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Link Round-Up: June 31, 2009

31 Jul 2009  Links

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11 Cool iPhone Keypad Codes – Your iPhone can play games, browse the internet, watch YouTube videos and more but there are also some nifty tricks you can use to find out some neat information about your phone.

15 Useful Twitter Tools For Web Workers – There are hundreds of third party applications to make twitter easier and better to use. But who has time to try them all? In an effort to streamline the list to only useful apps, I have created a list of 15 apps that should do the job.

Avoid Gmail’s Sponsored Links – Here’s an interesting tip that keeps GMail ads at bay. I’m not sure if its worth the effort, but it’s still interesting.

BitTorrent Behind the Scenes – Torrent Freak takes a brief peek behind the scenes of IsoHunt, including a photo of one of their server racks.

Dirpy – This is a useful little tool that converts YouTube videos into downloadable MP3 tracks without any drama.

Forestle – The eco-friendly charity search engine is about to celebrate its first birthday. This month’s donation has preserved over 247 acres of rainforest.

The Internet Mapping Project – Kevin Kelly has become very curious about the maps people have in their minds when they enter the internet. So he’s been asking people to draw me a map of the internet as they see it. The results are entertaining. More than 50 people of all ages and levels of expertise have mapped their geography of online. Download a submission form or check out other people’s submissions at Flickr.

The Khan Academy – The Khan Academy is a non-profit organization with the mission of providing an education to anyone who wants it via the YouTube. Their site has a directory of 800+ videos, covering everything from basic arithmetic to venture capitalism.

Nero 9 (Free version) – After a decade of being one of the most pirates applications on the planet, Nero is finally being offered up in a free version! Mind you, I’ll still be pirating mine, just for nostalgia’s sake, but others may find this useful.

No more warm beer. – This blog shares a cool little trick that let’s you chill a can of beer or cola in two minutes flat.

Scientific Speed Reading – This site claims to be able to teach anyone how to read 300% faster in just 20 minutes with a method once taught at Princeton University.

Discussion

City libraries shut out of broadband stimulus money?
Cory Doctorow on life in the information economy
How big is the internet?
IS GOOGLE KILLING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE?
Should the U.S. hire the hacker that broke into the Pentagon?
The Web Is Flat: Why Time Spent Online Is Leveling Off

Tech News

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Steve Ballmer calls Apple’s Mac growth a “rounding error”
Windows 7 Ultimate activation cracked with OEM master key

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