Jul
17
With all the stories lately about the airlines, one may have been overlooked earlier this week. Delta announced it was placing ads to its boarding passes, as a way to increase revenue in addition to bag fees, meal and drink fees, …
More here: What to Do With 250 Million Unused Billboards
Jul
17
If you’re using the new iGoogle since we took you on a screenshot tour and showed you how to enable it, you’ve now got a robust, full screen version of Gmail in iGoogle. Back when we toured the new iGoogle, we told you that full screen gadgets were coming but not yet available. Now […]
Jul
17
Windows only: Free application Xrecode converts your audio files from popular formats to any of the same formats. While it …
The rest is here: Xrecode Converts Audio, Automatically Splits Long Files [Featured Windows Download]
Jul
17
At some point, anyone who’s interested in personal growth and productivity has to ask him or herself: What the heck am I doing with my life, anyway? It’s a big scary question, one that’s easily avoided by checking out the coolest new Firefox extension instead. But if you’ve decided to tackle the beast, reader William […]
Jul
17
DIY web site Instructables steps through how to turn an aging IKEA night stand into a multi-purpose charging station and lamp. The project requires a good amount of elbow grease and some skill with a router, but the results are impressive. If you don’t go for the whole glowing night stand look, you could still […]
Jul
17
If you work and play on multiple computers in the course of a week, keeping your important files in sync can be difficult. The day may come when you’ve got access to all of your files and data straight from the cloud, but until that day, a solid file syncing application is just […]
Jul
17
Mac OS X only: You already know you can select text in any application on your Mac and drag it to the Desktop to create an instant file with its contents in it. The MacTipper Blog takes saving text snippets to the next level with the Clipper service, which sends text to a file […]
Jul
17
BRADENTON - A 94-year-old man whose arrest in a prostitution sting here caused an international buzz will not be prosecuted. A judge ruled Tuesday that Frank Milio was a victim of entrapment. Milio, who has dementia, was unable to get …
Go here to read the rest: Judge: Bradenton Man, 94, Entrapped In Prostitution Sting
Jul
17
Windows only: If working with minimized thumbnails sounds sounds more convenient than multiple Alt+Tab clicks or taskbar hunting, Microsoft’s Scalable Fabric tool might be right up your alley. The system tray utility lets you set a kind of force field around your desktop—whether that’s one screen or two—and any windows you drag to an area […]
Jul
17
Alex at the Google Operating System blog hears word that Google Calendar and Gmail will have Gears-supported offline modes in about six weeks, and a few users have already seen accidental offline prompts. Intriguing news, to say the …
Continued here: Gmail and GCal Prep for Offline Use [Gmail]