Windows only: If you are accustomed to scrolling quickly through long documents, there’s a secret Firefox 3.6 config setting that allows you to enable acceleration, which will scroll more quickly based on how many times you’ve scrolled.
Last April Google launched a new Profiles service designed to give you more control over how your name shows up in search results. Now they’re taking that information, mashing it up with your contacts’ info, and pushing it into regular search results.
Firefox: If you want to maximise the screen real estate you have — netbooks, anyone? — you could switch to fullscreen browsing in Firefox. What if you want to keep certain elements visible while you browse? Hide GUI Bar can help.
Unsurprisingly given the focus on selling book content, there’s no Australian pricing or release date as yet for the just-launched iPad. Apple’s announcement only promises “international pricing and worldwide availability will be announced at a later date”.
Ed note: We love AutoHotkey around Lifehacker HQ due to its powerful Windows tweaking skills, so we were thrilled when reader Scott Rippey wrote in with this extremely smart script for managing your AHK scripts.
iPhone only: How do you know if the colour you want so much for your kitchen renovation is sea foam green or surf green? Let the Ben Color Capture App for iPhone help you figure it out.
A frequent point of failure on laptops is the hinges — we’ve seen more than our fair share of wobbly, broken and glued together ones. This clever but simple hack turns your broken laptop into an all-in-one desktop machine.
Eager for all the up-to-the-second news on the big Apple Tablet and other rumoured announcements (iPhone 4.0 preview?) at today’s Apple Event? If you’ve got the time in your schedule, head over to Gizmodo’s Liveblog for all the latest.
Ever stumbled onto a torrent on-the-go and wished you could start the download on your home computer? Free service ReactorFeed allows you to create a custom RSS feed and add items from popular torrent sites that your home BitTorrent client can automatically start downloading.
