Archive for June, 2009
Remains of the Day: Create Your Own Deadlines Edition [For What It's Worth]
We shy away from workplace touching, watch as the Firefox downloads roll in, and learn how to shoot better, or at least more professional, news videos.
Is Touching Colleagues Ever Appropriate? Short version: No, not if they’re “cute interns, pregnant women (or) your boss.” Long version: It’s hard to avoid uncomfortable random awkwardness, yet [...]
Hotmail Rolls Out Incoming Pop3 Support [Windows Live]
Joining Gmail, Yahoo, and other mail services, Windows Live Hotmail launches incoming POP3 access for the U.S., Canada, and Brazil, meaning Hotmail users can aggregate all their other email accounts into one inbox.
As we’ve previously reported, Microsoft recently allowed outgoing POP3 access. While Hotmail users in the U.K., France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Japan, and Germany [...]
Hotmail Rolls Out Incoming Pop3 to U.S. and Other Customers [Windows Live]
Joining Gmail, Yahoo, and other mail services, Windows Live Hotmail launches incoming POP3 access for the U.S., Canada, and Brazil, meaning Hotmail users can aggregate all their other email accounts into one inbox.
As we’ve previously reported, Microsoft recently allowed outgoing POP3 access. While Hotmail users in the U.K., France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Japan, and Germany [...]
Best Free System Restore Tool: Clonezilla [Hive Five Followup]
When it comes to creating a perfect copy of a system disk for future restoration, Lifehacker readers love the open source and versatile Clonezilla. It can’t do real-time mirroring like the second and third-place winners DriveImageXML and Macrium Reflect Free, but it’s powerful, versatile, and can easily grow with you as your disk imaging and [...]
3G Speeds Tested & Compared, City by City [Performance Tests]
As wireless users know all too well, not all 3G networks are created equal. PC World recently put Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T to a multi-city test to determine which best delivers speed and reliability.
The magazine took a snapshot of the performance of those three major networks in 13 markets during March and early April (specifically, [...]
3G Speeds Thoroughly Tested & Compared, City by City [Performance Tests]
As wireless users know all too well, not all 3G networks are created equal. PC World recently put Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T to a multi-city test to determine which best delivers speed and reliability.
The magazine took a snapshot of the performance of those three major networks in 13 markets during March and early April (specifically, [...]
Quanp.com - Online Visual Storage
What it doesA startup that comes from the Land of the Rising Sun, Quanp is one of the most interesting takes on online storage that I have seen recently. Basically, it will let you preserve your memories and manage them in a unique setting – a 3D one. This makes for a more immersive experience, [...]
iCyte.com - Save Content From Webpages
What it doesA system that comes with a wealth of functionalities, iCyte will allow you to save content that you find on the web and share it with whomever you want, as well as accessing it at an ulterior time without having to worry about broken links and related considerations. That is so because the [...]
TwitFS.com - Sharing Files On Twitter
What it doesTwitFS is a new service that does not merit an over-lengthy explanation, but which plays out a very useful role nonetheless. As you can tell from the title I gave the review, it lets you share files on Twitter. These include audio clips, videos, pictures and assorted documents.
Such a service is provided at [...]
Pin Outlook Templates to the Taskbar for Quick Access [Outlook Tip]
Reader Stephen writes in with an excellent, time-saving Windows 7 tip: you can create Outlook templates for boilerplate emails and pin them to the Windows taskbar for easy access.
This technique is not limited to readers using Windows 7, since you can pin a folder to the taskbar in any version of Windows—but the new Jump [...]
