Full WEB 2.0 API List

A comprehensive list of hundreds of Web 2.0 APIs.

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Filmmaker's Tool Kit: Creating a Movie with Web 2.0

I n this post I will show you the tools you need to go from idea to finished film using as many web 2.0 products as possible. The tool kit below will help you take your idea from start to finish and fulfill your dream of winning an Oscar (okay, maybe not, but you have to start somewhere). This is film making on a budget...

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Geek To Live: Partition and Image Your Hard Drive with the System Rescue CD

You've reinstalled Windows from scratch again but this time you want to preserve your sparkling clean setup for instant restoration down the road. Instead of dropping cash on Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image, burn yourself a free, bootable Linux-based System Rescue CD. The System Rescue CD includes open source tools GParted

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Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux

Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project called Goobuntu, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software.

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Hacker accesses a Nuclear plant as easy as opening a can of beans

The first time Scott Lunsford offered to hack into a nuclear power station, he was told it would be impossible. There was no way, the plant's owners claimed, that their critical components could be accessed from the Internet. Lunsford, a researcher for IBM's Internet Security Systems, found otherwise.

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12 Great Do-It-Yourself PC Projects

With a few hours of time and a little D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) spirit, you can make some major improvements to the PCs and networks you use at home or for your small business. We picked out twelve such projects, and asked some of our experts to step you through them. Turn a PC Into an HD Media Server

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Sony to Sell TV Downloading Device

TOKYO -- Sony Corp. said it plans to sell a device in Europe that lets users record television programs onto their PlayStation 3 videogame console and then transfer them to the PlayStation Portable, as it aims to boost lagging sales of both devices.

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Dear Palm: It's time for an intervention

We know things haven't really been going your way lately, but we want you to know that we haven't given up on you, even though it might seem like the only smartphone anyone wants to talk about these days is the iPhone.

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Mobile Minute goes back to school - using Windows Mobile on Campus

Windows Mobile devices include some great tools for students, including a basic calculator, calendar, and mobile versions of Word and Excel. But if you want to get the most out of your PDA on campus, you'll probably want to check out some more advanced tools for text entry, note taking, and organization

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5 ways to speedup javascript

a great article on ways to make your javascript apps faster.

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Just for laughs: 8 comedy video sites

If comedy is your thing, the Web can be a funny place. Finding the laughs, however, is no laughing matter.

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EasyCropper Launched: Crop images for the web

EasyCropper is a dead–simple way for you to crop any image for use on the web. It has a ton of javascript goodness and even looks pretty too! EasyCropper was built with Merb (Ruby framework similar to Rails), ImageMagick, and MooTools.

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Want to learn Php? Easy!

This website has some of the most helpful tutorials on php I have ever read. Reading all these tutorials will make you learn more about php than you have ever known, and humor is also included.

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27 Great Tips to Keep Your Life Organized

"It’s a rare person among us who doesn’t feel the need to get more organized. I consider myself fairly organized, for example, but there are times when I get a little lax about my organizational rules, and there’s always room for improvement."

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Microsoft's Biggest Purchase Ever

Microsoft has completed the largest purchase in its history, sealing its $6 billion takeover of Internet advertising firm Aquantive. "Today we take a significant step forward in our ability to capture share of the $40 billion online-ad opportunity and the larger $600 billion ad market, which is rapidly shifting to the world of online"

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Cool Tool: Find Out What Technologies a Site is Built With

Ever wonder about the technologies that power your favorite websites? BuiltWith’s goal is to help developers, researchers and designers find out what technologies pages are using which may help them to decide what technologies to implement themselves.

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PingMe: What *should* you be doing?

PingMe is a free interactive reminder service for e-mail accounts and mobile devices that provides facilities to create new reminders and reschedule pending ones from your mobile device. It's cool because there's no need for additional software or syncing, you interact with the service via text message (aside from initial setup on the website).

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Nokia: Woops! 46 Million Batteries May Overheat

Nokia Corp. is offering to replace 46 million batteries manufactured by another company for use in its mobile phones because of a risk of overheating, Nokia said on Tuesday.

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What makes a great movie?

A film that wins critical acclaim is likely to be an R-rated drama, adapted from a prize-winning play or book and based on a true story, with the original author or director involved in writing the screenplay.

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8 Foods That You Should Eat Every Day

Eat these eight foods every day to cover all your nutritional bases. Our all-star panel of doctors, scientists, nutritionists, and chefs will tell you why and show you how.

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