Transferring files over instant messenger is usually more miss than hit, and email limits you to 25MB at most—if you’re both on Gmail. Streamfile facilitates streaming file transfers of up to 150MB, or 300MB with a free sign-up. More »
When Microsoft introduced the Ribbon interface in Office 2007, a key argument for the radical switch was that it would be easier to use. That always seemed like a suspicious claim relative to the millions of existing Office users, and now Microsoft has been forced to concede that throwing out everything might not have been the best move. More »
Album cover design might be a dying art in the CD age, but serious music buffs can still obsess over classic covers. AlbumArtExchange has around 50,000 album cover scans, and it’s not afraid to tell you how good most of them are. More »
You can already access surf conditions tracking site Coastalwatch via the web or on your mobile phone. Now there’s an iGoogle gadget to let you seek out the perfect wave on your home page. More »
Leaving your car lights on overnight is still one of the more reliable ways to kill the battery. Your Lights Are On! lets you notify other drivers if they’ve failed to switch off the lights via text message. More »
Okay, so just a few minutes ago we pointed out that Xmarks now syncs bookmarks with Chrome—albeit in closed alpha test. Now Google announces that the latest Chrome dev channel release—4.0.201.1—adds bookmark synchronisation. More »
Windows only: Good news for Chrome early adopters: Xmarks, the browser add-on that syncs bookmarks between Firefox, IE, and Safari, has now released an alpha version of the bookmark sync tool for the developer channel of Google Chrome on Windows. More »
When you’ve got an Internet connectivity problem, the last thing you want to do is hang on hold for hours on end. Internode is trying to help consumers sidestep that issue with a continuously updated online record of call waiting times. More »
