Thursday, October 22, 2009
Work
OpenDNS Deluxe Adds Deeper Controls And Email Support
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | We’ve written many times about the benefits of pointing your router to OpenDNS instead of your ISP’s ad-shoving re-direct service. OpenDNS now offers a $US10-per-year Deluxe version that offers whitelist-only surfing, customised block pages, and one year of surfing stats. More »
Work
Access A Windows 7 Installation In Mac OS X With VirtualBox
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Tech thinker Anil Dash gets “uncharacteristically nerdy” and breaks down the process he used to install Windows 7 in Boot Camp — and then get access to it from OS X, without rebooting, using the free virtualisation software VirtualBox. More »
Money
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Submitting your tax return via an agent or accountant and want to make sure there’s no mistakes? The Australian Taxation Office has produced a list of common errors made by agents, worth double-checking before you sign off your return. More »
Common Mistakes On Tax Returns
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Submitting your tax return via an agent or accountant and want to make sure there’s no mistakes? The Australian Taxation Office has produced a list of common errors made by agents, worth double-checking before you sign off your return. More »
Fix
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Sick of trying to clean soap crud out of the built-in crevice in your bathroom? Don’t even have that option? IKEA Hacker highlights an easy-to-make soap stand constructed from a candlestick and a pie dish. More »
DIY IKEA Soap Stand
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Sick of trying to clean soap crud out of the built-in crevice in your bathroom? Don’t even have that option? IKEA Hacker highlights an easy-to-make soap stand constructed from a candlestick and a pie dish. More »
Money
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Identity theft and the loss of personal data often come across as peculiarly impersonal crimes committed by shadowy gangs from countries you never heard of in geography class. But while protecting against those threats with regular updates and solid anti-virus tools is important, you also need to think about how personal information can be abused by people you actually know. More »
Identity Theft Not Always By Strangers
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Identity theft and the loss of personal data often come across as peculiarly impersonal crimes committed by shadowy gangs from countries you never heard of in geography class. But while protecting against those threats with regular updates and solid anti-virus tools is important, you also need to think about how personal information can be abused by people you actually know. More »
Communicate
Flickr Adds People Tagging à La Facebook
12:00PM Adam Pash | One of the better features in Facebook (and now both Picasa and iPhoto) is people-tagging — allowing users to identify who’s in a picture by mousing over the image. Starting today, Flickr’s joined in the fun. More »
Travel
Photo Fakeout Hotel Reviews Compare Promo Images To Reality
11:00AM Adam Pash | Online hotel review service Oyster features a Photo Fakeout category in their blog that gives a reality check to hotel reviews, pitting a hotel’s promotional images with actual photographs. More »
Travel
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Paying for map upgrades is one of the more annoying but essential features of using a GPS. Australian GPS developer Navig8r is promoting “free map updates for life”, but it pays to read the fine print. More »
What Qualifies As A Free Map On A GPS?
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Paying for map upgrades is one of the more annoying but essential features of using a GPS. Australian GPS developer Navig8r is promoting “free map updates for life”, but it pays to read the fine print. More »
Work
FolderSize Displays What’s Eating Your Hard Drive Space
9:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Free portable application FolderSize quickly analyses the contents of any hard drive or specific folder on your computer to help you hunt down your hard drive hogs and free up space. More »
Communicate
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Foxtel Downloads doesn’t really cut it, so will it be up to Microsoft to provide a comprehensive video-on-demand system? Nick over at Gizmodo has been putting the Zune Video Marketplace on Xbox Live through its paces, and he’s pretty impressed with what he sees. More »
Zune Video Marketplace The One To Beat For Australian Downloads
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Foxtel Downloads doesn’t really cut it, so will it be up to Microsoft to provide a comprehensive video-on-demand system? Nick over at Gizmodo has been putting the Zune Video Marketplace on Xbox Live through its paces, and he’s pretty impressed with what he sees. More » 
