Reader tipsters saw it, this editor confirmed it, and Google even mentioned it in their blog post, at the very end: the latest release of their Chrome browser often crashes when loading Gmail with Offline enabled. More »
Cleaning out the family bookshelves and want to support a worthy cause? During February and March, Officeworks is setting up shelves in its stores where you can donate unwanted kids books, which will be used to help establish libraries in disadvantaged communities. More »
If you want to extend your protest against mandatory ISP filtering and you live in Melbourne, there’s a protest event planned outside the State Library this Saturday between 12pm and 3pm. While the proposal has proved generally unpopular, making your presence felt certainly couldn’t hurt. [Facebook event page via Gizmodo]
Lifehacker reader Alix drew our attention to a double helping of iTunes discounts running at the moment. Woolworths is offering 20% off all cards between now and Sunday, while Big W will sell you a pair of $30 cards for $50 until March 10. The latter’s a less impressive saving, obviously, but you’ve got a bit longer to take advantage of it. Thanks Alix! [Big W]
Firefox/Chrome: Sure it’s nice and all that we get Gmail for free, but those ads to the right of open messages aren’t really all that helpful. Free browser add-on Rapportive replaces Gmail ads with contact info about the sender. More »
Back in January, we encouraged readers to take part in the annual broadband survey conducted by legendary broadband community Whirlpool. The full results (based on 23,683 responses) have now been published: here’s ten of the most notable findings about the state of broadband in Australia. More »
Google just turned on email notifications in Wave. That’s great news if you’ve gotten your hands on an invite but haven’t kept up with the going-ons inside — easy to do when you’re not in the habit of visiting the site. More »
Computers unwittingly infected with malware and chained together into botnets are a major source of spam and other annoyances. But should ISPs start blocking machines that have been roped into botnets? More »
Windows 7 only: If you’ve been itching to use the new XP Mode feature in Windows 7, but you aren’t too keen on using Virtual PC or just prefer VirtualBox, here’s how to use XP Mode in VirtualBox. More »
