Readers offer their best tips for knowing which wine glass is yours, tagging Gmail messages without labels, and reusing note paper around the house. More »
Mac only: If you’re going to warble along with your favourite song, make sure you get the words right. Get Lyrical is a free app that automatically displays the lyrics of whatever song is playing in iTunes. More »
Mac only: You know that sinking feeling you get when you accidentally delete your photos or reformat your camera’s memory card without first removing the pictures on it? Reach for Exif Untrasher instead of antacids and rescue those pics from annihilation. More »
Lifehacker’s MacBook Migrant experiment has barely gotten started, but unfortunately it turns out the MacBook I’m using has a defective AirPort wireless card, which pretty much renders it useless for the purposes of the exercise. I’m hoping that Apple will arrange a replacement machine, but it’s unlikely that will happen in time for the schedule next week.
Google Chrome: Web-based task manager Remember the Milk has evened its browser compatibility by releasing a Chrome Extension that can turn starred, labelled or selected Gmail messages into tasks, and let you manage your to-do list from a right-hand panel. More »
If you spend a lot of time in text editors, you almost certainly use something other than Windows’ default Notepad. Weblog Online Tech Tips details how to set an alternative editor as your default to complete your Notepad replacement. More »
Firefox: Want to navigate your browsing history in a visual way? Voyage turns your history into a web of nodes, linked together by their connections to each other and sized based on the number of visits More »
If you’re trying to install Windows 7 on a netbook (or are having issues with your PC’s optical drive), the free USB Download Tool from Microsoft allows you to take a .ISO image and turn it into a bootable flash drive. More »
