Archive for August, 2009

Now You See Me Now You Don’t

August 31, 2009

So you say you can’t get on the open seas of the Internet at school/work/home? You’re concerned about men in black suits watching what you see? What you need, then, is a proxy server.
You connect directly to the proxy server and it connects you to the rest of the Internet, using its IP address. Simple, [...]

Useful Windows apps to work with your GMail account

August 29, 2009

Love your GMail account but want to do more with it? If you’re a Windows user, there are plenty of great (and free) apps that take advantage of your massive inbox in the cloud!

GBridge sets up a Hamachi-like VPN and offers loads of cool features for your Windows desktop, including file sharing, backup and synchronization, [...]

Facebook 3.0 for iPhone released

August 28, 2009

After a couple of weeks of waiting in the iTunes app store approval queue, the 3rd major update of the popular Facebook for iPhone [iTunes Link] application has been released. Joe Hewitt, the developer of the app, has been working on it for quite some time and submitted it for review on 8/16. If you’re [...]

See What Happens…

August 28, 2009

You know those days when you just don’t know what to do with yourself, when all that extra work is done and you don’t have a video game to play. Well look what happens when very talented computer artiest get one of those days.

See what I mean…….
You [...]

Start Google Chrome in Incognito Mode with a Shortcut

August 26, 2009

Google Chrome’s Incognito mode is great for doing a little under-the-radar browsing on your computer, but if you want to use Chrome to search in private from the get-go, these Windows and OS X-friendly methods can help.
All you need to do is right click on the Chrome shortcut and select ‘Properties’.
Now as in the [...]

Search Speedcine to Watch Movies for Free

August 24, 2009

So before we start for one or two of these sites you will get directed to only let you view the content if you are within the USA. If you are in any other part of the world you could use ‘Hotspot Shield‘ but that’s up to you.

So you want to watch movies for free? [...]

BitTorrent Alternatives To Pirate Bay

August 22, 2009

The Pirate Bay we know and love, though still harboring torrents for now, is going away. But that doesn’t mean BitTorrent is dead. Far from it. Here are five places to get your torrent on after it closes for good.
Demonoid
Demonoid, besides having a solid community and good quality torrents—no porn, exceedingly few viruses—also [...]

How To Behave On An Internet Forum

August 20, 2009

How To Behave On An Internet Forum
Internet forums are either a brilliant community where you can meet and chat with new, interesting people, or full of scornful idiots who deserve to be banned from The Net in its entirety. This film explains some of the common mistakes people make in forums, which makes them the [...]

100+ Places for Free Books Online

August 19, 2009

100+ Places for Free Books Online
Have you ran out of stuff to read?
Take a look at this list of ebooks FREE to dowload and read.
Alphabetical Listing
2020k Large collection, divided into categories and sub-categories for download in a variety of formats.  Note: Many of the links to the Internet Archive from this site are not working.
Alive [...]

The wonderful world of video

August 17, 2009

In the bit of spare time I get I love to look for random tech videos. So having said that here are some good ones.
Google Chrome Videos
Google Chrome Addons

Google Chrome 3.0

Make Your Own Cursor

Shrink + Convert Large Files

Tweak Vista [...]