Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Work
Google Docs Viewer Bookmarklet Makes PDFs Less Freeze-y
10:40PM Kevin Purdy | Clicking a PDF and waiting, waiting, waiting for it to load, or possibly crash your browser, is an inescapable web annoyance of bad-stand-up-comedy proportions. Unless you convert all of a page’s PDF links to open with Google Doc’s streamlined viewer. More »
Communicate
4:07PM Angus Kidman | Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader has been the one certified success in the electronic books market, but unfortunately sales have always been restricted to US buyers. That will change on October 19, when the Kindle will become available to customers worldwide. More »
Kindle To Be Sold To Australian Customers
4:07PM Angus Kidman | Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader has been the one certified success in the electronic books market, but unfortunately sales have always been restricted to US buyers. That will change on October 19, when the Kindle will become available to customers worldwide. More »
Communicate
3:00PM Angus Kidman | The Mildura area will be the first to fully convert to digital TV, and sadly that means it’s also the first to see scammers trying to take advantage of the switchover. More »
Digital TV Scammers Hit Rural Areas
3:00PM Angus Kidman | The Mildura area will be the first to fully convert to digital TV, and sadly that means it’s also the first to see scammers trying to take advantage of the switchover. More »
Organise
1:00PM Angus Kidman | AutoArchive ensures that your Outlook email file doesn’t get too unwieldy, but the default settings aren’t necessarily very helpful. Here’s how to make sure your email is backed up into archives successfully. More »
How To Set Up AutoArchive For Outlook
1:00PM Angus Kidman | AutoArchive ensures that your Outlook email file doesn’t get too unwieldy, but the default settings aren’t necessarily very helpful. Here’s how to make sure your email is backed up into archives successfully. More »
Communicate
11:00AM Angus Kidman | Chime, the service which lets you update your Twitter status via an Australian SMS number, has extended its options so you can also update your Facebook status. More »
Chime Adds Facebook Update Support
11:00AM Angus Kidman | Chime, the service which lets you update your Twitter status via an Australian SMS number, has extended its options so you can also update your Facebook status. More »
Money
9:00AM Angus Kidman | You can already accumulate Qantas Frequent Flyer points on the Everyday Rewards card when you spend money at Woolworths, Woolworths Liquor and Big W. Now liquor chain BWS is also on the list, and electronics retailer Dick Smith is soon to follow. More »
Frequent Flyer Points From BWS, Dick Smith Soon
9:00AM Angus Kidman | You can already accumulate Qantas Frequent Flyer points on the Everyday Rewards card when you spend money at Woolworths, Woolworths Liquor and Big W. Now liquor chain BWS is also on the list, and electronics retailer Dick Smith is soon to follow. More »
Organise
Google Experiments With A Single-Word, Fading Homepage
8:30AM Azadeh Ensha | Google is reportedly experimenting with a new fading homepage design in an effort to create a cleaner, simpler interface. More »
Design
Theme Builder Creates Document Themes For Office 2007
7:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Standalone application Theme Builder creates themes for Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and even Outlook emails — allowing you to create a consistent look and feel across all your documents. More »
Work
Photoshoots In Hong Kong Heights
6:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | We love to see your workspaces, when we get a chance to see your whole workplace it’s an extra special treat. Today we’re peeking into a Hong Kong laundromat remodelled to be a photo studio. More »
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