Monday, December 6, 2010

Work

Chrome Dev Channel Lets You Hide Unnecessary Extension Buttons

11:00PM December 6, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

If you’ve installed quite a few extensions and don’t quite need all the toolbar buttons those add-ons placed to the right of your address bar, you can now stash them away with a right-click in the latest Chrome dev release. More »


Work

Jetstar $1 Fares Deal Not Much Of A Saving

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3:30PM December 6, 2010 | Angus Kidman

Jetstar is running a promotion which offers $1 fares to anyone signed up to its mailing list, which sounds like an amazing bargain at first glance. But it doesn’t take too much digging to establish that your savings will very probably be slight at best. More »


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Optus Increases Caps On Most Home Broadband Plans

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2:00PM December 6, 2010 | Angus Kidman

The big rush on announcing terabyte-per-month broadband plans was back in September, so Optus is a little late to the party. But as well as introducing a one-terabyte deal, it has increased the total data allowances on most of its home plans. More »


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Lifehacker Gift Guide: Ideas For Students

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1:00PM December 6, 2010 | Angus Kidman

We’ve already covered a bunch of gift categories in our Lifehacker gift guide. This week, we’re offering up budget, quality and luxury ideas for specific groups of recipients. First up: students. More »


Travel

Road Worrier Tests Out Chill Mats

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11:30AM December 6, 2010 | Angus Kidman

Chill mats — notebook stands or rests with a built-in USB-powered fan to keep your machine cool — can be handy if your laptop tends to run on the warm side, especially in the summer months. But making them work with a PC that’s constantly on the move can be more of a challenge. More »


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Privacy Glaze Your Windows With Starch And A Sheet

11:00AM December 6, 2010 | Jason Fitzpatrick

Windows pose a perpetual privacy problem. You want lots of light but you also want a sense of privacy. This clever hack turns a cheap cotton sheet and some starch into an effective but easily removed privacy glaze. More »


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Best Desktop App Winner: Lifehacker 2010 Awards

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10:30AM December 6, 2010 | Angus Kidman

The first group of votes have been counted, and we have our winners for Best Desktop App. So which products have walked away with the prize? More »


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Facebook Tweaks Profiles, Adds Featured Friends

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10:00AM December 6, 2010 | Angus Kidman

Facebook is altering its profile pages for users, adding more information about your past work and education activities to your main profile and letting you highlight “featured” friends in specific lists (such as family, schoolmates, colleagues or whatever you like). More »


Work

Add Google Docs To The Windows "New" Document Context Menu

10:00AM December 6, 2010 | Jason Fitzpatrick

Windows: If you’re a heavy Google Docs user this hack will add Google document types as options right in your right-click context menu. More »


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Make A Christmas Music Compilation From Ripped YouTube Music Videos

9:00AM December 6, 2010 | Adam Dachis

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/yLRnNMUOccY&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Christmas is rapidly approaching. If you want to get a unique holiday music mix together, here’s how to do it for free with YouTube. More »