What’s July 2007’s most popular downloads? Don’t ask me ask PC World. Below are the top 5 downloads as recorded by PC World. Spybot Search & Destroy Perennial favorite anti-spyware tool. A good tool to have to combat spyware and trojan horses. LimeWire Basic Search for MP3s with this sleek, well-designed program. DVD Shrink Back […]
Category Archives: Best of the Internet
The strangest sights in Google Earth
Have you tried Google Earth yet? If you haven’t then you have missed out on one of this century’s best creation. This is because Google Earth’s interactive map allows everyone to become a virtual globetrotter. And some of the places on earth Google Earth found are really strange! Let’s check out a couple of these […]
Cool Web 2.0 badges
One of the most happening thing on the web now has to be Web 2.0. So, what actually is Web 2.0? Web 2.0, is actually a phrase coined by O’Reilly Media in 2003 and popularized by series of conferences after that especially the first Web 2.0 conference in 2004. It specifically refers to a perceived […]
Generate your software online with this online compiler
Wow, this is really amazing. I have never seen anything like this before, imagine you can now write, run, debug and compile a complete program online with a new web programming interface called CodeIDE. I have the feeling that this will become many programmers best friend because they will be able to access to this […]
20 fantastic open source downloads
Folks at PC World has recently compiled a list of 20 fantastic open source software. Yes, these software are free but that doesn’t mean they are no good. Many of these programs are superior to packaged or commercial software. Among the 20 software listed, I have personally tried some of them, and my favorites are […]
Top earning bloggers
It’s really amazing how blogging can bring in tonnes of money, even several times more than a full time job. This is no joke. Some famous blogs such as BoingBoing.com and TechCrunch record revenue of more than 1 million dollar a year according to a report by Business Week: Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks. […]
Google pagerank prediction, check if your PR is going up or down
You have done the hard work, optimized your website by including tonnes of keywords and also make sure all the content and pages are search engine optimized. Of course you have also written some very good content and you are sure there are more websites linking back to yours. Now, you are excited to wait […]
List of Google acquisitions
I came across this great list of acquisitions by Google over the years, including acquisitions of both companies and individual products. Among the most notable acquisitions are (in my opinion): Pyra Labs (February, 2003) – this is exactly what becomes Blogger. Almost all bloggers I know start out on Blogger, the most widely use free […]
eBay acquires StumbleUpon for US$75 million
Auction giant eBay has recently acquired StumbleUpon, a San Francisco company that helps users discover and shre sites that fit their specific interests, for US$75 million. StumbleUpon has approximately 2.4 million users, and is growing quite rapidly. Bill Cobb, the President of eBay North America has the following to say; Our intent is to support […]
Yahoo Web Messenger – online chat anywhere, anytime!
Are you getting tired of downloading new instant messenger releases every now and then and facing problems installing them on your computer? Well worry no more as Yahoo has just launched a new Web based messenger which you can access from anywhere with just a browser. No need to download hugh installation files, no need […]