Friday, September 25, 2009
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Re-Evaluate Your Office Gear To Simplify And Declutter
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | An office full of equipment and supplies would seem to be the natural order of things, but it’s all too easy for a functional workspace to become a cluttered one as the junk piles up. Re-evaluate to free up space. More »
Work
Google Sends Cease And Desist To CyanogenMod Android Hacker
11:05PM Kevin Purdy | CyanogenMod, the maker of custom-built ROMs for “rooted” Android phones, has been sent a cease and desist letter by Google, specifically regarding his inclusion of Gmail, Google Maps and other apps built by Google for its partner phones. More »
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Install Picasa 3.5 In Linux
10:00PM Kevin Purdy | Want the same kind of facial recognition, name tagging and easy geo-location of Picasa 3.5 for Windows and Mac on your Linux desktop? There’s no official release, but you can fairly easily plug Picasa into your system. More »
Money
4:30PM Angus Kidman | Travel insurance is essential if you’re heading overseas, especially into the potentially bottomless medical bill pit that is the USA. Artog’s Travel Insurance comparison tool lets you compare rates from 11 insurers to get the best deal for your upcoming trip. More »
Artog Travel Insurance Compares Rates For Overseas Trips
4:30PM Angus Kidman | Travel insurance is essential if you’re heading overseas, especially into the potentially bottomless medical bill pit that is the USA. Artog’s Travel Insurance comparison tool lets you compare rates from 11 insurers to get the best deal for your upcoming trip. More »
Money
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Until September 30, Coles is offering 20% off mobile phone recharges if you spend more than $100 on groceries. That’s a good potential saving, but will probably lead to grumbling that Coles is exploiting its market power. More »
Coles Offering 20% Off Mobile Recharges
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Until September 30, Coles is offering 20% off mobile phone recharges if you spend more than $100 on groceries. That’s a good potential saving, but will probably lead to grumbling that Coles is exploiting its market power. More »
Communicate
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Bookworm social networking site The Reading Room has revamped itself, promising “a whole new look” and better search facilities. But does the new version fix its earlier faults? More »
Reading Room Revamp Still Has Flaws
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Bookworm social networking site The Reading Room has revamped itself, promising “a whole new look” and better search facilities. But does the new version fix its earlier faults? More »
Communicate
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Foxtel’s long-rumoured download service and an enhanced range of channels will finally roll out next week, but there’s already a fair bit of information online about what’s coming. More »
Foxtel Readies New Channels, Download Services
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Foxtel’s long-rumoured download service and an enhanced range of channels will finally roll out next week, but there’s already a fair bit of information online about what’s coming. More »
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | Just looked somewhere up on Google Maps and want details on the place itself, rather than how to get there? Google’s newly-announced Place Pages gather together information on locations so you don’t have to launch a separate tab just to check minor details. More »
Google Place Pages Provide Area Information
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Just looked somewhere up on Google Maps and want details on the place itself, rather than how to get there? Google’s newly-announced Place Pages gather together information on locations so you don’t have to launch a separate tab just to check minor details. More »
Work
10:00AM Kevin Purdy | Whether you prefer the clean minimalism of Steve Jobs and 37 Signals or the creative chaos of Tina Fey and Pixar, there’s a lot to learn from the workspaces of the well-known. We present nine such spaces here for inspiration. More »
Nine Workspaces Where Famous Folks Get Stuff Done
10:00AM Kevin Purdy | Whether you prefer the clean minimalism of Steve Jobs and 37 Signals or the creative chaos of Tina Fey and Pixar, there’s a lot to learn from the workspaces of the well-known. We present nine such spaces here for inspiration. More »
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9:00AM Angus Kidman | At Lifehacker, we freely admit to having something of an office supplies fetish. That might well be a pre-requisite for installing the Officeworks iPhone application, which lets you browse 15,000 items from the office supplies giant. Mmm, staplers. More »
Officeworks iPhone App Has Product Listings, Store Locations
9:00AM Angus Kidman | At Lifehacker, we freely admit to having something of an office supplies fetish. That might well be a pre-requisite for installing the Officeworks iPhone application, which lets you browse 15,000 items from the office supplies giant. Mmm, staplers. More » 
