Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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TinyChat Generates Disposable TinyURL Chatrooms
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | TinyChat is a no-frills service for creating disposable chatrooms. Each chatroom gets a unique TinyURL for easy sharing, and nobody involved needs special software to join in.
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Mobile Phones To Get Universal Charger
10:40PM Kevin Purdy | Major mobile phone makers and carriers have signed on to support a universal, Micro-USB-powered charger. A rare good move for the environment and users. What other devices would you like to see go one-size-fits-all? via [PC World] More »
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4:00PM Angus Kidman | The BlackBerry enjoys an unmatched reputation as a mobile access device, and a pretty fair reputation as a phone. But even without adding new applications, it has plenty of useful functions which many people neglect. Here’s five handy things I regularly do with my BlackBerry Bold (and which you can do on pretty much any operational BlackBerry). More »
5 Things You Forgot Your BlackBerry Can Do
4:00PM Angus Kidman | The BlackBerry enjoys an unmatched reputation as a mobile access device, and a pretty fair reputation as a phone. But even without adding new applications, it has plenty of useful functions which many people neglect. Here’s five handy things I regularly do with my BlackBerry Bold (and which you can do on pretty much any operational BlackBerry). More »
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2:00PM Angus Kidman | Even on modern PCs, large spreadsheets can sometimes seem to run at the speed of sludge. The Microsoft Excel blog runs through how to deal with one common reason for this problem: hidden objects in the spreadsheet introduced via indiscriminate cutting and pasting. Check the post for details on how to hunt down and remove those unwanted items. (Note to Microsoft: the ribbon doesn’t seem to make this particular common task any easier!)
Hidden and Invisible Objects [Microsoft Excel Blog]
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Speed Up Excel Files By Removing Hidden Objects
2:00PM Angus Kidman | Even on modern PCs, large spreadsheets can sometimes seem to run at the speed of sludge. The Microsoft Excel blog runs through how to deal with one common reason for this problem: hidden objects in the spreadsheet introduced via indiscriminate cutting and pasting. Check the post for details on how to hunt down and remove those unwanted items. (Note to Microsoft: the ribbon doesn’t seem to make this particular common task any easier!)
Hidden and Invisible Objects [Microsoft Excel Blog]
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Design
12:00PM Angus Kidman | If you’re a Photoshop junkie, you probably make frequent use of the many free brushes that are available online, but keeping track of the conditions attached to their use can be tricky. Some brush designers ask for credit; others don’t allow their designs to be used for commercial work. Helen Bradley’s Project Woman blog has assembled a handy list of free Photoshop brushes, complete with details of when you can use them — a handy resource if you don’t want to spend hours wading through design licensing conditions.
Photoshop: Free Brush Sets
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Keep Track Of How Free Photoshop Brushes Can Be Used
12:00PM Angus Kidman | If you’re a Photoshop junkie, you probably make frequent use of the many free brushes that are available online, but keeping track of the conditions attached to their use can be tricky. Some brush designers ask for credit; others don’t allow their designs to be used for commercial work. Helen Bradley’s Project Woman blog has assembled a handy list of free Photoshop brushes, complete with details of when you can use them — a handy resource if you don’t want to spend hours wading through design licensing conditions.
Photoshop: Free Brush Sets
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Money
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Enter The Bargain takes users submissions of bargains in Australian online and real-world stores, and lets you browse them via a pretty standard series of categories. While the site isn’t as comprehensive as some of its rivals like OzBargain, it’s well-designed and still worth a quick check if you’re trying to hunt down a deal. The site is free to use, requires registration to post.
Enter The Bargain [via OzBargain Blog
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Enter The Bargain Shares Cheap Online And Real-World Deals
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Enter The Bargain takes users submissions of bargains in Australian online and real-world stores, and lets you browse them via a pretty standard series of categories. While the site isn’t as comprehensive as some of its rivals like OzBargain, it’s well-designed and still worth a quick check if you’re trying to hunt down a deal. The site is free to use, requires registration to post.
Enter The Bargain [via OzBargain Blog
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Fix
Sync Files and Folders Outside Your My Dropbox Folder
9:00AM Adam Pash | The popular cross-platform file-syncing application Dropbox is a hit among Lifehacker readers, but it has one major drawback: It only syncs files placed inside the My Dropbox folder. Here’s how to get around that limitation. More »
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Twisten.fm Turns Twitter Into A Music Station
5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Twisten.fm is a mashup of Twitter and previously reviewed music service Grooveshark, that turns Twitter into a giant random-play jukebox. Still in its incubation phase, the mashup provides a current list of the most recent micro-messages involving music and a link to the song in the Grooveshark catalog for your listening enjoyment. If you’re looking for something new and random to listen to, culling tunes from the millions of tweets sent every day is a pretty novel way to go about it. When you’re in the mood to just hit shuffle, how do you open yourself up to new tunes? Share your monotony-breaking music sources in the comments below. Twisten.fm [via Download Squad] More »
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4:26AM Angus Kidman | The good news? Telstra has, as anticipated, announced that its Next G network has been upgraded and is now capable of speeds up to 21Mbps. The bad news? It’s neither as fast or as available as you think. To quote the press release:
At launch, the 21Mbps rated modems will be available to some business customers, with a consumer offering available in April. Customers with these devices will see typical download speeds ranging up to 8Mbps.
In short: it’s not quite as fast as it sounds, and it’s not available yet. But Lifehacker will certainly be testing it when it is. More »
Don’t Get Too Excited By 21Mbps Next G
4:26AM Angus Kidman | The good news? Telstra has, as anticipated, announced that its Next G network has been upgraded and is now capable of speeds up to 21Mbps. The bad news? It’s neither as fast or as available as you think. To quote the press release:
At launch, the 21Mbps rated modems will be available to some business customers, with a consumer offering available in April. Customers with these devices will see typical download speeds ranging up to 8Mbps.
In short: it’s not quite as fast as it sounds, and it’s not available yet. But Lifehacker will certainly be testing it when it is. More »
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