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Wanna Work For Lifehacker?

4:30PM Angus Kidman | Just a quick pre-weekend reminder that Lifehacker is looking for a night editor, who’ll also get to work on Gizmodo and Kotaku. Technology goodness overload! Check here for the full details.

Design

Brandsoftheworld.com Has Bucketloads Of Logos

3:00PM Angus Kidman | Looking for an editable copy of a major logo? Brandsoftheworld.com has a large collection of logos for pretty much any company or product you can think of, ready to download in EPS format. More »

Money

HP Forced To Fix Australian Cashback Process

1:37PM Angus Kidman | Ever purchased a shiny new gadget because of a promised cashback but then had trouble getting the money? If you’ve bought gear from Hewlett-Packard, chances are you’re not alone. More »

Organise

Put Word Count Targets On A Calendar

11:54AM Angus Kidman | Australian novelist Fran Cusworth has a simple technique whenever she’s planning a novel: she gets a calendar and writes down a target number of words that have to be completed on each day. More »

Organise

Ovi Maps Offers Free Traffic Information

10:30AM Angus Kidman | Nokia has just updated the Ovi Maps application used on its higher-end phones, but for information seekers the real potential treat is in the standard web version, which now includes free traffic information for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. More »

Organise

Import RSS Feeds Into Safari

9:00AM Angus Kidman | Apple boasts about Safari’s native RSS support, but it doesn’t extend to easily importing lists of RSS feeds in OPML format. More »

Work

Lifehacker And Siblings Seek A Night Editor

4:18PM Angus Kidman | If you’re equally fascinated by grammar, gadgets, games, free software, journalism and early rising, then we’ve got the perfect job opportunity for you. Lifehacker, Gizmodo and Kotaku are seeking a night editor More »

Communicate

3 To Sell iPhone 3GS From July 17

4:09PM Angus Kidman | 3 has set a date for when it will join Optus, Telstra, Vodafone and Apple itself in selling the iPhone 3GS — July 17. In typical iPhone style, there’s no pricing yet, but you can pre-register your interest on the 3 site. [iPhone on 3]
Work

Calculating The Week Number In Excel

3:00PM Angus Kidman | We’ve just past June 30, so it must be Week 26 of the year, right? The answer turns out to be “maybe”, especially if you’re running Excel. More »

Money

Choice Lashes Axing Of Grocery Comparison Site

1:30PM Angus Kidman | The dumping of the government-backed GROCERYchoice site just days before a relaunch by Choice has understandably got the consumer advocate and publisher pretty hacked off, with Choice’s chief executive describing the government’s attitude as “like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank”. More »