PRESS-RELEASES: ASUS now offers Burnt Warranty on motherboards released in RP via Techie.com.ph on 2/28/10 ASUS has now announced to give Burnt Warranty cover for all its motherboards with Anti-Surge function released here in the Philippines. ASUS aims to highlight excellent performance, reliability and safety of their motherboards through this Burnt Warranty policy. Besides offering [...]

Infographic: Google's Cash and Culture via Fast Company by Cliff Kuang on 2/26/10 The good folks at Pingdom scoured the interwebs for facts and figures about Google, and collapsed them all into this sprawling, informative chart–it contains everything from how they make all that cash, to the composition of their workforce, to tidbits about Google’s [...]

How to Change Your Expectations and Unlock Your Productive Potential via The Art of Great Things by Jeffrey Tang on 2/26/10 Author’s Note: This is a guest post from Eric Fulweiler of Opinion at Large. Why do we find certain activities easier than others? It’s so easy for us to sit down and watch a [...]

No more Yellow pads ProConLists Helps Weigh Decisions Before You Make Them [Decision-making] via Lifehacker by Lisa Hoover on 2/26/10 Sometimes the best way to make a tough decision is the tried-and-true pros and cons list. Web site ProConLists does the same pro versus con listing, but with item weighting based on rational and emitional [...]

The 8 stages of beer drinking via Guyism by Shawn Norris on 2/26/10 The other day, I was talking to a buddy about our college days. We remembered the good old days when we could get up at 10 am and drink beer until early the next morning. Sadly, we are getting old and can [...]

Great read if you own an iphone / ipod touch – there’s always a free version that can do most of what you need. When It's Okay to Pay For an App via Veronica's Hybrid Page by Brian Barrett on 2/25/10 There are over 130,000 apps in the App Store. About 100,000 of those expect [...]

Why Self-Educated Learners Often Come Up Short via Scott H Young by Scott Young on 2/24/10 I have a pet peeve about certain people who attack formal education systems and claim to pursue self-education. Not because universities are spectacular learning environments (they usually aren’t). Or even because self-education isn’t a worthwhile goal (it’s probably one [...]

Hiren’s Boot CD – The All-In-One Boot CD For Every Need via MakeUseOf.com by Varun Kashyap on 2/25/10 Hiren’s Boot CD is an all-in-one bootable CD solution that contains a load of useful tools you can make use of in a variety of situations. I am talking about hard drive failure, virus infections, partitioning, password [...]

Display Printed Photos on a Framed Cork Board via Unplggd by soniaz on 2/24/10 Do you have a decent color photo printer at home? Well, if you’re like us, you rarely actually print out photos unless you’re sending a few to your still analog grandma. We’ve often taken photos we’re especially proud of, but printing [...]

'Internet addiction' could appear on the official list of mental illnesses via Download Squad by Sebastian Anthony on 2/25/10 Filed under: Internet Alcohol, drugs, gambling — three of the greatest and most dangerous vices. Drop your guard for just a moment and you might soon find yourself naked and greasy in a dank gutter, inebriated, [...]

Bloom Unveils Its Game Changing Energy Box [PICS] via Mashable! by Ben Parr on 2/24/10 I’m here at eBay Headquarters in San Jose, CA for the launch of Bloom Energy’s Bloom Box, a fuel cell device that promises to power your whole house with a handheld-sized box. It made worldwide headlines after the Bloom Box’s [...]

Control Your Email Inbox with Three Folders via Smarterware by Gina Trapani on 2/2/10 I’m thrilled to announce a new series of weekly videos and blog posts that I’ll be publishing at FastCompany.com called “Work Smart,” which will cover personal productivity in a digital world. Long-time Lifehacker readers will recognize much of the material, but [...]

How to Follow Through on Everything You’ve Said You’ll Do via Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life by Ali on 2/23/10 Have you ever said “Yeah, I’ll do that” – and then completely failed to? I bet you have, and I’d also bet that you felt kinda bad about it. Whether it was doing [...]

Shoe Rack made from Pipes by Jost Litzen via Apartment Therapy Main by Geoff Bentz on 2/19/10 Thanks to Jost Litzen from Hamburg, Germany for sending in these pics of a shoe rack he designed using simple drain pipes purchased at a hardware store. Read Full Post Posted via email from chestertam

Create Your Own XP Mode for Any Version of Windows [Virtualization] via Lifehacker by The How-To Geek on 2/23/10 Windows 7′s XP Mode feature seamlessly runs your older applications in a virtualized Windows XP behind the scenes, but if you’re using the Home edition, you’re out of luck. Here’s how to create your own XP [...]