Free US and UK Telephone Numbers from Within the Philippines (or Anywhere)

Do you know you can get free US and UK telephone numbers even from the Philippines? Or anywhere for that matter? If you have a decent Internet connection (preferably broadband) and a VoIP client (software or hardware), you can easily sign up for free US- and UK-based DID numbers that callers can use to contact [...]

How To: improve your web searches

Here are some simple ways to maximize your search result accuracy and to find quick information while using Google.

Exact Phrase in Quotes ” “: put quotes around your search terms — “Bill Gates”

“+” search: Google ignores common words and characters such as where, the, how, and other digits and letters which slow down your [...]

Check you website’s popularity on social networking websites

Social meter scans the major social websites to analyze a webpage’s social popularity. Currently they scan Del.icio.us, Digg, Furl, Google, Jots, Linkroll, Netscape, Reddit, Shadows, Spurl, Technorati, and Yahoo! My Web.[...]
Check you website’s popularity on social networking websites
Originally from JohnTP's Home by John T P

Ten tips for new Ubuntu users

Some various tips for Ubuntu family users, including this auto-login tip:
By default, when you boot up the computer, Ubuntu will give you a login screen before you get to your X session. From a security perspective, this is a good idea, particularly in multi-user environments or in any situation where other people have physical access [...]

Top 10 Ubuntu apps and tweaks

This article lists must-have desktop apps for Ubuntu such as amaroK (sync to your iPod), CheckGmail, Automatix, Gnome Deskbar Applet, & VLC.
Of notable interest is Beagle:

Beagle is the Spotlight/Google Desktop search app for Linux. However, think more Spotlight than Google Desktop (which is a good thing, because Google Desktop can suck at times). Beagle indexes [...]

Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1 released

Despite many technologists’ belief that IE7 should undergo another beta cycle or two before it’s release candidate time, this morning Microsoft released Internet Explorer Release Candidate 1.
[More on Downloadsquad...]
Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1 released
Originally from Download Squad by Jordan Running

More Google Hacking Using the “inurl” Operator

We had some fun with using the “intitle” operator in Google search. Now here are more google hacks using “inurl”.
“inurl” is used to search within a site’s URL itself. This is very useful if you are familiar with a URL string or with standard URL strings used by different content management systems.
There are a host [...]

Tip #2: Speeding Up Windows XP Boot Time

After a while of use, (weeks or months), your Windows XP install may seem to boot up a little more slowly than it did when it was new or freshly reloaded… The following 3-part tip will show you how to speed up your boot time, and get your machine back to it’s faster booting old [...]

Tip #39: Backing Up to DVD Using Free Tools in Windows XP

Today’s tip is on backing up a directory or drive to recordable DVD media using free tools. The approach we’ll be using will also allow you to span multiple DVDs for larger backup jobs.
The first tool we’ll be using is DAR (DiskArchive), which was originally developed as a Linux command line application, but [...]

Make an .ICO from a .PNG

Here is a handy little web application (no software download required) lets you convert between PNG and ICO formats without losing any quality.
Use it at ConvertIcon

Make an .ICO from a .PNG
Originally from StanShinn.com by Stan Shinn

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