Standard & Poor's Credit Rating for each country

..and Moody's, Fitch, Dagong's...Australia going pretty well !
Standard & Poor's Credit Rating for each country

How To Build A Computer From Scratch

How to build your own custom PC, from picking the parts, to putting it together and installing your OS. Here’s the complete guide, along with a printable PDF version that you can use as a reference.
How To Build A Computer From Scratch: The Complete Guide

Boost Your Brain’s Willpower With A Simple Memory Exercise

Some say your willpower is limited and others believe it is as strong as you think it is. Regardless of how much you have, it turns out that you may be able to boost it with a simple brain training exercise.
Boost Your Brain’s Willpower With A Simple Memory Exercise

My Gmail Account got Hacked – What to do and How to Prevent This?

I thought that setting up a password of 50 characters long would be enough, but I have chosen only words and numbers. That’s how I almost got hacked. Another huge mistake that I made was to be logged in all the time.
My Gmail Account got Hacked – What to do and How to Prevent This?

Be part of our history, tick 'Yes' to Question 60

On Census night, 9 August 2011, Australians have an opportunity to ensure their story is preserved in our national history for generations to come.
Be part of our history, tick 'Yes' to Question 60

Color video from Hiroshima

The Nation's Greg Mitchell has a new book out about the strange saga of color video, shot in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the nuclear bomb attacks, which was suppressed for nearly 40 years. You can see a couple of clips from that video in the trailer he's put together for the book.
Color video from Hiroshima

The Hilariously Bad Disguises Of The German Secret Police

Check out these great cold war-era photos of some totally normal East German citizens, who are definitely not members of the secret police! How innocuous they are, these completely non-suspicious-looking gentlemen, who could not possibly be Stasi officers in disguise, especially not the fellow in sunglasses and the enormous fur coat with the upturned collar. Nope, just some regular guys.
The Hilariously Bad Disguises Of The German Secret Police

.net Awards 2011: the top 10 young developers of the year

Another new category in the .net Awards 2011 honours the Young Developer of the Year. Here we profile the top 10 developers under 21 years of age from both sides of the Atlantic that you’ve nominated. Who knows? The next Mark Zuckerberg might be among them.
.net Awards 2011: the top 10 young developers of the year

Direct Google’s Crawl To Your New and Updated Pages

Today, Google launched a new way for site owners to request that specific web pages be crawled. How is this different from the other ways available to let Google know about your pages and when should you use this feature vs. the others? Read on for more.
Direct Google’s Crawl To Your New and Updated Pages

Who Am I, According to Google Ads? Who Am I, According to the Web? Who Do I Want to Be?

The Google ad preferences page. It gives you a limited but nonetheless interesting overview of the various categories and demographic information Google believes reflect your interests (and in a way, your identity, or "who you are" in the eyes of an advertising client). This is all based on a cookie Google places on your browser.
Who Am I, According to Google Ads? Who Am I, According to the Web? Who Do I Want to Be?

Eau Dear: Which City Has Australia’s Worst Drinking Water?

There are ways you can learn to love drinking water, but as Lifehacker reader AJ points out, the taste of water varies widely from city to city. What are your nominations for Australia’s worst-tasting tap water?
Eau Dear: Which City Has Australia’s Worst Drinking Water?

Catholic Priest Advises Engaged Couples: Don’t Use Google Maps

You know it’s rough going when even the clergy can’t recommend your service. That’s what’s happening to Google Maps, which is listing a Catholic church/school in Short Hills, NJ, at the wrong location. The church is located at 50 Short Hills Ave., but when you search Google for that address, it instead shows a similar address — 50 Old Short Hills Rd.
Catholic Priest Advises Engaged Couples: Don’t Use Google Maps

What’s the most iconic scientific image?

This image, first published by neuroscientist Wilder Penfield in 1950 as a way of illustrating connections between parts of the brain and the physical movements they seemed to control is like a pictorial atlas of the cerebral cortex. It’s called the motor homunculus. And it’s definitely iconic, even if it’s not the kind of iconic that’s liable to turn up on the evening news.
What’s the most iconic scientific image?

How to Convert PDF Files for Easy Ebook Reading

Many ebook readers natively support PDF documents but, unfortunately, not all PDF documents are easy to read on a small ebook reader screen. Let’s take a look at two simple and free ways to convert PDF files for enjoyable reading.
How to Convert PDF Files for Easy Ebook Reading

Using the System File Checker to Repair Windows 7

Microsoft have made available direct downloads for versions of Windows 7 that contain Service Pack 1 integrated into the ISO file. These downloads are more important than you might think, as installing service pack 1 on your Windows 7 effectively breaks one of the most useful and important troubleshooting features of the operating system, the System File Checker.
Using the System File Checker to Repair Windows 7

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 15/2011

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 15/2011

Google Page Speed Service, Website Optimization Service

Google just announced the availability of the webmaster related service Page Speed Service. You may remember that the company started to introduce its Page Speed service about two years ago which provided suggestions to webmasters and developers on how to improve the page loading times of their websites and web services.
Google Page Speed Service, Website Optimization Service

The NYT’s Top 50 Words You Don’t Understand

If you aren’t sure what panegyric, immiscible or Manichaean mean (or if they’re even really English), fear not! Turns out nobody else does either. These literary head-scratchers are among the 50 most obscure words used by the New York Times this year.
The NYT’s Top 50 Words You Don’t Understand

Sports and Physical Recreation: A Statistical Overview, Australia, 2011

Sport and physical recreation play a part in the lives of many Australians. The 2009-10 Multipurpose Household Survey (MPHS) found that, during the 12 months prior to interview, 64% of Australians aged 15 years and over participated in physical activities for recreation, exercise or sport. The survey obtained data about the characteristics of people aged 15 years and over who participated in sport and physical recreation activities as a player, competitor or person who physically undertook the activity.
Sports and Physical Recreation: A Statistical Overview, Australia, 2011

Track any email to its Original Location by Finding the Email IP Address

Millions of emails fly through cyberspace daily, and as is the case for many users, it can be useful to identify the location that the e-mail originated from. Persistent spam and malware attachments abound.
Track any email to its Original Location by Finding the Email IP Address