Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Work
Figure Out Which Windows 7 Has The Features You Need
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Not everybody needs Windows 7 Ultimate, but what if there’s a certain feature you must have when you grab your upgrade this week? CNET breaks down each Windows 7 edition feature by feature in a handy chart. More »
Communicate
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Amazon has begun shipping the international version of the Kindle this week, and the local market is already responding nervously. But if the device does succeed in making e-books more palatable, will it also lead to a rise in piracy? More »
Will The Kindle Increase E-Book Piracy?
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Amazon has begun shipping the international version of the Kindle this week, and the local market is already responding nervously. But if the device does succeed in making e-books more palatable, will it also lead to a rise in piracy? More »
Work
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Iconic Aussie short film festival Tropfest is now open, with entries being accepted up until January 7. To enter, your film needs to be previously unseen, no longer than seven minutes and must feature the Tropfest Signature Item, which this year is dice. More »
Tropfest 2010 Now Accepting Entries
2:30PM Angus Kidman | Iconic Aussie short film festival Tropfest is now open, with entries being accepted up until January 7. To enter, your film needs to be previously unseen, no longer than seven minutes and must feature the Tropfest Signature Item, which this year is dice. More »
Work
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Using a web browser might seem like a naturally mouse-centric activity, but a handful of keyboard shortcuts can make all the difference to your productivity. Here’s the five handiest keyboard shortcuts for Firefox. More »
The Most Useful Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
12:30PM Angus Kidman | Using a web browser might seem like a naturally mouse-centric activity, but a handful of keyboard shortcuts can make all the difference to your productivity. Here’s the five handiest keyboard shortcuts for Firefox. More »
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Microsoft’s Free Windows 7 Ebook Details Deployment Nitty Gritty
11:00AM Adam Pash | Earlier today we showed you the practical steps you should take to prep your PC for Windows 7, but if you want to get all kinds of detailed, Microsoft’s free, 332-page ebook might be worth a download. More »
Travel
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Having rolled out an iPhone application back in August, Air Canada is continuing to beat the smart phone drum, launching a free BlackBerry application for online check-in and flight information. More »
Air Canada Offers BlackBerry App For Check-In
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Having rolled out an iPhone application back in August, Air Canada is continuing to beat the smart phone drum, launching a free BlackBerry application for online check-in and flight information. More »
Travel
8:30AM Angus Kidman | If there’s one thing that can be said about the rules surrounding whether you can use a mobile phone GPS in your car, it’s this: they’re not at all clear. More »
Mobile Phone GPS Rules Still Highly Confusing
8:30AM Angus Kidman | If there’s one thing that can be said about the rules surrounding whether you can use a mobile phone GPS in your car, it’s this: they’re not at all clear. More »
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MahTweets Is An Impressive, Customisable Facebook, Twitter Client
8:00AM Whitson Gordon | Windows only: Fans of TweetDeck with a preference for open source will love MahTweets, a plugin-based Twitter client that also integrates with Facebook, Flickr, Twitpic and more, and offers all kinds of handy customisations. More »
Organise
Google Tasks Goes Full-Screen In iGoogle
7:30AM Kevin Purdy | Google Tasks, the to-do manager that has everything but its own dedicated page, gets the next best thing with an iGoogle gadget that can go mostly full-screen. That makes doing everything beyond adding tasks easier from a desktop browser. More »
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