November 2011
1 post
The Evolution of Search →
I liked a YouTube video: Following up on our video on how we make improvements to search, we wanted to share with you a short history of the evolution of search, highlighting some of the most…
December 2010
9 posts
Lightning photographed by superfast X-ray camera,... →
You know, we could just leave you with the image above and be done here, but its backstory is almost as cool. Researchers at the Florida Institute of Technology have built a 1,500-pound…
New York Looks Like Snow Zombieland—But It's... →
It’s only a few feet of snow, but this is how New York looks right now. People consider this The Snowpocalypse but, while it looks like Yeti zombies are going to appear at anytime,…
Google's Cr-48 Laptop Totally Revolutionizes...... →
Google’s CR-48 Chrome notebook might, maybe, possibly, be the laptop of the future. Which is all well and good. But did you also know that some clever Google copywriter also took…
Gmail Users to Get Free Phone Calls Through 2011 →
Google has announced that Gmail users will be able to make free phone calls to the U.S. and Canada through 2011. When calling was added to Gmail back in…
NINJA'S UNBOXING →
I favorited a YouTube video: When it comes to “unboxing”, ninjas know how to handle things…
Batch Script to Make SQL Server Database... →
In addition to creating backups, there are a variety of tasks and functions SQL Server makes available which can both improve the performance and reliability of your databases. We have previously…
Awesome Tutorials That Will Make You Acquainted... →
When it comes to designing industry, the top most essential piece of software is Photoshop which is being used from retouching of photos to designing web layouts to creating original artwork and…
Most Popular Linux Downloads and Posts of 2010... →
It may not be the most popular operating system around, but we still love Linux around these parts (and we know you do too). Here are some of our favorite Linux downloads and posts from the…
What is Google Chrome OS? →
I liked a YouTube video: Telling the story of Google Chrome and how it inspired an operating system. Produced by Epipheo Studios. Sign up to get updates about Google Chrome OS:…
October 2010
18 posts
Google Suggest Venn Diagrams →
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COOL!!
Google Suggest Venn Diagram Generator is a visualization tool for popular Google searches. Enter an incomplete query, replace one of the keywords with “X”, add three…
Electronics giant Sony rumored for potential Apple... →
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WOW! I doubt it, but that would be crazy.
A new rumor has pegged Apple and its $51 billion in cash and investments as a potential buyer of Sony, prompting the largest trading…
The PlayStation Phone →
It’s hard to believe that what we’re looking at is real — but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you’ve long been waiting for. As we reported back in…
The Ultimate Tumblr Toolbox →
These days Tumblr has turned the question, “What can it do?” to “What can’t it do?”. Tumblr’s simplicity, refined user interface and streamlined approach are some of the reasons for its…
Important Features All Blogs Should Really Have →
Blogging is more commonplace now than ever before. It’s estimated that there are at least 147 million blogs[1] covering topics from technology to Japanese theme restaurants.
But…
Awesome Tips and Tricks for PHP Beginners →
Ok, so now you have “learned” …. wait should that be a single quote …. PHP and you are ready to really be able to start using it for something more than you can do with HTML. I will get into…
Bugaboo for iPhone Aims To Make Web App Debugging... →
Whenever I’m hanging around any new people who seem even slightly tech-minded, I try to avoid mentioning who I work for. Now, I don’t mean that in a shady way — it’s not because I’m…
Use Word Association to Create Secure Password... →
Whether you use a password management system like Lastpass or not, sometimes you just need help remembering your password. Reader Chispea recommends using word association to tailor your…
Skype makes Cisco executive new CEO →
Skype finds itself a new chief executive in Tony Bates, former senior vice president at Cisco Systems. Will the move put acquisition rumors to rest and enhance IPO efforts? Originally posted at …
Target begins iPad sales today →
October is here, and that means playoff baseball, turning leaves, Halloween pop-up shops — and new iPad retail outlets. As we noted earlier, Target stores were targeted (ahem) to have…
5 Fundamental Steps to Deploying a Website →
Something that is overlooked by a lot of web designers and developers is what is actually involved in the deployment of a website; the process when you’ve finished developing the site, tested to make…
Glowing nanowires could light up your life, one... →
A gadget without LEDs is like hug without a squeeze or apple pie without cheese — no blinkenlights no care. But, what about nanoscale gadgets? Previously things that were smaller than…
Twitter 2.0: I Taw a Copy Tat →
I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. I love the concept and use the service multiple times a day. I hate the fact that the core web app is so feature deficient. Compared to the …
The OS Doesn't Matter... Once upon a time,... →
Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: The OS Doesn’t Matter… Once upon a time, operating systems used to matter a lot; they defined what a computer could and couldn’t do. The “old” OS…
Functionality of Adobe Fireworks in your Design... →
Many web designers work exclusively with the Adobe Creative Suite to get work done. Adobe Photoshop is the most common tool for graphics creation and manipulation along with Illustrator for…
5 Fundamental Steps to Deploying a Website →
Something that is overlooked by a lot of web designers and developers is what is actually involved in the deployment of a website; the process when you’ve finished developing the site,…
Seagate tosses 3TB hard drives into BlackArmor... →
It wasn’t that long ago that an entire network attached storage box held just 3TB, but now that Seagate’s reached that capacity with a single five-platter drive, the NAS are getting…
Beyond The Belief Digitally Created CG... →
If you are seeking for some astonishing computer generated environments, you landed at right place as this post contains some very astonishing and beyond the belief computer generated (CG)…
September 2010
127 posts
What’s the Difference Between Single and Double... →
Enclosing text in quotation marks is fairly standard practice on the command line, especially when dealing with files that have spaces in the names, but how do you know whether to use single or…
Social Bookmarking Startup Xmarks Heads To The... →
According to a company blog post, social bookmarking and search tool Xmarks is shutting down in 90 days.
Following a rebranding from Foxmarks last year, Xmarks, a social bookmarking and…
Xmarks Bookmark Syncing Service Shutting Down in... →
Xmarks, the bookmark syncing service formerly known as Foxmarks, announced today it will close its doors and delete its users’ data on January 10, 2011. The always-free, cross-browser syncing…
USBFlashCopy Automatically Identifies and Backs Up... →
Windows: If you know you need to be more diligent about backing up your flash drive but you never get around to it, USBFlashCopy makes it simple with automatic backups every time you plug your…
Google adds enhanced video chat to Gmail Labs →
Filed under: Video, Web services, Google
Google is working on improving the quality of its video chats, adding a new opt-in feature to Gmail Labs. To get higher resolution…
Simplify the Mockup and Annotation Process with... →
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.….
Upcoming and OnGoing Web Design Trends of 2010 →
Trend is a set of rules we somehow follow, not as something we designers obey. It is more like a guidance to help us set new ideas whenever we create a design. In the web design industry, we…
Looxcie wearable camcorder will take your... →
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Want this really bad! Not to broadcast my life to the world, but just to help me remember stuff. Also, I would love to have some of the stuff I’ve seen recorded.
…
Why Your Startup Should Be Involved in Open Source →
Oftentimes, when you hear the arguments for “Why open source?”, they are aimed at convincing companies to use open source software. But the other piece of the argument is, of course, an…
Google planning to ape Facebook for "Google Me"... →
Google plans to incorporate more social networking features across its services this fall according to comments made by CEO Eric Schmidt during the Google Zeitgeist conference on…
Google Me Coming This Fall To Make Your Web Even... →
At yesterday’s Google Zeitgeist conference in Arizona, CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed that the company will roll out a new social service, internally dubbed Google Me, sometime this…
Google Goes Mysterious for Agatha Christie’s... →
Today’s GoogleGoogle logo (or Google Doodle, as the company calls its everchanging logo) is one of the most elaborate we’ve seen: It’s a…
Google 'social layers' coming this fall, Google Me... →
Filed under: Web services, Google, Social Software
Remember how something called Google Me was supposed to be Google’s Facebook-killing secret weapon? Well, the plan to introduce…
IE9 Product Boss Hachamovitch: “Our Goal Was To... →
Today, after many previews, speed tests, and leaked videos, Microsoft will be finally unveiling the full public beta of Internet Explorer 9. I recently sat down with Dean Hachamovitch,…
Internet Explorer 9 lets you pin web apps to your... →
Filed under: Microsoft, Beta, Browsers
While no one else has gotten their hands on it yet, FastCompany has scored some time with Internet Explorer 9 and their images show a…
Chrome's About:Labs Page Lists Experimental... →
Chrome users have previously enabled experimental features (like moving tabs to the side) by manually adding flags to their Chrome shortcut. Now, dev build users can enable them from the new…
Twitter’s New Mini Platform: The Right-Side Pane →
While the new design of Twitter.com itself is big news, just as big is what it means for the Twitter ecosystem. I’m not talking about the third-party clients that have similar features to…
How to: Integrating facebook in your Website →
The facebook javascript SDK, the one we will be using for our app, enables us to access all of the features of the Graph API via JavaScript, and it provides a rich set of features like authentication…
Google’s Music Service to Include Cloud-Based... →
Google’s much anticipated music offering is said to be launching by Christmas, and new information from Billboard suggests that it will be both a digital…
Sony demoes flexible electronic paper display,... →
Say, did the air just get a little richer in vapor? Sony has titillated its home nation with a demonstration of a new flexible e-paper display, which looks set to compete with LG’s, …
Google Calendar gets Chrome desktop notifications,... →
Filed under: Productivity, Web services, Google
Google Chrome. Google Calendar. They’re two great tastes that now taste even better together, with the addition of Google Calendar…
Adobe releases 64-bit Flash Player 'Square' for... →
Filed under: Adobe, Browsers
What better day for Adobe to finally make good with their promise of a 64-bit Flash player plug-in?
I can’t think of one — well, apart from “a year…
