Thursday, May 14, 2009
Design
Pixer.us Crops And Sharpens Your Pictures
11:30PM 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 »
Communicate
WeFi For Android Makes Finding Free Wi-Fi Easier
11:10PM 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 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
3:00PM 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 »
Quickflix Offers Movie Downloads, Munches Your Bandwidth
3:00PM 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
1:00PM 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 »
Clarity In Pricing: Ad Shonks To Get Slapped
1:00PM 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 »
Fix
11:03AM 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 »
Malware Fiends Focus On Facebook, Twitter
11:03AM 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 »
Fix
10:22AM Angus Kidman | If you’re a keen user of Google’s Latitude, you can hack your phone so that the application runs automatically. More »
Hack Your Phone To Start Google Latitude Automatically
10:22AM Angus Kidman | If you’re a keen user of Google’s Latitude, you can hack your phone so that the application runs automatically. More »
Organise
Make Google Search Options Expand By Default
10:00AM 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
8:12AM 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 »
HLO Day 13: The Bag Is A Celebrity
8:12AM 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 »
Fix
