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Overworked? Here’s How To Fight Back

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Feeling overworked is a really common problem. You can’t always change your work environment, but there are steps you can take to deal with many of the issues associated with an overloaded work life.


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No Australian Plans Yet For Google’s Knowledge Graph

Google is making a big splash in the news today with its new Knowledge Graph search technology, which claims to catalogue more than 500 million objects in the world and 3.5 billion facts about them to make search results more useful. It sounds impressive, but there’s no word yet on when Australian Google users will get access to it.


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Gmail Adds Contacts To Its Search Bar

Gmail added a useful little feature to its search feature today, adding details for all your contacts to your search results for quick access.


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Boost Your Creativity By Improving Your Working Memory

Your working memory capacity, or the amount of information you’re able to actively hold in your mind at once, isn’t just easy-access storage in your brain. According to Art Markman (PhD), writing for Psychology Today, a better working memory increases your capacity to generate creative idea.


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What Employers Look For In Entry-Level Job Candidates

Millennial Branding and Experience surveyed 225 employers to find out what’s most important to them when they hire students or others for entry-level jobs. “Soft skills” like communication and teamwork were ranked even higher than education, and almost all employers said students should have at least one internship before they graduate.


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Weekly Wallpaper: Grant Your Desktop Superpowers

It’s that time of the year again — superheroes are hitting the big screen to defend the world from evil. Show your support for the Avengers, Batman and more with these wallpapers.


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TaskBadges Adds The Number Of Uncompleted Tasks To Icons

Mac: TaskBadges is a simple app that monitors any text-based to-do lists you choose and figures out how many uncompleted tasks you have left. It then puts a badge on the text file so you can always see how many things you have left to finish.


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Ask LH: Why Do I Have To Keep Resetting My Router, And How Can I Fix It?

Dear Lifehacker, My router sucks. My connection goes wonky once every few days, and I have to unplug the router and reboot it (I believe this is called a hard reset) to fix the problem. Obviously, this is incredibly annoying. What can I do to just make the darn thing work properly?


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The Custom-Built Workspace For Two

Today’s featured workspace features a long multi-level desk put together by IT professional Chad Cram. With lots of storage and desk surface space, it’s a very functional workspace for two.


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Group Videos In iTunes By Saving Them As TV Shows

Want to add more organisation to your collection of videos in iTunes? Categorise the videos as TV Shows instead of Movies and then you can group them as you wish. Mac OS X Hints describes the easy steps for organising your video library.