Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - Page 2
Work

From The Tips Box: Password Safety, Torrent Tracking

Lifehacker readers remind us to take care of the skeletons lurking in our passwords, highlight some lesser known Quick Look functionality for OS X users, and demonstrate some clever methods to track torrents.


Organise

Google Fast Flip Gives A Print Look And Feel To Google News

Google Labs released a new experimental news tool today called Google Fast Flip—”a new reading experience that combines the best elements of print and online articles.”


Travel

Google Maps Adds Australian Traffic Information

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Google Maps has incorporated traffic information for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, meaning that as well as planning your journey you can make an educated guess at how many snags you’ll run into on the way.


Work

Extend Your Battery Life With The Right Browser

It’s tough to get things done on your laptop when your battery’s gone dead. We previously showed you some ways to score more battery juice, but as it turns out, using the right browser can also help.


Work

Customize Your Web Modifies Web Pages To Your Liking

Firefox on Windows: If you’ve always wanted to modify websites with Stylish and/or Greasemonkey but lack the CSS or JavaScript chops, Customize Your Web lets non-developers change the appearance of web pages and add functionality to them.


Work

Google’s Data Liberation Front Details How To Free Your Data From Google

Google’s new Data Liberation Front is designed to help you liberate your data from any Google service with as little pain as possible so you’re not locked into Gmail, for example, just because all your old email is there.


Work

Focus On Offline Work To Stay Productive When Your Email Crashes

The recent Gmail outage put a giant productivity wall in front of a whole lot of people, but over at Harvard Business our own Gina Trapani suggests that an email outage can be turned into a productivity boost with the right plan.


Fix

Paper Fix Binds Your Papers Without Staples

Not a fan of paper clips? Wish your stapler had an infinite supply of staples? The Paper Fix is a stapler-substitute that binds paper together using just the paper itself.


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Use Dropbox For More Than Just File Syncing

Ever since Lifehacker turned me on to Dropbox, it’s become one of the most essential pieces in my daily workflow. Sure it syncs files extremely well, but Dropbox is an excellent tool for so much more.


Organise

FocusBoosterLive Is A Simple Web-Based Break Timer

Whether you need a timer to keep you on task or to remind you occasionally get off task and emerge from your office, FocusBoosterLive can help ensure the hours don’t slip away.