Saturday, December 12, 2009

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Tips Box: Evernote Uses, iPhone Mounts

11:30AM December 12, 2009 | Whitson Gordon

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 »


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Get Lyrical Adds Song Lyrics To iTunes

10:00AM December 12, 2009 | Lisa Hoover

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 »


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Exif Untrasher Rescues Deleted Photos From Your Digital Camera

9:00AM December 12, 2009 | Lisa Hoover

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 »


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Whereis The Speed Camera?

Speed is one of the most common causes of road accidents and yet most of us admit to nudging the limit at times. More »

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MacBook Migrant On Hold

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8:16AM December 12, 2009 | Angus Kidman

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.


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Chrome Extension Unites Remember The Milk And Gmail

8:00AM December 12, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

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 »


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Replace Notepad As Your Default Text Editor

7:30AM December 12, 2009 | Adam Pash

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 »


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Voyage Turns Your Firefox History Into A Visual Map

7:00AM December 12, 2009 | Jason Fitzpatrick

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 »


Design

Absolutely Amazing Video Game Remake Wallpapers, Third Wave

4:00AM December 12, 2009 | The How-To Geek

Lifehacker reader Orioto stunned and amazed us earlier this year with his incredible paintings of classic video games for your desktop—and he’s back with yet another must-see collection of wallpapers for your desktop. More »


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Windows 7 USB Download Tool Lets You Install Windows From A Thumb Drive

3:30AM December 12, 2009 | Whitson Gordon

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 »