Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Work
Manually Refresh POP Mail Fetching In Gmail
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Gmail uses a common timing algorithm to fetch messages from POP accounts, one you can somewhat game, but sometimes you want to get at a message you know has arrived. A new Labs feature adds a manual refresh button for POP grabbing. More »
Organise
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Can’t find the right tool to get your own life organised? The pro-level software you use at work might prove to be the optimum solution. More »
Use Professional Project Managers To Organise Your Own Life
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Can’t find the right tool to get your own life organised? The pro-level software you use at work might prove to be the optimum solution. More »
Work
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Trying to convince your boss that being allowed to use an iPhone at work doesn’t simply mean non-stop games of Flight Control? Techworld has assembled a handy slideshow of 10 iPhone apps that are firmly aimed at IT professionals, rather than highlighting the often-frivolous nature of the iTunes App Store. More »
The Best iPhone Apps For IT Workers
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Trying to convince your boss that being allowed to use an iPhone at work doesn’t simply mean non-stop games of Flight Control? Techworld has assembled a handy slideshow of 10 iPhone apps that are firmly aimed at IT professionals, rather than highlighting the often-frivolous nature of the iTunes App Store. More »
Communicate
1:30PM Angus Kidman | It took long enough for the Kindle to hit Australian shores, but the range of e-book choices have increased rapidly in recent months. The latest development? The promise that soon you’ll be able to buy e-book readers and titles in Borders’ Australian stores. More »
E-Books Soon In Borders Australia
1:30PM Angus Kidman | It took long enough for the Kindle to hit Australian shores, but the range of e-book choices have increased rapidly in recent months. The latest development? The promise that soon you’ll be able to buy e-book readers and titles in Borders’ Australian stores. More »
Work
12:00PM Angus Kidman |
Like downloading music but don’t like paying for it? Soon-to-officially launch Web service Guvera attempts to find a balance between piracy and poverty by offering legal, advertiser-sponsored downloads from major labels. More »
Guvera Lets You Download Free Music In MP3 Format
12:00PM Angus Kidman |
Like downloading music but don’t like paying for it? Soon-to-officially launch Web service Guvera attempts to find a balance between piracy and poverty by offering legal, advertiser-sponsored downloads from major labels. More »
Work
From The Tips Box: File Extensions, USB Charging, Time Tracking
12:00PM Whitson Gordon | Readers offer their best tips for quickly showing and hiding file extensions, charging devices with your computer turned off, and using a mobile phone as a long-term stopwatch. More »
Fix
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Don’t have enough dishes for a full sink but don’t want to leave them sitting around? One Lifehacker reader solved the problem by redeploying a spray bottle. More »
Wash Dishes Using A Spray Bottle
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Don’t have enough dishes for a full sink but don’t want to leave them sitting around? One Lifehacker reader solved the problem by redeploying a spray bottle. More »
Fix
Make A Complete Dinner For Two On A Baking Sheet
10:00AM Lisa Hoover | After a busy day at work, the only thing more daunting than preparing a full-fledged dinner is cleaning up a pile of dishes afterward. The Home Ec 101 blog offers a tasty meal idea that uses only a baking sheet. More »
Communicate
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Don’t want the annoyance and financial risk of being able to receive ‘premium’ (that is, hideously overpriced) SMS content on your phone? From July, you’ll be able to ask your carrier to block it entirely from your account. More »
From July You Can Block Premium SMS
9:00AM Angus Kidman | Don’t want the annoyance and financial risk of being able to receive ‘premium’ (that is, hideously overpriced) SMS content on your phone? From July, you’ll be able to ask your carrier to block it entirely from your account. More »
Fix
