Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Work
MediaMonkey 3.2 Syncs With More Devices, Adds Auto Folder Watching
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows: We dig MediaMonkey for its album art and tag-fixing powers, but the free jukebox software can do so much more — like sync to nearly any smartphone or MP3 player, and automatically manage your music library. More »
Organise
7:41PM Angus Kidman | It’s been a week since my last Project Cleanup post. The silence isn’t because I haven’t been spending a fair chunk of each day continuing to sort through my goods; it’s because I’ve reached that tedious stage between the initial excitement of getting into the task and the point where I can start doing substantial things like repainting or digitising or buying new furniture. More »
Project Cleanup: It’s A Waiting Game
7:41PM Angus Kidman | It’s been a week since my last Project Cleanup post. The silence isn’t because I haven’t been spending a fair chunk of each day continuing to sort through my goods; it’s because I’ve reached that tedious stage between the initial excitement of getting into the task and the point where I can start doing substantial things like repainting or digitising or buying new furniture. More »
Communicate
4:11PM Angus Kidman | Telstra has upgraded its wireless broadband gateway offering, but its increased Wi-Fi speed is only available if you sign up for a contract on the service. More »
Telstra Upgrades Wireless Gateway, No Prepaid Option
4:11PM Angus Kidman | Telstra has upgraded its wireless broadband gateway offering, but its increased Wi-Fi speed is only available if you sign up for a contract on the service. More »
Communicate
3:00PM Angus Kidman | There are plenty of good Twitter clients out there, most of which focus on making it easier to access Twitter’s many services. blURL takes a different tack: it strips down your Twitter feed to only show tweets which include links or photos. More »
blURL Only Shows Tweets With Links
3:00PM Angus Kidman | There are plenty of good Twitter clients out there, most of which focus on making it easier to access Twitter’s many services. blURL takes a different tack: it strips down your Twitter feed to only show tweets which include links or photos. More »
Work
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Drawing on the enthusiasm of crowds is critical to the success of open source projects. However, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales — no stranger to the virtues of collaborative enterprises — reminds us that there are limits to how far this can be taken. More »
Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales On The Limits Of Crowdsourcing
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Drawing on the enthusiasm of crowds is critical to the success of open source projects. However, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales — no stranger to the virtues of collaborative enterprises — reminds us that there are limits to how far this can be taken. More »
Work
What Free Apps Are You Grateful For?
12:00PM Adam Pash | We’re a cheap lot around Lifehacker HQ, which is why we have a serious love affair with free software. Christmas and the new year is almost upon us, so let’s have a look at the apps you’ve found and can’t live without. More »
Work
From The Tips Box: Chrome Tabs, Email Bookmarklets, Twitter
11:30AM Whitson Gordon | Readers offer their best tips for permanently pinning Chrome tabs, pasting your email address with a quick-access bookmarklet, and accessing Twitter on slow connections. More »
Design
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Do you want TV chef Iain Hewitson in your browser? The answer might well be no, but Google is still hoping to tempt you with a bunch of food-centric themes. More »
iGoogle Adds Series Of Food Themes
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Do you want TV chef Iain Hewitson in your browser? The answer might well be no, but Google is still hoping to tempt you with a bunch of food-centric themes. More »
Work
Docky Separates From GNOME Do, Still A Clever Linux App Dock
10:30AM Kevin Purdy | Linux: Application launcher GNOME Do has a “theme” called Docky that we rated as an intelligent Linux interface. Now Docky is available as its own application, bringing many of its best features over and setting the stage for many more. More »
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