Thursday, November 5, 2009
Work
Google Dashboard Provides A Top-Down Look At Your Google Use
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Ever wanted to take a step back and look at all the Google apps and data you’re hooked into? Google’s offering that top-down view with Google Dashboard, a central clearing-house for app settings, privacy information and use statistics. More »
Money
4:30PM Angus Kidman | It’s the deal that’s seemingly always on somewhere. The Good Guys is selling two $20 iTunes cards for $30 until November 16. Christmas, anyone? [via OzBargain]
Good Guys Joins iTunes $30 For Two $20 Cards Brigade
4:30PM Angus Kidman | It’s the deal that’s seemingly always on somewhere. The Good Guys is selling two $20 iTunes cards for $30 until November 16. Christmas, anyone? [via OzBargain]
Communicate
3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s hardly likely to be news to the hordes of Channel BT-loving Lifehacker readers, but even Australians without the benefit of strained download limits are watching less television than they used to. More »
Aussies Watching Less TV Than Ever
3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s hardly likely to be news to the hordes of Channel BT-loving Lifehacker readers, but even Australians without the benefit of strained download limits are watching less television than they used to. More »
Design
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Lifehacker reader favourite Photoshop has lots of tools to let you change colours in an image, but most of those require you to do some fiddly selection work first. Photoshop guru Helen Bradley runs down some techniques that let you alter colours without lots of magic wand work. More »
Changing Colour In Photoshop Without Using Selections
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Lifehacker reader favourite Photoshop has lots of tools to let you change colours in an image, but most of those require you to do some fiddly selection work first. Photoshop guru Helen Bradley runs down some techniques that let you alter colours without lots of magic wand work. More »
Money
12:00PM Angus Kidman | eBay likes to make lots of noise about how it offers the best possible consumer protection — that was the entire basis of its failed attempt to make PayPal compulsory — so it’s rather odd that it’s decided to withdraw the Vehicle Protection Program, which protected buyers of cars on the site in the case of gross misrepresentation. More »
eBay Pulls Car Sales Protection Program
12:00PM Angus Kidman | eBay likes to make lots of noise about how it offers the best possible consumer protection — that was the entire basis of its failed attempt to make PayPal compulsory — so it’s rather odd that it’s decided to withdraw the Vehicle Protection Program, which protected buyers of cars on the site in the case of gross misrepresentation. More »
Work
From The Tips Box: Soap Scum, Excel Charts And More
12:00PM Whitson Gordon | Readers offer their best tips for using scum-free soap, easily switching rows and columns in Excel charts, and using mobile phones as remote baby monitors without using minutes. More »
Communicate
10:30AM Angus Kidman | It’s often tempting to assume Australia has five national networks, but we’re frequently reminded that regional viewers have a quite different experience to people in capital cities. In the latest incident, Austar viewers have lost access to their regional ABC stations. More »
Local ABC Disappears For Some Austar Viewers
10:30AM Angus Kidman | It’s often tempting to assume Australia has five national networks, but we’re frequently reminded that regional viewers have a quite different experience to people in capital cities. In the latest incident, Austar viewers have lost access to their regional ABC stations. More »
Money
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Travelling for business or pleasure and want to be sure you can grab a cab if you need one? Cabcharge’s gift card option lets you equip yourself (or a loved one) with a ready-made taxi payment system for between $20 and $500. More »
Cabcharge Gift Card Offers Portable Transport Cash
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Travelling for business or pleasure and want to be sure you can grab a cab if you need one? Cabcharge’s gift card option lets you equip yourself (or a loved one) with a ready-made taxi payment system for between $20 and $500. More »
Fix
DIY Secret Knock Detector Grants Entry With The Right Cadence
9:00AM Sarah Rae Trover | DIYer Steve Hoefer has been hard at work making every six-year-old’s dream come true: A device that unlocks your door whenever someone seeking entry taps out the secret knock. More » Advertisement
