For regular pedestrians, an iPod can be a useful tedium-buster. However, Victorian police have tied an increasing number of road deaths to walkers being distracted by MP3 players and text messaging. More »
IceTV has updated its Yahoo Widget, which lets you update recording schedules from your PC. New features in the latest release, which mirrors settings in the general web client, including setting recording quality and dodging repeats. [IceTV]
You’re overseas and you want to keep everyone in touch with what you’re doing. What are the most cost-effective ways to keep accessing Twitter? More »
Google Maps dominates the online mapping scene, but there’s also a vibrant community dedicated to producing open source maps. Smart phone software developer BigTinCan is tapping into that market with a suite of mobile mapping products. More »
Windows/Mac: DeSmuME is a featured-packed Nintendo DS emulator capable of playing ROMs and homebrew software, one that also offers extra features unavailable on a traditional DS. More »
Kick off your Lifehacker Monday by making sure you didn’t miss any of the biggest posts from last week: More »
Organising things that have a permanent home isn’t that difficult. Assign a space and be disciplined about returning the item. What about transient, outgoing items like library books, loaners from friends, and so on? Create a station for them. More »
