Friday, July 10, 2009
Fix
Open A Banana Like A Monkey
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | There is a strong chance that you’ve been opening bananas wrong your whole life. Take a cue from our simian friends and start opening a banana with the efficiency of a hungry monkey. More »
Work
Google Now Translates Uploaded Documents
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Google Translate could previously take pasted text or web URLs for translation, and the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer was offering on-the-fly translation. Now Google’s made it easy to put desktop documents through its multi-language processing. More »
Fix
Speed Up Slow Firefox 3.5 Windows Start-Ups
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Firefox 3.5 pulls data from certain file locations for randomised security purposes. Sometimes, though, that can lead to annoying slow start-ups in Windows. You can speed things up by cleaning out certain folder locations. More »
Money
4:30PM Angus Kidman | eBay’s move to maximum rate postage last year wasn’t universally popular, but at least the auction giant moves slowly with the times. Rates have been raised by approximately 4% to cover increased postage costs, with CDs going up from $5 to $5.20, books rising from $6 to $8.30, and DVDs rising from $8 to $8.30. [eBay Announcements]
eBay Adjusts Maximum Postage Rates
4:30PM Angus Kidman | eBay’s move to maximum rate postage last year wasn’t universally popular, but at least the auction giant moves slowly with the times. Rates have been raised by approximately 4% to cover increased postage costs, with CDs going up from $5 to $5.20, books rising from $6 to $8.30, and DVDs rising from $8 to $8.30. [eBay Announcements]
Work
3:00PM Angus Kidman | You may never have heard of NICTA (the national ICT centre of excellence), but if you’re an open source enthusiast, you’ll likely be drooling at the new centralised open source portal it has just launched. More »
NICTA Puts Open Source Projects In One Place
3:00PM Angus Kidman | You may never have heard of NICTA (the national ICT centre of excellence), but if you’re an open source enthusiast, you’ll likely be drooling at the new centralised open source portal it has just launched. More »
Fix
12:00PM Angus Kidman | IKEA’s flat pack philosophy might mean goods are cheaper and they fit in your sedan, but they also leave you with some seriously large cardboard boxes at the end. Is overfilling your recycling bin the only solution? More »
Recycle IKEA Flat Pack Boxes
12:00PM Angus Kidman | IKEA’s flat pack philosophy might mean goods are cheaper and they fit in your sedan, but they also leave you with some seriously large cardboard boxes at the end. Is overfilling your recycling bin the only solution? More »
Fix
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Self-diagnosis via Google might be a major annoyance source for doctors, but it turns out that your GP isn’t that keen on using a PC even when it’s sitting on their own desk. More »
Your Doctor Isn’t Using A PC
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Self-diagnosis via Google might be a major annoyance source for doctors, but it turns out that your GP isn’t that keen on using a PC even when it’s sitting on their own desk. More »
Work
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Google’s plans for its own operating system have gotten an enthusiastic response from tech afficianados, but there’s a definite downside to Google’s decision to move into the OS space. More »
Why The Chrome OS Might Bite
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Google’s plans for its own operating system have gotten an enthusiastic response from tech afficianados, but there’s a definite downside to Google’s decision to move into the OS space. More »
Organise
Google Maps Location Finder Pinpoints You In Chrome And Firefox
8:00AM Azadeh Ensha | While mobile users have been able to rely on Google Maps to pinpoint their locations for some time, starting today Google Chrome 2.0 and Mozilla FireFox 3.5 users will also be able to locate their positions from their browsers. More »
Design
