tech brain farts.com: September 2006

The Internetâ??s Biggest Google Whores

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

A list of the top 8 Google AdSense income earners. Digg founder Kevin Rose is at number 2!

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Web 2.0 Winners and Losers

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

After digging through the most awesome examples of next-generation web services on the net -- and the most useless -- we've compiled this list of the best and worst.

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How Tweaked Firefox Lets You Surf Internet Without a Trace

Every few minutes, the Torpark browser causes a computer's IP address to appear to change. IP addresses are numeric identifier given to computers on the Internet. The number can be used along with other data to potentially track down a user, as many Web sites keep track of IP addresses.

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ALL GMAIL USERS CAN USE WRITELY Word Processor

Just released. All gmail users can now use writely. This means that even if you have never signed up for it, if u have a google account you now can. If you dont know, writely is a free online word processor which was merged with google a while ago.

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Microsoft Launches the Zune Today!

Thursday, September 14, 2006

WiFi, 30GB of HDD, built-in FM, a 3-inch screen and the basic music, pictures and video playback. They also finally let slip the screen res -- an unsurprising QVGA -- and some better news on the codec front: the Zune supports h.264, MP3, AAC and WMA.

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Walkthrough: iTunes 7's big new features

Organizing, shopping, syncing - everything got a lot of attention from Apple's software engineers and, as you'll see throughout this walkthrough, a lot of polish has been applied to make this one of the most significant updates in recent iTunes history.

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The Ultimate Mac Software List

Everything shown here are the best apps that could put Mac users on the right track towards productivity. I've judged their functionality for the average Mac user, and all apps listed are Universal binaries.

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Apple releases iPod Showtime Event Webcast

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Chances are you couldn't see the Apple Event today in person, BUT there is now a webcast of it. You need Quicktime 7 to watch it. This is one of the only places so far you can see the iTV UI in action.

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Never before seen 30 minute video of WTC attack

Monday, September 11, 2006

A video blogger has uploaded an unedited 30 minute video of the WTC attacks to Revver. It was filmed from their home 500 yards from the north tower. This is the first time this video has been publicly released.

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Nike+iPod Sport Kit review by PC Magazine

Nike and Apple team up to help you get more out of your workouts.

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Why I DO use a Registry Cleaner, Specifically this one

In response to an earlier front page story, which was flawed, Here are instructions on CCleaner and running its "Issues" scan. This scan does not delete DLL's as is the danger of the other scanners. It simply removes reg entries that are pointing at non-existent files. Speed is gained as the entries are all attempted to "load" when windows starts.

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MythTV version 0.20 released

Major improvements include an updated internal DVD player, OpenGL menu drawing system, and a new (experimental) commercial detection system. Of course, there are also numerous other added features and bug fixes.

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Why I don't use registry cleaners

"Don't run registry cleaner programs, period.......If anyone has done any serious performance testing on this class of software, I'd be interested in seeing it. In the absence of really rigorous testing and fail-safe design, I say: Stay far away from this sort of utility."
very informative and thoughtful comments as well.

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Turn your caps lock key into a 3rd ctrl key!!

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Ever wish you could turn off or remove your caps lock key with out having to pull off the key well this registry hack will do it for you with only one click.

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GMail Hacks/Tips

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

"I've been using GMail since 2004 and have always thought it was the best email service. With the large amount of space it offers, and the amazing features the possibilities are endless. Here are some nifty hacks/tips that allow you to get the most out of your GMail account."

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FREE Wi-Fi in Toronto this Thursday!

Monday, September 04, 2006

"Toronto Hydro Telecom will be launching their Wi-Fi service from Queen to Front, and from Yonge to Spadina, this Thursday (Sept. 7). The service will be FREE for the first six months. You can see on the map (PDF) that this is the first of a five-area implementation. Thanks for the deal, homercartman! "

Windows Vista RC1 Released

Saturday, September 02, 2006

Microsoft has just posted RC1 of Windows Vista on Connect. Build string is 5600.16384.060829-2230. Screenshots to follow shortly!

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