Saturday, August 22, 2009

Work

From The Tips Box: Ditching Email Limitations, DIY File Holders

9:00AM Rosa Golijan | Readers show us how to escape the limitations of university (and work) e-mail accounts, turn a dryer rack into a file holder and remind us that music is a great timer in a pinch. More »
Work

Google, Apple, AT&T Make Statements To FCC Over Google Voice

8:30AM Adam Pash | Apple’s been bad, and now the FCC is all over Apple, AT&T and Google trying to get to the bottom of the Google Voice app rejection from the iTunes App Store. More »
Work

Set Up Space-Saving, Permanent Gmail And Reader Tabs In Firefox

8:00AM Harsha Kotcherlakota | Ed. note: Reader, Harsha Kotcherlakota, wrote in to our tips box with a very detailed, very cool guide to how he uses a few Firefox extensions we’ve featured to create dedicated, always-available-yet-unobtrusive tabs for Gmail and Google Reader. Here’s how. More »
Design

Photoshop.com Hosts Videos Up To 2GB In Size

7:00AM Adam Pash | Today, online photo editor Photoshop.com announced that they’re now allowing users to upload and share videos up to 2GB in size. More »
Work

Auslogics Task Manager Tracks Process I/O Usage

6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Free, portable system utility Auslogics Task Manager helps you troubleshoot a PC by tracking CPU, disk, memory and internet usage for every process on your system. More »
Fix

Hack Your Wii For Homebrew Without Twilight Princess

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Bummed because you’ve got a new Wii and the Twilight Princess hack won’t work on it? Have an older Wii but you don’t want to buy Twilight Princess just to install Homebrew? Try the free and easy bannerbomb exploit. More »
Fix

How To Fix Annoying YouTube Jumpiness In Firefox

4:30AM Adam Pash | Ever notice an annoying, persistent lag every ten seconds or so when you’re watching a YouTube (or other) video in Firefox? Reader Bernard Sandberg has, and he’s written in with a smart about:config that solves the problem for him. More »
Design

The Minimal Transparence Desktop

4:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Felix.Ng’s desktop takes a minimalist desktop and adds just the right amount of useful gadgets while keeping everything clean and simple. More »
Organise

Google Tasks Updates With Gmail Sharing Integration

3:30AM Adam Pash | Google Tasks graduated from Gmail Labs back in July, but it’s still adding the occasional feature to tighten its integration with Gmail. Today, for example, Tasks added a small but useful feature allowing you to quickly and easily email a task list. More »
Fix

MP3 Diags Scans And Repairs Your MP3 Collection

3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Window/Linux: Fixing a tag here and there is one thing, but what if your MP3 collection is in need of a deep and serious massaging to get things in order? MP3 Diags lets you dig into the guts of MP3s. More »