Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Work
Coral IE Tab Displays IE-Only Sites In Firefox
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Firefox: Despite the popularity of Internet Explorer-alternatives there are still websites that are optimised for or outright restricted to Internet Explorer. Don’t switch browsers, render IE-only pages in Firefox with this handy extension. More »
Work
Use A Separate Partition To Speed Up Windows 7 Upgrades
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | PC World was, like us, slightly amazed at how long a Windows 7 upgrade can take on a Vista system crammed with data. They recommend a good overall geek tip as a fix: creating a separate “data” partition. More »
Design
Use PowerPoint As A Photo Editor In A Pinch
10:40PM Kevin Purdy | Need to apply a drop-shadow, colour tweak, or sharpening to a photo, but you’re high and dry without Photoshop? PowerPoint has a surprisingly robust range of photo effects you can use to quickly pull off a quick retouch. More »
Work
Sprite Migrate Makes Changing Smartphones Simple
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows Mobile/Symbian/BlackBerry/Android: If you’ve got an itch to flee your smartphone for another platform entirely, the prospect of manually dragging over your data is daunting. Sprite Migrate, a free transfer application, makes it easy to transfer pretty much everything. More »
Money
4:30PM Angus Kidman | Whether you think spending money on “economic stimulus” is vitally important or a waste of time and money, you can find out how money has been allocated in your area via a fairly straightforward government web site. More »
Find Where Stimulus Money Got Spent In Your Area
4:30PM Angus Kidman | Whether you think spending money on “economic stimulus” is vitally important or a waste of time and money, you can find out how money has been allocated in your area via a fairly straightforward government web site. More »
Communicate
3:00PM Angus Kidman | The Lifehacker crew got quite excited at the news that Sony was working with the ABC to make iView available on the PS3, and it looks like that might happen a bit sooner than we expected. More »
iView On PS3 Should Be Here In 2010
3:00PM Angus Kidman | The Lifehacker crew got quite excited at the news that Sony was working with the ABC to make iView available on the PS3, and it looks like that might happen a bit sooner than we expected. More »
Money
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Australians are pretty good at using credit cards intelligently, but sorting through terms and conditions to find the best deal for you is still a tedious task. Credit Card Finder offers a pretty comprehensive listing of Australian credit card providers. More »
Credit Card Finder Outlines Australian Credit Card Deals
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Australians are pretty good at using credit cards intelligently, but sorting through terms and conditions to find the best deal for you is still a tedious task. Credit Card Finder offers a pretty comprehensive listing of Australian credit card providers. More »
Fix
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Whenever a new version of Firefox rolls out, as 3.5.3 did last week, there’s always a few glitches, especially when it comes to extension handling. Before rolling back to an earlier version or whining on the Mozilla forums, it’s worth checking the settings for any offending extensions. More »
Check Firefox Extension Settings After Upgrading
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Whenever a new version of Firefox rolls out, as 3.5.3 did last week, there’s always a few glitches, especially when it comes to extension handling. Before rolling back to an earlier version or whining on the Mozilla forums, it’s worth checking the settings for any offending extensions. More »
Communicate
11:01AM Angus Kidman | The big Australian tech news of the day (and arguably of the year) is that the government plans to force structural separation onto Telstra, meaning that it will be forced to essentially hand over its control of the existing national telephone network (including ADSL). Like the NBN, the arguments over this will be huge, and there’s not likely to be any noticeable difference for the average consumer for quite some time. We’ll look into the implications when the dust settles, but meanwhile you can read the announcement on the DBCDE site.
Government To Force Telstra To Structurally Separate
11:01AM Angus Kidman | The big Australian tech news of the day (and arguably of the year) is that the government plans to force structural separation onto Telstra, meaning that it will be forced to essentially hand over its control of the existing national telephone network (including ADSL). Like the NBN, the arguments over this will be huge, and there’s not likely to be any noticeable difference for the average consumer for quite some time. We’ll look into the implications when the dust settles, but meanwhile you can read the announcement on the DBCDE site.
Communicate
10:30AM Angus Kidman | There are already plans in place to restrict mobile access for 000 time wasters, but is technology being used to maximum effect to help locate genuine emergencies? More »
Is Technology Being Used Effectively To Help 000?
10:30AM Angus Kidman | There are already plans in place to restrict mobile access for 000 time wasters, but is technology being used to maximum effect to help locate genuine emergencies? More » 
