Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 1, 2009

10 Tips for Using Google Chrome – Sept. 1 marks the one-year anniversary of Google’s Chrome Web browser. What a year it’s been! Chrome, based on the open-source Webkit browser engine, has only garnered a 2.6 percent market share through July, according to Net Applications. However, the Chrome team has been revving the product through a number of releases.

Twitter Is the New CB Radio – How will the popular social network meet its end? We can look to the rapid rise and fall of CB radio for some clues.

Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text – Starting this fall, you’ll have a new reason to trust the information you find on Wikipedia: An optional feature called “WikiTrust” will color code every word of the encyclopedia based on the reliability of its author and the length of time it has persisted on the page.

Lifehacker: Make Free VoIP Calls from Google Voice – Google Voice is great, but it isn’t an entirely free voice-over-internet service if you have to pay a phone bill to use it. With a few tweaks, though, you can talk to anyone on-the-cheap through Skype, or entirely for free with Gizmo.

Microsoft Lists Top 10 Windows Malware – Is it just me or is it tad ironic that Microsoft is now providing a top 10 threats list based on its own malware removable tool? Think about it: those are 10 threats for its Windows OS. Well, at least they’re also removing the malware. Check out the list to learn what scary mites are trying to get at your PC.

Conficker’ Worm Is Still Alive and Kicking – Speaking of malware, let’s not forget about that dangerous Conficker worm. It’s not dead and you should probably still worry about it.

Snow Leopard: Which Apps Won’t Run? – As the new OS is installed on more and more Macs tales of incompatibilities are starting to emerge.

Five Windows command prompt tips every IT pro should know – Most Windows users may prefer the GUI, but IT pros recognize the power of the command prompt. Bill Detwiler shows you five tricks for the IT ninja.

NiftyClicks: SmartDraw, SitePal, Coupons, Zentation – You can never have enough Web tools and resources, especially when they’re free. Andrew Lock’s latest collection of NiftyClicks will help you get the job done.

Off Topic:

Energy Drink Nation – Between all the Red Bulls, Five Hour Energies, and Horny Goat Weeds, I have to wonder, just where in the hell did everyone’s energy go? Are people simply eschewing sleep for chemical stimulation, or are they just lazy bastards who need a jolt of energy to get their asses up off the couch?

15 Most Ridiculous Car Mods – I couldn’t decide between “Awesome car mods”, “Terrible car mods”, or “Stupid car mods”, so I just threw all three together into “Ridiculous car mods”, and I’ll let you sort out what’s what.

Jaycee Lee Dugard prison pictures: A broken computer, Barbie doll, and an open box of head lice lotion – These are the first dramatic pictures inside the squalid prison where Jaycee Lee Dugard and her children were held captive. Clothes hang untidily on a makeshift rail, rubbish is scattered everywhere.

U.S. ranks 28th in Internet speed among industrialized nations – When it comes to Internet speed, the U.S. remains far down the ladder of industrialized nations, ranking 28th behind leaders South Korea, Japan, Sweden and Holland, according to a study by a labor union for telecommunications workers.

High-tech once upon a time (Pics) – Yesterday’s gadgets look primitive, and yet look very familiar.

Today’s Free Downloads:

FreePrintables – One FreePrintable.net site on which there is truly something for everyone is FreePrintableGreetingCards.net.

Opera – Browse with a multiple-document interface, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, zooming functions, and integrated search.

BestSync 2009 – BestSync 2009 is a professional utility for the following solutions: synchronize files between PCs by utilizing network storage, FTP server, USB drive; synchronize Outlook (mail, contact, schedule etc) and Windows Mail between PCs by utilizing network storage, FTP server, USB drive; backup your critical files to the external hard disk, network storage, FTP server etc automatically.

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