Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Money
5:46PM Angus Kidman | As we all half-suspected, Dell’s offer of a $20 Wireless N Router was too good to be true. Dell has officially withdrawn the offer, blaming a typo, while promising to sell the router for $229 to anyone who tried to buy it at the incorrect price. More »
Dell Withdraws Cheap Router, Apologises
5:46PM Angus Kidman | As we all half-suspected, Dell’s offer of a $20 Wireless N Router was too good to be true. Dell has officially withdrawn the offer, blaming a typo, while promising to sell the router for $229 to anyone who tried to buy it at the incorrect price. More » 
Work
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Mostly use Google to search but occasionally want to check somewhere else? A simple user script can make that happen. More »
Google Homepage Reloaded Script Lets You Search Other Sites
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Mostly use Google to search but occasionally want to check somewhere else? A simple user script can make that happen. More »
Money
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Scammers are forever thinking up new ways to part consumers from their money, but often nothing more than a mildly convincing pitch for an in-demand product is needed. More »
Online Ticketing Scams On The Rise
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Scammers are forever thinking up new ways to part consumers from their money, but often nothing more than a mildly convincing pitch for an in-demand product is needed. More »
Work
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Here at Lifehacker we regularly look at technology and tactics to make working at home easier and office designs to simplify the process. But there’s one issue that planning can’t solve: are you actually up to the task? More »
Would Working At Home Suit You?
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Here at Lifehacker we regularly look at technology and tactics to make working at home easier and office designs to simplify the process. But there’s one issue that planning can’t solve: are you actually up to the task? More »
Work
Hackintosh Works Like A Charm With 10.6.2 Update, Atom-Based Hacks Break
12:30PM Adam Pash | If you followed our most recent guides to installing Snow Leopard on a PC from start to finish or the updated guide to building a Hackintosh with Snow Leopard, no hacking required, you’ll be happy to know that I’ve tested my build with today’s 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard and it’s working like a charm. More »
Work
From The Tips Box: Stripped Screws, Chrome Bookmarks And More
12:00PM Whitson Gordon | Readers offer their best tips for fixing stripped screw holes, syncing Chrome bookmarks from the cloud, and other household emergency fire-starters. More »
Communicate
10:41AM Angus Kidman | Recent discussions have made it clear that downloading shows via BitTorrent is by far the most popular way for Lifehacker readers to watch television. The advantages are obvious and often-discussed, but there’s a question that doesn’t get asked so often: in a ‘Channel BT’ universe, how is production of TV shows going to get funded? More »
How Will Channel BT Fund Itself?
10:41AM Angus Kidman | Recent discussions have made it clear that downloading shows via BitTorrent is by far the most popular way for Lifehacker readers to watch television. The advantages are obvious and often-discussed, but there’s a question that doesn’t get asked so often: in a ‘Channel BT’ universe, how is production of TV shows going to get funded? More »
Work
Apple Releases Snow Leopard 10.6.2, Fixes 40+ Bugs
10:00AM Adam Pash | Apple today rolled out the 10.6.2 update to OS X Snow Leopard. This update fixes that nasty guest account bug we saw last month and in general tackles a whole host of bugs, stability issues and other various improvements. More »
Work
Apple TV Update Stops Your Media From Disappearing
9:30AM Adam Pash | If you’ve got an Apple TV and you updated to Apple TV 3.0 a couple of weeks back, it’s time to update yet again to 3.0.1 — if you’d prefer your content to not temporarily disappear until it’s re-synced, that is. It’s a pretty big bug, and presumably pretty annoying, so grab the update for the fix. [Apple via TUAW]
Communicate
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Back in June, the ACCC started cracking down on premium SMS providers (premium in this context usually means ‘overpriced’ and ‘waste of money’). Telstra and Optus are now doing their part by funding a service to check if premium SMS providers live up to their claims. More »
Optus And Telstra Checking Premium SMS Ads
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Back in June, the ACCC started cracking down on premium SMS providers (premium in this context usually means ‘overpriced’ and ‘waste of money’). Telstra and Optus are now doing their part by funding a service to check if premium SMS providers live up to their claims. More » 