As we all half-suspected, Dell’s offer of a $20 Wireless N Router was too good to be true. Dell has officially withdrawn the offer, blaming a typo, while promising to sell the router for $229 to anyone who tried to buy it at the incorrect price. More »
Mostly use Google to search but occasionally want to check somewhere else? A simple user script can make that happen. More »
Scammers are forever thinking up new ways to part consumers from their money, but often nothing more than a mildly convincing pitch for an in-demand product is needed. More »
Here at Lifehacker we regularly look at technology and tactics to make working at home easier and office designs to simplify the process. But there’s one issue that planning can’t solve: are you actually up to the task? More »
If you followed our most recent guides to installing Snow Leopard on a PC from start to finish or the updated guide to building a Hackintosh with Snow Leopard, no hacking required, you’ll be happy to know that I’ve tested my build with today’s 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard and it’s working like a charm. More »
Readers offer their best tips for fixing stripped screw holes, syncing Chrome bookmarks from the cloud, and other household emergency fire-starters. More »
Recent discussions have made it clear that downloading shows via BitTorrent is by far the most popular way for Lifehacker readers to watch television. The advantages are obvious and often-discussed, but there’s a question that doesn’t get asked so often: in a ‘Channel BT’ universe, how is production of TV shows going to get funded? More »
Apple today rolled out the 10.6.2 update to OS X Snow Leopard. This update fixes that nasty guest account bug we saw last month and in general tackles a whole host of bugs, stability issues and other various improvements. More »
If you’ve got an Apple TV and you updated to Apple TV 3.0 a couple of weeks back, it’s time to update yet again to 3.0.1 — if you’d prefer your content to not temporarily disappear until it’s re-synced, that is. It’s a pretty big bug, and presumably pretty annoying, so grab the update for the fix. [Apple via TUAW]
Back in June, the ACCC started cracking down on premium SMS providers (premium in this context usually means ‘overpriced’ and ‘waste of money’). Telstra and Optus are now doing their part by funding a service to check if premium SMS providers live up to their claims. More »
