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Nowadays it's not only about reading on the web, it's also about viewing video. Much is better demonstrated with screencast videos or just footage of folks explaining what's going on with whatever it is they're up to. Now to my point. Out of all of the embedded video players I've viewed through, the Podtech Player does the best.

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We've seen in our first post on 10 ways to watch TV online that many Internet TV sites are based in Asia (China specifically), and you often have to download an application to watch your favorite shows. That trend doesn't change in part two.

Watch out for number 10 below since it'll take all your Korean language skills (my guess is zero) to navigate through the registration interface. Luckily, all software and website user interfaces look to be designed by the same person so trial-and-error should get you through most of the sites below.
1. Coolstreaming IPTV: Think of it as the YouTube of IPTV. More than 2000 TV channels, 600 radio stations, and 120,000 registered users.2. QQLive (Google translated): QQ is the name of a popular Chinese IM client. With QQLive, you can watch streaming TV (download). Get the channel list here.

3. Feidian (Google translated): Also known as Boiling Point, this application (download) offers Asian broadcast TV channels, European films, cartoons, and US TV shows.
4. PCast (Google translated): You can watch channels like Jet Li Theater, National Geographic, and Basketball Park with this program. Channel guide here.
5. TV Bistro: Watch 47 TV channels from Sci-Fi Channel to Poker TV right in your browser.
6. Free Internet TV: This site has movies, cartoons, comedy, TV episodes, and more. You can also watch free football games.7. Mysee (Google translated): Streams play in your browser, but you'll need to download a separate program. Offers sports and TV shows, but it's more like a YouTube clone.

8. FreeTube: Multiple categories available including News, Business, WebCams, Movies, and Adult. Doesn't seem to work at the moment.
9. TVKoo: Mainly streams Asian TV channels. Requires Viviplayer installation.
10. PDBox (Google translated): Korean site that requires registration before you can download the application. Check out the channel list here.

Bonus: TVTonic: Technically not a way to watch TV online, but this site lets you watch video podcasts through your browser (IE6 and up only). You'll need to install a plugin though. Thanks to Web TV Hub for the tip.

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myFeedz uses artificial intelligence techniques to show you personalized news about topics you are interested in. Some of the things used to create an article's importance are its source, tags, popularity, rating, language and more. Your profile (tags and reading history) is then also taken into account to determine how important that article is for you.

myFeedz is a social newspaper because what people talk about matters. But people talk about too many things. myFeedz finds what's important from the sea of information out there and shows you what you need to read. It learns from what you like and helps you keep up with your interests.

myFeedz shows the news that matter to the people, the most linked to and referenced news. It also learns from what users like to read and uses that information to better personalize the service for each of them.

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The Internet is loaded with free software, making it hard to know which one’s you really need. This article will act as your guide to the top 20 free applications (Web and Windows) for increased productivity.

These programs will make your PC faster, stronger, and more productive.

1. Launchy

Launchy is the best free program launcher. It allows you to launch your documents, files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes. Launchy is also packed with a few extra features. You can use Launchy’s keyboard shortcuts to:

• Search Google
• Check the weather
• Search other sites
• Browse your computer
• Use the built in calculator
• Index your music, pictures, bookmarks, and folders
• and much more…

2. AutoHotKey

When it comes to raw power, it doesn’t get much better than AutoHotKey. This software can automate just about anything by capturing your keystrokes and mouse clicks. This free utility allows you to define your own hotkeys, enabling you to launch an applicaton with a single key press.

AutoHotKey is a bit more technical than Launchy, but it’s well worth the effort. Fortunately, this application does come with a built-in macro recorder.

3. AVG AntiVirus

If you’re looking for free antivirus software, nothing beats AVG Antivirus 7. This product has been continuously improved and updated since 1991.

4. SpyBot Search and Destroy

There’s nothing worse than spyware to cripple a computer. For years, millions of users have relied on SpyBot Search and Destroy to keep their computer running smoothly.

5. Ad-Aware

Ad-Aware works perfectly along side SpyBot Search and Destroy to help protect your computer against harmful spyware.

Other good choices include SpyWare Terminator and Win Patrol.

6. Free Download Manager

Free Download Manager is a highly recommended download accelerator and manager. Don’t waste time waiting for your files to download. Free Download Manager will instantly increase your download speed by up to 600%.

7. BK ReplaceEm

Have you ever needed to replace a certain string of text in multiple files? If so, then you know what a pain it can be. Fortunately, there a number of free search and replace utilities that will help you get the job done quickly.

BK ReplaceEm is one of the most powerful search and replace utilities, allowing you to operate on multiple files at once.

8. Google Web Accelerator

Speed up the Web with Google Web Accelerator. This simple program will allow you to enjoy faster web browsing in seconds.

9. CamStudio

CamStudio is free recording software that will allow you to create demonstration videos, online tutorials, or even video-based information products. The possibilities are endless with this professional software. Fortunately, it doesn’t have the price tag that goes along with most streaming video software.

10. Audacity

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. You can use Audacity to record live audio, edit sound files, mix sounds together, and much more.

11. Foxit PDF Reader

Here’s a small PDF reader that loads in a flash. It’s an excellent alternative to Adobe’s slow, bloated PDF Reader.

12. 7-Zip

7-Zip is one of the best file compressors available. This open source software will allow you to compress a number of different file formats.

Another excellent zip utility is IZArc, which supports nearly 50 different archive file types.

13. CCleaner

CCleaner is a simple program that will help keep your computer running at its peak. This freeware utility removes unused files from your system, freeing up valuable hard disk space.

14. OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice is the number one open source alternative to Microsoft’s Office Suite. OpenOffice includes a word processor, spreadsheet software similar to Microsoft Excel, web page editor, photo software and a presentation program similar to Microsoft Powerpoint.

15. Skype

Skype allows you to talk to people across the world for free. This program is perfect for business application as well as personal use.

16. Gmail

Gmail is hands-down the best email client available. It comes with built-in Google search technology, 2.6 GB of storage, and a number of excellent features.

Gmail allows you to apply labels to your email, create filters, and presents your email messages as threaded conversations.

17. Better Gmail

To enhance your Gmail for optimum productivity, then you will need to download the Better Gmail Firefox extension. Better Gmail adds a number of features, including:

• Google Calendar in the folder list
• a number of new Gmail skins
• saved searches and…
• additional macros

18. FileZilla

FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client that packs a ton of useful features. This is by far the best free FTP client that I have found.

19. RoboForm

RoboForm will help you navigate the Web with ease. It is the top-rated password manager and web form filler that will allow you to browse the Web faster than ever.

20. Google Calendar

Organize your life with Google Calendar. You can use Google Calendar to set up automatic event reminders, add important events with a single click, and use the built-in search tool to keep track of all your events.

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Elsie McLean thought she might have lost her ball on the par-3, 100-yard fourth hole at Bidwell Park.

Instead, the 102-year-old Chico woman became the oldest golfer ever to make a hole-in-one on a regulation course.

Because of the slope of the green, McLean and her partners couldn't see where her ball landed after she teed off.

"Where's my ball?" McLean asked.

Her friends, Elizabeth Rake and Kathy Crowder, found it in the cup.

"I said, 'Oh, my Lord. It can't be true. It can't be true.' I was so excited. And the girls were absolutely overcome," McLean said.

It was McLean's first ace.

"Well everybody wants a hole-in-one, and I said, 'Why can't I have a hole-in-one?' I came within inches once," McLean told television station KNVN.

McLean, who used a driver, broke the age record of 101 set by Harold Stilson in 2001 at Deerfield Country Club in Florida.

McLean, who has been featured in golf magazines before, will appear on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on April 24 to celebrate her accomplishment.

"For an old lady," she said, "I still hit the ball pretty good."

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clipped from yourlifeafter50.com Relationships: Who is Going to Care For Your Aging Parents Determining Who Takes Responsibility for Aging Parents There comes af time when the it is apparent that your parents require more care. There will be a time when your aging parents will need help to do the Activities of Daily Living (ADL), It will be natural for things to become awkward between you and your parents and it's difficult for both parties to accept that their roles have permanently reversed. The parents who took care of you when growing up are in need of care, and it's up to you to provide the care. The Proper Time and Place to Discuss Responsibility If you're not an only child, you and your siblings, must set up a meeting among all of you, but away from your parents' sight and hearing. This is necessary because you'll be discussing several sensitive issues concerning your parents, and these topics may unduly cause pain to your parents if they hear about it.

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While viewing the Quintura Cloud, you can visually navigate and easily refine in order to find relevant information faster and more efficiently!

Quintura employs a unique graphical user interface with an interactive tag cloud to visually navigate and easily refine searches. Quintura's neural networking technology discovers related search terms to the initial query and presents those terms as the interactive tag cloud. Users can then refine or narrow down their searches by clicking on any word or phrase in the cloud.

I find Quintura to be useful for research or browsing based search where I am trying to find more information on a given topic.

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Does your local librarian know how to set up a blog? How about upload a video to YouTube or use Technorati? Web 2.0 is changing the way we learn new things and interact with the world around us, and Helene Blowers, the IT director for the Charlotte & Mecklenburg County NC public library, decided it was time public libraries followed suit by creating Learning 2.0.

Learning 2.0 is a program designed to give librarians, or anyone for that matter, a crash course in the power of web 2.0. The program teaches participants 23 must-know things, such as how to use online web tools, create blogs and podcasts, set up RSS feeds, and use sites like Flickr and Rollyo that are elementary to the web savvy, but confusing to others.

Listed below are 23 Things (or small exercises) that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0.

23 Learning 2.0 Things*
(Note: Details about each task will be activated every week with posts related to each item)
Week 1: Introduction ( official start of week August 7th)

1. Read this blog & find out about the program.
   
2. Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.
   
   Week 2: Blogging
   
3. Set up your own blog & add your first post.
   
4. Register your blog on PLCMC Central and begin your Learning 2.0 journey.
   
   Week 3: Photos & Images
   
5. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
   
6. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
   
7. Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week.
   
   Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders
   
8. Learn about RSS feeds and setup your own Bloglines newsreader account.
   
9. Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or news feeds.
   
   Week 5: Play Week
   
10. Play around with an online image generator.
    
11. Take a look at LibraryThing and catalog some of your favorite books.
    
12. Roll your own search tool with Rollyo.
    
    Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
    
13. Learn about tagging and discover a Del.icio.us (a social bookmaking site)
    
14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
    
15. Read a few perspectives on Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and the future of libraries and blog your thoughts.
    
    Week 7: Wikis
    
16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
    
17. Add an entry to the Learning 2.0 SandBox wiki.
    
    Week 8: Online Applications & Tools
    
18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
    
19. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.
    
    Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio
    
20. Discover YouTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
    
21. Discover some useful search tools for locating podcasts.
    
22. Take a look at the titles available on NetLibrary and learn how to download audiobooks.
23. Summarize your thoughts about this program on your blog.

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I see trees of green, red roses too.
I see them bloom for me and you,
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white.
The bright blessed day, the dark say good night,
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by,
I see friends shaking hands, saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying, "I love you."

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know.
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world.
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