Friday, August 7, 2009

Work

Auslogics Duplicate File Finder Helps Declutter Your Disks

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Unintended duplicate files can chew up a lot of disk space. Auslogics Duplicate File Finder will help you dupes even when the files names don’t match. More »
Work

Try Out Wikipedia’s New Look In Beta

11:00PM Kevin Purdy | If you’re a frequent surfer of the mass-edited encyclopedia, now would be a good time to register for a user account. With it, you can enable Wikipedia’s new beta skin/theme, which gives a slicker feel to reading and editing. More »
Design

Rainmeter 1.0 Brings The Enigma Desktop To Everyone

9:00PM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Rainmeter 1.0 not only includes the latest version of the very popular Enigma desktop, it has a theme manager and configuration tool—so you can setup a killer desktop without a line of code. More »
Fix

How To Make Your Own Mousepad

2:30PM Angus Kidman | A quick flick around eBay or your local office supply store will reveal more mousepads than any person could sensibly use, but for total uniqueness you can’t beat making your own. More »
Fix

Use Baking Paper To Keep The Office Sandwich Press Clean

1:00PM Angus Kidman | A sandwich press is a welcome addition to any workplace kitchen, and a fine way of making your packed lunch more interesting. However, keeping it clean can be a fiddly task. More »
Organise

Hit Inbox Zero When 12:34:56 7/8/9 Comes Around

11:30AM Angus Kidman | The trivia-minded have been anticipating this moment for weeks: at a certain moment during lunch today, the time will be 12:34:56 7/8/9. There’s nothing directly useful about that, but if you’re dithering in the office on a Friday, why not try and get your inbox cleaned up in time for this occasion, which you’ll probably not see again in your lifetime?
Money

Twitpay Lets You Make Payments Via Twitter

9:58AM Angus Kidman | Want to do more with Twitter than just search and send messages? Twitpay lets you send payments via Paypal to other people using the popular social networking service. More »
Work

Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Upgrade Chart

9:30AM Azadeh Ensha | Today Microsoft made Windows 7 available to their MSDN and TechNet service subscribers, and to help prepare you for the impending release, the company has also produced an official upgrade chart. More »
Work

Google Adds “Social Gadgets” To iGoogle

8:30AM Angus Kidman | Australia is often low down the list when it comes to Google features getting rolled out (Voice, anyone?), but a new range of “social gadgets” for iGoogle are being tested in Australia before hitting the rest of the world. More »
Work

Windows XP Mode RC For Windows 7

7:00AM Adam Pash | Windows 7 only: We already showed you how to set up and use XP Mode in Windows 7 using the beta version of XP Mode; now XP Mode has updated from beta to a new release candidate for your XP virtualisation needs. More »