Friday, May 22, 2009
Passpack Provides Secure Login/Password Sharing
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Some web accounts are meant to be shared, whether with co-workers, clients you’re providing access to, or for tech support. Passpack, the previously mentioned, online/offline password manager, offers a more secure way than emails or Post-It Notes. More »
Communicate
Gmail Inbox Preview Shows Message Blurbs While Loading
9:00PM Kevin Purdy | Gmail Labs’ newest feature, an “Inbox Preview” on the loading screen, might just be the best thing that ever happened to email checkers working off a shaky or slow connection. More »
Travel
4:30PM Angus Kidman | Battery life is crucial, but there’s an equally important test for any notebook that’s going to get regularly used on a plane: is it small enough to fit on the tray, allow typing when there’s someone sitting next to you and not end up half-closed when the person in front reclines their seat? More »
The Notebook Airline Test
4:30PM Angus Kidman | Battery life is crucial, but there’s an equally important test for any notebook that’s going to get regularly used on a plane: is it small enough to fit on the tray, allow typing when there’s someone sitting next to you and not end up half-closed when the person in front reclines their seat? More »
Fix
3:00PM Angus Kidman | There’s something about the combination of IKEA and cats that just works. We’ve already had two versions of the IKEA cat litter tray and a bed for obese felines: now here’s a bookshelf converted into an exercise space for kitty. More »
DIY IKEA Bookshelf Cat Run
3:00PM Angus Kidman | There’s something about the combination of IKEA and cats that just works. We’ve already had two versions of the IKEA cat litter tray and a bed for obese felines: now here’s a bookshelf converted into an exercise space for kitty. More »
Money
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Low-cost supermarket food looks especially tempting in times of austerity, but food that comes cheap in a first-world economy may well mean that someone’s working in harsh conditions elsewhere. More »
The Hidden Cost Of Cheap Food
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Low-cost supermarket food looks especially tempting in times of austerity, but food that comes cheap in a first-world economy may well mean that someone’s working in harsh conditions elsewhere. More »
Travel
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Traffic information service SUNA, which already covers Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, this week extended itself to the Gold Coast, a development which can be seen as either timely or unfortunate given this week’s weather conditions. More »
SUNA Traffic Tracking Expands To Gold Coast
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Traffic information service SUNA, which already covers Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, this week extended itself to the Gold Coast, a development which can be seen as either timely or unfortunate given this week’s weather conditions. More »
Travel
10:30AM Angus Kidman | When I wrote up Lifehacker’s guide to capital city airport transfer options earlier this week, I deliberately avoided door-to-door shuttle services when there was a regularly scheduled public transport option. Today I remembered one reason why: because sometimes they just don’t show up. More »
HLO Day 22: Why Airport Shuttles Bite
10:30AM Angus Kidman | When I wrote up Lifehacker’s guide to capital city airport transfer options earlier this week, I deliberately avoided door-to-door shuttle services when there was a regularly scheduled public transport option. Today I remembered one reason why: because sometimes they just don’t show up. More »
Fix
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Windows 7 may well be getting most of the attention around here, but Microsoft is still beavering away on trying to turn Vista into a product that works with the imminent release of Service Pack 2. More »
Vista Service Pack 2 Due Within Weeks
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Windows 7 may well be getting most of the attention around here, but Microsoft is still beavering away on trying to turn Vista into a product that works with the imminent release of Service Pack 2. More »
Work
Google Chrome 2 Brings New Features And Serious Speed
8:30AM Adam Pash | Back in March Google released a faster beta version of Chrome that boasted a 25-35% speed boosts on benchmarking tests, and today those improvements—along with a few new features—are now officially available in the stable release of Chrome. More »
Fix
