Shift+Refresh Is Like the Restart Button for Web Sites

When a friend or family member comes to you asking for help with a program that’s not working correctly, the first thing most of us ask is: “Did you try restarting?” When I’m talking web sites, it changes to: “Did you Shift+Refresh?”

Note: For the purposes of this discussion, I’m assuming the person with the problem still has an active internet connection and every other web site is working just fine. And this isn’t a new browser feature or shortcut by any means, but we’ve never fully covered it, and it’s a lifesaver.

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Are You Using Google Voice?

We’ve paid a lot of attention to Google Voice over the past year, from its App Store rejection to our guide to turning it into a desktop app. But now that it’s out of beta, it’s got even more room to grow.

We’ve offered our advice for deciding whether Google Voice is right for you, but, now that it’s out of beta, integrates well with Google’s now more widespread Android OS, and can even be tweaked to make free VoIP calls—a feature which we assume Google will implement themselves in the future, what with their acquisition of VoIP service Gizmo5—it seems as good a time as any for people to try it out.

30 Wallpapers from RandomWalls

I have Taken Some Awesome Wallpapers from random desktops around the globe.Check Them out…

Top 10 Mac Applications that Should Be on Windows

We love what Microsoft’s done with Windows 7, but when we boot into Windows after spending a good amount of time on a Mac, here are 10 applications we sorely miss.

Note: In almost all of these cases, we’re not saying that “This exact application should be ported to Windows.” What we are suggesting is that there’s a need for a particular kind of application, and that this application, on OS X, fills exactly that need. Also, for most purposes, we stuck with free applications. For a counterpoint, check out these 10 Windows apps that should be on Macs.

The Wonderful and Secret World of Eggs

The adventure of egg buddies continues with this new set of pictures

The Google Earth Alphabet

“The Google Earth Alphabet” was captured by Thomas de Bruin, who took the time to look through thousands of satellite images of the Netherlands. Each photo resembles a letter, symbol, and number. It is amazing!

Humans will be extinct within 100 years

An Australian scientist, who helped eradicate smallpox from the world, has created a new sensation by predicting that the human race will be extinct within the next 100 years.

Professor Frank Fenner, emeritus professor of microbiology at the Australian National University, has claimed that the human race will be unable to survive a population explosion and “unbridled consumption”.

“Homo sapiens will become extinct, perhaps within 100 years,” Fenner said. “A lot of other animals will, too.”

“It’s an irreversible situation. I think it’s too late. I try not to express that because people are trying to do something, but they keep putting it off.”

He said that since humans have entered an unofficial scientific period known as the Anthropocene — the time since industrialisation — we have had an effect on the planet that rivals any ice age or comet impact, the Daily Mail reported.

Another 11 Photos you Would nor Believe arn’t Photoshopped

It looks like three glasses of wine served at the Pisa Tower. (Actually the photographer tilted the table and the camera at the same angle).

Climate changes could lead to human extinction

Scientists have sounded alarm bells about how growing concentrations of greenhouse gases are driving irreversible and dramatic changes in the way the oceans function, providing evidence that humankind could well be on the way to the next great extinction.

The findings of the comprehensive report: “The impact of climate change on the world’s marine ecosystems” emerged from a synthesis of recent research on the world’s oceans, carried out by two of the world’s leading marine scientists.

One of the authors of the report is Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, professor at The University of Queensland and the director of its Global Change Institute (GCI).