If you wanted to change the font, size, or colour of your messages in Gmail, you normally have to do so on a mail-by-mail basis. Not so anymore, if you enable a new default text styling option from the Labs. More »
Want to feel a bit less guilty when you hoe into a slice of pizza this Friday night? Place it on a piece of paper towel for a minute or two and soak up the excess oil before you eat it. More »
Google has long included image results in general searches. Over the next day, it’s tweaking the way those results are shown, with the best-matching images appearing larger in results. More »
You probably don’t feel like much ever gets done about spam, other than your preferred email client whisking it away into the spam folder. However, email sent by Australian businesses that contravenes the guidelines of the Spam Act 2003 can get those businesses into trouble, and this week has seen another example. More »
Earlier today, we reported on a patch designed to eliminate the “black screen of death” bug being experienced by some Windows users following recent updates. However, Microsoft says that its most recent batch of updates didn’t make the changes claimed by Prevx, which released the unofficial patch. More »
After a long-running education campaign, unit pricing is now compulsory in all large supermarkets across Australia (and in all advertising from those supermarkets. Most major chains switched over some time ago, but wherever you shop, it should now be easier to work out the best value deals. Not sure how it all works? Check out our unit pricing overview.
Google has released its annual list of the most popular and fastest rising search terms used by Australians. While there’s a predictable glut of Michael Jackson and Masterchef, the list also demonstrates that apparently many of us don’t know how to type an address into a browser. More »
