Vista Codec Package Homepage

 

Both x86 & x64 version can be downloaded here Vista Codec Package Homepage

PopUrls.com

popurls.com is the dashboard for the latest web-buzz, a single page that encapsulates up-to-the-minute headlines from the most popular sites on the internet.

e.g digg, delicious, reddit, stumbleupon, flickr, youtube, metacafe etc…

The 30+ Social Network Aggregator List | The Fatty Talks by Adam Hirsch

1. FriendFeed from 4 former Google Guys
2. 8Hands
3. ClaimID
4. Correlate.us
5. Dandelife
6. Ex.plode.us
7. Fuser
8. HypeIt
9. iStalkr
10. Minggl
11. Mugshot
12. MyLifeBrand
13. My.Mashable
14. Naymz
15. OtherEgo
16. PeopleAggregator
17. Profilactic
18. Profileomat
19. Profilefly
20. Profilelinker
21. Readr
22. Snag
23. Second Brain
24. Socialnetwork.in
25. Socialstream
26. Socialurl
27. Spokeo
28. Tabber
29. Upscoop
30. Wink
31. Ziki
32. Zoolit

Yahoo Search Operator Hack for Finding URL Citations in Websites

 

Bloggers are always interested in discovering new sites that are quoting them. While Technorati Cosmos or Blog Search Engines like Ask or Google are great for finding sites linking to you, they have certain limitations like they only index sites that provide feeds and they do not index user comments.

So which Google search operators hit your mind ? site: Or link: Or inurl: ? While these Google operators are useful, the only issue with them is they cannot be used as a combination. Ands that’s one big area where Yahoo search excels Google – you can use two search operators together in a Yahoo query. Equivalent of Google link: operator is known as linkdomain: in Yahoo.

Q1: How may stories on Digg.com link to Google.com ?
A1: linkdomain:google.com site:digg.com

Q2: Which stories on your blog cite lifehacker.com as the source ?
A2: linkdomain:lifehacker.com site:labnol.blogspot.com

Q3: Which stories on lifehacker.com link to your website ?
A3: linkdomain:labnol.blogspot.com site:lifehacker.com

Q4: What pages on Wikipedia mention cnn.com as References ?
A4: linkdomain:cnn.com site:wikipedia.org

Q5: How many pages on Techcrunch.com are linking to Digg.com ?
A4: linkdomain:digg.com site:techcrunch.com

Another Tip: Use the Yahoo Advanced search page to further refine your search to languages or geographic region

Via Yahoo Search Operator Hack for Finding URL Citations in Websites at Digital Inspiration – Software Reviews, Internet and Technology Guide

Microsoft Releases New Live Maps, Adds Photosynth Integration

 

The new Live Maps 3D view has integrated technology from Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth now you can hover over the different areas, and see the exactly what region the Birds-Eye shot is from, it moves seamlessly between each shot.

 

Other new features worth mentioning include:

• You can now have the option of skipping the first nine “turn left at the stop sign two blocks from your house” type of directions and just start the guidance from the nearest major highway—which you probably know how to get to anyway. Thank you, Microsoft, for treating us like humans.
• Black is the new red. Traffic speed is now shown with four colors (green, yellow, red, and black). Black means total standstill, versus red, which means creeping logjam.
• 3D fly-throughs now support force feedback if you are using an Xbox 360 videogame controller, and buildings go transparent when you run into them. Cool!!!

Collaborative Mind Mapping with Mind42.com

 

Online Mind Mapping Application allow you to tweak your map using simple keyboard shortcuts and collaborating with other people to make your map more robust.

http://www.mind42.com/

Better Price Comparison Shopping

• TheFind
• MySimon
• Mpire
• Bountii
• Google
• Price Grabber  (was the most frustrating)

Storing Frozen Foods

If you label each item with a description and a date before you place it in the freezer, you won’t need to play “guess that food” down the road.

A freezer setting of zero degrees or lower is safest. Watch those use-by dates. Putting older items toward the front can help prevent waste.

Since freezers are more efficient when they’re full, small bags of ice make great space-fillers

Properly prepared and packaged food should last for several months.

Fruits and Vegetables: 8-12 Months
Poultry: 6-9 Months
Fish: 3-6 Months
Ground Meat: 3-4 Months
Cured or Processed Meat: 1-2 Months

MojoPac

 

Take your Digital Mojo (your software, settings and data) with you on ANY device, and run on ANY PC*.

Overview

*Free Microsoft Vista support coming for all current customers.

MojoPac is a technology that transforms your iPod or USB Hard Drive or Flash drive into a portable and private PC. Just install MojoPac on any USB 2.0 compliant storage device, upload your applications and files, modify your user settings and environment preferences, and take it with you everywhere.

Every time you plug your MojoPac-enabled device into any Windows XP PC , MojoPac automatically launches your environment on the host PC. Your communications, music, games, applications, and files are all local and accessible. And when you unplug the MojoPac device, no trace is left behind – your information is not cached on the host PC.

Hack Attack: Six Ways to Catch Your Favorite TV Shows – Lifehacker

• Stream Your Favorite Shows Over the Internet

You can find the big three networks’ shows here:

• ABC Full Episode Player
• NBC Video Rewind
• CBS Innertube

• Roll Your Own DVR and Watch TV on Your Time

Windows Media Center:

• Turn Your Windows PC into a Media Center Powerhouse On the Cheap
• Eight Killer Media Center Plug-ins

• Find Your Faves on BitTorrent

First, check out our Beginner’s Guide to BitTorrent. Once you get the basics down, check out our Intermediate Guide.

To really streamline your BitTorrent TV downloads so that your BitTorrent client grabs the latest shows as soon as they’re available, you can either use your BitTorrent client’s built-in RSS downloader or simplify the process with torrent episode downloader (ted)  download here.

 

• Watch On-Demand Content with Joost

freeware television streaming application. By partnering with different network and cable content providers, Joost provides very high quality, on-demand streams of a wide range of shows

• Do It All with Miro

Miro handle BitTorrent downloads (it’s pretty good for season-passing your favorite shows), but it also handles video podcasts, YouTube videos, and virtually any video you download to your computer.

• Tape It Off the Internet

TIOTI) is an online television portal designed to help you find and watch your favorite TV shows, either through streaming online video, BitTorrent downloads, or links to purchase the episode or season from iTunes or Amazon. The goal of TIOTI is to make finding and watching your favorite television shows easier than your regular BitTorrent experience—sort of a “non-geek” BitTorrent tracker and then some. TIOTI takes some getting used to, but if you’ve never been happy with the BitTorrent experience (even after our beginner and intermediate guides), Tape It Off the Internet might be worth a try.

Hack Attack: Six Ways to Catch Your Favorite TV Shows – Lifehacker