Thursday, August 20, 2009
Work
USBDriveFresher Tidies Up Your Directories
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: Have a flash drive that is constantly getting cluttered up with temporary files or system files from another OS? Why manually delete the mess? Automate the cleanup with USBDriveFresher. More »
Work
SessionSaver Enables Multi-Tab Saving And Loading In Chrome
11:05PM Kevin Purdy | Google Chrome: Want to keep track of what you’ve got open in Google Chrome? The experimental SessionSaver extension can save and load multi-tab, multi-window sessions and restore them with a few clicks. More »
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4:00PM Angus Kidman | We don’t like the print version and it’s already available on Google, but the launch of an iPhone application for the Yellow Pages is still potentially good news for Apple mobile lovers who need a plumber. More »
Yellow Pages iPhone App Now Available
4:00PM Angus Kidman | We don’t like the print version and it’s already available on Google, but the launch of an iPhone application for the Yellow Pages is still potentially good news for Apple mobile lovers who need a plumber. More »
Travel
1:46PM Angus Kidman | The promise that the Suna traffic information service would go virtually national in June was clearly a little ambitious, but it has finally happened. A press release from Suna claims that with Canberra now officially launched, 95% of the population have access to the service. Suna isn’t planning much further expansion, so the big thing to watch now will be improved coverage within existing areas of high traffic.
Suna Finally Arrives In Canberra
1:46PM Angus Kidman | The promise that the Suna traffic information service would go virtually national in June was clearly a little ambitious, but it has finally happened. A press release from Suna claims that with Canberra now officially launched, 95% of the population have access to the service. Suna isn’t planning much further expansion, so the big thing to watch now will be improved coverage within existing areas of high traffic.
Work
1:00PM Angus Kidman | We’ve complained before about the confusing and overpriced cost for upgrading to Windows 7 if you’ve purchased a Vista-equipped PC recently. Fujitsu’s recently-announced pricing provides a clear example of how consumers aren’t getting much of a deal. More »
Windows 7 Upgrade Pricing Still Messy
1:00PM Angus Kidman | We’ve complained before about the confusing and overpriced cost for upgrading to Windows 7 if you’ve purchased a Vista-equipped PC recently. Fujitsu’s recently-announced pricing provides a clear example of how consumers aren’t getting much of a deal. More »
Money
11:00AM Angus Kidman | The opening of warehouse shopping giant Costco’s first Australian store in Melbourne this week has attracted extensive media coverage and hordes of shoppers. Bargain hunters appear to have been seduced by massive mayonnaise and industrial palettes of paper, but there are some good discounts when it comes to tech purchases too — especially if you’re thinking iPod. More »
Costco Has Some Good Deals For Tech
11:00AM Angus Kidman | The opening of warehouse shopping giant Costco’s first Australian store in Melbourne this week has attracted extensive media coverage and hordes of shoppers. Bargain hunters appear to have been seduced by massive mayonnaise and industrial palettes of paper, but there are some good discounts when it comes to tech purchases too — especially if you’re thinking iPod. More »
Communicate
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Sensis released its 2009 e-Business Report today, and amongst the welter of statistics about how Australian businesses and consumers use technology, the one that stuck out for us concerned how much (or how little) we use the Internet for video content. More »
Online Video Not Quite Mainstream
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Sensis released its 2009 e-Business Report today, and amongst the welter of statistics about how Australian businesses and consumers use technology, the one that stuck out for us concerned how much (or how little) we use the Internet for video content. More »
Work
Windows Live Movie Maker Leaves Beta, Ready For Download
7:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Windows Live Movie Maker—the new, ribbon-sporting, updated version of Windows Movie Maker, has left beta and is now ready to handle your video editing needs. More »
Design
The Ultra-Minimal Mac Desktop
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Ian Michael Smith’s desktop shows that you don’t need to have loads of add-ons to make a productive and attractive OS X desktop. More »
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