Thursday, October 29, 2009
Work
Minimalist Gmail Pares Gmail Down To The Basics
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: If you liked the look of Zen Habits’ Minimalist Gmail adaptation, but don’t usually roll with Greasemonkey scripts, a coder has put together a single Firefox extension that can hide header, footer, and sidebar elements for an elegant look. More »
Money
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Walk into any shopping mall or main street and you’ll see a host of $2 shops, bargain outlets and other cash-saving options. But just because a store brands itself as cheap, does that mean it’s always the best-priced option? More »
Are Discount Stores Always Cheaper?
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Walk into any shopping mall or main street and you’ll see a host of $2 shops, bargain outlets and other cash-saving options. But just because a store brands itself as cheap, does that mean it’s always the best-priced option? More »
Communicate
2:30PM Angus Kidman | One of the perennial questions surrounding YouTube is “how will it ever make any money?” A partial answer to that question emerged this week with its Promoted Videos scheme, which lets individuals or companies buy keyword-style placement to promote video content. More »
YouTube Using ‘Promoted Videos’ For Advertising
2:30PM Angus Kidman | One of the perennial questions surrounding YouTube is “how will it ever make any money?” A partial answer to that question emerged this week with its Promoted Videos scheme, which lets individuals or companies buy keyword-style placement to promote video content. More »
Money
12:30PM Angus Kidman | The annual report from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman highlights dodgy behaviour in the communications space. Learn from the problems it has handled to minimise your own phone, mobile and Internet hassles. More »
Learn From The TIO To Get Better Phone, Broadband Deals
12:30PM Angus Kidman | The annual report from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman highlights dodgy behaviour in the communications space. Learn from the problems it has handled to minimise your own phone, mobile and Internet hassles. More »
Work
From The Tips Box: Win7 Screencasting, Quicksilver, Recipes
11:00AM Whitson Gordon | Readers offer their best tips for screencasting in Windows 7, using Quicksilver to launch applications in VMware, and organising your personal recipes using a blog. More »
Money
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Each year, consumer advocacy magazine Choice gives out its “Shonky Awards” for the most dubious examples of stupid and deceptive behaviour by major brands. Top of the list this year? Qantas’ $7.70 per domestic booking credit card charge, which Choice says is way above the industry average of 1%. More »
Choice Shonky Awards Single Out Qantas
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Each year, consumer advocacy magazine Choice gives out its “Shonky Awards” for the most dubious examples of stupid and deceptive behaviour by major brands. Top of the list this year? Qantas’ $7.70 per domestic booking credit card charge, which Choice says is way above the industry average of 1%. More »
Communicate
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Every single time we write about Telstra’s Internet services here at Lifehacker, there’s always a comment about how expensive they are. Now Telstra is promising to actually reduce prices on broadband. More »
Telstra Says Its Broadband Prices Will Drop
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Every single time we write about Telstra’s Internet services here at Lifehacker, there’s always a comment about how expensive they are. Now Telstra is promising to actually reduce prices on broadband. More »
Work
Learn To Compile Software From Source Code
8:00AM Adam Pash | Normally, installing a new application is no more difficult than double-clicking an installer and hitting Next a few times. For those very rare occasions when an app’s source code is all that’s available, Wired details how to compile it yourself. More »
Work
Mozilla SeaMonkey Updated To 2.0
7:30AM Whitson Gordon | Mozilla’s all-in-one browser, email, RSS and calendar suite SeaMonkey has been updated to 2.0, and it’s a pretty big overhaul. More »
Design
