RPV: Win7′s least-known data-protection system

You deleted a file yesterday; now you really need it back. Your Windows recycle bin is empty — what now? Your next-best option is the Restore Previous Versions tool — a truly great, automatic data-protection feature buried in Win7.
RPV: Win7′s least-known data-protection system

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 12/2011

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 12/2011

10 Widespread Myths about Happiness -- Do You Believe Any of These?

This Wednesday: 10 myths about happiness -- which do you believe?
10 Widespread Myths about Happiness -- Do You Believe Any of These?

How to Clean Up the Right-Click (Context) Menu in Windows

The context menu in Windows, the thing that pops-ups when you right-click anywhere on your desktop or inside Windows Explorer, is often misused by software vendors. They keep adding useless options to that menu without asking and the more programs you install on your machine, the more confusing your context menu will become. Fortunately, there are several free utilities that you may use to clean up your Windows Context Menu by removing all the unnecessary entries that you no longer need.
How to Clean Up the Right-Click (Context) Menu in Windows

Shazam Adds Lyrics -- It's Spontaneous Karaoke Time

Ever had a spirited argument over song lyrics while at a bar? Well, music recognition service Shazam aims to stop such bloodsport with a new feature called Shazam LyricPlay.
Shazam Adds Lyrics -- It's Spontaneous Karaoke Time

Overbalanced crane crushes house

If you want to see just how vindictive and horrible inanimate objects can be, and how vicious stupid physics is, just watch as this crew uses a crane to hoist a cement, prefab swimming pool over a cute, innocent bungalow, only to have it snatched out of the sky, dragging the crane arm through the roof of the aforementioned residence.
Overbalanced crane crushes house

Google Search By Image

Searching by image is a new feature of Google Search that was introduced yesterday. It basically allows the web user to upload an image to Google to search for it on Google. The search will be on all Google properties, including Google Search and Google images. A search like this can come in handy in multiple ways, from identifying people on a photo to finding out where that beautiful sunset was taken in the world to getting information about a painting that you have as your desktop background.
Google Search By Image

How to beat Australia’s ‘global roaming’ rorts

With the OECD putting Australia at number three on the list of most expensive global roaming rates for data users, at an average of $12 per megabyte, why pay ridiculous rates for your mobile broadband use when overseas?
How to beat Australia’s ‘global roaming’ rorts

10 "Handy" Photoshop foul-ups

The excellent Photoshop Disasters website prepared this freakish gallery of disembodied hands, duplicated & deleted digits, and extra arms.
10 "Handy" Photoshop foul-ups

These Are The Most Common Lockscreen PINs

iPhone developer Daniel Amitay anonymously recorded and analysed passcodes of users of his Big Brother Camera Security iPhone app, resulting in an interesting list of the 10 most common passcodes, which, in order of popularity, include 1234, 0000, 2580, 1111, 5555, 5683 (spells LOVE), 0852, 2222, 1212, 1998.
These Are The Most Common Lockscreen PINs

Square Poo

Question: I was at Wilsons Promontory last week and I saw several piles of distinctly cube-shaped poo. There were 4-5 “units” in each pile and each unit was about the size and shape of a large ice cube. Each pile was deposited on a little mound of soil; it was almost as if the depositor had placed them there in the hope that they’d be noticed. What sort of animal does square poo?
Square Poo

Horrific Le Mans Crash Goes Viral on YouTube [VIDEO]

Watching this dramatic crash that happened early in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race on Saturday, you might wonder how 41-year-old driver Allan McNish survived such violence.
Horrific Le Mans Crash Goes Viral on YouTube [VIDEO]

10 Personal Details Revealed by Bill Gates -- Including One Secret

In one of his most candid interviews ever, Microsoft founder Bill Gates (the world’s second-richest man) revealed personal details never heard before, along with a little tidbit that he was probably supposed to keep secret.
10 Personal Details Revealed by Bill Gates -- Including One Secret

AccountKiller Tells You How To Delete Your Accounts From Nearly Any Web Site

Not all web sites make it easy for users to delete their accounts, and some might actually make it so difficult that it’s nearly impossible to do without help. That’s where AccountKiller comes into play, because it not only gives clear and simple instructions for deleting accounts at all the most popular sites, but it also uses a definitive colour-coding system to rate each one’s “ease of service.”
AccountKiller Tells You How To Delete Your Accounts From Nearly Any Web Site

Cosmic Journeys: What an Astronaut’s Camera Sees

Enjoy a 1080p tour of the earth as shot by astronaut’s digital cameras in this relaxing and narrated video identifying interesting major and minor features on the Earth’s surface. Narrated by Dr. Justin Wilkinson, the above video is a compilation of HD video shot by astronauts covering everything from African deserts to the Amazon river.
Cosmic Journeys: What an Astronaut’s Camera Sees

1950s AT&T film: How to dial your phone

AT&T, playing the role of the geeky kid who teaches Mom how to use the new computer, created this film to show people how they would make their own telephone connections using a rotary dial.
1950s AT&T film: How to dial your phone

How Much Will A Single Checked Bag Cost On An Australian Airline?

How much would you pay to check a single bag onto each airline? The table below shows what you would pay to check a single bag into the hold on each of the four domestic airlines, looking at weights of 15kg, 20kg, 25kg and 30kg and assuming you have booked the cheapest available fare.
How Much Will A Single Checked Bag Cost On An Australian Airline?

2011 Hurricane Names Released

June 1 marks the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, and the National Hurricane Center has released the list of names for potential 2011 storms.
2011 Hurricane Names Released

Down Or Just Me Confirms If Websites Are Down (Or If It’s Just You)

Tiny single-use site Down or Just Me is a quick way to find out whether a website is truly down, or if the problem lies somewhere on your end.
Down Or Just Me Confirms If Websites Are Down (Or If It’s Just You)

The Most Common Regrets People Have On Their Deathbed

There may be no better way to learn about life than by listening to people who are facing death. A palliative nurse has posted the top five regrets people have in the last few weeks of their lives — lessons for us all now.
The Most Common Regrets People Have On Their Deathbed