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"According to Harvard Business blog, most of our interactions are governed by a simple event-reaction-outcome chain, where our knee-jerk response leads to an often undesirable outcome. For better results, they propose tweaking your thought chain to focus primarily on the outcome. More simply, "just because the event catalyzed your action, doesn't mean it should determine it. How you react can and should be determined by the outcome; by the future you want to create." - Dan Smith

This would probably save a lot of arguments! - Dan Smith

Imagine one website to check your friends' latest updates, accept new friend requests, clean out all of your inboxes, and send new messages. We have, and we're building it now! - Dan Smith

Anyone tried it? Looks good. - Dan Smith

"Gmail liberates you from your PC. Once you've set it up and redirected all your mail accounts to it (see our 40 Gmail tips article for details), your email is no longer tied to a single PC. All you need is access to a secure web browser and you're in touch with everyone and everything. Okay, so you've liberated yourself, but what next? Read on for 14 tips for more advanced users which can simplify how Gmail works and make it more powerful and useful." - Dan Smith

"Every day more users move their computing lives from the desktop to the cloud and rely on hosted web applications to store and access email, photos, and documents. But this new frontier involves serious risks that aren't obvious to most." - Dan Smith

"Apart from more obvious signs, non-verbal gestures and other cues can also help to determine whether someone is telling the truth or not. Forbes outlines 11 ways to potentially sniff out a liar, including several phrases to watch out for." - Dan Smith

"SAN FRANCISCO—In a move expected to revolutionize the mobile device industry, Apple launched its fastest and most powerful iPhone to date Tuesday, an innovative new model that can only be seen by the company's hippest and most dedicated customers. "I am proud today to introduce to those who really, truly deserve it, our most incredible iPhone yet," announced Apple CEO Steve Jobs, extending his seemingly empty left palm toward the eagerly awaiting crowd. "Not only is this our lightest and slimmest model ever, but as any truly savvy Apple customer can clearly see, it's also the most handsome product we've ever designed." The packed auditorium, which had been listening to Jobs in hushed reverence for several minutes, then erupted into applause, with hundreds of men and women suddenly jumping to their feet and shouting, "I can see it!" "Look, there it is!" and "God, it's so beautiful!"" - Dan Smith

"Michael Jackson slept with a child-sized porcelain doll that had a dress on, according to a report that said he spent his final days in a messy bedroom with the heating turned up." - Dan Smith

I'm surprised the Telegraph would print such a tabloid'ish headline - Dan Smith

"Whether you're looking for a factual answer a theoretical one (the chicken or the egg comes to mind), or just advice, ask and answer questions up your alley on web site Fluther. Once you've joined, start personalizing your profile by adding areas you're an expert in, hobbies and interests you enjoy, and places you've lived. The site uses that information to automatically add new questions to your "questions for you" section. Not interested in a question that's showing? Just click on "not interested" and you'll no longer see it. Fluther is hand-tailored to you the more you use it. You're not limited answering questions through the site, either. Add the Fluther bot to your instant messenger (AIM or Gtalk, with Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger in the works) to get questions and give answers on the fly." - Dan Smith

Sounds like Aardvark: http://vark.com/s/3mSd - Kol Tregaskes

Yeah, it does - I accepted your invitation to Aardvark Kol. Not had any interesting questions to answer yet! - Dan Smith

It depends on your categories and how many you added, they'll come in but it's not a great deal - thankfully. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

"Most broadband users are not getting the internet speeds they are paying for, according to Internet watchdog Ofcom. Its survey found that nearly one in five broadband customers on an eight Megabit per second (Mbps) connection actually receive less than 2Mbps. Newsbeat presenter Tulip Mazumdar asked Virgin's Assam Ahmad why speeds were slower than promised." - Dan Smith

"A Swedish couple in search of the isle of Capri drove to Carpi, an industrial town in northern Italy, because they misspelt the name in their car's GPS. Italian officials say the couple asked at Carpi's tourist office where they could find Capri's famous Blue Grotto. The car's sat nav system had sent them 650km (400 miles) off course to Carpi." - Dan Smith

"In a deal that presages its departure from a market it once dominated, Yahoo will essentially scrap its own efforts to best Google in search and instead rely on Microsoft's recently debuted Bing search engine, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal and the BoomTown blog." - Dan Smith

Talk about throwing in the towel - Mo Kargas

Bing better than Yahoo then? - Kol Tregaskes

Try a higher voltage adapater. I hear that works. - Roberto Bonini

Ditto, my battery is virtually dead, the laptop will not work without AC plugged in. - Kol Tregaskes

"Enter the ioXtreme. This card holds 80GB of storage (NAND Flash) which is capable of giving you a performance boost that you won’t see by just upgrading your CPU and RAM. Games, large applications like Photoshop and Final Cut will open almost instantaneously. They likened it to bringing up a program that was minimized on your start bar, which is pretty incredible. They even said that it would be possible to boot Windows in just one second. Unfortunately this feature won’t be available at launch, due to them still working out bugs with a few different BIOS, it will however be available via a driver update. The card should be launching later this year for somewhere around $895, though the price is subject to change." - Dan Smith

ioXtreme is the future ; way better than current ssd ; but not enough memory on a card compare to nowadays 1To HDD for ~75-80€ ; maybe for the Operating System partition and important programs (not pictures & movies...). - TiTi

"Authorities connected to the Michael Jackson manslaughter investigation have now spoken out anonymously about the reason for why Michael’s personal doctor Conrad Murray had become the center of their investigation. The sources revealed today that Dr. Murray actually admitted to administering the anesthetic Propofol to Michael on the day that he died. Two days after Michael’s death, when he was questioned by authorities, he told them that he hooked Michael up to an IV drip of Propofol and then left the room. When he returned, Michael’s heart had stopped beating. Detectives reportedly believe that Dr. Murray could have fallen asleep after starting Michael on the drip. They also think that Dr. Murray may not have had Michael hooked up to the proper monitors which are designed to sound alarms if a patient’s pulse or blood oxygen saturation levels drop to dangerous levels.  Sources say that no monitoring devices were found in the home." - Dan Smith

"But did you know that you can use Google Chrome as a calculator and unit converter? And not just for basic calculations and conversion , but for pretty advanced calculations too? Well you do not have to use any additional extensions or enable additional features to use Google Chrome as a calculator. To perform calculations using Google Chrome, just type the calculation in the Omnibar (address bar) and you should instantly see the result for the calculation in the dropdown with a “=” sign, to copy the answer just scroll down to it and copy it from the Omnibar. Similarly you can also use the Omnibar to perform unit conversions as shown in the screenshot above, once again you can perform both simple and advanced conversions using the Omnibar, copying the answer is similar to how we did it in the calculation above." - Dan Smith

Works in Firefox as well - Rich

Cool. - Kol Tregaskes

Ok! ..but, don't stop now .. not here ... how about a full suite of Google search box functionality ... like, $ in eu, ca$ in $, etc ... w:zip to show weather of that zip, ac:zip to show are codes, and/or map of ..... m:location, m:zip, m:airport code, i: and the same for showing map or image search ... EXPOSE ADVANCED SEARCH HINTS ! DAMN IT GOOGLE :]] .... just do it ... http://whonu.com - see, similar like this .... http://friendfeed.com/petrbub... //// well im sure more functionality is coming .. - pb:

Password recovery tools and info - Dan Smith

There is wide range of rail and bus transport options for passengers using London Gatwick Airport. Rail options predominate though. - Dan Smith

Luton Airport is easily accessible 24 hours a day from anywhere in the UK by public and private transport. Served by National Express coaches direct to the terminal door, trains and by a network of taxi and bus services. There are also various motorways and major roads leading to Luton if you prefer to drive yourself. - Dan Smith

"When Sky News launched an undercover investigation into PC repair shops, it turned to PC Pro readers for help with identifying rogue traders. As a result, Sky's cameras caught technicians scouring through private photos, stealing passwords and over-charging for basic repairs. Here is what they found" - Dan Smith

"The HTC Hero has been an object of lust for some time now for gadget enthusiasts. Even from the earliest days of leaked hardware shots and blurry demo videos of its UI, smartphone fans seemed to agree that the company had finally achieved what has been missing in the world of Android. Namely, a polished and attractive device -- polished enough to go head-to-head with the iPhone -- that kept its open source heart. So, here we are months later with an actual, bona fide Hero in our midst. Yes the reports were true, it is a beautiful device, both inside and out (though of course opinions differ on that chin). But does being a beautiful device mean Android is about to move to a bigger stage? Is HTC's spit-shine enough to overcome some of the hurdles that have plagued the platform? That question -- and more -- is answered in the text below, so read on for the full review." - Dan Smith

"It appears that Facebook has quietly launched a new option in the settings area called "username" where you have the option to change your Facebook username. To find this option, go to "Settings" at the top-right of the Facebook page and then click on "Account Settings." The second option from the top is "Username." Press "Change" to enter in your new username and then click "Confirm" when you're ready to set it." - Dan Smith

That's basicly old news. I do that from month ago. Users have that info on FB front page couple weeks before change is happend. Change your profil link that before include some numbers to one clean link like for me is http://www.facebook.com/dzubovi... . - Damir Zubović

When Facebook originally allowed you to choose a username they said choose wisely because it would be set for life. Now it seems that you can change it at least once again! - Dan Smith

"Google Chrome 3.0.193.2 has been released to the Beta channel. Some principal changes release since 2.0.172.37: Updated V8 to 1.2.13.2 to improve stability and performance. Printing fixes and print selection for Windows. Initial support for the video tag. Updated look and feel of the url bar (aka the Omnibox). Improved our Developer Tools by adding the scripts and profiles tabs, plus support for docking the inspector into the main window. In addition to some minor UI changes: Minor Tweaks renamed as "Personal Stuff" in the Options menu Browsing data options added to the Options menu, under Personal Stuff. Default download location and font/language settings moved from Minor Tweaks to the Under the hood tab Exceptions is a tab in the "Passwords and Exceptions" dialog, rather than a separate button in the Passwords section of the Options menu." - Dan Smith

"Every culture has its distinct customs and traditions. Web site Travel Etiquette breaks them down by country to help teach you how to behave before you head off on your trip so that you can represent yourself and your home country well." - Dan Smith

Google Wave is one stop solution that will change the way you communicate to your Friends, Family, and at Work. Wave a complete Collaboration tool, that let’s you do everything in REALTIME! In other words it’s a LIVE communication platform that will converge your Email, IM, Docs, Apps, Videos, Photos, wikis, Office Collaboration(Bugs, Reviews, Meetings, Discussions,etc.), Social Media, and any type of External tools (using Extesnions which are easy to integrate) to build one elegant, in-browser communication and Extensible to Desktop client. You can bring a group of friends or business partners together to discuss or share all the stuff described above. - Dan Smith

GW is most definitely a killer app. Can't wait for it. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

"We recently showcased how the address bar (also affectionately known as the Omnibox) doubles as a search box: simply type a search term in the box and press Enter to see results from your default search engine. Here's another fun fact about the address bar: you can use it to search sites that you've previously visited. Say you frequently go to YouTube to watch funny videos. The next time you need a good laugh, just start typing "youtube" in the address bar. After a few letters, the address bar will automatically offer you the option to search the site." - Dan Smith

"When an email references external images, Gmail usually doesn't display them automatically. Instead we show placeholders and present you with the option to "Display images below" or "Always display images from" that sender. We do this to help protect your privacy from spammers, who can use images and links to verify that your email address is real. But often the messages you get with images are from friends or family and there's no reason to worry about your privacy — you just want to see the photo of your newborn niece or the invitation design they're sending you. So, in these cases, we've decided to start displaying images by default. Now, whenever someone you've emailed at least twice sends you a message containing images, you'll see them right away." - Dan Smith

Chances are you don't know the ins and outs of every single connector or piece of computer hardware you'll come across (even if you do have experience), and while we're sure the poster could cover even more territory (if we're being picky), it's a pretty great visual reference. - Dan Smith

""Waze hopes to become a sort of Wikipedia of mapping by creating a community where drivers can edit roads and insert details like street names and construction projects," says John Canali, an analyst at Strategic Analytics. Drivers can report accidents by pressing a button on their mobile-Waze records the location. Users also edit maps online, alerting Waze to deadspots like tunnels and assigning names to previously unmapped streets. Contributors move up in rank and earn map-editing privileges and the right to manage, say, your neighborhood. In Israel, nearly 100,000 people have downloaded the app since January. It speaks to the fact that people will contribute if in return they get free navigation and real-time traffic info. "The genie's out of the bottle. How do you compete with free?" implores Canali. Bardin promises it'll never push ads to their users." - Dan Smith