It’s not officially released, but a gallery-like site for extensions has made itself known into the latest development builds of Google Chrome for Windows and Linux. Take a peek at what’s coming, presumably very soon, in these development screenshots. More »
Australians get something of a raw deal with mobile phone app stores — Apple skips applications apparently at random, BlackBerry skipped Australia altogether — so Optus’ introduction of a dedicated mobile app store is good news, at least if you’re already an Optus customer. More »
Lifehacker readers clearly think that TV networks aren’t very responsive to viewer needs, so it’s nice to encounter evidence that they occasionally — just occasionally, I admit — pay attention. Ten is crediting its decision to show the US version of The Office in an earlier timeslot to pressure from bloggers. More »
Getting your home more organised is one of those tasks that’s easy to put off endlessly, but after a pipe bursts and floods the entire place, you don’t really have much choice. Welcome to Project Cleanup. More »
It was only last Thursday that we were emphasising the fact that mistakes happen in online commerce, and Virgin Blue came up with a doozy on Friday, emailing everyone on its customer database and mistakenly telling them they’d been upgraded to Velocity Gold. More »
You wanted new ways of watching TV, you wanted to learn to program, and you wanted to play around with bootloaders. Kick off your Lifehacker Monday by making sure you didn’t miss any of the biggest posts from last week. Picture by revdancatt More »
If you’re using a Mac Mini as a media centre and want to use a non-Apple remote control with it, this tutorial can help you keep your Mini’s sleek form factor and avoid ugly IR receiver dongles. More »
