Friday, May 29, 2009

Work

Print Friendly Optimises Web Pages For Printing

11:30PM May 29, 2009 | Jason Fitzpatrick

There is a significant disconnect for most web sites between how they look on the screen and how they print off your printer. Print Friendly streamlines sites so you only print what you need. More »


Organise

Yahoo Image Search Offers Better Creative Commons Filter For Flickr

11:00PM May 29, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

Lifehacker editors are, if nothing else, veterans at finding relevant, reusable images with permissive Creative Commons (CC) licensing on photo sharing site Flickr. So it’s great to hear that Yahoo now offers advanced CC filtering for Flickr photos through its own, more powerful image search tool. More »


Work

WebNotes Highlights, Sticky-Notes And Organises Web Research

10:30PM May 29, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

WebNotes, a research tool developed by, and for, serious researchers, allows anyone to highlight and add sticky notes to web pages and have those notes instantly added to a web-based research file. For anyone flying through HTML pages like so much paper, it could be really handy. More »


Work

Nuke Anything Enhanced Removes Page Items For Printing

9:00PM May 29, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

Firefox: Nuke Anything Enhanced makes it easy to print or read just one section of a web page, or selectively remove items like ads or sidebars that get in the way of your content. More »


Communicate

No Consumer Change As Vodafone-3 Merger Approved

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5:46PM May 29, 2009 | Angus Kidman

The ACCC has approved the Vodafone-3 merger, but both companies say it will be business as usual for the merged entities for the foreseeable future and that consumers won’t notice any change. More »


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The Bing Features Australia Won’t Be Getting

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1:30PM May 29, 2009 | Angus Kidman

Microsoft’s uber-hyped new search engine Bing doesn’t go live down under until June 3, but we already know that many of the features being promoted won’t be available at launch in Australia, if ever. More »


Travel

Why I Didn’t Buy A Mac

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12:00PM May 29, 2009 | Angus Kidman

When I decided to purchase a new PC for the Hand Luggage Only project, I had a pretty open mind about what I might get, but I must admit there was one decision already made: I definitely wasn’t going to buy a Mac. More »


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Faster Extension Puts Google Results In Sidebar

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10:30AM May 29, 2009 | Angus Kidman

Tired of clicking on each Google result after a search and then going back? Firefox extension Faster shifts your search results into the left-hand sidebar so you can quickly sort through multiple pieces of information. More »


Communicate

Google Wave “Is What Email Would Look Like If It Were Invented Today”

9:30AM May 29, 2009 | Adam Pash

Google announced today a new, experimental idea aiming to reshape the future of communication on the web. It’s called Wave, and if you believe its developer, it’s “what email would look like if it were invented today.” It’s also going to be totally open source. Intrigued? More »


Money

Find Banks With The Smallest Interest Rate Drops

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9:00AM May 29, 2009 | Angus Kidman

It’s inevitable that as official interest rates drop, the amount you can earn on your savings falls — but that doesn’t mean that every bank adjusts their rates with the same ferocity. More »