Fold a Map Like a Pro for Easy Access [Travel Tip] (39)
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Sure you could hide your maps on the edge of your notebooks, but if you want access to full maps but don't want to look like the tourist wrestling with an unwieldy map, then you need to learn some advanced map-folding techniques. Web site Map Reading highlights two different map-folding methods that should improve your map cred; we like the protection method best. Not only does it provide you with a very small, easy to ...
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Saket said:
travelers, take note!
Evernote Comes Out on Top [Faceoff Followup] (16)
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We recently asked you to choose between popular note-taking applications Evernote and OneNote, and when the dust settled and smoke cleared, the free, cross-platform Evernote emerged victorious. Its margin of victory was slim-ish, though, ousting Microsoft's OneNote by around 10 percent. Check out the full showdown and reasons for reader choices here.
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Walt Ruppar said:
We recently asked you to choose between popular note-taking applications Evernote and OneNote, and when the dust settled and smoke cleared, the free, cross-platform Evernote emerged victorious. Its margin of victory was slim-ish, though, ousting Microsoft's OneNote by around 10 percent
G2Peer Shares Your Files Through Gmail [Downloads] (51)
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Windows only: Free application g2Peer shares files with friends by using your Gmail account as a virtual "IP address." Once installed, you need to log into g2Peer with your Gmail account information. Then it's as easy as adding Gmail addresses of people you wish to share with and the folders and files you want them to see. Likewise, other users can install g2Peer if they wish to allow you access to their files as well. ...
Digsby Updates, Improves Performance, Adds New Features [Downloads] (26)
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Windows only: Popular instant messaging application (and then some) Digsby updates today, improving performance, adding buddy-list search, expanded emoticons, improved Twitter support, and much more. In all the update claims to include some 100 bug fixes and enhancements, but the marquee updates are: Performance: We've optimized performance from the ground up, reducing overall CPU usage by about 50% Buddy List Search: Press Ctrl+F to easily search your buddy list or the web Emoticons: Added four ...
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Erik said:
Oh thank the fucking lord you can hide new IM convos. Done with pidgin now.
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Amin said:
Google Talk: Added support for the Invisible status on Gtalk
Colabolo Manages Your Team's Task Delegation [Downloads] (14)
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Windows/Mac/Linux: Free application Colabolo is a simple, lightweight task delegation tool designed to assign, organize, and track team task collaboration. Colabolo has a lot of advantages for team task collaboration. For starters, it's an Adobe AIR application, so it works virtually anywhere. It's set up to look kind of like a desktop email application but for tasks. You can organize your tasks by type, status, priority, or by the person you assigned to it; view ...
Tweak Facebook to Display Only Updates You Care About [Social Networking] (84)
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Social network friendships are a complicated thing; it's hard to turn down an acquaintance's friend request, but after you've approved 50 of them, the signal-to-noise ratio of your homepage drops significantly. Here's how to fix it without un-friending (or offending) anyone. Any Facebook user is probably familiar with the Hide feature that allows you to selectively hide friends (or applications) you don't want to hear from on your homepage, but rather than sifting through your ...
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Nick said:
it's a lot of work. facebook before the new layout, showed only PRIVATE messages on the inbox. now, it shows mass messages too, and frankly, I don't care.
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Jacob said:
Lifehacker, quit it! I just did this the other day. Are there camera's in my house? Is my super secret password compromised and they're watching me?
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Jeffrey said:
hey, sometimes it just has to happen...
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Frank said:
This is what I do.
The Price of Financial Laziness May Be Higher than You Think [Saving Money] (24)
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The personal finance folks at Forbes round up a handful of ways your laziness could be costing you money, then suggest how you can improve those hiccups with a minimum of effort. Photo by Dan Queiroz. You'll unlikely be surprised by many of the items in their list, but that doesn't make them any less true. The article highlights, for example, the rebate trap: Department and electronics stores often advertise goods at post-rebate prices, assuming ...
AIM for iPhone Updates with Push Notifications [Downloads] (12)
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iPhone only: When we toured iPhone 3.0's best features, we mentioned we hadn't yet seen many applications that supported push notifications. Now one of the big ones—AIM—does, delivering instant background messages even when it's not running. As a refresher, Apple doesn't allow the iPhone to run background applications. As a workaround, the new iPhone 3.0 supports push notifications that send SMS-like alerts straight to your phone even when an application isn't running. That means that ...
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alkait said:
Apple doesn't allow the iPhone to run background applications. As a workaround, the new iPhone 3.0 supports push notifications that send SMS-like alerts straight to your phone even when an application isn't running. That means that you get the benefits of background apps with none of the battery drain.
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Chad said:
BeeJive supports all the major services and has push notifications.
Remains of the Day: The Gmail Ninja Edition [via feedly] (7)
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We're talking Gmail ninja skills, swipe-to-archive on the iPhone, streamlined tethering for the iPhone, and the quickly approaching end of the Windows 7 Beta. The Iterative Web App: Swipe-to-Archive and Expanded English Language SupportGmail Mobile for iPhone and Android updates yet again, this time with the addition of convenient swipe-to-archive action. [Google Mobile Blog]Become a Gmail NinjaGmail releases a "Become a Gmail Ninja" tips page full of beginner and advanced Gmail tips. They're not bad, ...
Alice Takes Household Shopping Off Your To-Do List [Budget] (28)
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Everyone's looking for ways to squeeze more time into the day. Web site Alice aims to give you an hour or two back by automating household shopping. The idea is pretty simple. Create a free account, which includes setting up your household (family members and items used), then start shopping. When you choose an item to add, you're given the option to create a custom label, choose the quantity, select how often to be reminded ...
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Convoluted said:
Awesomest site ever, good bye meijer!
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kpoirier said:
hmmmm.
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Alex said:
Creepy, awesome or pathetic? You decide.
Lifehacker - Microsoft Security Essentials (aka Morro) Available for Limited Download - Microsoft security essentials (26)
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Windows only: We've been keeping you up to date on Morro, Microsoft's free anti-malware now officially known as Microsoft Security Essentials, since it first hit the rumor-mill. If you're eager to try it out, MSE beta is available for download now. The catch: Microsoft is capping MSE downloads at 75,000, so get it while it's hot. According to ZDNet, the download was supposed to be available at 9PST, but it's 8:20 now and I was ...
Battle of the Desktop Note-Taking Apps: OneNote vs. Evernote [Lifehacker Faceoff] (27)
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Whenever we mention desktop note-taking applications, two apps always stand out among the competition: Microsoft OneNote and Evernote. One is a commercial Windows app; the other is a free application for Windows, OS X, and many mobile phones. So which is better? We've danced around this question in our Hive Five Best Note-Taking Tools, but pen and pencil won that contest hands-down. Both tools have their strengths and weaknesses. Many staunch OneNote supporters are quick ...
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Sean Higgins said:
I am really torn here. I like the multiple platform capability of Evernote, but the formatting options within OneNote are far superior over the formatting in Evernote.
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darinr80 said:
Don't forget to vote!
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Loudmouthman said:
for me its no brainer. With Evernote running in more places and on more devices and with more space its a win.
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Willie said:
Evernote, I choose you.
Rain Gutters as Cable Management Tools [Clever Uses] (78)
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We're all about creative cable management here at Lifehacker, so we were instantly drawn to reader Seandavid010's rain-gutter cable management setup. Granted, you can find other cord-wrangling solutions, like the one I used when I made my cordless workspace, but the rain gutter approach yields impressive results. Sean was nice enough to send in his entire step-by-step, so here goes (everything below was written by Sean): I recently purchased a new table from IKEA to ...
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Matt Haughey said:
Ok, that's brilliant
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pmuellr said:
This looks interesting. Easier than the cable hiding job I did with one of our desktops.
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Greg Brock said:
Clever.
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iJuan said:
Amazing!
Don't Give Your Email Address and Password to Other Web Sites [Netiquette] (46)
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From the no-kidding files: The New York Times discusses a neither new nor uncommon practice employed by less reputable web sites that ask for your email address and password, then spam everyone person in your contact list. I thought it was a little strange when I received separate e-mail messages from two people I knew only slightly asking me to click and see their photos on a social networking site called Tagged. I ignored them ...
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Adam said:
This is not a hard concept to understand....
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Dedalus said:
If FriendFeed does it the right way (using an API), why doesn't Facebook also? (Not to mention all Twitter hop-alongs)-
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Shantanu Goel said:
Really annoying that is..I too wrote about it quite some time back here --> http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2008/05/17/fill-your-password-to-invite-your-buddies-not-so-fast.html
Google Docs Presentations Updates, Improves [Presentations] (24)
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If you're the adventurous sort who's ready to ditch PowerPoint for a web-based alternative, Google Docs isn't the only option, and in many cases, it's probably not the best option, either (previously mentioned applications like SlideShare, Sliderocket, Thumbstacks, and 280 Slides, to name a few, cover this same territory). Still, it's easier to bet on Google, so if you're more comfortable with the big G than others, you'll be glad to know that Google Docs ...
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Marco Bonomo said:
quando cominci a usarlo ti passa la voglia di tornare alle sue alternative desktop.
iPhone 3.0 Jailbreak Available via PwnageTool, QuickPwn to Follow [Downloads] (28)
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Mac OS X only: The iPhone Dev Team has already released the iPhone 3.0-jailbreaking Pwnage Tool for Mac OS X (just two days after the iPhone 3.0 release), with QuickPwn for Windows and OS X soon to follow. There are a few catches, though. This current jailbreak has its peculiarities (it doesn't currently work with 2G iPod touches or the iPhone 3GS), so before you go straight to the download and jailbreak, be sure to ...
Firefox 3.5 RC2 Available for Download [Beta Beat] (19)
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Windows/Mac/Linux: The early adopters at weblog gHacks note that Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 2 has already been distributed to Mozilla's mirror servers and is available for download from...
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Sean Higgins said:
Upgrading right now. The second upgrade this week.
Microsoft's Browser Comparison Chart Offends Anyone Who's Ever Used Another Browser [Browser Wars] (134)
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Internet Explorer 8 is by far the best browser Microsoft's ever released, but most of our readers are happily using a better alternative like Firefox or Chrome. Microsoft's not happy about this, so...
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yooper1019 said:
do the people the wrote this shit actually believe it??
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Aaron H. said:
Are they high? There isn't one word on that chart that is true.
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zemote said:
ROFL!!!!
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Solon said:
oy.
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Sarven Capadisli said:
Wow.. this looks convincing. I'm switching to IE8! If you don't, you're supporting communism.
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Gavin said:
absurd piece of propaganda is pretty funny...
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Scott said:
bahahaha
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Fred said:
哈哈。。。M$气急败坏了！！！
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Kluzter said:
No en serio... esto es pura cochinada... cualquiera que crea la mitad de ese gráfico merece un par de patadas en el nies.
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RJO said:
Did MS just claim to be web standards compliant? bahah
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Dedalus said:
Absolutely outrageous.
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Aaron said:
Wow...just wow.
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Toni said:
I'm currently switching back and forth between Firefox and Chrome. According to Microsoft, both are worthless compared to Internet Explorer 8...
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Alexandre Gamela said:
idiots...
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magnoliasouth said:
Good gawd I think my eyes are bleeding! Obviously the folks at Microsoft have lost their frickin' minds!!!!
