Two Announcements from Google to Pay Attention

Two Announcements from Google to Pay Attention: "The first one is called +1, and it’s basically a button you use to recommend stuff around the web. Google says that “the +1 button is shorthand for “this is pretty cool” or “you should check this out.” Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1′s can help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the best stuff when they search.”"

How to Build an Email List that Makes Money

How to Build an Email List that Makes Money: "I recently sent an email to my list of 1500 subscribers promoting a particular product not that relevant to my email list, that single email made me five sales. Since that was one of the very few serious promotions I did to my email list I figured out building a solid email list of responsive buyers could be a great source of income and I have decided to share my approach to it."

Collections | Free Kindle Books and Tips

Collections | Free Kindle Books and Tips: "As I told you the other day (click here to see the post), my Kindle 3 arrived this week. Overall, I think the K3 is a significant improvement over the K2, but not nearly as much of an advancement as the K2 was over the original K1. I’m still learning things about it, and I will do my best to share the trials and tribulations – in other words, the times where I say either “yes!” or let out a string of bad words."

How to Remove Vocals From a Song Using Audacity

How to Remove Vocals From a Song Using Audacity
For those that don’t know what it is, Audacity is a free open source software program that can be downloaded onto a computer and used to record and edit sounds. One of the cool things you can do with it is remove vocals from mp3 files so that you can sing along with just the music.

Plasma vs. LCD vs. LED: Which HDTV Type is Best? | PCMag.com

Plasma vs. LCD vs. LED: Which HDTV Type is Best? | PCMag.com: "When you're shopping for an HDTV, there are plenty of factors to consider. Chief among them is the type of display. While boxy, bulky CRTs are long dead and mammoth rear-projection HDTVs are all but extinct, the HDTV market currently offers three distinct choices in display technologies: plasma, traditional CCFL-backlit LCD, and LED-backlit LCD. For years, the question of which technology reigned supreme has remained unanswered."

Turn a Computer Power Supply into a Desktop Power Supply - How-To Geek ETC

Turn a Computer Power Supply into a Desktop Power Supply - How-To Geek ETC: "In the above video the guys at JumperOneTV show us how to make a desktop power supply. As an addendum to the video; they note in the comments section on the YouTube video that they were wearing gloves for the drilling and that they did a very thorough job cleaning out any loose metal shavings with an air compressor. If you wanted to play it even safer (and you should!) you would remove the circuit board from the enclosure before doing any drilling."

Netflix vs. Hulu Plus vs. Amazon Instant Video vs. YouTube vs. iTunes Movie Store vs. Blockbuster On Demand

Netflix vs. Hulu Plus vs. Amazon Instant Video vs. YouTube vs. iTunes Movie Store vs. Blockbuster On Demand: "There are quite a few internet based movie and television services to pick from, which can make the decision of which one to go with difficult. Each individual service is unique, offering their own set of innovations and features. Depending on your own preferences, there is a good chance that one (or multiple) online movie services will work great for you. Learn more about the major online video services and what each of them offers."

8 Ways to Make Your Readership Trust You

8 Ways to Make Your Readership Trust You: "In the early days running a website or a blog was much easier than it is now. If you had a .com domain and a nice looking design you had trust. Webmaster didn’t have to put in too much effort in showing off who they are and why they are the right solution to people’s problems."

Most Websites/Blogs Have A Natural Traffic Limit

Most Websites/Blogs Have A Natural Traffic Limit: "Since I started building my first websites back in 2005 I probably owned at least twenty different ones, ranging from blogs like this one to niche websites and service-oriented sites. One pattern I noticed over these years is that most websites have a natural traffic limit."

Which Specs Deserve Your Respect? | PCWorld

Which Specs Deserve Your Respect? | PCWorld: "Here in PCWorld Reviews Land, we often end up in conversations like this:

'So, what do you do for a living?'

'I review [insert product type here] for PCWorld.'

'Oh, I'm looking to buy a new [insert product type here]! Which one should I get?'"

Email Marketing - What You Need to Know About Lead-Nurturing Messages : MarketingProfs Article

Email Marketing - What You Need to Know About Lead-Nurturing Messages : MarketingProfs Article: "n a post at Marketing Interactions, Ardath Albee recalls a B2B client who thought her proposed lead-nurturing messages might be too brief. Albee begged to differ."

How to Conquer the Blank Page: 10 Tips That Really Work

How to Conquer the Blank Page: 10 Tips That Really Work: "Do you ever sit down and stare at a blank document on your screen?
You want to write a blog post. But your computer seems to have drawn you into a staring match … and it’s beating you."

Is Twitter a Waste of Time?

Is Twitter a Waste of Time?: "For anyone starting a revolution, or a business, Twitter can be a success. For the rest of the world, it can be a waste of time that doesn’t get the message out to people they want to reach. And for some, it’s no more a bunch of nonsense limited to 140 characters—as this infographic shows. I’ll discuss it in more detail below."

HowStuffWorks "How Graphics Cards Work"

HowStuffWorks "How Graphics Cards Work": "The images you see on your monitor are made of tiny dots called pixels. At most common resolution settings, a screen displays over a million pixels, and the computer has to decide what to do with every one in order to create an image. To do this, it needs a translator -- something to take binary data from the CPU and turn it into a picture you can see."

How to Make Your PC as Fast as the Day You Bought It | How Life Works

How to Make Your PC as Fast as the Day You Bought It | How Life Works: "One of the most frustrating things in life is a slow computer.

Every few years, we buy an expensive new PC and love how fast it starts up, runs programs, and loads websites. Inevitably though, it starts to slow down until eventually we are pulling our hair out waiting for it to do routine tasks."

11 Coolest eBook Ideas Ever

11 Coolest eBook Ideas Ever: "Read any good ebooks lately? I have. Their quality varies widely. Some are carefully edited, well designed, and leave you with a great impression of the author. Others are … well, they’re terrible!"

Barnes & Noble Nook Touch Reader Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

Barnes & Noble Nook Touch Reader Review - Watch CNET's Video Review