Friday, August 14, 2009
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FlashCardMachine Helps You Create, Share, Find Flashcard Sets
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Flashcards, a staple of route memorisation and test prep, don’t have to take the form of dog-earred 3×5 cards. FlashCardMachine makes it easy to create custom flashcards with a variety of playback methods and media. More »
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Qik Brings Video Sharing App To iPhone 3GS
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Qik, a streaming video app that’s already shown up on Android and jailbroken iPhones, has an official app for the iPhone 3GS out. It’s Wi-Fi only, and without live streaming, but the developers say that will change. More »
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Your Need To Sleep (Or Not) Might Be Hard-Wired
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Those friends who claim they “only need” five or six hours of sleep, as compared to your lazy eight? Researchers suggest their lowered slumber needs are a genetic mutation, and that the rest of us shouldn’t fight our instincts. More »
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3:00PM Angus Kidman | Hobbies like craft or electronics often result in lots of clutter. You can keep those items on hand but out of site with a simple furniture hack: join two shelves together with a hinge to make a closable storage pod. More »
DIY Bookshelf Pod
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Hobbies like craft or electronics often result in lots of clutter. You can keep those items on hand but out of site with a simple furniture hack: join two shelves together with a hinge to make a closable storage pod. More »
Money
1:00PM Angus Kidman | The ACCC has been having a busy year cracking down on deceptive advertising, and the latest business to fall foul of advertising rules is hardware chain Mitre 10. More »
Mitre 10 Busted By ACCC
1:00PM Angus Kidman | The ACCC has been having a busy year cracking down on deceptive advertising, and the latest business to fall foul of advertising rules is hardware chain Mitre 10. More »
Money
11:30AM Angus Kidman | Declining postal volumes are one reason Australia Post wants to put up the price of stamps, but it’s also trying to encourage people to send more mail, and offering a free set of electronic scales to anyone who registers for its Click and Send service is one way of doing that.
Lest you worry that Click And Send sounds like some dodgy campaign that will encourage junk mail, it’s a service that lets you fill out the paperwork for goods being sent overseas online, and then either have them picked up by a courier or posted via your local office. It’s free to sign up for, and would be handy for businesses, eBay addicts and people with overseas relatives, while the scales giveaway is running until September 20. Picture by czardases
Click And Send [via OzBargain]
Australia Post Giving Away Scales
11:30AM Angus Kidman | Declining postal volumes are one reason Australia Post wants to put up the price of stamps, but it’s also trying to encourage people to send more mail, and offering a free set of electronic scales to anyone who registers for its Click and Send service is one way of doing that.
Lest you worry that Click And Send sounds like some dodgy campaign that will encourage junk mail, it’s a service that lets you fill out the paperwork for goods being sent overseas online, and then either have them picked up by a courier or posted via your local office. It’s free to sign up for, and would be handy for businesses, eBay addicts and people with overseas relatives, while the scales giveaway is running until September 20. Picture by czardases
Click And Send [via OzBargain]
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10:00AM Angus Kidman | As part of a longer-term plan that includes adding Outlook to the Mac version of Office, Microsoft has released a new business-specific version of Office for Mac. That’s a welcome step for corporate users who want to use the Mac, but it doesn’t come cheap. More »
Mac Office Gets Business Version For Double The Money
10:00AM Angus Kidman | As part of a longer-term plan that includes adding Outlook to the Mac version of Office, Microsoft has released a new business-specific version of Office for Mac. That’s a welcome step for corporate users who want to use the Mac, but it doesn’t come cheap. More »
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8:30AM Angus Kidman | Retweeting a message is one of the most common Twitter activities, but wasn’t part of Twitter’s original design, meaning you sometimes need workarounds to retweet effectively. That’s set to change in the near future with Twitter officially adding retweet support. More »
Twitter To Officially Support Retweets
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Retweeting a message is one of the most common Twitter activities, but wasn’t part of Twitter’s original design, meaning you sometimes need workarounds to retweet effectively. That’s set to change in the near future with Twitter officially adding retweet support. More »
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Digsby Joins The Dark Side, Uses Your PC To Make Money
8:00AM The How-To Geek | The popular Digsby instant messenger client not only bundles half a dozen “optional” crapware applications, it’s also using your computer to crawl the web, do stock market research, and more. It’s time to uninstall. More »
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