Kiran Upadhyay

Your personal newspaper in less than 5 minutes. Custom news sites are nothing novel. Google itself has a Custom News feature. Then there are a host of other news aggregators like Meehive and DailyMe . We have top lined quite a few ourselves. These web services allow you to personalize your news just the way you want it. Choose from the news categories you want and there you have it – personalized news service culled from some of the top sources around the web. NewsCred is not exactly the new kid on the block but its recent avatar is. Originally founded in 2007 and launched in 2008 as a socially powered aggregator, NewsCred has turned a new page with its current motto. NewsCred now lets you create your personal online newspaper in less than 5 minutes . Just like a newspaper, you get your own editorial to write. The Pro version is an upgrade with a price but will let you run ads, have your own domain and give you more designing options. But the free version sounds interesting if

We had a laugh with this one. Totally Looks Like is a website that makes comparisons between well-known people/things and less well-known people/things. We gathered here a collection of the funniest and most obscure comparisons we found so you guys can start off the week on a good note. Some of these can get downright ridiculous but all in the name of good fun! I think my favorite is the second to last one, haha. Oh, and scroll all the way to the last one for our very own celebrity lookalike ;) 1940s Farmer Totally Looks Like Robin Williams Bill Ayers Totally Looks Like Justin Timberlake John McCain Totally Looks Like Chipmunks Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) Totally Looks Like Verizon Guy Jordan Pundik Totally Looks Like Quentin Tarantino Gordan Freeman Totally Looks Like Dr. House Ancient Statue Totally Looks Like Michael Jackson Llama Totally Looks Like David Bowie The Pope Totally Looks Like Darth Sidious Bradley Cooper Totally Looks Like Ralph Fiennes Hetty

Christmas is coming. There is no doubt about it. Stores stocked up on Christmas treats as early as September, and meanwhile the matching decorations followed throughout town. It seems like every corner of our environment is blinking and shining in Christmas colors. Every corner? Maybe not yet! Do you have a Christmas theme desktop yet? Here is your chance! I found wallpapers, screensavers, Christmas trees, lights, critters, and a Windows Christmas theme for you. All free and 100% Christmas originals. Dig in! Christmas Wallpapers A Christmas wallpaper is a must! WallpaperStock has a great selection of images in resolutions up to 2560×1920 pixel. Vladstudio provides many more seasonal wallpapers . Christmas Screensavers Giveaway of the Day offers some great seasonal screensavers for free. I fell in love with this 3D Christmas fireside. It’s an animated screensaver with lovely fire and bell sounds. You will find many more holiday screensavers at the bottom of the page. Natur

So you don’t want to spring for Adobe Acrobat Pro?  I can empathize as it is really expensive and in today’s economy we shouldn’t be spending money when we don’t have to. What do you do when you need to create a PDF or convert a PDF to word document? That is why I am about to show you a free application that will allow you to create PDF’s right from your Microsoft application.  As an added bonus this will also allow you to convert any PDF or XPS file to an editable Microsoft Word document. The conversions seem really fast. The only downside I see is the HUGE 120MB download. It seems that the application is so big because they bundle a trial version of their Fusion application which is a PDF viewer. You do NOT need to use this). Let us take a look at the application. There is a 32 bit and 64 bit version and it is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7. Go here to grab the download.  Then after the download, the applications will install. Make sure you close your browser and any Op

In October 2007 the UK alternative rock band Radiohead shocked the music industry by providing a free mp3 full album download of their new album In Rainbows . Fans were asked to donate whatever they felt the album was worth. The standard CD release didn’t follow until weeks later. No other commercially successful band had ever done this before. Nevertheless, In Rainbows entered the UK Album Chart and the U.S. Billboard 200 at number one. It became one of the best albums of 2007 and won two Grammy Awards in 2008. Despite this roaring success, only a few major bands followed track. Offering free single mp3s, however, has become an important marketing tool for both new and established artists. For example the Dave Matthews Band has released free tracks to catch attention and promote upcoming record releases. Here are five mp3 albums from acclaimed artists and other great bands that you can legally download for free. Nine Inch Nails – The Slip The Slip was released in 2008 and contin