A new column designed to deliver the latest technology news in bite-sized chunks. In today’s Tech News Digest, we find out how good the new Nexus 5 really is, watch a new episode of the BlackBerry soap opera unfold, discover that Windows Phone isn’t dead after all, see the Steam Machine put through its paces, hear about Coursera’s real-world teaching plans, read about Edward Snowden’s tweets, and see why Amazon boss Jeff Bezos really loves his wife. The Big Story Of The Day The Verdict Is In On The Nexus 5 The New Nexus 5 from Google and LG has...
Read the full article: Nexus 5, BlackBerry Blitz, Steam Machine, Snowden Tweets [Tech News Digest]
The practice of taking original performances by respected artists and turning them into embarrassing self-parody is a YouTube phenomenon known as “shreds” – and it’s hilarious. Even if you’re a fan of the original artist or song you’ll have difficulty holding it together as the crowd goes wild for what is a cringeworthy performance. So join me in belly laughing at some of the most influential and successful modern artists, and feel better about your lack of musical talent while doing so. Muse – Knights of Cydonia Taken from their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations, Knights of Cydonia can...
Read the full article: Professional Musicians Sound Terrible When Subjected To The Shreds Treatment [Stuff to Watch]
The latest craze in the world of dieting is intermittent fasting. There are a range of diets available that all involve eating normally some days and eating very little on other days. The verdict is still out as to whether these kinds of diets — the fast diet, the 5:2 diet, alternate day fasting, and intermittent fasting — work in the longterm, but they do seem to offer short-term results. It should be noted that we’re not advocating diets that involve fasting. Any major change in lifestyle shouldn’t be taken lightly, and you may want to consult your doctor before...
Read the full article: How To Lose Weight…Fast – The Best Web Resources For Fasting Diets
Connecting to a wireless network in Windows 8 is far less painful than it was in Windows 7. However, a few things that should be easy and obvious are in fact a bit tricky. You may be having problems connecting to a wireless network in Windows 8, or find that you’re regularly entering PEAP credentials each time you want to get online. You might find that your device connects to the wrong wireless network, or simply want to use it as a wireless hotspot. While none of these things are clear from day to day use of Windows 8, they...
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The MOOC learning provider Coursera has launched Coursera Learning Hubs that seek to facilitate learning in Internet-enabled physical locations around the world. The U.S. State Department is lending a hand to Coursera as one of its learning partners. The Learning Hubs will cover 30 embassies, American Spaces, campuses, and other locations globally. The learning partners will provide the infrastructure that’s needed to host a classroom, such as reliable Internet access and course facilitators. Coursera is aiming to impart new skills with the blended learning approach. Tying the catalog of courses from the roster of universities who are on the MOOC...
Read the full article: Coursera Launches Real World Classes With Learning Hubs Across The World
Tech News Digest is a new column designed to deliver the latest technology news in bite-sized chunks. In today’s Tech News Digest, the secret behind Google’s floating barge is (probably) revealed, Instagram adds ads, the smartphone patent wars intensify, Netflix begins testing Ultra HD video streaming, iGoogle gets buried for good, Amazon launches Kindle MatchBook, Google+ appeals to your vanity, a female driver is ticketed for wearing Google Glass, and Kanye sues Chad. The Big Story Of The Day Google’s Big Secret Is Revealed, Probably Last week saw news emerge of a mysterious floating barge being kitted out in San...
Read the full article: Google Secrets, Instagram Ads, Patent Wars, Netflix 4K [Tech News Digest]
Moo0 Transparent Menu is a small utility program that allows windows users to add transparency on the Menus and help you to customize your desktop.
This simple software lets you to completely change the look of your menus with their 28 system wide menus skins and also allows you to set the transparency level from 0 to 50%.
Moo0 Transparent Menu adds an icon in the system Tray, from there you can change some basic settings.
Moo0 Transparent Menu is available to download free for Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/8 and 8.1. you can download it from here.
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I know the feeling. You unboxed your camera and thought that taking pictures would be just about pointing it and clicking the button. Technically – yes, you are right. Creatively – wrong. Taking great, nay even good pictures is understanding what makes a photo standout. That could involve a lot of reading, fiddling around the controls, and of course moving your feet while you take a few thousand pictures to begin with. You can be sure that quite a few of those pictures will find their way to Flickr. Flickr has been a home for serious photographers, and you will...
Read the full article: Learning Photography? Join 8 Flickr Groups For Eye-Opening Lessons
Are you annoying the people you share files with services like Dropbox? Maybe; here are some things you do that may bug others, and some rules you can use to avoid doing so. Some people think “online etiquette” is a contradiction in terms, but it really isn’t. Since the early 90′s web users have agreed on rules about what is and isn’t appropriate online. For example: CAPS LOCK IS LIKE YELLING, AND GENERALLY CONSIDERED IMPOLITE. You should research before asking a question online. And there’s the strict Bittorrent etiquette, which can help you avoid being banned from private trackers. As...
Read the full article: Don’t Be A Dropbox Jerk: Cloud File Sharing Etiquette You Should Know
Groupon has been serving up deals to buyers since 2008, and in that time it has never done a complete redesign of its website. That’s all changed now, as the company has given it a full overhaul. It’s changed more than the look, as the new site actually shifts the focus from daily deals to more of a marketplace. This is a major shift in thinking from Groupon, and it will be interesting to see how its massive user base responds to the differences. When users first visit the new site they will see a deal placed in the spotlight,...
Read the full article: Groupon Shifts Focus From Daily Deals To Marketplace With A New Website
If there’s a knock on your door and when you answer, a man tells you that he’s an FBI agent and needs to search your house, would you let him in without checking his identification? Probably not. The concept is the same when it comes to Google Authorship. Using another analogy, if you meet someone for the first time and they point at a book you’re reading and they tell you they’re the author, how do you know they’re telling you the truth? Odds are good you check their picture on the back cover. You might even ask them for...
Read the full article: 3 Steps To Get Google Authorship For Yourself And Your Website
Isn’t open source code just great? It gave us all of these Linux distros and great Linux apps, Apache, Python, and the list goes on. If you’re a coder, this movement is very easy to contribute to. But what if you don’t code and still want to pitch in and show your support? We’ve previously discussed eight ways to support open-source projects besides coding, and today I’d like to expand on the first: Donating real, hard-earned cash to support the developers you love, using the online service Gittip. First Things First: Gittip Is About People, Not Projects Here is the...
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Why does Windows need a dock? The taskbar pretty much accomplishes the same tasks: quick program launch and organization of running programs with a few extra bells and whistles. But despite the overlap, a lot of people choose to use a dock over the taskbar for those bells and whistles. Mac OS X wasn’t the first to implement a dock, but they did it in such a way that made it beautiful, effective, and downright fun to use. Can you achieve the same with a taskbar? Sure, but as with most things, form is just as important as function. That’s...
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Back in July, Google Reader bit the dust, and RSS lovers everywhere flocked to Feedly in droves. Feedly is really great, and a lot of people actually think that it’s better than Google Reader, but what if you don’t like Feedly? Or what if Feedly decide to close their doors, just like Google Reader did? Where can you go then? Well, the answer in both scenarios is Tiny Tiny RSS. What Is Tiny Tiny RSS? Tiny Tiny RSS (TT-RSS) is a very simple, no frills RSS reader that you host yourself. The beauty of hosting TT-RSS yourself is that you...
Read the full article: Get The Perfect Self-Hosted Feedreader Solution With Tiny Tiny RSS
