history, the life expectancy of America’s children is less than that of their parents. In other parts of the world, however, people are living longer, healthier lives. In certain areas known as Blue Zones, people tend to live well into their 90s and beyond while remaining mentally and physically vibrant. It’s no coincidence that people in these regions share several lifestyle traits.
9 Habits of the World's Healthiest People

How to Quit Facebook, Twitter

Need to disappear from Facebook or Twitter? Now you can scrub yourself from the Internet with Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, a nifty service that purges your online presence from these all-consuming social networks. Since its Dec. 19 launch, Suicide Machine has assisted more than 1,000 virtual deaths, severing more than 80,500 friendships on Facebook and removing some 276,000 tweets from Twitter.
How to Quit Facebook, Twitter

Auditory Illusions: Scientific American Podcast

First up a classic illusion from Diana Deutsch at the University of California, San Diego. It's a recording of repeating sounds, which our brains perceive as specific words. Listen to this.
Auditory Illusions

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 9/2010

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 9/2010

Satellites Will Issue Speeding Tickets from Space

UK drivers had better stay under that speed limit, because the traffic authorities are watching… from outer space. According to The Telegraph, an American company called PIPS Technology has developed a system that uses two cameras on the ground and one satellite in orbit to catch speeders.
Satellites Will Issue Speeding Tickets from Space