Posted on 15 June 2009
1. TED - Ideas Worth Spreading (www.ted.com) The annual conference brings together wide variety of thinkers and doers. There are talks on several different topics. Content include science, business, arts and much more. 2. FORA.tv - The World is Thinking (www.fora.tv) FORA.tv has the largest collection of video drawn from live events, lectures, and debates from world’s [...] Continue Reading...
Glassdoor is one cool website. You can anonymously share your salary with others and in return your get to see how much others are getting paid for a particular job title. It also has reviews on companies by the workers and host of other information. Website: Glassdoor.com [...more]
I.O.U.S.A explores rapidly growing US federal debt and its implications. The documentary follows former US Comptroller General David Walker as he travels around the nation explaining to American citizens about the unsustainable US fiscal policies. It describes several scenarios and discusses how to recreate a fiscally sound nation for future generation. You need to have flashplayer [...] [...more]
Do you know that there is software available to recover files even if you deleted it from recycle bin? The data stays on your hard drive until it is written over by new data. This means that there is a period between you deleting a file and the time when new data is written in [...] [...more]
Cloudo is an online OS with all the features you find in a typical GUI-based operating system. Cloudo is a virtual operating system living on the internet. This means that you can access your operating system and files from any computer in the world as long as it had internet connection. For now it is supported [...] [...more]
Recently I received following email. And there are tons of emails people receive everyday and forward those to their friends and family. I never forward such emails unless I am sure of the information provided is true. And most of the time it turns out to be a hoax. There are two great sites to stay [...] [...more]
Forget about password protecting folder software. This on the fly encryption program takes hassle out of protecting your important files. You can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file which mounts as a real disk. All you have to do is create a container file (volume), specify the size and the password using truecrypt [...] [...more]
Credit crisis was major factor in economic disaster which spread all over the world. We all have heard of economic terms such as ’sub prime’ and ’stimulus’ but a lot of folks don’t have firm grasp of how this disaster occurred. This aesthetically pleasing video explains the basics of credit crisis in 10 minutes. Jonathan [...] [...more]
Ever wondered how much will be the cost of living in a different city compared to where you are now? BankRate has a great calculator to find exactly that. Select the city you are moving to, city moving from and your current salary and it will show you the equivalent income you will need to [...] [...more]
Not sure of a file or process running in the background? Simply type the name of the file and WhatIsThatFile will tell you exactly what it is and whether its a safe file or a trojan. You can also edit the descriptions of the files already in their database or add more. Simple and useful [...] [...more]
Zamzar is a free online conversion tool . You simply select the URL or file and upload it, convert it to desired format and receive it through email. You have ability to convert upto 100 MB files but can work with upwards of 1 GB with signup. 60 types of conversions of image, document, music, [...] [...more]
