According to research conducted by the Nielsen company (you know, the TV ratings folks), the average internet user now spends 68 hours online per month. That may sound like a lot, but it only comes out to an average of about two and a quarter hours a day — something we’d guess many Lifehacker readers demolish. So how about you? 68 hours seem about right? [Nielsen via Mashable]
By default, Windows 7 easily pins any program to the taskbar for quick launching (just drag and drop), but if you want to pin something that isn’t an application, it gets more difficult. Weblog 7tutorials details how to pin any item.
Love the idea of a notebook-sized device you can use to read books anywhere but don’t want to shell out cash for a Kindle? PopSci’s DIY Kindle boasts a colour display and a higher screen resolution — and it’s cheaper.
Adobe AIR apps like TweetDeck work on all platforms, but with a few quirks — like not opening your preferred browser on clicked links. Here’s a few solutions for TweetDeck and other AIR apps running on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Layar, the (somewhat) augmented reality browser previously available only on Android, has hit the App Store. If it seemed cool on a G1, it’s probably going to zoom at showing you what’s nearby and where on a 3GS.
Perhaps because there isn’t enough news about the Google Books deal already, Google announced that it would offer up more than half a million books to “any device with a browser” in early 2010.
