Digital TV has plenty of advantages — a wider range of channels in better quality — but one hidden annoyance…
Ed. Note: If you’ve noticed how many people have voicemail messages that sound like they’re gasping for air when they…
From the files of the Facebook’s Tenuous Grasp on Privacy Dept: Numerous users saw their email addresses revealed on their…
Shaping an Internet connection to lower the speed is a common tactic by ISPs to control pricing, and the shaped…
If you’ve ever been at a loss to describe something to someone on the phone or over IM, free webapp…
Now that we’ve read fairly firm proof that Google’s looking to get into the set-top TV market, we’re wondering what…
Firefox: LangLadder is a smart Firefox extension designed to aid you with your foreign-language studies, teaching you vocabulary and improving…
The internet is one of 237 nominees for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. From the BBC: “The nomination for the…
A key selling point for Woolworths Everyday Mobile service when it launched last year was a simple, one-price-fits all proposition….
The ABC’s iView service is already justifiably wildly popular, but its latest move could serve to enhance its audience even…
iPhone/iPod touch: Web-based Twitter client Brizzly is just like Twitter’s website, except better in every way. Brizzly’s free iPhone app…
Prepaid phone plans often compete on call minutes and text tallies, but Optus’ Turbo Max plan has a feature that…
Don’t want the annoyance and financial risk of being able to receive ‘premium’ (that is, hideously overpriced) SMS content on…
Back in January, we encouraged readers to take part in the annual broadband survey conducted by legendary broadband community Whirlpool….
The Times’ tech writer Nick Bilton sat down with ABC anchor Diane Sawyer to discuss the dos and don’ts of…
Want to upgrade the Internet access options on your phone? 3 has halved the price on several of its data…
It’s been a long while coming, but Australia’s commercial TV networks are finally accepting complaints about programming and advertising online,…
Digital TV takeup continues to slowly grow ahead of the projected 2013 switchover for all of Australia.
Ed. note: Despite our love for technology here at Lifehacker, we know how temperamental it can be — Reader Alex…
We’ve spent a lot of time talking about mandatory Internet censorship on Lifehacker recently, but it’s worth remembering that games…
Telstra has increased the basic download allowances on its prepaid Next G broadband plans, paralleling recent similar changes for contract…
You can finetune who can see virtually every aspect of what you do on Facebook, except what you share via…
As promised over the weekend, Google has updated Gmail to include a “Buzz” tab, where you can prevent the public…
Email lists and forums are a great way to connect with people with similar interests, but they can seem scary…
Between Twitter, Facebook and Google’s new social networking tool, Buzz, it’s hard to turn a corner without running into another…
It took most of 2009 for the commercial TV networks to actually roll out their extra digital channels, and for…
Facebook Lite is a streamlined, usually faster-loading version of the social network all your old friends from school are using….
After a week’s worth of complaints and confusion, Google is updating Buzz to address many of the privacy concerns and…
More and more you’ll find yourself not being the only photographer at an event. Divvyshot offers a simple way to…
There’s plenty of BlackBerry Twitter apps around, but whether you can get any given one of them to work on…
Facebook may have partnered with AIM to bring chat to your desktop, but if you’re not a fan of the…
If you don’t like seeing NSFW or kid-inappropriate videos popping up in your search results and suggested videos, YouTube now…
When Channel Seven announced plans to build a wireless network in Perth, we were sceptical of the relevance of a…
