So you think you knew everything about Peer to Peer’s BitTorrent? Well, there might be some more important information that you thought you knew but actually still don’t know yet. Unfortunately not knowing those information might lead you to a frustrating BitTorrent experience. Fortunately for all of us (yes that includes me), there is now The Big Book of BitTorrent: The Torrent Guide for Everyone. [Read more…] about The Big Book of BitTorrent Tells Everything You Should Know and More
Web Tools
Digg Launches a Better Search Facility
After rolling out its new Digg Toolbar which received quite some apprehension from critics, the Digg blog is announcing that the site’s search tool has just been improved, to put it in David Burka’s words -it is now 99.987% less sucks. [Read more…] about Digg Launches a Better Search Facility
7 New Features of 6 Google Products and Services
Google has been pretty busy this week, despite the recently announced layoffs of around 200 Googlers. For those who are not affected by Google’s labor downsizing, life goes on at Google and its products and services. This week, we’ve discovered 7 new features of six Google major products and services. All seven of these new features aim to enhance user experience and activity while using those six products and service. So, here 7 new features of 6 Google products and services. [Read more…] about 7 New Features of 6 Google Products and Services
iGoogle’s Video Game Inspired Themes are Awesome
Do you use iGoogle as your browser’s start page? Or if not, are you using it as an RSS feed reader? Well regardless of whatever purposes you use iGoogle for as long as you use it regularly, you’d be glad to know that you can now change those boring themes/skins into something cool. As in video game-inspired kind of cool themes. [Read more…] about iGoogle’s Video Game Inspired Themes are Awesome
Microsoft Offers Free Training Resources to Elevate America
Microsoft is launching a new initiative that aims to equip individuals the necessary skills needed to land them a good job. The initiative would include providing access to Microsoft’s online training programs including use of email, creating resume and even some training materials on using Microsoft’s applications and programs.
As part of this initiative, Microsoft has launched a new website called Elevate America. This website contains relevant tools and materials that would help individuals gain the technical skills they need to land good jobs, or even start entrepreneurial endeavors.
Microsoft is also partnering with state and local governments to make Microsoft’s resources available to their constituents. Florida, New York and Washington are the first three states which will make this resources to their citizens.
So if you’re in need of some good technology-related training materials and programs, Elevate America would be a good place to start. Microsoft is even generously providing free vouchers that would grant you access to various Microsoft certification programs.
The Ultimate Converter Website
You probably needed to convert something in the past right? Whether it was inches in centimeters, kilograms in pounds or Celsius degree in Fahrenheit, we all pass through the pain of those conversions. The web certainly can help, but until yesterday I always used a different website depending on the conversion that I was needing to perform.
Not anymore! While browsing the web yesterday I came across a website that will do pretty much all the conversions you will need in a single place. I will call it the Ultimate Converter Website (they authors were too modest and simply called it “Online Converter”).
Here is a list of the things you will be able to convert there:
- Distance & Length
- Weight & Mass
- Speed
- Volume
- Area & Space
- Temperature
- Time
- Effect
- Pressure
- Energy and Work
- Bits and Bytes
- Morse Code
Heck yeah, they even convert Morse code!