Ubuntu has released the sixth alpha of its Linux distribution, and it firms up two of the features we want to see in Ubuntu: a faster, graphical boot-up sequence, and an integrated software store. More »
Firefox: Google’s clever, mysterious and completely random logo changes, known as “doodles”, usually last for just one day. With this Greasemonkey script, you can make any official Google doodle the logo you always see when searching. More »
Normally when we talk about piracy at Lifehacker it’s in the context of copyright, but we must point out that Saturday is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Google’s Australian blog has some handy tips for bucaneer-hacking your life.
Thinking ahead to a leisurely Saturday breakfast? Standard dietary advice is to poach or boil your eggs rather than fry them, but one study suggests fried eggs can actually help reduce your blood pressure. More »
The dominance of the two big Australian supermarket chains, Woolworths and Coles, is likely to be challenged after the pair signed an agreement with the ACCC agreeing to end restrictive leasing practices. That might sound like arcane financial management talk, but in practice it should result in more supermarket choices in major shopping centres, and hopefully lower prices. More »
Real estate search site MyHouseHunt.com.au has undergone a major revamp, shifting its emphasis to searching and managing property listings across the two dominant local real estate listing sites, Domain and RealEstate.com.au More »
Acrobat Reader can often be a source of annoyance, and one challenge is getting it to work on 64-bit systems — but you can get the job done with a simple registry fix. More »
Saving money is a sensible basic financial strategy whatever the economic climate, but new survey data suggests that we’re no longer being driven to savings accounts by fear of the recession. More »
