Great Programs and links

Cut the Rope FREE for Internet Explorer 9

2012-01-10T23:26:00.001Z

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has long been available on iPhone and Android mobile phones but this is the first time you can play the popular hit for free in your HTML5-powered Internet Explorer 9 browser.

For launch Cut the Rope for IE9 features 25 candy-filled levels (with 7 unlockable in the game itself).

Play Cut the Rope for free in your browser

Unlock extra levels

Pin Cut the Rope to your Windows taskbar to unlock additional levels unique to this version.

Pinning to your taskbar is easy: Drag your Cut the Rope browser window by clicking next to the address bar - you should see the prompt 'Drag to taskbar to pin site'. Drag it over your taskbar to successfully pin it.

Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists

2011-11-28T16:46:00.001Z

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(These Pirates are dead funny)

Aardman co-founder Peter Lord shared some footage from his highly exciting Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists. Starring Hugh Grant as the bumbling ‘Pirate Captain’, it had me laughing like bilge rat who’s had too much rum…

Thanks to http://movies.uk.msn.com for the link.

Automated Video editing Platform

2011-09-22T22:52:00.001+01:00

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Magisto’s promise: Give us your unedited footage, and we’ll give you a short movie that you can proudly show off to friends and family.

We made Magisto to give people a way to take their videos and turn them into movies that are fun to watch and easy to share.”

You can upload up to 16 video files, add a title and soundtrack — select from available tracks or add your own — and then sit back and wait for an email to notify you that your mini movie is ready to be shared

FileSearchEx Is a Fast Search Utility for Windows 7

2011-08-14T23:03:00.001+01:00

DOWN

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LOAD

Windows 7: FileSearchEx is a freeware utility for Windows 7 that searches through files faster than the default Windows search. Modeled after the Windows XP search, it features a simple, familiar interface and a variety of search filters.

Once installed, you can search for files within any folder and order your results by the details you see in the screenshot above, making it easy to search through millions of items. In our tests, it's faster than than the standard Windows search and the variety of filters helps tailor the results to what you're looking for. Since it's a portable application with low system requirements, you can send it across multiple computers easily and you can add a context menu if you'd like a right-click option to search through folders.

ANDROID MARKET

2011-08-11T17:40:00.000+01:00

ANDROID MARKET (LINK)

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Top Free in Apps

There are MANY more than these

below, so just click on the link

(above) to find the Web Site

1

Facebook for Android

FACEBOOK

EDITORS' CHOICE

Share and stay connected with your friends with the Facebook for Android app....

INSTALL
2

YouTube

GOOGLE INC.

The latest version of the official YouTube app, now with in-page playback! Ex...

INSTALL
3

Google Maps

GOOGLE INC.

EDITORS' CHOICE

Download the latest release of Google Maps, and never carry a paper map again...

INSTALL
4

Angry Birds

ROVIO MOBILE LTD.

Use the unique powers of the Angry Birds to destroy the greedy pigs' fortress...

INSTALL
5

Skype

SKYPE

Make free Skype-to-Skype video calls, and call phones at Skype rates on the m...

INSTALL
6

Barcode Scanner

ZXING TEAM

Scan barcodes on products then look up prices and reviews. You can also scan ...

INSTALL
7

WhatsApp Messenger

WHATSAPP INC.

Get WhatsApp Messenger and say goodbye to SMS! WhatsApp Messenger is a smartp...

INSTALL
8

Angry Birds Rio

ROVIO MOBILE LTD.

EDITORS' CHOICE

The most exciting of avian adventures continues! What happens when everybody’...

INSTALL
9

IMDb Movies & TV

IMDB

Find movie showtimes, get TV listings, watch trailers and search all of IMDb....

INSTALL

Dropbox Online Backup system

2011-04-09T23:26:00.001+01:00

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Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud storage services, in part because of its simplicity. The free account comes with 2 GB of storage, and you can use it to automatically sync across Windows, Mac and Linux computers whenever you upload new files to it. There are also apps for iPhone/iPad, Android and Blackberry mobile devices. Installation is drop-dead easy. A folder is created on your desktop and you simply drag and drop files into it.. Then you can access those files from anywhere. You can even share files with other people.

Google Web-based Android Market

2011-02-13T14:49:00.001Z

Click link Below

Google Web-based Android Market

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Google Web-based Android Market

Googles new Web-based Android Market online store that will make it easier for people to get to new applications for their smartphones and tablets.

LIBOX

2011-01-29T17:30:00.001Z

ALL YOUR MEDIA ANYWHERE.
HD SHARING WITH FRIENDS.
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GO to LIBOX or watch THE VIDEO

Add all of your High Def video, photos and music to LIBOX
and it is instantly available to enjoy on any device.
Share your media privately with your friends, for free.

ANYWHERE

LIBOX automatically syncs your media collection across your computers and streams it to any browser or mobile device so it is available anywhere you want it.

AllMyApps Aims to Be App Store for Windows

2011-01-23T23:26:00.000Z

AllMyApps

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A French startup hopes to be the one of the first, if not the only, app store for Windows.

AllMyApps originally launched in 2009, with the idea that the site could suggest a suite of free apps that could be installed on a new PC. In December, a beta version of the company's app store entered beta; now, by the end of the first quarter, a final version will be launched

"We want to make sure it easy to manage and discover all the applications on a PC," Favre said.

For now, the site looks somewhat like other app stores on the Web: apps are broken down into different categories ("communications," "security," "office," "audio," and more). The site provides about 1,500 apps at the moment, divided between locally-installed apps and those Web apps that live in a browser.

According to Favre, AllMyApps will also share characteristics common to other app stores: consolidating a list of all of the apps a user has installed, sharing them, and auto-updating them behind the scenes. AllMyApps will go a step farther, however, and allow users to transfer their apps to other PCs, like Valve Software's Steam service, as well as back them up to the cloud.

The company's games will be casual, however; Favre said that he does not wish to take on Steam directly.

Thanks to PC Mag for thee link

DONT PANIC

2011-01-13T23:16:00.001Z

DONT PANIC

This is a great fave to start 2011. There will soon be seven billion people on the planet. National Geographic explains why you shouldn't panic:

Flickr coming to Windows 7

2011-01-13T22:57:00.001Z

Flickr coming to Windows 7

Thanks to CNet for this story

The photo service takes full advantage of Windows 7's side-scrolling interface, offering a smooth transition that takes you from recent content to tagged photos to a screen that lets you explore the larger Flickr library.* Clicking on any image takes you to a screen that offers the full array of features: you can read and add comments, as well as view location info if available. Photos with GPS tags can also be viewed on a map that will show others Flickr user pics nearby.

The app takes things a step further on the tablet, offering an innovative browsing mode for viewing or discovering groups of photos. There's also a cool faded-out copy of each photo as the background for each individual pic page. Really, words don't do this software justice, which is why Flickr has also released this demo video.

Flickr for Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 is free and will be available to users at the end of this month.

Norwegian Royal Guard on ICE!

2010-11-23T12:29:00.001Z

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This is the Norwegian Royal Guard on ICE!

For those of you who have ever marched, either band or military, this is unbelievable.

Photofunia

2010-08-13T17:45:00.001+01:00

Save yourself money, over 100 very impressive effects available at photofunia.com.

J.K.Rawlings Speakes at Harvard

2010-08-12T22:47:00.001+01:00

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J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.

In all my years I have experienced many things both cruel and kind. I have never come across anyone who has made such an impression on me as this lovely,kind Lady as she made this speech that deeply resonated in my heart.I can’t thank her enough for being the humble, person that she is.

A remarkable, emotion-inducing speech. Absolutely brilliant and I ask everyone who comes to this page,just to take the time to listen to her. They will not go away empty handed.

Tony

Riversimple. Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells

2010-06-22T23:34:00.001+01:00

Riversimple Web Site

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Riversimple is a revolutionary transport company, based in the UK. We are aiming to produce highly energy-efficient vehicles for personal transport.

Our vision is to create a cleaner world where our relationship with the car and fossil fuels has changed dramatically for the better, with new solutions in place for sustainable mobility. The reduction of impact is insufficient as a goal; whilst we know that we will not achieve it soon, we want to ensure that everything that we do is a step towards the elimination of the environmental impact of personal transport.

Our first project, a two seat local car, is powered by

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with a novel design (that we refer to as ‘Network Electric’) and made from advanced composites; the design emphasis is on efficiency and it achieves energy consumption equivalent to 300 miles per gallon on petrol. See ‘the car’ section for more information on how it works.

YouTube Downloader Version 2.5.5

2010-06-04T23:00:00.001+01:00

YouTube Downloader Version 2.5.5

What is YouTube Downloader?

YouTube Downloader is software that allows you to download videos from YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, and many others and convert them to other video formats.

The program is easy to use, just specify the URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok button!

It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for Ipod, Iphone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3.

You can use YouTube Downloader to download the videos of your choice from home, at the office or in school.

Download YouTube Downloader now and get started downloading your favorite videos from YouTube.

Enjoy!

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test

2010-05-13T23:34:00.001+01:00

Just that

GetJar

2010-03-17T22:12:00.001Z

GetJar is the world’s largest cross platform app store with over a half billion downloads to date. The company provides more than 50,000 mobile applications across all major handsets and platforms to consumers in more than 200 countries. In addition to distributing content directly to consumers, GetJar also works with a select number of distribution partners including but not limited to Sony Ericsson, Sprint, Opera, Vodafone, 3UK and Virgin Mobile. In June of 2009, GetJar was named winner of the 2009 Meffy Award for Best Direct to Consumer Service.

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The Hugh Grant-backed website that helps with everything from cancer to dementia Read more:

2009-12-02T20:29:00.001Z

When actor Hugh Grant's mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer ten years ago, although she received 'excellent' care, he felt there was nowhere to go to for the unvarnished truth about the disease that was to kill her within 18 months.

Inevitably, Hugh, 49, did what most people do in this situation.

Together with his older brother, New York banker Jamie, he went on the internet.

And while his mother listened to stories from friends and family, 'hearing things anecdotally and probably not always therefore entirely accurately', the Grant brothers found the information online was potentially biased and possibly unreliable.

'The stuff we were finding there would have come from sponsored medical sites - the kind with drug advertising all over them,' he says.

Hugh now knows exactly what they needed - indeed he's now helping to fund it, in the shape of www.Healthtalkonline.org.

This website features real people telling their stories - the idea that this will help others, perhaps in making their decisions about treatment, or just simply in coping with a problem.

The site was the brainchild of Oxford GP Dr Ann McPherson. She had the eureka moment while recovering from breast cancer and chatting to another doctor about to have a knee transplant.

'We were well-informed doctors, but were desperate to know how ordinary people felt, how they chose treatments, what it was like for their relatives. We didn't just want to read about people who were glamorous or who had walked up Kilimanjaro after their illness. But we realised there was no way to access such information.'

Convinced the internet could open up healthcare, Dr McPherson set up the site, which now has 50 sections, and includes 2,000 video interviews with patients and, where appropriate, their carers.

So far, it covers most major diseases, including cancer, heart disease, dementia and diabetes as well as things likely to have health consequences, such as pregnancy, screening and child immunisation, death and dying.

More...

Each section is put together by one of a team of academics based at the Department of Primary Care in Oxford, recruiting and interviewing up to 40 people of different ages, ethnicity, social class and, most of all, with a range of coping strategies.

Beginning with the simple request: 'Tell us what happened,' each interview is edited down to provide other patients with advice gained from hard experience.

'The wider the range of stories, the more valuable the site,' says Dr McPherson. Thus, some carers of people with dementia talk about not being able to cope and even wanting their demented relative dead.

A few cancer sufferers talk about their treatment failing and how they are facing death.

And while most parents contributing to the child immunisation section say they were reassured about the MMR vaccine, those who remained concerned are also given the chance to explain how they reached that decision.

'The amount of time my husband and I have sat down to discuss this; should we, shouldn't we,' says one mother, explaining why she refused to give her two youngest the jab after her second child was diagnosed with autism.

Health talk: The website aims to share the experiences of real people

'In the end, though, I realised I'd need a cast-iron guarantee written in stone before I'd venture down that path again - and even then I think I'd probably laugh and think: "Oh, I don't think so." '

Such stories do not appear on websites that are wholly NHS funded, where the patient's story tends to be used to make a point rather than reflect real experiences, says Dr McPherson.

'We were told there was no question of Department of Health funding if we let these parents tell their stories, so we had to look elsewhere; we can't pretend these people don't exist,' she says.

'We didn't want to be told whom we could interview.'

The latest section, on bereavement due to traumatic death, launched last week -and in this case funded by the Department of Health - aims to provide 'comfort and support', to those who've had a relative killed.

One interviewee is Richard Taylor, father of Damilola, the ten-year-old fatally stabbed near his home in Peckham, South East London in November, 2000.

The success of the site is undoubtedly down to Dr McPherson's extraordinary energy, and it now receives around 90,000 visitors every month.

The 62-year-old, who co-authored the global best-selling Teenage Health Freak books, makes maximum use of celebrity contacts to promote her site, usually at the Oxbridge end of the spectrum, including Jon Snow and Philip Pullman as well as Hugh Grant.

But funding remains difficult, with several charities and government departments, including the Department of Health, on the hit list, as well as private donations.

Dr McPherson wrote to Grant when she heard his mother had died

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of pancreatic cancer to seek his support in raising funds for a new section on this disease.

'I'd given up hope when I got a call six months later saying his correspondence was in chaos, but he'd be delighted to do whatever he could.'

In the end, he contributed the full £100,000 to fund a new section on pancreatic cancer which will go online next year.

'Hugh will be talking in this section - and I'll be interviewed as well,' she adds.

Four years ago, McPherson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and after chemotherapy had two years of good health.

'But it has come back and that's not good news,' she says. It's perhaps with this in mind that work seems to be speeding up, with similar sites due to be launched in several countries, and a second site, www.youthhealthtalk.org, aimed at 16 to 25-year-olds.

Hugh Grant says: 'I know if someone had said we could go online and listen to other people who had suffered from the same disease, or to their families, we would have leapt at it.'

www.healthtalkonline.org www.youthhealthtalk.org

YourVersion!

2009-09-26T23:27:00.001+01:00

YourVersion!

Welcome to YourVersion!

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YourVersion is a revolutionary real-time discovery engine that lets you easily discover, share, and bookmark new, relevant web content tailored to your interests.

Discover news, blogs, webpages, Tweets, videos, and products
Easily share pages via email, Twitter and Facebook
Bookmark and auto-organize pages by interest

I have just started using this app and all I can say is WOW it does everything it says and more.

Letter to Lily Allen

2009-09-26T23:12:00.001+01:00

A guy on the Internet, Dan Bull, wrote a nifty letter to Lily Allen in the wake of her quitting the music business over illegal filesharing. SEE UPDATE BELOW

The song is just genius. He sings the song to the tune of her own song, “22″. Check it out,

I MUST point out though that although his song is good I do not agree with him. For me Lily Allen can do nothing wrong and her Music is FANTASTIC. That she writes a lot of the songs herself,shows just how good she is. AND she deserves the money that she makes.

UPDATE For ALL those broken hearted fans out there Lily IS NOT quitting music or so I am led to undrstand.

Good girl Lily KEEP SINGING

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Viral video aims to help combat breast cancer

2009-09-23T23:47:00.001+01:00

Viral video aims to help combat breast cancer

A moving campaign urging women to check their breasts for signs of cancer has been launched today.

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he video, sponsored by Samsung, features inspiring British women from different ethnic backgrounds aged between 17 and 67.

The women, who have all been affected by breast cancer, appear topless in the advertisement with their arms crossed over their chests. Statistics about the deadly disease appear in frames between shots.

GOOG-411

2009-09-16T18:53:00.001+01:00

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GOOG-411 BUT ONLY FOR USA AND CANADA
Google's new 411 service is free, fast and easy to use. Give it a try now and see how simple it is to find and connect with local businesses for free. (*)

Learn more - FAQ

Liked the video? Want to comment or guess who the voice of GOOG-411 is? Post your opinion on our YouTube page.

You don't need a computer, an Internet connection, or even the keypad on your phone or mobile device. GOOG-411 is voice-activated, so you can access it from any phone (mobile or land line), in any location, at any time. For free. (*)

Dial (1-800) GOOG-411. Say where. Say what you're looking for. GOOG-411 will connect you with the business you choose.

If you are calling from a mobile device, GOOG-411 can even send you a text message with more details and a map. Simply say "Text message" or "Map it."

Comparedownload.com

2009-08-10T23:34:00.002+01:00

Comparedownload.com

the UK's first price comparison website for legal music downloads launched the other day, providing the latest marker in the music industry's migration into online markets.

allows users to search through a database of more than 10m tracks from nearly all the major online music retailers, including iTunes, Amazon UK and Play.com.

Around 1,000 new tracks are added each day, and the company aims to expand so that its database covers the entirety of the download industry.

It is currently the only site of its kind for UK users, its founders having spotted an unexplored gap in the online music market.

Ships Fantastic Free Google Earth Game:

2009-06-11T23:15:00.001+01:00

Ships

In this ship simulation program you get to be the helmsman of your own fleet of ships. Although it is a case study, you will find "Ships" entertaining as it will take you past the worlds incredible scenery at a leisurely pace. All you need to play ships is a small Google Earth plugin

Bing

2009-06-06T23:11:00.001+01:00

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Microsoft's brand new search engine,Bing

I was happy to discover that it's not just a warmed over version of Windows Live. It really is new and different. And better.

Webware 100 Winners!

2009-05-20T23:28:00.001+01:00

Webware 100 Winners!

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Welcome to the 2009 Webware 100! Below you'll find 100 Web apps in 10 categories voted to be the best of the best by Webware readers and users of the apps themselves.

Be sure to also see the new 11th category, Editors Choice, for a list of 12 products that we feel merit inclusion in this year's awards program, even if they weren't big enough to win the popular vote.

Congratulations to the winners of the Webware 100!

ATLANTIS WORD PROCESSOR

2009-04-22T23:09:00.000+01:00

Atlantis is an innovative,
no-nonsense word processor carefully designed with the end-user in mind. Compact, fast-loading, but still powerful and efficient, Atlantis will be the perfect companion for a wide range of your word processing tasks, – from simple to most complex.

It does not matter if you are a novice or a power user, Atlantis has the tools you will ever need to compose highly professional documents. Using a most original and practical Control Board, you will create and manage all components of complex documents with unparalleled ease: sections, fields, headers & footers, newspaper columns, bulleted & numbered lists, styles, bookmarks, footnotes & endnotes, etc, all are a breeze with Atlantis.

SPOTIFY

2009-03-25T23:24:00.001Z

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Go to SPOTIFY

A world of music

Instant, simple and free

What is Spotify?

Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are never far away from the song you want.

There are no restrictions in terms of what you can listen to or when. Forget about the hassle of waiting for files to download and fill up your hard drive before you get round to organising them. Spotify is instant, fun and simple.

Because music is social, Spotify allows you to share songs and playlists with friends, and even work together on collaborative playlists, Friday afternoon in the office might never be the same again! We’re music lovers like everyone else.

We want to connect millions of people with their favorite songs by creating a product that people love to use. We respect creativity and believe in fairly compensating artists for their work. We’ve cleared the rights to use the music you’ll listen to in Spotify.

Now Google lets you store voicemail phone messages and search them like e-mail

2009-03-13T19:35:00.001Z

Search engine giant Google stole a march on its internet technology rivals today when it launched a new system that integrates email and phone messages.

Google Voice gives you a single number streamlining your work, home and mobile phones and lets you store transcripts of voicemail phone messages in your email inbox.

Using speech-recognition technology, it will even let you search those messages for a snippet of information just as if you were trawling a sea of emails.

It will also let you make free local and cheap international calls, as well as consult Goog411, the company's free U.S. directory enquiries service.

Google Voice is based on technology originally launched by Grand Central Communications, a company bought up by Google nearly two years ago.

The acquisition had taken so long to bear fruit that observers were starting to suspect it had come to nothing.

Like the original Grand Central product, Google Voice offers consumers a single phone number that can route incoming calls to home, office and mobile phones

Google Voice is available to existing Grand Central users from today and to the general public in the weeks to come.

birdsong radio

2009-03-07T10:45:00.000Z

birdsong radio

listen to bird song radio online

following the popular success of birdsong radio on dab. we have launched birdsong as an online service! listen to the peaceful sounds of dawn chorus via your computer at home or whilst at work. using the player on site

Simple Secrets to Healthy Aging

2009-01-26T23:23:00.001Z

There is such a thing as growing old gracefully. Following these tips will help.

By Rebecca Ruiz, Forbes.com

More on MSN Health & Fitness

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Despite whatever fears you might harbor about wrinkles or weak muscles or a less-than-quick mind, there are ways to age gracefully.

All that's required is following a set of ground rules that stress physical activity, intellectual engagement and preventative health care. While such recommendations aren't very difficult to follow, particularly for the healthy, it's even easier for people to run afoul of them.

Granted, some of the obstacles can be hard to avoid: a chronic disease, poorly coordinated health care, a lifetime spent hunched over a desk. But Colin Milner, chief executive of the International Council on Active Aging, a network of 7,500 organizations that cater to aging adults, says that it's never too late to adopt a proactive approach.

"You have to start somewhere," he says. "Really, what we're talking about is being able to live your life into your 80s and 90s, and then you'll drop dead," he says, contrasting a sudden death late in life with one that happens after a prolonged period of deterioration. Of the former, he says, "That's the way you want to go, having maximized your life."

In Pictures: Simple Secrets to Healthy Aging

Sound mind and body

While it's true that exercise benefits the body at any age, research also shows that physical activity can be particularly important for older adults' mental health. In a study published in October in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, two neuroscientists found that adults age 60 to 75 improved not only their physical fitness but also their mental acuity after walking briskly for 45 minutes a day, three days a week.

Throughout the six-month study, participants improved their ability to complete tasks that required scheduling, multitasking, planning and other executive functions, compared with a control group that engaged in nonaerobic activities like stretching and toning. The authors also did a critical review of similar research and found that moderate physical activity may slow or prevent cognitive decline or Alzheimer's disease by increasing the volume of brain tissue and improving brain function.

Physical exercise may have a two-fold benefit, but stimulating the brain shouldn't stop at the end of a workout. Dr. Gary Small, director of UCLA's Memory and Aging Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and author of many books on the subject, says aging adults can employ a number of strategies to fend off the "middle-age pause." Crosswords and other mentally challenging tasks like Internet surfing can be effective, says Dr. Small, but there's no scientific proof linking such mental "jumping jacks" to the prevention of Alzheimer's or other cognitive conditions.

Still, Small recommends these and other techniques to improve memory, including staying socially active, which has been shown to maintain cognitive skills. Staying upbeat is also important.

"The best thing is a positive attitude," he says, noting that stress can muddle the mind. "If you worry about it, your memory will be worse."

CONTINUED: Comprehensive health care

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How an old phone can make money at Fonebank

2008-12-26T22:38:00.001Z

How an old phone can make money

It is unlikely that the global recession has completely dampened people's enthusiasm for new gadgets this Christmas.

But for cash-strapped consumers with a shiny new mobile in their
hands, there is a way of making money from their old, unwanted
handsets.

According to mobile phone trade-in website FoneBank, only 20%
of UK consumers are recycling their mobiles but those that do can
recycle their old mobiles for cash.

During November Fonebank sent out £200,000 worth of cheques,
with an average per person of £50, although an iPhone can raise
much more.

"One of the most popular ones traded in during October was Nokia's N95 which can raise £102 for the owner," said Mr Tagg.

"People recycling their phones make a bit of money and feel they
are doing the right thing. The whole process takes three minutes online
and then they just have to stick their phone in a jiffy bag," he added.

This year Fonebank has teamed up with Oxfam to donate a minimum
of 10% of the value of the phone to aid the charity's work in the
developing world.

Other charities, including Age Concern and the British Red Cross, are also offering people the chance to donate phones.

U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO

2008-12-23T21:53:00.001Z

U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO

By Peter Griffiths

LONDON (Reuters) - Two U.S. fighter planes were scrambled and
ordered to shoot down an unidentified flying object (UFO) over the
English countryside during the Cold War, according to secret files made
public on Monday.

One pilot said he was seconds away from firing 24 rockets at the
object, which moved erratically and gave a radar reading like "a flying
aircraft carrier."

The pilot, Milton Torres, now 77 and living in Miami, said it spent
periods motionless in the sky before reaching estimated speeds of more
than 7,600 mph.

After the alert, a shadowy figure told Torres he must never talk
about the incident and he duly kept silent for more than 30 years.

His story was among dozens of UFO sightings in defense ministry files released at the National Archives in London.

In a written account, Torres described how he scrambled his F-86 D
Sabre jet in calm weather from the Royal Air Force base at Manston,
Kent in May 1957.

"I was only a lieutenant and very much aware of the gravity of the
situation. I felt very much like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking
contest," he said.

"The order came to fire a salvo of rockets at the UFO. The authentication was valid and I selected 24 rockets.

"I had a lock-on that had the proportions of a flying aircraft
carrier," he added. "The larger the airplane, the easier the lock-on.
This blip almost locked itself."

At the last moment, the object disappeared from the radar screen and the high-speed chase was called off.

He returned to base and was debriefed the next day by an unnamed man who "looked like a well-dressed IBM salesman."

"He threatened me with a national security breach if I breathed a word about it to anyone," he said.

The documents contain no official explanation for the incident,
which came at a time of heightened tension between the West and the
Soviet Union. Planes were on constant stand-by at British bases for a
possible Soviet attack.

The files blame other UFO sightings on weather balloons, clouds or
normal aircraft. Torres said he had been waiting 50 years for an
explanation.

"I shall never forget it," he told the Times. "On that night I was
ordered to open fire even before I had taken off. That had never
happened before."

UFO expert David Clarke said the sighting may have been part of a
secret U.S. project to create phantom aircraft on radar screens to test
Soviet air defenses.

"Perhaps what this pilot had seen was some kind of experiment in
electronic warfare or maybe it was a UFO," he said. "Something very
unusual happened."

The files are online at: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos

YouTube lets you turn videos into greeting cards

2008-12-22T22:59:00.001Z

YouTube lets you turn videos into greeting cards

For the second year, YouTube
on Friday unveiled a holiday feature that lets users create hosted
video cards to send to friends and family. Users can select this option
from any YouTube video, or from a special page that houses selected community videos and links to a user's own clips.

There's also an option to make a more personalized greeting straight
from a connected Webcam. For now, only one video can be attached to a
given greeting card.

When users are finished picking a video for use in a greeting card,
they can choose from a handful of themes that house the video player,
then add up to 230 characters of text and send the complete card to up
to 25 e-mail recipients.

According to YouTube's company blog, more than a million of these greetings were sent out last year, before the feature disappeared in January.

Most Popular How-To Features of 2008 via Lifehacker

2008-12-22T22:48:00.001Z

Most Popular How-To Features of 2008

From LIFEHACKER

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

2008-12-21T17:21:00.001Z

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

thanks to Jacquie Lawson

Click on The Match the
Dogs Puzzle

This is pretty neat and
fun. .

Enjoy!

Match
the Dogs

Zamzar (online video converter)

2008-12-20T20:44:00.001Z

Zamzar.com
gets my vote as the best choice for online video converters. All the
online solutions work in about the same fashion. They all have ads on
the pages. They all upload your file to their server,
allow you to choose an output format, and then provide a way to get
your file when the process completes. One particularly handy feature of
Zamzar is the ability to grab a video from a URL and convert, so if you
upload videos to a directory or find something on YouTube, you can
covert the videos without downloading them to your computer first. Limitations for the free version of Zamzar are 100MB file sizes and no more than 5 concurrent conversions.

Online onscreen virtual multilingual keyboard, From any pc everywhere

2008-12-13T22:54:00.001Z

Online onscreen virtual multilingual keyboard

Write in your own language wherever you are in the world, with an online onscreen keyboard emulator.
The
main purpose of this site is to let everyone who gets stuck without the
ability to write/type/search the internet in their own language be able
to do just that . usually travelers/tourists or anyone in front of a
foreign computer.

Do more with e‑mailed photos using Windows Live Mail

2008-12-11T16:57:00.001Z

Do more with e‑mailed photos using Windows Live Mail

Sending
photos from Windows Photo Gallery works just fine, but it sends the
photos as attachments that the recipient must click individually to
open, which makes it tough to browse the photos all at once.

Photo attached to an e‑mail message

To
present resized photos in the message, you can use a feature in
Windows Live Mail called Photo e‑mail. You can download
Windows Live Mail for free online at the Microsoft website for Windows Live.

Send a Photo e‑mail using Windows Live Mail

You
can quickly send e‑mails of photos in a variety of size and layout
styles with Photo e‑mail. You can autocorrect and rotate photos; add
effects, such as borders; add captions; and include any text in the
e‑mail that you want to send.

If you create a Photo e‑mail while
signed in to Windows Live Mail using a Windows Live ID,
there's an added bonus: the option for recipients to view the photos as
a slide show hosted by the Windows Live Spaces website. The people
you send e‑mail to can view larger versions of the photos if they want
to, and they can also download the larger versions at their
leisure—all without them having to enter any user name or
password to view the pictures. Plus, there’s no uploading or
managing by you—you get the benefit of posting photos online to a
website without any of the fuss.

If you already have a
MSN Hotmail, MSN Messenger, or Microsoft Passport
account, you've already got a Windows Live account. You can go
online to sign in now with your current account information to start
using Windows Live. If you don't have a Windows Live ID, you
can get one online at the Microsoft website for Windows Live.

To use Photo e‑mail

Open Windows Live Mail.

Click the arrow next to the New button, and then click Photo e‑mail.

In the Add Photos
dialog, browse to the folder containing the photos you want to include,
click the picture that you want to send in e‑mail, and then click Add. To select more than one item, hold down the CTRL key while you click the items that you want to select.

Keep adding photos until you are done, and then click Done.

On the toolbar, click Layout,
and then choose how you want the e‑mail message to look and how large
you want the images in the message to be. The larger the images, the
larger the file will be.

Configure the layout of the Photo e‑mail message

If you create a Photo e‑mail while signed in to Windows Live Mail using a Windows Live ID, on the toolbar, click Photos. Choose the resolution of the photos that are uploaded to the Windows Live Spaces website when you click Send.
The resolution you choose determines the quality of the photos when
viewed as a slide show, but it doesn’t affect the size of the
e‑mail message itself. For example, you can send small thumbnails in
the e‑mail, but upload large versions that people can view (and
download) if they want to.

Choose the resolution of the uploaded images

Enter
the e‑mail addresses of the recipients, type a subject, and write a
brief message. When you have finished composing the e mail message,
click Send.

Top of page

Viewing a slide show

When
your friends and family receive your Photo e‑mail, they’ll see
the photos in the layout and size that you chose. That alone is great,
but if you created the Photo e‑mail while signed in to
Windows Live Mail using a Windows Live ID, they can also view
the photos presented as a slide show, and then download larger versions
of the images if they choose to do so.

Play a slide show from the Photo e‑mail message

When they click Play slideshow,
a Windows Live Spaces website opens up that displays the images in
sequential order. The recipient can vary the speed at which the photos
display, download the larger picture from the website, and view
larger-resolution versions of the file.

Change the viewing speed or download a higher-resolution picture

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday Season.

2008-12-09T22:42:00.001Z

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday Season. And of course a Healthy New Year!!

Click here: Santa's
Jigsaw

Diary.com

2008-11-27T22:43:00.000Z

Diary.com

Why is it the new way to keep a diary?

Diary.com is the new place to publish, share and discuss your thoughts,
plans, pictures, videos or web pages you love with chosen groups of
people or individuals. These can be snippets of written thoughts, a
picture shared from a public event, or a fun video discovered on the
web.

Diary.com gives you a private diary just for you and allows you to
create shared diaries, which solves the problem of everyone seeing your
activity by allowing only an individual or invited groups of people to
participate.

2008's First Christmas Joke

2008-11-26T20:37:00.000Z

2008's First
Christmas Joke

Three men died on
Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the
pearly gates.

"In honor of this holy
season" Saint Peter said, "You must each
possess something that symbolizes Christmas to
get into heaven."

The first man fumbled
through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He
flicked it on. "It represents a candle", he
said.

"You may pass through the pearly
gates" Saint Peter said.

The second
man reached into his pocket and pulled out a set
of keys. He shook them and said, "They're
bells."

Saint Peter said "You may pass
through the pearly gates".

The third man
started searching desperately through his
pockets and finally pulled out a pair of
women's panties.

St. Peter looked at the
man with a raised eyebrow and asked, "And
just what do those symbolize?"

The
man replied, "These are Carols."

And So
The Christmas Season
Begins......

Ford Motor Plant in Brazil

2008-11-24T23:29:00.001Z

One look at this and you
will be able to tell why there will probably never be another
one built in the USA or Canada.

Ford Motor Plant in Brazil

It will also point out
why more assembly plants will go offshore.

http://info.detnews.com/video/index.cfm?id=1189

and…… pay
attention to the last few words. It says a
lot!

Jumpcut - Free online video editing and sharing

2008-11-24T20:54:00.001Z

Jumpcut - Free online video editing and sharing

Yahoo's Jumpcut show some potential. Jumpcut
supports editing photos and video together. You can add titles and
audio. A limited set of effects and transitions are available. For most
basic edits, you can get a pretty decent looking video with Jumpcut.
Would I trade my desktop video editor for Jumpcut? No. But if I had a
video I wanted to post online Jumpcut could definitely get the job done

Kantaris Media Player

2008-11-24T20:16:00.001Z

Kantaris Media Player

Without the need for downloading countless codecs, Kantaris Media Player
can play almost anything you can throw at it - AVI, MPEG, MGEG-AVC,
WMV, MOV, MKV, QuickTime, Matroska, DivX, Xvid, H264, MP3, WMA, OGG
files, and more. It can also play DVDs and audio CDs. The player also
displays some of the most beautiful music visualizations ever seen. All
this is completely free.

It is based on code from Videolan client (VLC) and Bass audio library. The graphical user interface is similar to that of Windows Media Player. [Discovered via Major Geeks]

[8.83M ] [Win95/98/Me/XP/Vista] [FREE]

Audio and video with Gmail .

2008-11-21T23:42:00.001Z

Audio and video with Gmail

I have Gmail, like many of you do. Over the past months, Google has
been adding handy scripts to enhance the experience. Just the other
day, they added the possibility for you to do live video chat with your
friends. All you need is a Webcam, and the small download to install from Google.

SiteAdvisor

2008-11-20T16:28:00.001Z

Every Computer should have this program loaded.

I have had it on mine now since its start date and it has helped me to keep away from harmful sights and links.

Tony

About SiteAdvisor

SiteAdvisor was founded in April 2005 by a group of MIT engineers who
wanted to make the Web safer for their family and friends. Having spent
one too many holiday breaks trying to clean a mess of spam, adware, and
spyware from our families' computers, we decided to take action.

We realized there was a gaping hole in existing Web security
products. While traditional security companies had gotten relatively
good at addressing technical threats like viruses, they were failing to
prevent a new breed of "social engineering" tricks like spyware
infections, identity theft scams, and sites which send excessive
e-mail.

To address this challenge, we built a system of automated testers
which continually patrol the Web to browse sites, download files, and
enter information on sign-up forms. We document all these results and
supplement them with feedback from our users, comments from Web site
owners, and analysis from our own employees.

Our easy to use software for Internet Explorer and Firefox
summarizes our safety results into intuitive red, yellow and green
ratings to help Web users stay safe as they search, browse and transact
online. Our goal is to pioneer a new approach to Web safety and make
the Internet safer for everyone.

On April 5, 2006 we announced that we were acquired by McAfee, Inc.
Teaming with McAfee will give us greatly expanded worldwide reach,
access to McAfee's leading security technology, and greater resources
to accelerate feature development for our many users.

Live Mesh

2008-11-19T23:43:00.001Z

Live Mesh

Microsoft has announced plans to offer a sophisticated "cloud" operating
system, currently code named Azure, in 2009. But you don't have to wait that
long to experience the cloud in limited form. Windows Live Mesh is a device
synchronization and cloud storage platform that's already available in public
beta, and you can sign up HERE
Live Mesh is based on the Mesh Operating Environment (MOE) and you can run it
on Vista, XP, Windows Mobile or Mac OS X. Rather than providing server-based
productivity applications (at this time, at least), it allows you to connect
via Remote Desktop to any of your systems from anywhere and run the apps that
are installed there. It does include cloud-based data storage on the Live
Desktop, where you can place data in folders that you access through a Web
browser.

Tidy Favorites

2008-11-18T23:53:00.001Z

A New Breakthrough in Working with Bookmarks

Tidy Favorites is a next-generation program that makes working with bookmarks safer, faster and
easier. Intuitively designed and fully customizable to suit your exact needs, Tidy
Favorites sets a new standard with dozens of exclusive features:

- Find websites instantly by viewing easy-to-recognize thumbnail images

- Open, copy, delete and update bookmarks in a single click

- Drag and drop to resize and rearrange bookmark thumbnails

- Add temporary links to a "stack" keeping your Tidy Favorites looking tidy

- Search through any website in seconds using a Command Line

- Use the same list of bookmarks in every browser - IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.

See the Video and download from here

Tux Paint

2008-11-08T20:57:00.001Z

Tux Paint

is a free, award-winning
drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and
K-6 in the US, key stages 1 & 2 in the UK).
It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an
encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program.

Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative.
(See the full list of features.)

jacksonpollock Go on Try your hand

2008-11-08T20:53:00.001Z

jacksonpollock

Go on Try your hand at being a Jackson Pollock Press left mouse button to change colours

Soungle

2008-11-08T20:44:00.001Z

"The simplest way to search and find royalty free sounds"

Freeware: FxFoto

2008-11-07T23:32:00.001Z

Serious Creativity Made Simple

Created by graphics pros with decades of experience,
FxFoto has over one million users worldwide.
FxFoto's editing and layout capabilities rival or surpass
programs like Photoshop Elements™.
Yet FxFoto is much easier to learn and use.
Plus it's backed by our industry-leading support,
with real people

providing real answers.

Organize Your Photos

FxFoto's unique user interface allows you to instantly browse and locate
all your photos in a single scrolling window.
Find your photos fast the visual way.

Organize your photos by folder.
View all photos in the convenient scrolling pane.
Easy Timeline with one-click access to all photo folders.
Open and collapse folders to view one at a time.
Search and sort photos by assigned keywords or dates.
Move photos between topics or reorder by dragging them.
Combine photos into encapsulated collages and shows.
Archive photos to CD for safe keeping or to save space.
Media Edition can securely lock folders with passwords.

FxFoto automatically imports photos from virtually all digital cameras.
Just connect the camera, press Import and choose the photos you want.
Or import from CD-ROM, camera memory cards and other devices.

UK's biggest ever property competition

2008-11-05T21:56:00.001Z

Great Ormond StreetHospital Children's Charity has teamed up with London
property developers MIA Developments Ltd to launch WinALondonPad - the biggest free prize
draw in the UK.
The competition is aiming to raise enough money to fund the construction of

a purpose built four bed ward in the Cardiac Daycare unit.

Great Ormond Street Hospital has established one of the largest paediatric heart-lung

transplant centres in the world, and was the first centre in the world to
replace pulmonary heart valves without open heart surgery.

However, the world class cardiac and respiratory team have

to work in some of the most difficult and cramped facilities in the hospital.

A strategic priority for the hospital is the creation of a new Heart and Lung
Centre for children, on which the four bed ward will be located.

The new ward will be used by children who are admitted to have essential
same-day heart procedures or investigations. They will be using the beds prior
to their procedures as well as during their recovery period immediately after.

Every year Great Ormond Street receives more than 150,000 patient

visits from the youngest, most vulnerable and seriously ill children in the UK and overseas
- over 40 per cent are under three years old and over 60 per cent require
intensive care or have high-dependency needs.
Tickets for the competition - backed by Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's
Charity - will go on sale on Wednesday October 29^th this year with MIA Developments aiming to donate
£600,000 to the world famous charity to re-develop the hospital's cardiac ward.
The face of the campaign, one of Britain's most popular celebrities,
will be announced when the competition launches.
Visit www.winalondonpad.com to
enter.
When entrants purchase a 4GB MP4 player for £60 complete with full warranty,

they receive free entry into the prize draw. Entrants have a one in 200,000
chance of winning - and never having to work again.
Limited to 200,000 tickets available at www.winalondonpad.com,
the winner will scoop an entire development consisting of eleven luxury serviced
apartments worth in excess of £8 million.

York House on Myrdle Street
in E1, London
is a block of 11 service apartments that is undergoing refurbishment works. It
contains two one-bed apartments and nine two-bed apartments, all with Italian
design kitchens with stone worktops, hard wood floors, remote control lighting,
jacuzzi baths and en-suite to master bedrooms and steam rooms.

York House is situated close to the Square mile and is conveniently placed

for getting around London. The
development is a short walk from Aldgate and Aldgate East stations while the
Docklands Light Railway at nearby Tower Gateway provides easy access to Canary Wharf,
The Docklands and City
Airport.

Nearby Aldgate East and Tower Hill tube stations put you minutes away from

dozens of London's favorite destinations: Houses
of Parliament, Buckingham
Palace, The London Eye,
Tate Modern, Oxford Street,
King's Road, Regent's Park, and Madame Tussauds.

The Thames side Queen's Walk, the Tower

of London, Tower Bridge
and the shops and marina at St Katharine Docks are also close by.

The total rental that can be achieved on the block will be in excess of

£500,000 a year.

The winner will be given full financial advice on how to manage the property or
you could sell it.

Thnks to The Move Channel for this info.

KODAK EASYSHARE Software

2008-11-04T17:00:00.001Z

KODAK EASYSHARE Software

Offers you new ways to create and share.

Enhance it - Retouch your photos or add your own text.

Create it - Choose from 100s of templates. Then print at home or online.

Move it - Copy photos directly to digital frames and memory cards.

Share it - Upload your videos to and show your family and friends
… the world is
your audience!

Google to let users test new Gmail features

2008-11-02T17:43:00.001Z

Google will invite users to try new features the company is considering adding to its Gmail service, the company said Thursday.

At 6 p.m. PDT Thursday, users will be able to select from 13 new features in a "labs" tab in the Gmail settings page, "The idea is you can do whatever you want, get it out to tens of
millions of people, and get feedback," Coleman said. And popular
features will be incorporated into Gmail proper

Bookgoo

2008-10-27T22:55:00.001Z

Bookgoo is a handy resource for students and web enthusiasts alike. it
makes it easy to write papers and get immediate feedback as well as
collaborate."

Bookgoo allows you to highlight and annotate your documents in the same
way you would mark up a piece of paper with a highlighter and pen!

Take the

Tour

You only need One home page

2008-10-25T23:49:00.001+01:00

That you only need One home page is not exactly true. Firstly for those who do not have a home page or do not know what one is, lets just say that its ONE site that opens when you open your Browser and it contains links to all the other sites that you use on a regular basis. My own Favourite is called Only2Clicks and I have been using it now since it first came online. I WILL keep it as my Favourite tool for reaching other sites, however there is now a new kid on the block called Symbaloo and after playing round with it I am going to use it in conjunction with Only2Clicks just in case one of the sites goes offline for whatever reason.
Try them out for yourselves.You will not be dissapointed.

PS You can get the sites to open WITH your browser by going to the tools menu then options.

OpenOffice 3:

2008-10-14T23:21:00.001+01:00

OpenOffice 3

:

After using OpenOffice's MS Word analog, Writer, all day, I can confirm
that this update is worth it for the improvement in response and load
times, if nothing else. The installation is still enormous, with an
installer about 130MB for Windows users and 160MB for Mac, but the
installation process is smoother. From start to finish,

SUMO Paint, Online painter

2008-10-05T16:12:00.001+01:00

SUMO Paint

As time goes on, more and more applications that we used to think could only belong on the desktop have made the jump online and opened up a world of possibilities for everyone

For example, many of us are familiar with the program Paint on Windows, but an online alternative called SUMO Paint does what Paint does and a whole lot more.
I’m not an artist by any means, but even I can have fun with SUMO Paint,

Everything:

2008-10-02T23:09:00.001+01:00

Everything:

Everything is a search engine for Windows that replaces the normal
Windows search with a much faster one. Unlike Windows search,
Everything initially displays every file and folder on your computer.
You can type in a search filter to limit what files and folders are
displayed. Everything only uses file and folder names and generally
takes a few seconds to build its database. 1,000,000 files will take
about 1 minute.

Version 1.1.4.301 adds -search command line option, improved status of servers under the tool menu, and other fixes.

CCleaner 2.12.660

2008-10-01T22:14:00.001+01:00

CCleaner 2.12.660

CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and
privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system -
allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more
hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less
than a second to run) and Free.

MyFolia online Gardening Site

2008-09-09T22:58:00.001+01:00

MyFolia is free site dedicated to the art and science of gardening - from tracking and documenting your own plants to
discovering gardeners all over the world experiencing the same dilemmas and joys as you.

Discover

We like to think that here at MyFolia we are encouraging the magical nature of serendipity
- "the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate,
especially while looking for something else entirely." (thanks wiki!)

Folia is a garden tracking community

Find out who is growing the same things you are
Organise and track your gardening adventures
Find gardening buddies for support, chat and swaps!

Picasa 3.0 photo-editing software.

2008-09-06T22:01:00.000+01:00

The easy way to find, edit, and share your photos

Google wants to help you put a name to that face.

With a face recognition feature , Google's Picasa Web Albums will help users label their photos with the names of subjects. That and other changes to the photo-sharing site are joined by a new beta version of the accompanying Picasa 3.0 photo-editing software.

See what's new in Picasa 3

Google Chrome

2008-09-03T18:23:00.001+01:00

Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows

Google
Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated
technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

Learn about Google Chrome »

Virtual desktops

2008-09-01T23:25:00.000+01:00

This app is a simple solution for creating up to 4 virtual desktops
for Windows. Virtual desktops come in handy because it can get
confusing when you have many application windows open simultaneously.
With a virtual desktop, you can give each application function its own
space. Put your email client on one desktop, your Web browser on
another desktop, your photo editor on a third desktop and your favorite
game on the fourth. I find it really handy for keeping interruptive
instant messenger windows from getting in the way of whatever I'm
doing. Desktops also separates taskbar items by desktop, making it
easier to get to the screen you want. Clicking the icon in the system
tray provides a visual of all four desktops (shown below) or you can
simply use Win+1,2,3 ,or 4 to switch between them. Desktops isn't a
replacement for having two monitors but it goes a long way to reducing
clutter on your desktop. [Windows XP/Vista $0.00]

Funny Italian English

2008-08-25T22:54:00.001+01:00

You might have read this joke, but this one, you need to turn on the speakers, so laugh all the way..
CLICK HERE

Math homework 2.0: Mathway

2008-08-16T23:43:00.001+01:00

Math homework 2.0: Mathway

Mathway
is a Web calculator that not only solves math problems for you, but
also shows you how it got to the answer with step-by-step directions.

Windows SteadyState

2008-08-13T23:29:00.001+01:00

Keep your shared access computers running smoothly with Windows SteadyState

Upgrade today!
Windows SteadyState Version 2.5 is now available with Windows Vista Support

Get SteadyState now

Are you ready to download Windows SteadyState for your genuine Windows XP or Windows Vista computer? There's no charge. Download it now, or look around and learn more.

MeGlobe

2008-08-06T20:33:00.001+01:00

MeGlobe

MeGlobe™ was built to diminish language barriers from online
communication. Our free web client lets you type in your own language,
but sends a translated version, in near real time, specific to the
native tongue of whomever you are chatting with. With MeGlobe™
there is no such thing as 'lost in translation.'

Signing up is quick, easy and FREE. Just click on "Signup,"
give us some basic info and you're ready to start chatting with people
all over the world. No downloads are required, you don't need to
install anything and you can use MeGlobe™ from any computer with
a browser and Internet connection.

We live in a highly connected global village. Isn't it time we take
language out of the equation so we can talk to our neighbors?

Dumpr (Photo manipulation)

2008-08-06T20:12:00.001+01:00

Dumpr is where you create marvellous photos to share with your friends

Select an effect then upload photo from your computer then save,email,print or blog it

JING

2008-08-06T19:17:00.001+01:00

JING

What is this thing called Jing?
Video tour.

The
concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and
shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.

Try it, you’ll like it. It's free.

Apture (Multimedia to your Website/Blog)

2008-08-06T19:09:00.001+01:00

Bloggers: Add multimedia to your Website with one click

Apture is a new platform that let's you embed rich multimedia into your website with just one line of code.

Installation consists of adding one line of code to your blog, so if you can do that, then you’re set.

Radionomy

2008-08-04T22:16:00.001+01:00

Radionomy

Search, find and listen to Radios.

With
the music you like and the content you want. Become a fan. Post
comments. Be part of the Radionomy community.
Download and customize
our player. And much more...

Create your own radio, it's free !
Share your music or your content

Nine very interesting minutes!!

2008-08-02T22:43:00.001+01:00

OK NOW for a bit of science

Interesting talk by renowned physicist Michio Kaku on extra-terrestrial
intelligence and physics. Nine very interesting minutes!!

Luminotes

2008-08-01T20:08:00.001+01:00

Luminotes is a WYSIWYG personal wiki notebook for organizing your notes and ideas.
You don't have to use any special markup codes or install any software. You
simply start

typing.

Gather all of your ideas into one place.

Easily link together related concepts.

As simple to use as index cards.

"What I love most about Luminotes is the simplicity of it.
Maybe I have a touch of ADD, but I get so distracted with other products and
all the gadgets, bells, and whistles they offer. I spend more time fiddling
with the features than actually working. Luminotes, for me, recreates the old
index card method we all used for term papers in high school."

KIDMONDO See your babys progress online

2008-07-30T22:47:00.001+01:00

KIDMONDO

280 Slides (Powerpoint Online)

2008-07-29T23:47:00.001+01:00

Launch 280 Slides
Create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world.
With 280 Slides, there's no software to download and nothing to pay for
– and when you're done building your presentation you can share
it any way you like.
The available themes look great, and you can use pictures and videos
from online services in your presentations. Once you’re finished
with your presentation, you can publish it and share it on the Web in a
variety of ways, but you can also download it as a PowerPoint file.

Lots of New Features!

July 29, 2008 — tolmasky

We’ve packed in a whole slew of
updates in our latest push to 280 Slides, including one of our most
requested features: the ability to download presentations in a variety
of different formats. With the addition of the new download menu,
you can now save your slides directly to your computer as PPTX, PPT,
ODP, or PDF:

SONY Backstage 101 (Learning Center)

2008-07-29T22:00:00.001+01:00

SONY Backstage 101 (Learning Center)
Did
you know that Backstage 101 has over 100 courses, articles, tutorials
and videos that you can experience whenever your schedule allows? Go
check out the discussion boards to talk about your favorite topics.
Also, be sure to rate and review your favorite content, and upload an
avatar to show off your personality on Backstage 101. Backstage 101 - visit today and explore!

ONLINE Free Photo Editor FotoFlexer

2008-07-23T21:29:00.001+01:00

Who wants to spend $100 on software if there's a free alternative?

For ONLINE editing there is only one program for me and that is FotoFlexer

I've
got a few other options you can try. both online and for download. First, Windows Live Photo Gallery (see previous post) has a
few simple photo editing tools built in. For a step up, consider Picnik, an online photo editor with a surprising amount of photo editing muscle.

A longtime (download) favorite of mine is IrfanView, a fairly powerful, full-featured photo editor written by Irfan Skiljan and supported by donations.

Or consider the FastStone Image Viewer, I can heartily recommends as both fast and free.

A final option is only for the adventurous. GIMP,
which stands for the GNU Image Manipulation Program, is an open-source
photo editor that offers many of the same features as a powerhouse like
Adobe Photoshop, but it's completely free. The interface takes a little getting used to, though.

Free Photo Organizer

2008-07-23T21:16:00.001+01:00

Free Photo Organizer

Everyone needs some way to sort, arrange, organize, and find their
photos, and Windows Live Photo Gallery proves that you can get world
class software without paying a dime. Available from Microsoft, Windows Live Photo Gallery is an enhanced version of the Photo Gallery that ships in Windows Vista,
but it works on both Vista and XP. It has superb organizer features,
including adjustable thumbnail sizes, keyword tagging, and the ability
to upload photos directly to Windows Live Spaces and Flickr. My favorite feature is the integrated panoramic stitching tool.

JotForm

2008-07-18T21:56:00.001+01:00

JotForm

JotForm is the first web based
WYSIWYG form builder. Its intuitive drag and drop user interface makes
form building a breeze. Using JotForm, you can create forms, integrate
them to your site and collect submissions from your visitors.

JotForm is developed mainly for webmasters, but anybody with an
Internet connection can use it. JotForm is WYSIWYG, so you can still
make web forms without any web design or HTML experience.

audiko Free Ring tones

2008-07-17T23:27:00.001+01:00

Audiko is a
free service that will help you create your own ringtone, using any
song of your choosing. Simply upload your favorite song (or enter a URL
to it) and choose the song fragment you wish to have for the ringtone.
Click a button and presto! Download your new ringtone. You can also
post the ringtone on your blog if you’d like, to share with your
friends. Not sure what you’re looking for? Try doing a search on
the site. They have many lists full of popular songs, as well as all of
the ringtones that others have already created
No matter what phone you use, you can use this site. Your file will
save in several different formats, so you’ll find one that works
for you. I bet you anything you’re going to love this site,

Sprout

2008-07-16T21:02:00.001+01:00

A sprout is a multi-media flash web site that can be created without knowing a stitch of flash or HTML. This sprout (also called a widget, mini-site, mashup) can be embedded in other websites, blogs or social networking profile pages. When you update your content, all sprouts (wherever they are) will update instantly.

Just like a traditional web page, a sprout can be used for promotional, informational or personal purposes.

Sprout has a range of features appropriate for both novice and advanced users, resulting in quick and easy creation of sophisticated multimedia content.

How It Works

Movavi Online Video Converter

2008-07-15T22:52:00.001+01:00

Free Online Video Converter
No software to install. No ads to interrupt.

To get started, either upload or provide the URLs for the videos that
you want to convert (there are a couple of restrictions in terms of
video length and size), select the desired output format, and enter
your e-mail address so that you can be contacted when your videos are
done. Movavi Online Video Converter
is capable of converting and saving online videos from services like
YouTube, and you can also combine all of the videos that you’ve
specified into one video file.

Movavi Widgets

Video conversion at the touch of a button on
your Mac, Facebook, Firefox, or iGoogle -

download videos from YouTube whenever and wherever you are.

You can even add a Movavi Online widget to your own web page!

The Webware 100

2008-07-14T22:53:00.001+01:00

The Webware 100

The 100 top Web apps for 2008

These are the 100 best Web 2.0 applications, chosen by Webware readers and Internet users across the globe. Over 1.9 million votes were cast to select these Webware 100 winners:

Lively

2008-07-14T00:09:00.001+01:00

Google recently released Lively chat. Create your own Lively avatar,
and choose how it should to be dressed. If you create your own room,
you can decorate it to suit your personality. Visit other people’s
rooms, or even embed your Lively chat onto your website.

Surf Canyon

2008-07-12T20:19:00.001+01:00

Surf Canyon Browser search add on

Ever wonder if there is anything useful past page one of your search results?There is, and Surf Canyon will go and get it for you. It is a tiny browser extension that helps you find relevant information buried in the search results on Google, Yahoo!, MSN Live Search, or craigslist.

Get Better Gmail 2 For - Better Gmail

2008-07-11T23:10:00.001+01:00

Better Gmail 2

If you use Gmail in the “new version” you should take a good look at Better Gmail 2, an interface package put together with Greasemonkey user scripts by Gina Trapani. Originally available on Lifehacker, it is now an official Mozilla extension for Firefox 3.

Better Gmail 2 offers a number of enhancements, including

Force Gmail to make an encrypted connection (HTTPS)
Move the inbox count to the top of the sidebar lists
Add neat row highlights on mouseover
Show appropriate icons for email attachments
Filter assistant to help create filters quickly
Message details shown automatically with each message if you like
Reply above the item you’re replying to
Full html signatures, including colors and rich text
Show BCC, CC by hot key or automatically when opening Compose Mail
A hierarchical folder system based on the label system (really saves space and organizes the labels box)
The ability to hide chat, ihe invitation box and spam count
Select three different skins, or none (try the snazzy Redesigned number)
Advanced stuff if you want to write some macros

Several of these, especially HTML signatures, have been long needed
in Gmail, and this is a painless way to get them. Remember, though,
that it is a Firefox add-on (extension), and will only be
available on machines that have it installed along with Firefox. If
you want it whenever you need it, you will have to make sure it’s
installed on all the computers you normally use. Fortunately, it’s as
easy to install as any other Fx extension.Check it out.

Viewzi

2008-07-06T23:12:00.001+01:00

Viewzi is
a new way to search.Just take a moment to pay attention to this with an open
mind. You may just find yourself using Viewzi often.

Viewzi is Metasearch. It will change the way you think about search engines. Viewzi will then ask you how you want to view the data that is found. What types of views are there?

Celebrity Photo View
Web Screenshot View
Simple Text View
Viewzi News View
Video x3 View
Basic Photo View
3D Photo Cloud View
Site Information View
4 Sources View
The Weather View
Album View
MP3 Search View
Everyday Shopping View
Amazon Book View
TechCrunch
Recipe View

Choosing one of the above views will give you different results,
culled from different places. For instance, the Video x3 View will give
you three strips of videos that match the words you searched for. It
pulls in results from places like Veoh and YouTube. The really cool
thing is that in those strips, the thumbnails are animated.

NaturalReader

2008-07-03T23:13:00.001+01:00

NaturalReader

Text-to-speech

software has never sounded so good or been so affordable.

NaturalReader
is a Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices. This easy to
use software can convert any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF
files, and Emails into spoken words. NaturalReader can also convert any
written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV for your CD player or
iPod.

YUDU Freedom.

2008-07-03T22:36:00.001+01:00

YUDU Freedom.

Even if your documents aren’t like books or magazines, you can certainly make them seem like they are with YUDU Freedom .
To get started, select a PDF to upload, enter your e-mail address, and
provide some additional information. When your online publication is
ready, a link will be sent to you, and you can then view it and share
it with others. Your readers can add bookmarks and notes to the
publications, and they can also view the content in a variety of ways.

Wubi

2008-07-02T23:19:00.001+01:00

Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that
can bring you to the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you
to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application, in a
simple and safe way. Are you curious about Linux and Ubuntu? Trying
them out has never been easier!

Wubi is Simple

No
need to burn a CD. Just run the installer, enter a password for the new
account, and click "Install", go grab a coffee, and when you are back,
Ubuntu will be ready for you.

Libra

2008-07-02T22:45:00.001+01:00

Libra is a library software to organize your stuff: Books, Audio CDs, Movies, & Games (for a start). And it does so beautifully, and at an amazing price ($0 for non-commercial use).

Track who borrowed your stuff

Keep track of what your friends borrowed from you, and never lose a
single item again. Libra helps you keep detailed record of each loan
and reminds you when it's due.

Bricksmith

2008-06-30T23:03:00.001+01:00

Bricksmith
Bricksmith allows you to create
virtual instructions for your Lego creations on your Mac. The magic is
based on the LDraw library, a
collection
of 3D models of Lego building blocks created by enthusiasts from around
the world. With Bricksmith, you never have to worry about running out
of parts!

Bricksmith's raison d'être is
to wed Lego building with the ravishing beauty of a genuine Macintosh
interface—a union which has hitherto been lacking.

Oosah

2008-06-25T21:55:00.001+01:00

Oosah
There may be a large number of online storage services, but most of them don’t really offer any bells and whistles. In contrast, Oosah has been built to extend what you can do with your files.
Right off the bat you’re given 2GB of free storage that you can use
to store your files, and the interface makes it easy to transfer
everything. Create things like galleries, slideshows, and playlists

Firefox 3

2008-06-18T23:24:00.001+01:00

Firefox 3

The Best Firefox Yet

With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before

Opera 9.5

2008-06-14T23:20:00.001+01:00

Opera 9.5

beautifully engineered

Discover the new standard in Web
browsing. Download Opera today to get the fastest and most powerful Web
browser available and make the most of your time online.
Learn more and see video tutorials

vozMe

2008-06-07T22:28:00.001+01:00

vozMe

vozMe gives you the ability to use text-to-speech technology in English and
Spanish, and to create an MP3 out of a certain block of text, just type
it in and click the button. Yes, it really is that easy. The audio
quality is pretty good,

Great Programs and links

Cut the Rope FREE for Internet Explorer 9

Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists

Automated Video editing Platform

FileSearchEx Is a Fast Search Utility for Windows 7

ANDROID MARKET

Top Free in Apps

Dropbox Online Backup system

Google Web-based Android Market

LIBOX

ALL YOUR MEDIA ANYWHERE. HD SHARING WITH FRIENDS. Technorati Tags: media,streaming

Add all of your High Def video, photos and music to LIBOX and it is instantly available to enjoy on any device. Share your media privately with your friends, for free.

ANYWHERE

LIBOX automatically syncs your media collection across your computers and streams it to any browser or mobile device so it is available anywhere you want it.

AllMyApps Aims to Be App Store for Windows

DONT PANIC

Flickr coming to Windows 7

Norwegian Royal Guard on ICE!

Photofunia

J.K.Rawlings Speakes at Harvard

Riversimple. Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells

YouTube Downloader Version 2.5.5

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GetJar

The Hugh Grant-backed website that helps with everything from cancer to dementia Read more:

More...

YourVersion!

Letter to Lily Allen

Viral video aims to help combat breast cancer

A moving campaign urging women to check their breasts for signs of cancer has been launched today.

GOOG-411

Comparedownload.com

Ships Fantastic Free Google Earth Game:

Bing

Webware 100 Winners!

ATLANTIS WORD PROCESSOR

SPOTIFY

A world of music

What is Spotify?

Now Google lets you store voicemail phone messages and search them like e-mail

birdsong radio

birdsong radio

listen to bird song radio online

Simple Secrets to Healthy Aging

There is such a thing as growing old gracefully. Following these tips will help.

More on MSN Health & Fitness

How an old phone can make money at Fonebank

U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO

YouTube lets you turn videos into greeting cards

YouTube lets you turn videos into greeting cards

Most Popular How-To Features of 2008 via Lifehacker

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

Zamzar (online video converter)

Online onscreen virtual multilingual keyboard, From any pc everywhere

Do more with e‑mailed photos using Windows Live Mail

Do more with e‑mailed photos using Windows Live Mail

To use Photo e‑mail

Viewing a slide show

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday Season.

Diary.com

Why is it the new way to keep a diary?

2008's First Christmas Joke

Ford Motor Plant in Brazil

Jumpcut - Free online video editing and sharing

Kantaris Media Player

Audio and video with Gmail .

SiteAdvisor

Every Computer should have this program loaded.

I have had it on mine now since its start date and it has helped me to keep away from harmful sights and links.

About SiteAdvisor

Live Mesh

Tidy Favorites

Tux Paint

jacksonpollock Go on Try your hand

Soungle

Freeware: FxFoto

Serious Creativity Made Simple

Organize Your Photos

UK's biggest ever property competition

KODAK EASYSHARE Software

ALL YOUR MEDIA ANYWHERE.
HD SHARING WITH FRIENDS.
Technorati Tags: media,streaming

Add all of your High Def video, photos and music to LIBOX
and it is instantly available to enjoy on any device.
Share your media privately with your friends, for free.

Take the

Tour

What is this thing called Jing?
Video tour.