Six Degrees of Separation Is Now Three (42)
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Is it time to revise the old saw that everyone in the world is connected by just six degrees of separation? A study from French mobile carrier O2 has found that strangers are more connected to each other than they ever have been. According to the study, the average person is now connected by just three degrees within a shared “interest” or social group instead of six. In fact, it found that people are usually ...
Can Google Build a Better Browser? [Ask The Readers] (37)
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Holy browser wars, Batgirl! Google announces it will release a brand new open source web browser tomorrow, called Google Chrome. Whaa? Yeah, that's what we said. Here's what Google says: On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. It's only a tool to run the important stuff — the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic ...
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sinisterff said:
Me equivoque el browser de google no correra en el browser
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Jared said:
agh!
7 Different Ways to Speed Up XP (1)
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Songsterr Brings Rhythm to Guitar Tabs [Music] (43)
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When you learned to play an instrument online, you found out that teaching yourself to read tablature was a must for the aspiring guitarist. (If you've ever tried to learn a song on the internet, you've without a doubt seen tab before.) One major problem with reading tab and translating it to your guitar is that it can be difficult to find the rhythm in the notation. Web site Songsterr solves this problem by creating ...
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GG said:
It's super effective!
Speaking UNIX: The new and improved Vim editor (1)
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If you've worked on IBM® AIX®, another flavor of UNIX®, or Linux®, you've more than likely used the vi editor. Since its conception in 1976, vi has become a staple for anyone wanting to edit files. How could someone make a more powerful editing tool than vi, you may ask? The answer is Vim, and this article provides details on the many enhancements
Back To School: Microsoft OneNote is a Note-Taking Power Tool (53)
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Although being a student isn't a requirement for using Microsoft's note-taking application OneNote, the software's robust data capture and collaboration components lend themselves well to an academic environment. OneNote can replace multiple physical notebooks, binders, and collections of paper notes with a single streamlined, search indexed, tabbed and subdivided master notebook. Whether you're a student taking notes in class or an employee taking notes in company meetings, check out just how useful OneNote can be. ...
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Abhishek said:
best post ever. go onenote.
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dd said:
OneNote has built in OCR which means that you can scan documents or take photographs of text and OneNote will automatically index the text in the photographs and allow you to copy and search it.
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John said:
If you have to run windows at work... it's a good tool to keep you organized. Not sure what the MAC equiv. is...
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Sid said:
highly recommended
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ndench said:
Pretty good article on OneNote, which I really like but have trouble using consistently.
The Happiness Project: Are you boring? Seven tips for knowing if you're boring someone. (3)
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Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Seven tips for knowing if you’re boring someone. In one of my favorite movies, a quirky documentary called Sherman’s March, the documentary maker’s former high school teacher tells him, “As people get older,...
AC/DC Black Ice is revealed (4)
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The Rock'n'Roll Train will soon be pulling into a station near you, driven by none other than the world's biggest rock band, AC/DC. The band introduces their first new album in eight years, Black Ice, which is guaranteed to be one of the biggest selling records of the year when released on October 18.
Are you boring? Seven tips for knowing if you're boring someone. (1)
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Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: Seven tips for knowing if you’re boring someone. In one of my favorite movies, a quirky documentary called Sherman’s March, the documentary maker’s former high school teacher tells him, “As people get older,...
RyanVM's Windows XP Post-SP3 Update Pack 1.0.0a (1)
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Directly integrate all post-SP3 hotfixes, plus a few other updates. [License: Freeware| Requires: Win XP | Size: 20.8 MB]
Reduce Social Network Hair-Pulling with a "Pause" Button [Social Networks] (14)
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FriendFeed introduces a new feature on their beta site: a "Pause" button "fake following" mode, which lets you follow someone without seeing their updates. In a similar vein, productivity guy Merlin Mann proposes that all social networks build in a "Pause" button, which would protect you temporarily from a stream of unwanted updates for a certain amount of time without de-friending folks. Along with a "Pause" button for social networking, we also want a "Snooze" ...
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marya said:
Yes, please.
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Erez said:
A pause button. Yesterday I read about RSS readers "forcing" users to "clean" them up... We are an obsessive race.
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ke9v said:
Cool! It's a condom for chatty friends!
Reduce Social Network Hair-Pulling with a "Pause" Button [Social Networks] (2)
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FriendFeed introduces a new feature on their beta site: a "Pause" button "fake following" mode, which lets you follow someone without seeing their updates. In a similar vein, productivity guy Merlin Mann proposes that all social networks build in a "Pause" button, which would protect you temporarily from a stream of unwanted updates for a certain amount of time without de-friending folks. Along with a "Pause" button for social networking, we also want a "Snooze" ...
30 Impressive Colour Spectrum and Rainbow Wallpapers (2)
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Colour spectrum in technical, are visible colours from red to violet that made up the white light. They are also the reason why rainbows are so interestingly beautiful. MSNBC’s latest web header is a good example. Here’s some really Impressive Colour Spectrum and Rainbow Wallpapers we’ve found.
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Dave said:
some new backgrounds for my phones
Free Starbucks Recipes for DIY Coffee Drinks [Food Hacks] (84)
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If you've got weak defenses against Starbucks' frillier fare like frappuccinos, chai lattes, or even the ubiquitous pound cake, the Coffee Fair blog has an appealing weekend recipe project for you. Amongst 32 pages of free Starbucks-derived recipes, you'll find recipes for those sweet treats, amongst lots of other cloning attempts. We've previously put up a DIY frappuccino recipe, so if you've made that version or the one in this PDF, let us know which ...
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Jeffrey said:
sounds like fun - who's got a blender?
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Todd Albertson said:
Definitely cheaper to make than buying at Starbucks!
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Chris Schrier said:
Neat. This makes me wish I had a coffee maker / espresso machine.
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Angus said:
not to self: win
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Luckystrik3 said:
YES, Rezepte für leckere Käffchen :)
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Joannie said:
wooo!!! let's make it ourselves!
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Matthew said:
oh mans!
India's Airtel claims "deadliest hackers" still can't crack its iPhone 3G (14)
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Filed under: CellphonesHey, hackers! Now that we've got the attention of millions upon millions of incredibly talented individuals, here's your next challenge. India's Airtel -- which is offering Apple's iPhone 3G at a near-stratospheric price -- has claimed that "even the most deadly hackers on the planet won't be able to crack the codes that support the iPhone's Airtel applications with rival company SIMs." Just so you know, it appears that Airtel worked with Apple ...
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Anoop said:
ah .. they just asking to be hacked, arent they ?.. :P
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ilennox said:
10, 9, 8, and so on....
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Dileepa said:
Why should the iPhone be SIM locked in India when it is NOT subsidized?
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