This post is the part 2 of my earlier post 20 Open Source Windows Apps For You, i got lot of feedback for that post and my readers suggested some excellent programs to be included in that list. So here i am listing all those programs which i have missed in my earlier post. Do check the earlier one for the complete software list. The list is in rand
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Monday, September 10, 2007
40+ Free Windows Apps For You
Heavy Internet users unplugged by US cable company
Cable Internet and entertainment provider Comcast "has punished some transgressors by cutting off their Internet service, arguing that excessive downloaders hog Internet capacity and slow down the network for other customers," the Washington Post reported.
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Religious Leaders Accept Science, Pray for Solution to Global Warming
Religious leaders from all over the world met at the mouth of a melting glacier in Greenland today to say a silent prayer for the planet, appealing to mankind to address the impact that humanity is having on life on Earth. Science and Religion in Agreement? "I don't think we have any differences on this," says Cardinal Thomas McCarrick.
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Monday, September 03, 2007
Harvard releases innovative P2P video software
Internet television more complete than ever. The serverless Tribler software combines BitTorrent, YouTube, and LiveLeak, VLC player, codecs, and intelligent taste recognition into one understandable package. Scientifically, Tribler introduces a download economy beyond tit-for-tat: P2P sharing becomes P2P trading on a bandwidth market. Win/Mac/Linux
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Papers Please: Arrested At Circuit City
"Today I was arrested by the Brooklyn, Ohio police department. It all started when I refused to show my receipt to the loss prevention employee at Circuit City, and it ended when a police officer arrested me for refusing to provide my driver's license."
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Magnetic refrigerator that needs no electricity
A group of researchers at the Technical University of Denmark’s project laboratory in Risø have discovered a cooling method that uses magnetic materials instead of electricity. The invention will allow for refrigerators to replace existing electric refrigerators in homes and businesses with a fully environmentally friendly power source.
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Vista users in Swedish community can't get online
An entire section of Swedes are apparently going without simply because they're using Windows Vista. According a local newspaper, Vista users in Lund can't connect to the internet due to a "bug" that prevents Vista from playing nice with their Linux-based ISP.
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The Linux Vault, "The Linux Wikipedia"
The Linux Vault is a new wiki project founded with the mission of creating a centralized GNU/Linux information website. It has been just created, so we are begging everybody to take part of it and make it the place for writing guides, HOW-TO's, configurations, administration tips, tricks, tweaks or whatever else related to the GNU/Linux system.
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Why Americans Became a Nation of Consumers Instead of Citizens
IT’S Labor Day weekend, so let’s talk about labor. Around 140 million people are employed in the United States. They are engaged in work like governing, manufacturing, health care providing, retailing and researching. This gigantic army of laborers, argues Robert B. Reich, has morphed into a nation of consumers and investors, rather than Citizens.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
How to add Multimedia Functionality to ubuntu
ubuntu does not come with much multimedia functionality because of legal issues so you may find that many files do not play. To fix this, you need to install some codecs and players form the restricted section.
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
How Credit Scores Work
In this article, we'll find out how this formerly secret number is used and how it affects how much you pay for credit, insurance and other life necessities
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Friday, August 10, 2007
Top 9 Fitness Myths -- Busted!
Think you know the facts about getting fit? You may be surprised to learn how many are really fiction. Fitness Myth No. 6: If you're not working up a sweat, you're not working hard enough.
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Complete List of FREE Xbox LIVE Downloads
Here is a complete list of all the cool, free Xbox LIVE downloads available right now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
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The 10 Best Foods You Aren't Eating
Want to do your body a world of good? It's as easy as expanding your grocery list.
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No More Hard Drive: 100 Free Apps to Go Online-Only
Why is it that despite the fact that you can do virtually anything from anywhere through the Net, most of us are still tethered to our computer because of the need for access to basic desktop software? In this article, we highlight 100 free webware apps which will help you cut the cord from your computer and its traditional desktop software.
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Computer Security Expert Testifies RIAA Can't Identify Users by IP Address
Points out that "Many computers can be connected to the Internet with identical IP addresses as long as they remain behind control points such as routers, firewalls, proxy servers, or similar technologies."
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Turn a flashnight into a handheld burning laser!
DIYer Kipkay extracts the laser from a DVD burner and mounts it in a small flashlight to create a handheld laser burner that can light matches and burst balloons.
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How to Rip Netflix "Watch Now" movies to your hard drive!
A user in the Rorta forums has a detailed step-by-step guide for saving previously-mentioned Netflix "Watch Now" movies to your hard drive so you can watch it sans-DRM and browser restrictions. The method requires Windows, IE6 or above, Windows Media Player 11, and FairUse4WM.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
iPhone hacked to run NES !!
just a month ago it was a closed system . . . now it's running Zelda and all of your other favorite NES games . . .
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Toshiba releases 3 new HD DVD players under $500
As the format battle rages on, today Toshiba announced three new HD DVD players: the HD-A3, the HD-A30, and the HD-A35. Michael Imperioli, star of The Sopranos and recent Toshiba HD DVD commercials, is not included.
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