This time next week, we’ll all be celebrating Australia Day. If your thoughts of what to do on the day haven’t extended beyond sleeping in, the official Australia Day site offers a comprehensive guide to events in your community. More »
uTorrent is one of the most popular BitTorrent clients amongst Lifehacker readers, but it has one limitation: its scheduler only works in standard hour-long blocks. If your off-peak download time doesn’t start exactly on the hour, you can make it work with uTorrent via a simple PC trick. More »
It’s no surprise that when Google decided to host a “miniconf” about Google Wave at linux.conf.au, company staff encouraged the use of Wave itself to take notes on the sessions. But while there’s a lot to recommend Wave for this process, there’s one big reason why it’s not yet up to the task. More »
Readers offer their best tips for tweaking data files with text editors, bookmarking articles for later, and streamlining the shopping. More »
A 3G broadband connection is often useful, but by nature restricted to a single PC, and sharing it can get complicated, especially if different operating systems are involved. The MiFi gadget makes that task easy, converting your 3G connection into a wireless signal on a battery-powered device. More »
If you’re the type to prefer a seriously minimal desktop — so much so that you choose a solid-colour desktop over setting a custom wallpaper — you may be wondering why-oh-why Windows 7 takes so long to boot your machine. More »
We got a great response to last week’s frequently asked questions about Google Wave, and decided it’s worth expanding further on the differences between Wave and the current crop of web-based collaboration offerings. More »
Like many aspects of Japanese culture, there’s a certain etiquette to eating sushi. Take the time to peruse these helpful tips so you can make the best impression on your sushi chef or dining companions the next time you’re downing some maki. More »
We’ve seen free broadcasting of sports to mobile phones (the forthcoming FIFA 2010). We’ve seen iPhone-specific apps for watching sports on mobile phones (Cricket Live). And now we’ve seen an Android-specific augmented reality app for the Australian Open tennis tournament. More »
