Here’s an article by The Associated Press that’s republished in many journals and papers – Schools banning iPods to beat cheaters.
So kids have it much better nowadays and even the adventure of cheating in exams have gone hi-tech. But is banning gadgets from school a stop-gap solution?

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Fine dining is both pricey and classy. Sure, it can be real stiff in such a formal setting (not to mention the price being stiff too) but there’s no reason for you to look like an ass while fine dining. Besides, if you’re the Burger King type of guy, you were perhaps compelled to be [...]

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Getting a web page’s screenshot can be a multi-step task. While there are some great screen capturing applications out there like SnagIt, you have to pay for these nice ones. If you’re tired of dealing with a handful of screen capturing applications just to get a screenshot of a webpage, then this add-on will be [...]

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Ever drove at night and found your beams are somehow off? One side reaching farther ahead than the other? Then bet on it, your headlights are misaligned.
So the next thing to do is to fix it, have it aligned. But do you have to pay an expert for it? Better keep your wallet stuff because [...]

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There are two reasons for you to get rid of a shower curtain – 1) it’s all tattered and torn and 2) it’s out of style. I’d go with reason number 2 any day. And there’s only one way to get reason number 2 – prevent damages before they happen. It’s simply like any other [...]

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It just amazes me how IE is so far behind Firefox. Still for IE users out there, you can still play catchup to Firefox with IE add-ons. Here’s one that that spell-checks text input boxes in webpages displayed on Internet Explorer – ieSpell. It’s great for web form junkies – like those who are fond [...]

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And you though canned goods are built to last. Canned goods need a bit of care to get the most out of them. Canned goods save you time when cooking a quick meal. Here are tips on storing canned goods.

Keep track of expiry dates. Canned goods usually last for two years. Acidic canned foods (tomatoes) [...]

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A while back, I posted a few tips on acquiring your own home theater set-up. I stumbled upon this short video with some quick tips that would help you with your home theater set-up.
Tips covered:

How to find out what cables got to where.
How to attach cables to those hard-to-reach back panels.

Source: ViewDo

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Killing is bad. Even if you personally don’t think that murder is bad (you’d be a psycho then), then just remember that most sovereign countries outlaw it. And human beings basically have the right to live. So if you’re still thinking of bloody murder, better check with a therapist for a treatment for your murderous [...]

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Here’s a list of web applications for management and collaboration. Take control and share data through these websites:

Basecamp
CentralDesktop
Planzo
Backpack
Zimbra
ProjectPlace
Doodle
ZohoPlanner
vyew
norada
stikipad
30boxes
near-time
shortText
Project360
Thinkature
ThinkFree
SlimTimer

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In so many words, this is where commercialization clashes with Web 2.0.
Viacom, the mother company of TV networks such as MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon, has filed a lawsuit amounting to $1B against Google, the now mother company of video website, YouTube with grounds of copyright infringement.

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Firefox blazed the trail for tabbed browsing. And it sure has made browsing so much streamlined (and fun!). Multiple windows sure are irritating. Along the line, Firefox tweaked its tabs (like having a close button for each tab). But one thing our friends over at Mozilla didn’t incorporate is tab thumbnails.
Good thing Firefox Showcase came [...]

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By default, Firefox’s search bar can only handle around 30 characters (depending on your resolution and number of buttons). Which is kind of a pain especially when your search string is quite long. And I do have made bad searches because of some unseen typos in the first part of my string that I didn’t [...]

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We’re all victims of URL typos. We wonder why we reached a DNS server search page even if we darn well know Google virtually doesn’t have a downtime. Then we look at the URL we typed and lo and behold it’s “google.con”
And our friendly Firefox extensions have just the right tool for such a problem. [...]

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MP3 players really are handy only none of these miniaturized audio rigs have a compartment for the headphones. And they can sure get tangled or coiled up I had a friend who wrecked his iPod just because he was trying to uncoil. Sadly for him, his iPod slipped and fell to the floor with a [...]

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