Lifehacker Australia

HP Forced To Fix Australian Cashback Process

1:37PM Angus Kidman | Ever purchased a shiny new gadget because of a promised cashback but then had trouble getting the money? If you’ve bought gear from Hewlett-Packard, chances are you’re not alone. More »

Put Word Count Targets On A Calendar

11:54AM Angus Kidman | Australian novelist Fran Cusworth has a simple technique whenever she’s planning a novel: she gets a calendar and writes down a target number of words that have to be completed on each day. More »

Ovi Maps Offers Free Traffic Information

10:30AM Angus Kidman | Nokia has just updated the Ovi Maps application used on its higher-end phones, but for information seekers the real potential treat is in the standard web version, which now includes free traffic information for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. More »

Import RSS Feeds Into Safari

9:00AM Angus Kidman | Apple boasts about Safari’s native RSS support, but it doesn’t extend to easily importing lists of RSS feeds in OPML format. More »

Fold A Map Like A Pro For Easy Access

8:00AM Adam Pash | Sure you could hide your maps on the edge of your notebooks, but if you want access to full maps but don’t want to look like the tourist wrestling with an unwieldy map, then you need to learn some advanced map-folding techniques. More »

Make A DIY Document Holder With A Single Binder Clip

7:30AM Rosa Golijan | When we highlighted our favourite alternate uses for binder clips, it not only brought out the office supply lovers in the crowd, but neat new ideas as well. More »

RunPee Bathroom Break Tool Releases iPhone App

7:00AM Azadeh Ensha | iPhone/iPod touch only: Remember previously mentioned RunPee.com, the ingenious website that tells you when to head out for a bathroom break during a movie so you don’t miss any good parts? Now the site has released its first mobile version for iPhone users. More »

Keep Firefox Open When Closing The Last Tab

6:00AM The How-To Geek | The new Firefox 3.5 release brought a lot of great features, but one annoyance sent reader Mark looking for a solution: When you close the last tab, the browser closes instead of opening a blank tab. More »

Tidy Office In A Tiny Closet

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Most closets are just the right size to stash a workstation away in and offer one very enticing feature: the ability to shutter your desk away at a moments notice. More »

Open A New Command Prompt From Explorer With A Hotkey

4:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Kevin used his ubergeeky AutoHotkey scripting skills to create a hotkey that opens a command prompt window at the same location as the folder you are browsing in Windows Explorer. More »