Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Work

Use Firefox’s Spellchecker On Any Page

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Firefox only: Firefox has long had a handy built in spellchecker, great for proof reading emails, blog posts and other communications. What if you want to use the built-in spellchecker on a static web page however? Use this bookmarklet. More »
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RealDVD Killed Off In Court

11:00PM Kevin Purdy | RealDVD, the bold attempt by Real Networks to offer a legal DVD ripping solution, was shelved in October and has now lost its first court case. More »
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Time Drive Does Incremental Backup Across Networks

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: Inspired by our post on Linux backup utility Back in Time, but finding it lacking encryption and network powers, Rob Oakes wrote his own Python-based utility to back up Windows, Mac or Linux machines across local machines or networks. More »
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Eight Regular Expressions Help Beginners With Advanced Search

9:45PM Kevin Purdy | Regular expressions are seriously powerful tools, but most folks without serious IT experience aren’t familiar with them. A helpful blog post details eight useful expressions and how they work. More »
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Money

Top 5 Things You Should Never Pay Full Price For

4:07PM Angus Kidman | You can’t get everything for nothing, but there are some things no-one should be paying top dollar for. Here’s Lifehacker’s top ways to keeping your outgoings low. More »
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Lifehacker Australia Goes Mobile, Again

3:30PM Kym Weathersten | Accessing the latest tips and downloads will now be even easier. Thanks to BlackBerry, the new and improved Lifehacker Australia mobile site has gone live. More »
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Internode Launches Naked ADSL2+ In Tasmania

2:18PM Angus Kidman | Tasmania has relatively weak mobile broadband and will have to wait a while for NBN services, so Internode’s rollout of its NakedExtreme ADSL2+ plans is good news for Taswegians seeking a bandwidth fix. More »
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Is Tweeting The Birth Experience Going Too Far?

12:30PM Angus Kidman | The wife of Twitter’s CEO tweeted details of her labour. Is anything off limits when it comes to social networking? More »
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iHateHolding Gets You A Real Person On The Phone

10:30AM Angus Kidman | No-one likes hanging on hold and pressing endless keys to get a service problem resolved. iHateHolding is a user-generated collection of tips for skipping the phone menus and getting to an actual staff member. More »
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Travel

Belkin Flythru Might Help With Airport Security

8:30AM Angus Kidman | Airport security makes you remove your laptop for screening so it doesn’t get confused with an explosive device. Belkin’s Flythru laptop bag theoretically removes that annoyance by placing your laptop in a see-through compartment so that the harried airport staff can see you’re packing Mac rather than mace. More »
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