Friday, June 24, 2011

Pin Any File to the Windows 7 Taskbar

Robert JasiƄski writes in with a clever way to pin any file you want to the task bar. By default if you drag a text document to the taskbar it will pin it to the Notepad executable—the same thing happens with any other file that has an association with an executable. What if you want to pin that specific text file to the taskbar and not to the executable (or any other file for that matter)? Robert shares his method...
Pin Any File to the Windows 7 Taskbar

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Complete Guide To Managing Your Facebook Privacy

Keeping your Facebook info private seems to be getting harder and harder all the time, since Facebook keeps trying to make it public. To help you out, we’ve created a comprehensive guide to keeping your Facebook locked down and in your control.
The Complete Guide To Managing Your Facebook Privacy

Why Red Wine Is So Good For You

We’ve all grown up hearing that red wine is sooo good for us. Was it a lie parents told us so they could drink more? Nope, they were right. So what’s red wine’s little secret?
Why Red Wine Is So Good For You

Here’s Everything Your iPhone Home Button Can Do

Your iPhone’s home button has a whole bunch of uses that vary depending on your location and how many times you press it in succession. Here’s a look at (practically) all of them.
Here’s Everything Your iPhone Home Button Can Do

Do a Security Audit of your Dropbox Account

Something really scary happened at Dropbox yesterday that should worry anyone who have trusted their important files with the service. The Dropbox system was left wide open for about 5-6 hours yesterday and anyone could sign-in to your Dropbox account if all they knew were your email address. They could just type any random characters in the password box and the system would let them in. Scary!
Do a Security Audit of your Dropbox Account

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

How to Opt out of Facial Recognition on Facebook

Facebook recently enabled facial recognition technology, so when your friend uploads a new photo, Facebook recognises it as you and suggests to your friend to tag you in the photo. Don't want to be tagged automatically in others' photos in Facebook? Just follow these steps to learn how to opt out.
How to Opt out of Facial Recognition on Facebook

The world is full of fake sounds

The ATM machine doesn't actually go, "whhrrrrrrrrr." The satisfying "clunk" of a car door wouldn't happen without careful engineering. Humans Invent explains the stories behind these, and three other everyday sounds that aren't as real as we've been led to believe.
The world is full of fake sounds

Ask How-To Geek: Unmountable Boot Volumes, Opening Word Files in Works, and Removing Bootloaders

Looking at unmountable Windows volumes, opening Word files in Works, and removing a haywire bootloader.
Ask How-To Geek: Unmountable Boot Volumes, Opening Word Files in Works, and Removing Bootloaders

3 Options To Analyze Past Computer Usage

Operating systems and applications often save loads and loads of information, often without the user knowing about it. This can have privacy implications, considering that it may be possible to recover files, bookmarks or visited web pages easily.
3 Options To Analyze Past Computer Usage

Monday, June 20, 2011

Top of the Flops: 10 Tech Products Ahead of Their Time [VIDEOS]

It’s a sad truth: Not every great idea translates into commercial success. Some products launch “ahead of their time,” either because the tech can’t support the concept, or because the public isn’t ready to invest in such a radical idea. From an early interactive television to Nokia’s infamous N-Gage phone, we’ve taken a look at 10 such gadgets that the market just wasn’t ripe to receive, but the principles of which have since borne fruit for other brands.
Top of the Flops: 10 Tech Products Ahead of Their Time [VIDEOS]

Friday, June 17, 2011

The CSI effect: fact vs. fiction

Some key differences between forensic science on TV and forensic science in real life.
The CSI effect: fact vs. fiction

The Coffee Lover’s Guide To Tea

Coffee is great, but even die-hard coffee lovers might want to give tea a chance. The other beloved warm beverage, tea imparts to its drinkers some formidable health benefits, an extra boost of alertness without the same caffeine slump of coffee, and more variety. Here’s how to get started enjoying the best possible tea.
The Coffee Lover’s Guide To Tea

7 Ingenious Resumes That Will Make You Rethink Your CV

After clicking through the collection of resumes, were you inspired? What works for you in your industry? Do you already use any of the tactics employed in these resumes to promote yourself and your skills?
7 Ingenious Resumes That Will Make You Rethink Your CV

Thursday, June 16, 2011

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