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Delicious lands in Google Chrome Extension Gallery - it’s official, and very beta

Filed under: Google, Browsers

It’s still a bit rough around the edges at this point, but the new beta bookmarking extension from Delicious is a big improvement over its last offering.

In case you hadn’t seen the last version, it was pretty much identical to using Delicious via a bookmarklet — and not very exciting. The new [...]

YouTube rolls out auto-transcript, LOLs ensue

Filed under: Fun, Video, Google

There are already plenty of third-party apps that allow you to leverage the power of Google Translate for hilarity’s sake. Translation Party, Google Translate Boomerang. They’re always good for a “Mr. Sparkle”-esque chuckle.

But now — thanks to Google rolling out automatic transcripts on YouTube — you get your insipid translation giggles [...]

YouTube Video Speed History — check your video streaming speed!

Filed under: Fun, Internet

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you YouTube ‘My Speed’. Don’t all click it at once.

OK, by now now you’ve all clicked it. The silence is deafening. This is definitely one of those ‘ooh, cool… but… er… so?’ things. Well I say that, but I know there’s a whole bunch of computer enthusiasts [...]

CubeMe for Google Chrome lets you pretend you’re browsing on an iPad!

Filed under: Google, Browsers

There’s a very good chance that Chrome OS tablets — unlike the iPad — will support Adobe Flash. Google is, after all, one of Adobe’s partners in the Open Screen Project.

Suppose, however, you share the Jobsian distaste for Flash and the CPU abuse perpetrated by carelessly crafted .SWFs. What if you actually [...]

Facebook simplifies home page layout, inevitable complaining begins

Filed under: Social Software, web 2.0

Facebook has made some minor alterations the layout of its home page, aimed at simplifying your social networking experience. As with the last 5 design changes Facebook has made, this one has riled up users and inspired “bring back the old Facebook” groups. What’s to get excited about, though? The [...]

Adobe wants Flash on the iPad, but Apple customers don’t

Filed under: Video, Web services, Adobe, Apple, Mobile

There’s an interesting post up at Adobe’s Flash Platform blog, referring to Apple’s new iPad as “a broken link” because it doesn’t support Flash. When the Flash elements of the New York Times website failed to load during Steve Jobs’ unveiling of the iPad, the message from Apple [...]

Gravit-eye is a challenging, gravity-bending platformer Time Waster

Filed under: Fun, Games, Time-Wasters

Gravit-eye is a challenging platformer-slash-puzzle game that asks you to maneuver an eye to a target by running, jumping, and shifting gravity. That means you’ll have to play most levels both horizontally and vertically, and sometimes make a tricky mid-air change between the two. If you miss a platform and go [...]

Is eBook piracy the next big thing?

Filed under: Internet

Don’t get me wrong, I know that people have been posting digital copies of copyrighted books online for decades. While recent technological advancements have made digital distribution of music and movie files easier than ever before, eBooks are tiny, tiny files. It didn’t take very long to download a book over a 56k [...]

Steps to establish a solid business credit profile

If you want to learn how to build credit for your small business…here is a good place to start.

Step 1: Establish a physical address (not a P.O. box or a mailbox store) with a landline telephone. Both should be registered to the business name.

Step 2: Make sure that you are registered with your local secretary [...]

Off the clock: The Ultimate Porn Surfing Firefox Add-ons

Filed under: Internet, Features, Mozilla, Browsers, Lists

A lot of people use the Internet to find porn.

A lot of people use Firefox (go download Firefox 3.6!)

In fact, I’d go as far to suggest that porn surfers — or at least the search for naughty, illicit, adult-only material — account for Firefox’s biggest market demographic. The ‘young’ [...]