March 2009
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How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate... →
February 2009
179 posts
Prevent Firefox from Hogging Memory When Minimized... →
In our latest browser speed tests, I half-heartedly complained that Firefox eats up memory over long periods of use. Our lovely, helpful commenters pointed out that there is, indeed, a tweak…
Share High-Res Videos with No Sign-Up at TinyPic... →
Want to send out a high-resolution clip over social networks or email, but don’t want to sign up for a video uploading account? TinyPic, the video-focused cousin of Photobucket, offer free,…
Multi-Select, Upload Progress Added to Gmail... →
No more triple-clicking for every file you want to send over Gmail. Clicking “Browse” now lets you select multiple files at once to attach to a message, and tiny progress bars are displayed…
Run Safari 4 Beta on Linux with Wine [Safari] →
The latest eye-candy beta of Safari was released earlier this week for Windows and Mac, but Linux users can now (mostly) use Safari 4 using the Wine compatibility tool. The flapjacktastic…
KonoLive Does Group To-Do Lists With Collaboration... →
Windows, Mac, Linux (Adobe Air): Group to-do list application KonoLive shares project tasks easily—with useful collaboration features like live discussions, Google Docs, and Box.net…
Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector: A Good, Free... →
Written by Samuel Dean. I’ve written before about optimizations for home and office Wi-Fi networks and how to keep public Wi-Fi sessions secure. Xirrus has long provided free tools for…
Run Safari 4 Beta on Linux with Wine [Safari] →
The latest eye-candy beta of Safari was released earlier this week for Windows and Mac, but Linux users can now (mostly) use Safari 4 using the Wine compatibility tool. The flapjacktastic…
Prevent Firefox from Hogging Memory When Minimized... →
In our latest browser speed tests, I half-heartedly complained that Firefox eats up memory over long periods of use. Our lovely, helpful commenters pointed out that there is, indeed, a tweak…
KonoLive Does Group To-Do Lists With Collaboration... →
Windows, Mac, Linux (Adobe Air): Group to-do list application KonoLive shares project tasks easily—with useful collaboration features like live discussions, Google Docs, and Box.net…
Share High-Res Videos with No Sign-Up at TinyPic... →
Want to send out a high-resolution clip over social networks or email, but don’t want to sign up for a video uploading account? TinyPic, the video-focused cousin of Photobucket, offer free,…
Konolive GTD software, Getting things done... →
Group to-do list application KonoLive shares project tasks easily—with useful collaboration features like live discussions, Google Docs, and Box.net integration.
Postage Price Calculator →
The USPS Postal Price Calculator is a simple web app hosted by the US Postal Service that helps you quickly suss out the cost of everything from delivering a postcard to Dubai to posting a package to…
artificialowl.net →
The most fascinating abandoned man-made creations.
10 Essential Apps for the New Mac User →
OCR Terminal →
An online Optical Character Recognition service where you can upload scanned images, multi-page PDF documents or even screenshots and convert them into searchable text documents.
Tumblr Rebrands Tumblerette and Releases Free... →
We’re Tumblr fans here at Mashable. That’s why we’re super excited by today’s news that Tumblr now has their own official native iPhone app and it’s completely free.
The new Tumblr app…
Extract Text from Images & Scanned PDF Manuals... →
Extract Text from Images & Scanned PDF Manuals Online
If you are on a budget, the built-in OCR engine of Google Search is almost a perfect option for converting scanned PDFs to text - just…
Springpad: An Intelligent Online Notebook for... →
Online notebooks are a dime a dozen, with Evernote at the head of the class and at least 17 other eager alternatives close behind. So, do we really need another one competing for our…
Import Facebook Photos Into Your iPhone Contact... →
How much overlap is there between your Facebook “friends” and the real contacts in your mobile phone’s address book? If those two world’s align and you have an iPhone, you might want to check…
Multi-Select, Upload Progress Added to Gmail... →
No more triple-clicking for every file you want to send over Gmail. Clicking “Browse” now lets you select multiple files at once to attach to a message, and tiny progress bars are displayed…
DoubleTwist May Be the Coolest Universal Media... →
Mac OS X only: doubleTwist simplifies media management, whether you want to sync to your mobile device, share it with friends, or upload it to YouTube, Flickr, or Facebook. It’s so easy…
French Town Changing Name to Improve Ranks in... →
French Town Changing Name to Improve Ranks in Google
Eu, a small town in North France, ranks rather poorly in search engines as “EU” may mean lot of other things - it could refer to…
E.ggTimer Counts Down via URL Variable [Web... →
Timers are useful for all manner of things, but you may not always have a handy portable timer with you. E.ggTimer is a dead simple web-based count down timer that you’ll (almost) never be…
Smarter Wikipedia Adds Relevant Links to Wikipedia... →
Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): Smarter Wikipedia adds a “Related Articles” box to the mass-edited encyclopedia’s left-hand menu, helping you quickly dig into and around a topic—or easily start a…
Podcasts for Running →
Couch to 5k jogcast.
DoubleTwist May Be the Coolest Universal Media... →
Mac OS X only: doubleTwist simplifies media management, whether you want to sync to your mobile device, share it with friends, or upload it to YouTube, Flickr, or Facebook. It’s so easy…
15 online photo editors compared - CNET News →
We take a look at more than a dozen different online photo editing tools to let you know what each is capable of.
Smarter Wikipedia Adds Relevant Links to Wikipedia... →
Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): Smarter Wikipedia adds a “Related Articles” box to the mass-edited encyclopedia’s left-hand menu, helping you quickly dig into and around a topic—or easily start a…
E.ggTimer Counts Down via URL Variable [Web... →
Timers are useful for all manner of things, but you may not always have a handy portable timer with you. E.ggTimer is a dead simple web-based count down timer that you’ll (almost) never be…
iTunes Lyrics Importer Keeps Your Lyrics Database... →
Windows only: iTunes Lyrics Importer makes sure the lyrics for your iTunes-managed music collection are updated and free from gaps. iTunes Lyrics Importer polls Lyricwiki’s extensive…
PDF-to-Word Converter Pulls Readable Text from... →
Free web-based converter PDF-to-Word turns static PDF files into edit-friendly Word documents with surprising, reliable accuracy. It’s in closed beta right now, but Lifehacker readers can get…
Ginipic Makes Image Search Easy [Downloads] →
Windows only: Image search application Ginipic searches for images across photo sharing, image search, and even local folders—making finding images a breeze. Once installed, the application…
Tasks Written in Easy to Read Fonts Are More... →
Tasks Written in Easy to Read Fonts Are More Likely to be Completed
The next time you jot out a set of instructions or tasks for someone to follow, keep in mind that the choice of fonts might…
Your Taste in Music Can Reveal How Smart (or Dumb)... →
Your Taste in Music Can Reveal How Smart (or Dumb) You Are
Virgil Griffith, popularly known for the Wikipedia Scanner that detects where the Wikipedia edits are coming from, maintains…
Gmail Goes Down and the World Grinds to a Halt →
Written by Judi Sohn. Or at least it feels that way every time it happens.
Gmail, including Google Apps, went down for about four hours or so this morning (or this afternoon, depending on…
Rented Lifestyles Take Off as Economy Dwindles →
Want to look classy, but lack the funds? The answer is easy: Rent your way to cool. The UK Telegraph reports that “rented lifestyles” are becoming increasingly popular:
Websites…
HOW TO: Connect With the FriendFeed Community →
Collaborative help for this guide was provided by Mona Nomura, a prominent member of the FriendFeed community.
Perhaps you’ve heard about FriendFeed over the last few months. Perhaps you’ve…
Tweak uTorrent's Settings for Faster Downloads... →
Aside from having a really fast, non-filtered broadband connection, there are a few ways you can speed up your BitTorrent downloads through simple tweaks. The MakeUseOf blog runs down a few of…
Droppler Makes Drop.io Your iPhone's Web Storage... →
iPhone/iPod touch only: Free, no-sign-up file sharing service drop.io is a great place to stash files. With the Droppler iPhone app, it becomes an essential tool for storing and grabbing…
CleVR Creates Photo Panoramas with Ease... →
Windows/Mac/Linux: We’ve shown you how to stitch photos into panoramas once before, but with new Adobe AIR app and web site CleVR, you get dead simple drag-and-drop photo stitching and…
Bank of Obama: Send a Bailout Check to Your... →
With so much debate about the economic stimulus package and the ongoing plans to rescue America’s banks, this site was bound to happen. Bank of Obama is a quick and fun parody of the current…
Track Your Daily Goals With Twitter →
Written by Scott Blitstein. Recently I started to notice that a lot of folks were using the #dailygoals hashtag in their Twitter updates, among them former WWD blogger Mike…
How To Build An iPhone App: A Guide →
Some iPhone app developers blog about the process of developing their apps. Some even make videos. One development company - Ten23 Software - has gone much further.
The company has created…
iRinger :: iPhone Ringtone Factory →
iRinger creates free ringtones for your iPhone from
virtually any music or video file you own. Even YouTube videos!
iRinger exports ringtones to iTunes, so there is no need to “jailbreak”
your…
Sean Penn wins oscar for best actor at 2009 academy awards. #oscars
“Curious Case of Benjamin Button” won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at 2009 Academy Awards. #oscars
“Smile Pinki” won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film at 2009 Academy Awards. #oscars
“Heath Ledger” won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at 2009 Academy Awards. #oscars
I think its mainly going to be a duel between “…Benjamin Button” and “Slumdog Millionaire” for best movie and the most oscars. #oscars