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Where did the phrase ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ come from? And when did scientists finally get round to naming sexual body parts?

This video ‘The History of English’ squeezes 1600 years of history into 10 one-minute bites, uncovering the sources of English words and phrases from Shakespeare and the King James Bible to America and the Internet.Bursting with fascinating facts, the series looks at how English grew from a small tongue into a major global language before reflecting on the future of English in the 21st century.

Most of you would have noticed the new features that are released by Facebook.  (Forced by Google+ ???)

Here is a short video that explains the new features.

More to come due to Google+’ tough competition.

Bonus : I am one among 10 Million users who don’t share anything in Google+

PowerPoint slides are the key for every business demonstration. Keeping the slides clear, self explanatory and interesting will give half of the success to the presenter.

There are lots of way to make the slides more presentable and a lots of tips available to achieve success. But what are the DON’Ts in PowerPoint presentation?

Don McMillan an Engineer, a Stand-Up Comedian gives some valuable tips on DON’Ts while presenting a PPT in a funny video.

Bonus video clip on Corporate Math

Peer-to-peer file sharing is a famous way of sharing large files over internet. BitTorrent is a protocol designed by Bram Cohen.

Here is an informative video that explains BitTorrent in plain English.

What if barcodes were replaced by chips that could not only be read more quickly but could have their information updated as well? And what if those chips could communicate with other devices? These chips already exist and the technology they use is called RFID – short for Radio Frequency IDentification.

RFID from wiki …

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line of sight of the reader.

Below given animation video is RFID in plain English and explains how it is rapidly becoming a key technology.

Isn’t an interesting explanation?

Just wondering the supermarkets like Asda & Tesco without any counters and queues!!!

More than one person in 10 suffers from migraine, a complaint that can have a serious impact on daily life. Migraine, therefore, is more than just a headache.

This short film explains exactly what migraine is and what you can do to limit or even prevent the symptoms in easy to understand terms.

Video Link : Migraine

I am always fond of doing things in very easy ways. This one is newly added into my How To favoritesf.