Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Work

Fast Duplicate File Finder Finds Your File Dupes

11:30PM June 17, 2009 | Jason Fitzpatrick

Windows only: A little sloppy file keeping can lead to a lot of duplicate and space-hogging files. Dig up all the dupes with speedy Fast Duplicate File Finder. More »


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Make A Quick, Spicy Sauce For Last-Minute Dinners

11:00PM June 17, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

If you lack for foodie friends, you might not have heard all about sriracha, a pan-Asian chili sauce that’s potent but not too spicy. One blogger suggests a quick tweak that makes it more mellow and perfect for meat flavoring. More »


Work

Firefox 3.5 Upgrades To Release Candidate For Beta Testers

10:30PM June 17, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

If you’re already running the latest build of Firefox’s 3.5 beta, you’ll be able to upgrade sometime today to a release candidate version Mozilla considers “stable for daily browsing”. Direct downloads for everyone, meanwhile, arrive sometime this week. More »


Communicate

TweetDeck Adds Multi-Column iPhone Client, Multi-Client Syncing

9:00PM June 17, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

Windows/Mac/Linux/iPhone: TweetDeck, the Twitter client that helps cut through social noise, has unleashed a clever version of its popular multi-column app for iPhones, as well as made it easy to synchronise columns and work with multiple Twitter accounts. More »


Money

Kmart Offering 10% Off iTunes Cards

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4:30PM June 17, 2009 | Angus Kidman

This week’s iTunes bargain: Kmart is offering 10% off all cards for a week from June 18. (The even better two $20 cards for $30 deal at Big W also runs until June 24). Kmart [via OzBargain]


Work

Google Apps Sync Might Wreck Your Outlook Search

3:10PM June 17, 2009 | Angus Kidman

Google has been talking up its Outlook synchronisation tool for Google Apps users, but early adopters have been experiencing major issues after installing the software. More »


Organise

Organise Your Home With The SPACE Method

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1:00PM June 17, 2009 | Angus Kidman

Feeling overwhelmed by clutter and can’t find anything? Julie Morgenstern’s SPACE system remains the best way I know to get organised and keep your possessions under control. More »


Work

Aussies Addicted To External Hard Drives

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11:00AM June 17, 2009 | Angus Kidman

There are lots of options if you’re looking to make a backup — burning to DVD, copying to a USB key, pushing everything into the cloud — but it seems that Australians are particularly keen on external hard drives. More »


Work

Lifehacker Pack 2009: Essential Free Mac Downloads

9:30AM June 17, 2009 | Adam Pash

We’ve featured countless apps or all sorts over the years, but if you just want a quick look at the best free downloads for your Mac, this post’s for you. This is the 2009 Lifehacker Pack for Mac OS X. More »


Communicate

Phones And Net Are Cheaper, But We Complain More

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9:00AM June 17, 2009 | Angus Kidman

Prices for every type of communications service have fallen in Australia– that’s good news, right? Unfortunately, it increasingly seems to be a case of “you get what you pay for”. More »