Thursday, May 14, 2009

Design

Pixer.us Crops And Sharpens Your Pictures

11:30PM May 14, 2009 | Jason Fitzpatrick

When you’re away from your favourite photo editing software web-based Pixer.us can help you take care of some impromptu cropping and photo corrections with ease. More »


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WeFi For Android Makes Finding Free Wi-Fi Easier

11:10PM May 14, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

Android phones: WeFi, the social-style free Wi-Fi finder, has released a free app to the Android Market that can automatically connect your phone to the strongest, free hotspot, saving you quite a few clicks. More »


Work

Gmail Makes Hotmail Switching Easier

10:30PM May 14, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

Been looking to move a friend or relative to Gmail, but they complain the move from Hotmail or their ISP email would be painful? Let ‘em know Gmail now offers an easy switching tool. More »


Communicate

Quickflix Offers Movie Downloads, Munches Your Bandwidth

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3:00PM May 14, 2009 | Angus Kidman

DVD rental service Quickflix will begin offering legal movie downloads in early June, but flick fans will need to brace themselves for some Internet cap pain. More »


Money

Clarity In Pricing: Ad Shonks To Get Slapped

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1:00PM May 14, 2009 | Angus Kidman

There’s few things more annoying than seeing what looks like a good deal advertised, only to find the total cost is much higher. From the end of May, that should be less common as new changes to Australian law make it illegal to promote “component prices” without also making the total cost clear. More »


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Malware Fiends Focus On Facebook, Twitter

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11:03AM May 14, 2009 | Angus Kidman

Malware developers are always looking for new ways to spread their evil wares, and “domain cloning” popular social network sites seems to be their latest trick. More »


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Hack Your Phone To Start Google Latitude Automatically

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10:22AM May 14, 2009 | Angus Kidman

If you’re a keen user of Google’s Latitude, you can hack your phone so that the application runs automatically. More »


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Make Google Search Options Expand By Default

10:00AM May 14, 2009 | The How-To Geek

Google released their new custom search options earlier this week, and reader Jason has already figured out a simple URL hack to keep the sidebar options open with every search. More »


Travel

HLO Day 13: The Bag Is A Celebrity

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8:12AM May 14, 2009 | Angus Kidman

I’ve been in Sydney this week for CEBIT and associated press events, which means I’ve been running into a lot of my fellow writers. And wherever I go, the first question is nearly always the same: “Where’s the bag?” As far as the Hand Luggage Only project goes, it seems my trusty blue carry-on case is of more interest than anything else. More »


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$8 DIY Aluminum Laptop Stand

8:00AM May 14, 2009 | Adam Pash

We’ve always been keen on DIY laptop stands, but reader Aaron Kravitz—inspired by an attractive $US50 stand—went above and beyond, creating one of the most attractive DIY laptop stand we’ve featured to date. More »