June 2007
89 posts
[this Is Good]: June's best posts →
Get all misty-eyed and nostalgic with us as we take a look back at this month’s best posts: Get Safari’s best features in Firefox “Rather than suggesting anyone move to Safari (why would we do that?), here’s a list of Safari’s best features and the Firefox extensions that bring them to our favorite browser.” Top 10 Ubuntu applications “While Ubuntu comes...
230+ Keyboard Shortcuts for Top Web Services →
Prepare your fingers, and throw your mouse away: you’re not going to need it. For your weekend reading, we’ve prepared a list of the most useful keyboard shortcuts for our favorite web services. So, if you need a quick reference as to which key does what on what site, this is where you find it. Enjoy!
Gmail
c - compose a new mail / - puts your cursor in the search box k - move to newer...
How to Switch to iPhone/AT&T Without Paying an... →
If you are thinking about getting an iPhone but don’t want to pay an early termination fee from your current carrier, you may want to consider CellSwapper. The service allows you to trade your under contract cell phone plan with someone else, in turn allowing you to switch carriers without paying an early termination fee.
The company claims that there are currently more than 1500 plans...
Cool 5 Years Ago: The Credit Card of the Future? →
In The Future, no one will die and everyone will be skinny, but we will still all have horrible credit card debt. Hence Jacob Palmborg designing [big voice] The Credit Card of the Future.
While it’s strictly a concept, the credit card uses RFID that’s linked to every account you own. It not only allows you to easily control purchases, but the card tracks said purchases and projects...
Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 iPhone applications →
The much-anticipated iPhone hits the streets today. While developers and users alike aren’t thrilled that third-party iPhone apps are limited to the web, you might be surprised at the impressive offerings that have already been developed for new iPhone users. Today’s top 10 features the best iPhone applications that should be ready for your iPhone as soon as you pull the shiny...
Google Reader + iPhone = Awesome →
If you’re one of the lucky ones to get an iPhone today, and you want to use Google Reader on it, developer David Cann has a smart solution. The “Google Reader iPhone skin” uses javascript to provide an iPhone-sized interface for your feeds.
Here’s how it works: you go to his site, drag the bookmarklet into Safari 3, visit Google Reader and click the bookmarklet. In a Greasemonkey-like fashion,...
Cutting Edge: AT&T Putting EDGE Speeds on... →
AT&T customers at both Mac Rumors’ forums and HowardForums are relaying that tonight they’ve been experiencing some pretty jazzed up EDGE action—network speeds have been hitting around 200kbps, a far cry from the usual 40kbps that made Pogue-y a sad panda. Dermot at the MacRumors forum put together a running list of cities experiencing the almost awesomness:New York City: 184kb/s...
MovinFlicks.com-VideoOnDemand Free Movies →
Peekvid →
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OpenMoko - the Anti-iPhone →
The OpenMoko Neo 1973 has a touchscreen, WiFi, GPS and runs Linux. Unlike the iPhone, it is completely open for developers. They even include a guitar pick so you can ply open the case. Developer version goes on sale for $300 on July 9th.
Screenshot Tour: Show Us Your Firefox, Part 1 →
Firefox’s strong point is its extensibility, and after taking a look at the way Lifehacker readers extend Firefox to do their bidding, it’s hard to understand why anyone would choose any other browser. Last week you bared your iGoogles for the world to see, and we liked what we saw. Today, it’s time to take a peek at the tweaks, customizations, and extensions you’ve made...
ZoHo office suite for iPhone →
Filed under: Business, Design, Developer, Internet, Utilities, E-mail, Office, Productivity, Web services Zoho, the makers of the powerful set of online office productivity tools has just announced iZoho, a version of their software that has been optimized for the iPhone’s touch screen. ZoHo are the makers behind the web based productivity tool set that includes Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheet,...
MySpaceTV vs YouTube: 12 Things MySpace Copied →
As we played around with the newly launched MySpaceTV, we realized that many of the features and interface elements are clones of those on YouTube, with no attempt to hide the fact. We’ve gone easy on MySpace and highlighted only 12 of the most obvious elements: there are many more. But as we said before, however, we think copying YouTube may be the right strategy: MySpace doesn’t need to...
Pownce: Against All Odds, Pownce Blew Us Away →
Described as a mishmash of existing services (Twitter, chat, file sharing) that has only attracted attention because its founder was behind Digg, things didn’t look good for Pownce. We expected the worst: but like the iPhone, Pownce miraculously lives up to the hype. Don’t judge it before you test it. I have a confession to make. I’ve used Twitter, and I wrote about it a lot, but I never could...
Evolutional Mobile Entertainment →
What if there was one gadget that could replace your portable gaming system, MP3 player, and cell phone? The EME concept aims to do just that. One more picture after the break. ..“evolutional” aspect comes from th EME’s ability to expand its feature set if the user shares his/her experiences with other EMEs. That could be in the form of videos, music, or games. By doing so, bigger speakers would...
PC World - 100 blogs we love →
Here are our favorite stops in the blogosphere, covering everything from high tech to low comedy and all manner of pursuits in between.
HOWTO solve mazes with the magic wand tool →
Cory Doctorow:
You can use the “magic wand” tool in the GIMP or Photoshop to solve complex mazes:
1. Increase contrast.
2. Select the right wall of the maze using the magic wand.
3. Select > Modify > Expand 4 pixels
4. Create new layer.
5. Fill with Red.
6. Select > Modify > Contract 2 pixels.
7. Delete. Now you’ve got a line tracing the...
What happened to the iPhone's Ringtones tab? →
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
See that picture on the right? It comes straight from the iPhone’s Q&A page. Go ahead, count the iTunes tabs… we’ll wait. Right, 8 tabs. Up until now, Apple’s only been showing the iPhone’s iTunes sync with 6 tabs: Summary, Info, Music, Photos, Podcasts, and Video. So what can we expect on the other two...
Wishful Thinking?: Unconfirmed: Third Party Native... →
There’s no confirmation other than some guy’s word, but Macapper says third party native (Cocoa) iPhone apps are coming soon. Apparently, during one of the WWDC evening parties, an iPhone engineer responded, “Yeah. There will be” to the question of “are there going to be third party Cocoa apps on the iPhone.” The iPhone engineer either didn’t know or...
Third Party Cocoa iPhone Apps Coming... "Soon" →
During one of the many evening parties which took place during WWDC I overheard something very interesting from a key member of the iPhone development team that answers at least part of our question.
Pownce - Kevin Rose Dives Into Instant Messaging →
Remember when we told you about the rumors about Kevin Rose’s new startup, which was all hush-hush except for the fact that it somehow has to do with the concept of instant messaging? Well, now it’s live, and it’s called Pownce. The quick official explanation of the service says the following: “Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends.” Well, although instant...
Kevin Rose’s New Startup: Pownce →
There have been rumors that Digg’s Kevin Rose has been working on a new startup for some time, but he wasn’t talking. I spent a good amount of time this last weekend at FOO Camp trying to get some of the details out of him, but all he would say is that he’d be contacting us soon. Today he’s made a bit of a public announcement about the project. It’s called Pownce, and he wrote about it a bit on...
Pownce - Send Stuff To Your Friends →
This is the new project from Leah Culver, Kevin Rose, Daniel Burka, and Shawn Allen. The app (built using Adobe AIR) allows you to send messages, links, files, and events to groups of friends. Check it!
Video Toolbox: 150+ Online Video Tools and... →
Online video is a huge trend - so huge that’s it’s proving hard to keep track. From video sharing sites to video mixers, mashups and converters, we’ve brought together more than 150 of our favorite sites in this category. Enjoy.
Live Video Communications
Stickam - The best site for live video communications with multiple people. There is no major competition for Stickam just yet. Blogtv -...
Sync your Firefox extensions and profiles across... →
Since the dawn of time, humanity has longed for a simple way to sync Firefox extensions, themes, bookmarks, and saved passwords between computers so that no matter where you’re working, your browser is customized in the exact same way. The solution comes in the form of the Microsoft-owned folder syncing and sharing tool, FolderShare.
Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students →
Earlier today, Richard took a look at the state of e-learning 2.0, which got me to thinking about how school might be different if I were in college today because of the influx of new Web 2.0 apps aimed and students. I went to a school that utilized a Virtual Learning Environment called WebCT (since absorbed by the Blackboard company), and it really wasn’t very fun to use. Note taking...
10 Free Minimalist Word Processors for Greater... →
There are times when all we need to do is write. Really crank out the text. (For me, that’s most of the day.) We don’t need distractions and we don’t need a bloated, expensive word processor with way too many features and way too slow a load time (I’m looking at you, Microsoft Word).
What we need is a minimalist, distraction-free word processor — and being the cheapskates that we are, we want it...
23 Best Social Networking Toolbars and Plugins for... →
If you want to make your life easier and more socially productive, then these 23 social networking toolbars and plug-ins for the Firefox web browser will speed up your interaction with the leading social networks. No need to visit the sites direct; just post information via your browser - bookmarks, blog posts and more. Delicious: If you are a Del.icio.us user, then this is a plug-in is for...
Blogging Toolbox: 120+ Resources for Bloggers →
An aspiring blogger can be overwhelmed with the vast amount of resources, tools, and advice for bloggers available on the net. While in no way definitive - there’s simply too much going on in this space to cover it all - we did our best to bring you a comprehensive list of blogging resources, which should be equally useful to beginners as well as veteran bloggers. Enjoy. WordPress WordPress...
Design: Carpet Alarm Clock →
Fumbling around for the alarm clock in the morning is second place only to getting elbowed in the ribs because we can’t find the alarm clock when it comes to things we don’t look forward to when we wake up. That’s why this alarm clock mat design by Sofie Collin & Gustav Lanberg is so great. Not only does it display the time in the middle, you turn off the alarm by firmly...
Apple and Timex working on i-Control watches? →
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wearables
See that up there? That’s a JPEG of a purported PPT slide supposedly sent to sporting goods distributors. Pretty much the easiest rumor premise imaginable to fake. Still, at the heart of any good rumor is an aura of plausibility right? Timex makes iPod docks and sporty i-Control watches while Apple is no stranger to the athletics world...
Web As Desktop: 20 Web operating systems reviewed →
The Frantic Industries weblog has a two part series that reviews 20 web operating systems. A few weeks ago we introduced Desktoptwo and received bunches of comments and questions about other web operating systems. The review done by Frantic Industries does an excellent job of introducing each web OS and giving a rundown of the pros and cons. If you’ve been searching for a usable web OS,...
Apple: Apple Gives iPhone Glass Face and Extends... →
Amid skepticism that Apple’s originally proposed talk time of “up to 5 hours” may not be guaranteed, Apple has upped the ante. Today it promised “8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback” plus a whopping “10 days of standby time.” The same press release says that the front surface of the...
Warning! Felony for submitting a Digg story →
I am being charged with a felony for a digg story I submitted last month. It was the #1 dugg video for May 13, and was linked to YouTube telling about a Sony HDV camcorder that was stolen from me. The story showed the phone number of the theft suspect, which is illegal under Michigan law. I’m in trouble and the thief goes free—-Be careful diggers!
Greasemonkey: The best scripts for Digg fans →
Greasemonkey and Digg? It’s like a marriage made in geek heaven. Social networking tracker Mashable has come up with the top ten Grasemonkey scripts to help you tweak out Digg just the way you’ve always wanted.
You’ve got your nested comments, Digg mirrors, even a script that will remove exclamation marks OMG!!!! We have a wee bit of a Greasemonkey crush here at Lifehacker...
Norton AntiVirus is A Virus →
The most precompiled program in all new computers IS a virus to anyone who knows anything about computers.
10 More Web Operating Systems Reviewed →
Although Google hasn’t really made an (expected) move in this field yet, the topic still spurs a lot of interest, and many new applications have been launched. It’s time to review another 10 web operating systems.
SkreemR - World's Greatest Audio Search →
Firefox: Twenty extensions that can save money for... →
Financial site SavingAdvice.com has put together a list of the top twenty Firefox extensions that will actually work to save you money.
The list includes a Cingular minutes minder, a grocery list generator, product comparisons, deal alerts, and more. Do you see anything missing from this list that has actually added to your bottom line? Thoughts in the comments.
20 Firefox Extensions That...
This Is Actually Cool: Windows SideShow Decives... →
Word is, Windows Sideshow devices will start at a reasonable 80 bucks.
According to chip manufacturer Winbond, SideShow devices will start at $80 with high end gadgets running up to about $150. Interestingly, the price isn’t in the SideShow chipset, which runs a reasonable $10, but the LCD screen (which is the most expensive component in typical Sideshow devices).
MK140 eChatter...
Google: Limit image search to faces only →
Google has rolled out a new way to limit image searches to faces only - completely under the radar. Here’s how it works:
Search for someone - say David Hasselhoff.
In order to limit your image search to images only, place this text string at the end of the search results URL: &imgtype=face.
Now you get all the David Hasselhoff smiles you could ever possibly want.
Pretty cool, I...
Get 10 New Digg Features With Greasemonkey →
We love Greasemonkey because with it, we don’t have to wait for that special new feature on some website: we can build it ourselves. One of the most popular sites among Greasemonkey code ninjas is Digg; here are 10 great Greasemonkey hacks that you can use to enhance your digging experience.
For some more info on Greasemonkey and installation on scripts, as well as many other cool hacks, check...
10 Funny iPod Ad Spoofs →
I-Spoof recently compiled a list of funny iPod ad spoofs, and we’ve selected ten of our favorites for your viewing enjoyment. Hit the jump to view more.
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Virb, Raising the Bar for Social Networks →
Chris Messina recently turned me on the the new social network Virb. I must say I’m pretty impressed. There are a ton of great features and the design is really nice. It features Flickr integration, VirbTunes (an iTunes plugin) and a beautiful widescreen video player with a nice lightbox effect. A Twitter module is in the works as well.
Virb gives you the ability to easily customize your...
The REAL Firefox in nature! (pics) →
Really cool.
Anthony Green – I've Been Dying To Reach You
http://www.last.fm/music/Anthony+Green (via Cjoelrun’s Recently Played Tracks)
Anthony Green – Jesus And The Sharp Electric Star...
http://www.last.fm/music/Anthony+Green (via Cjoelrun’s Recently Played Tracks)
Breaking: Thinkpad Reserve Official, With Details →
The Thinkpad reserve’s website just went live, and the $5000 limited edition PC’s details have just become clear. It basically sounds like an X series, wrapped in leather, and bundled with an hyper-active executive service plan. The main selling points of the plan being 24/7 executive customer service, available by phone, email, and by IM with one touch of a hard button. They’ll...
Compenion: Futuristic Laptop Concept →
Compenion is a futuristic laptop concept that boasts two OLED touchscreen displays and a modular design. No word yet on if this concept will go into production. More pictures after the break.
You can tap away by hand or use the “senstylus” pen to control it, and through a series of docking stations the Compenion will adapt to the environment where you’re using it. For example, the home dock...
