Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Work

Google Docs Viewer Bookmarklet Makes PDFs Less Freeze-y

10:40PM October 7, 2009 | 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

Kindle To Be Sold To Australian Customers

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4:07PM October 7, 2009 | 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

Digital TV Scammers Hit Rural Areas

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3:00PM October 7, 2009 | 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

How To Set Up AutoArchive For Outlook

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1:00PM October 7, 2009 | 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

Chime Adds Facebook Update Support

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11:00AM October 7, 2009 | 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

Frequent Flyer Points From BWS, Dick Smith Soon

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9:00AM October 7, 2009 | 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 October 7, 2009 | 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 October 7, 2009 | 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 October 7, 2009 | 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 »


Work

Arora Is An Open-Source Browser With Out-Of-The-Box Ad Blocking

5:30AM October 7, 2009 | Adam Pash

Windows/Mac/Linux: Arora is a free, cross-platform web browser built on WebKit (the engine that powers Safari and Chrome) that we’ve mentioned once before, but its latest release includes some interesting new features by default, including built-in support for ad blocking. More »