Some folks have declared RSS dead, and while we’d never make so bold a claim at this point (we still love RSS), blogger Steve Rubel demonstrates how—even if you’re not using Google Reader regularly—it makes for an excellent personal database.
Wikipedia has its share of detractors who question the reliability and accuracy of the site’s entries. To appease critics and combat bias, Wikipedia will institute an optional feature called WikiTrust, which according to Wired Magazine “will colour code every word of the encyclopaedia based on the reliability of its author and the length of time it has persisted on the page”.
With great media centre applications like Boxee, XBMC, and Plex for OS X, it’s more tempting than ever to hook your Mac up to your HDTV. Now that you’ve upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard, you’ll find Snow Leopard’s gotten HDTV-friendly.
Lifehacker readers show us how to organise occasionally used cables with coat hangers, and how to repurpose old monitors into gigantic, easy to read clocks.
