HANDS ON: Google’s Public DNS – Visiting Google’s the way the majority of us things on the Internet. Now, with Google’s free DNS service, Google could also be the tool that tells our computers where to find things on the Internet.
Google Chrome Browser Comes to Mac, Linux – Google this week released beta versions of its Chrome browser for Mac and Linux, as well as unveiled new extensions for Windows and Linux versions of the browser.
5 Advanced Wi-Fi Network Security Tips – Go beyond the basics of WEP vs. WPA and boost your wireless network security. You’ll sleep better for it.
Facebook privacy changes cause outcry – Privacy campaigners and many Facebook members are unhappy about changes being made to settings on the popular social-networking site.
Lifehacker: Most Popular Top 10s of 2009 – Every weekend, we comb our memories and archives to compile 10 useful items addressing a specific topic you may have forgotten about, or just happen to be excellent. Here are the 20 posts that proved the most popular in 2009.
Get a quad-core desktop PC for $325 – It’s a refurb, unsurprisingly, and you’ll have to pay a few bucks for shipping, but otherwise this powerful system is a seriously good deal.
Tech’s Biggest Winners and Losers of 2009 – As a tough year draws to a close, editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff looks back on 2009’s biggest stories and technology highs and lows.
Is Google Public DNS Faster than Your ISP? – Google claims its new free public DNS service is faster and safer than others, but is it? We put it to the test.
How our PC and TV habits are changing – I used to write that the principal purposes for PCs and TVs would never intersect. Here’s my argument: watching TV is numbingly passive requiring little brain power while the PC is interactive necessitating thought, movement and action. Never the twain shall meet.
Instructables: Repair a Broken Ethernet Plug – The locking tab of RJ45 plugs breaks very easily. Replace it by two nylon cable ties (aka zip ties), in minutes.
Science-gate throughout history – Mark Fiore’s animated cartoon site.
Toxic Avian Payloads: Holy $h!*!!! – Around this time of year in Rome, if you park under the wrong tree near the Vatican, even the holy power of all the saints will not protect your freshly Zaino coated paint….
(Special thanks to Dar)
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first”.
– Mark Twain
MediaMonkey – If you’ve got a gargantuan media collection in dire need of reorganization, MediaMonkey is a must. It is a comprehensive program, doing just about everything iTunes does and more. You can rip audio CDs, but the MP3 and M4A encoders are limited to 30 days with this free version.
Windows 7 Firewall Control Free (32-bit version) – If you want true outbound firewall protection for your 32-bit Vista PC, use this to help manage Vista’s built-in firewall.
PhotoFilmStrip – Popularized in many of the highly acclaimed PBS documentaries produced by filmmaker Ken Burns, the technique of turning historic still images into something more palatable for a television audience (by slowly panning across the images, and fading in to new ones) has become a common technique for videographers with limited shooting budgets. PhotoFilmStrip provides a one-stop application you can use to generate just such a video montage out of a series of still photographs.
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