Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Design

Aviary Extension Brings Snappy Web Image Editing To Chrome

11:30PM December 1, 2009 | Kevin Purdy

Chrome/Chromium: If you’re running a daily build or development version of Chrome that can install extensions, online editing suite Aviary has a really handy one. It takes snapshots of web pages and transports them to its online editing tools. More »


Money

Is This $29 Printer A Genuine Dell Discount?

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4:00PM December 1, 2009 | Angus Kidman

Dell’s already got something of a position of infamy in the Lifehacker Discount Academy after its router discount turned out to be anything but, so when the company started promoting a photo printer discounted from $219 to $29 yesterday, my suspicions were immediately aroused. More »


Design

Google Earth Adds 3D Version Of Melbourne

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2:56PM December 1, 2009 | Angus Kidman

One of the appealing features of Google Earth is the ability to add realistic 3D renderings of locations. We’ve already seen that for New York and large swathes of ocean; continuing that seemingly random approach, Melbourne has now got the 3D treatment. More »


Money

Zazz Offering $105 1TB Drive

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1:25PM December 1, 2009 | Angus Kidman

Deal-of-the-day site Zazz doesn’t normally promote its offers ahead of time, but it’s made an exception this week by announcing it will have (amongst other things) a 1TB Astone ISO GEAR 481E drive on sale this Thursday. More »


Communicate

Spotting Annoying Parent Types On Facebook

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1:05PM December 1, 2009 | Angus Kidman

If you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably noticed the tendency of some parents to bypass the rules of normal human interaction when it comes to talking about their offspring. Our sibling site Babble has an illuminating roundup of the five most annoying parent types on the social networking site. More »


Work

From The Tips Box: IPhone Stylus, Touchpad Middle-Click

12:00PM December 1, 2009 | Whitson Gordon

Readers offer their best tips for using touch screens in the cold winter months, middle-clicking with your laptop’s touchpad, and staying focused on your work when that work is in your browser. More »


Communicate

What We Like On iView

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10:30AM December 1, 2009 | Angus Kidman

The ABC’s iView puts the commercial networks to shame when it comes to TV on demand, and it turns out we like it a lot. Since April this year, 6.2 million programs have been viewed on the service, but which ones are the most popular? More »


Organise

Beagle Search Tool Fetches Data From Deep Inside Your Linux System

10:30AM December 1, 2009 | Lisa Hoover

Linux: When you need to drill down deep into your files and folders to find something stored in the depths of your Linux-based operating system, open-source search tool Beagle is your best friend. More »


Work

CanYouSeeMe.org Checks For Open Ports Behind Firewalls

10:00AM December 1, 2009 | Lisa Hoover

If you’re travelling this Christmas and using the wireless networks of hotels or other unfamiliar service providers, CanYouSeeMe.org is a handy way to tell what ports are reachable when you’re behind a firewall. More »


Work

Better Gmail 2 Fixes Go Live, Favicon Alerts Are Back

9:30AM December 1, 2009 | Adam Pash

Google made a change that recently broke Firefox extension Better Gmail 2′s saucy favicon alert feature, but as of today Mozilla has approved the fix, so go grab the latest to get Better Gmail back up and running, just how you like it. [Mozilla Add-ons]