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There’s a story behind every picture

sachref — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:53:31 +0000

Heroic Squirrel Saves It’s Baby From Dog . See full photo set

Why type when you can Swype?

sachref — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:22:25 +0000

Baby Hedgehog

sachref — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:30:35 +0000

NatGeo’s International Photography Contest 2009

sachref — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:17:05 +0000

“National Geographic’s International Photography Contest attracts thousands of entries from photographers of all skill levels around the world every year. While this year’s entry deadline has passed, there is still time to view and vote for your favorites in the Viewer’s Choice competition. Collected below are 25 images from the three categories of People, Places and Nature.” View 25 amazing entries

What’s in a Name?

sachref — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:18:53 +0000

BEHIND THE NAME is a great website where you can do much more than look up the etymology of your first name or browse an alphabetical list of names. The site gives you the most popular names by country, lists Academy Award winners by frequency of name, and even has a “name generator” which will produced the perfect (well, funny anyway) baby name by the criteria you enter. Cool.

Tineye: The Reverse Image Search Engine

sachref — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:58:41 +0000

TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions.

This is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks. For some search examples, check out the Cool Searches page or use your own web image and try Tineye.

LibriVox – Free Online Audiobooks

sachref — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:09:31 +0000

The stated objective of LibriVox is to make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet.

Librivox is a non-commercial, non-profit and ad-free project

Librivox donates its recordings to the public domain

Librivox is powered by volunteers

Librivox maintains a loose and open structure

Librivox welcomes all volunteers from across the globe, in all languages

You can even volunteer to read and record audio to help create the content on file. LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net.

“Image Swirl” To Find Pictures In a Fun Way

sachref — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:52:51 +0000

It’s simple to find internet images, but who wants to look at hundreds to get the right one? With Image Swirl, you pick a general image and narrow down your result pool by clicking on the best matches. Search for any keyword and click on the swirls until you find what you’re looking for. To get a full-size image, simply clicking on any picture in the center of the swirl. Try Image Swirl!

Chrome OS Video, explains it all

sachref — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:59:50 +0000

Google’s Chrome May Shift the OS Landscape

sachref — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:15:29 +0000

Google is providing a sneak peak at the Chrome OS today. Maybe the Google Midas touch can succeed where decades of Apple and Linux have failed–denting Microsoft’s OS dominance. Full Story (transcript of press event)