You have probably heard someone talking about Firefox, as millions are converting to it.
Firefox is a new web browser, which offers better security, faster browsing than Microsoft Internet Explorer. The biggest issue facing Internet users thesedays is security. Firefox has been tested to offer more enhanced security, and protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups. You can easily upgrade from Internet Explorer, where all your settings and favorites will be copied over automatically.
Google AdSense allows you to place targetted ads on your website and earn revenue from each visitor makes on that ad.
These can be text or image based ads, as you can see on this website. They can be made to blend in or stand out, and Google has a great reputation for paying out regularly and easily.
You don’t even need to know how to programme or code to put the ads on, you just select your ad and cut and paste. And you can get it setup in about 5 mins and start earning money instantly.
Google have made great articles on how to maximise your revenues and also provide great tools.
Whirlpool is Australia’s best guide on Broadband Internet, including ADSL, Cable and Wireless services.
With almost 100,000 users, Whirlpool seeks to provide the latest in Broadband News, Media Coverage and Broadband Dicussion. Whirlpool also incorporates Broadband Choice, a user friendly search engine and plan configurator for all of Australia’s broadband offerings, allowing users to make informed decisions when considering Broadband.
Google is at it again, this time they have just released a new Instant Messaging (IM) client called Google Talk.
Google Talk is based on the Jabber network, and is already available to all Gmail users through their Gmail Address. Google Talk supports Instant Messaging, Email Alerts and Audio Converstations. So fars it’s nice and simply and clean, without advertisements. We’ll see how long it stays like that.
BibleGateway.com is an excellent resource featuring a huge number of searchable translations of the Bible.
The website not only allows you to jump to any books, chapter or verse instantly, but also provides features such as passage lookup, notes, keyword searches, cross references and audio readings.
In addition to several translations including New International Version, New Amercian Standard Bible, The Message, The Amplified Bible and The New Living Translation is also includes bibles in several languages such as Spanish, French and Korean.
The World Time Server is exactly that, a server to lookup the worlds time. A fantastic tool which allows you find the current time in any city in the world.
Most people have no idea what VoIP is. Let me put it in common language… FREE CALLS.
Skype is software that allows you to call and talk to anyone else using the software completely free. It has audio quality better than phone quality and also allows you to call normal phones at very low rates.
For example I live in Australia and I call Korea all the time. There is only one other provider in Australia that gives a better cost per second rate than Skype. And I can’t be bothered to go and buy their cards. Convenience keeps me at my desktop.
I was having a coffee with my business partner and during which we needed his company ABN and details from ASIC. We didn’t have this information on us, but luckily I had just bought my Dell Axim X50 Pocket PC. Within 2 mins, I had it downloading the www.business.gov.au site through bluetooth on my mobile phone.
Pocket PCs are great for for any number of things, including scheduling, contacts, notes, media player, internet and email. Dell make a great one in the Axim X50, which is what I think good value for money, nice and small, and lots of useful extras. The X50 520Mhz has bluetooth and WiFi for wireless access.
Throw away your old atlas, NASA has come up with a great open source program called World Wind that lets you navigate across the globe. This is really awesome!
The basic program is around 200 mb, and loads data from the NASA servers, so you’ll want to have broadband access for this. It really is amazing what is possible!
Collectively NASA’s data sets are around 4.6 Terabytes, and if you are really keen there are even some data files to download, you can get them here , but they are quite large!
If you have broadband you must get this marvel of modern technology.
Since the early days of DSL, I have had a lot of modems. Perhaps it was because I was an early adopter, but it just seemed like nothing was completely rock solid as I would have liked.
7 modems, 4 brands and 5 years later, I’ve found the Netgear DG834. It’s fast, supports up to ADSL2/2+ (24Mbit), has a built in firewall and 4 port switch and looks cool!
I’ve put one in at home and one at work, and they are super fast and have not missed a beat. And they are cheap too.
