The best way to speed up your PC is to give it more available memory—but freeing up as much of the memory you already have is cheaper and easier than cracking open your case to install a new stick of RAM. It takes a lot of memory to get a modern Windows system up and ... well, not doing anything ...
Posted 2.15.2008 12:00pm (6 months ago)
Wal-Mart is going Blu-ray exclusive by June—they won't even stock older HD DVD stuff at that point. While Netflix and Best Buy pulling Blu were hard blows to HD DVD, when the world's largest public corporation won't stock your products, you're basically doomed. Wal-Mart is the avenue to the unwashed ...
Posted 2.15.2008 11:25am (6 months ago)
The How-To Geek blog points out a tucked-away trick in Windows Vista that lets you restart Windows Explorer—the file browsing and desktop display aspect of Windows—without hastily killing its process and potentially borking your session. The trick:Open the Start menu.Hold down the Control ...
Posted 2.15.2008 9:00am (6 months ago)
Cross-platform, multi-protocol instant messaging application Pidgin is very functional, but by default it's not what most people would call sexy. But like many great software projects, from Firefox to foobar2000, the looks and extra functionality are there—you just have to know where to find ...
Posted 2.14.2008 12:00pm (6 months ago)
Internet start page PageOnce aims to integrate all of your online accounts in one central location. Currently PageOnce can handle and display widgets monitoring everything from your social tools, like Gmail and Facebook, to financial tools, like your phone bill and your bank account. If handing banking ...
Posted 2.14.2008 2:00pm (6 months ago)
Jason "ToyOtter" Geyer was a toy designer who got a chance to pitch Lucasfilm right before Star Wars: Episode I came out. Most of their ideas didn't make it to market, but the concepts they've scanned in and put online are hilarious. I can't believe Lucasfilm hasn't done a Jabba the Hutt beanbag.To ...
Posted 2.14.2008 10:57am (6 months ago)
"Love hurts."
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"You're lucky this glass is here. Meow meow meow."
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Posted 2.11.2008 5:28pm (6 months ago)
What a silly question. Of course you enjoyed Velociraptor Safari. You enjoyed it to bits. So you'll no doubt also enjoy Flashbang's latest project, Jetpack Brontosaurus, which is briefly described as "Splendid jetpack dreams of the Apatosaurus named Brontosaurus". No, I am not making this up. Somebody ...
Posted 2.13.2008 8:20am (6 months ago)
The CyberNet blog tackles an annoyance that any (Windows-using) iPhone or iPod touch owner likely noticed within minutes of setting up their new device in iTunes—no support for syncing Firefox bookmarks. The solution, CyberNet suggests, lies in seamlessly coordinating your Internet Explorer bookmarks ...
Posted 2.13.2008 9:00am (6 months ago)
Being gifted with a prodigious talent at playing one note on piano so repetitiously that I often lull myself to sleep (no joke), I've often thought that I would have been better served by the accordion. All that bellows-pumping would keep the blood flowing. Alas, my younger self thought accordion a dying ...
Posted 2.12.2008 12:18pm (6 months ago)
• Blu-ray Discs – Amazon has a Buy 2, Get 1 Free sale on several Blu-ray discs, as well as some deals on box sets. [Slickdeals]
• Bar Stool – Not very tech, I know, but sort of futuristic looking! (It's $111, shipped.) [Dealnews]
• Projector – Today's Woot! is a Infocus ...
Posted 2.13.2008 9:19am (6 months ago)
Waxy has curated a nice collection of oscilloscope hacks in video form, including the above demo from Assembly 2007.
Oscilloscope Fun and Games [Waxy]
Posted 2.13.2008 10:07am (6 months ago)
Dear Lifehacker,
The only Vista feature (honestly) I hoped that XP could have is a very simple one. In Explorer if you hit F2 to rename a file Vista automatically selects the file name WITHOUT the extension, something that does not happen in XP. I cannot begin to describe how frustrating it is to hit ...
Posted 2.12.2008 9:00pm (6 months ago)
HG, or Head in the Game Controllers, had a brilliant idea to mod Xbox 360 controllers by duplicating some front face buttons onto the back. Why would you need this? So you won't have to move your thumb away from the stick—which usually controls aiming or camera movement—in order to hit the ...
Posted 2.12.2008 1:24pm (6 months ago)
I love convergence when it comes to gadgets—especially when food is involved. If you agree, feast your eyes on this 4-in-1 Hot Dog Maker. As the name implies, it will cook your hot dogs—but it doesn't stop there. It can also make popcorn, boil eggs, warm your buns, and steam your foodstuffs. ...
Posted 2.11.2008 8:40pm (6 months ago)
Zibri has just launched an application called ZiPhone, which supposedly jailbreaks any version of the iPhone, including those with the latest firmware 1.1.3. The new application is already available to download, but is currently only available for Windows. We haven't given it a try yet, but if you give ...
Posted 2.12.2008 3:36am (6 months ago)
Chad writes:I don't know what I think is most hilarious about this makeup line: the tech-related concept or that they trademarked blu_ray with an underscore and not a hyphen. It's the latest technology in "photochromatic pigments with optical blurring."Sephora is carrying this limited edition collection ...
Posted 2.11.2008 6:45am (6 months ago)
• HD DVDs – 50% off sale on HD DVD discs at Barnes & Noble. Aggressive pricing or inventory close-out? On the other hand: The Big Lebowski. [Slickdeals]
• Friday Sale – It's the Amazon Friday Sale! Buy things! Buy them. [Amazon]
• Point-and-Shoot – Fujifilm Z10fd 7.2MP ...
Posted 2.8.2008 9:10am (6 months ago)
Apple may have added new triangulation-based geographic positioning in the iPhone 1.1.3 upgrade's, but Navizon keeps upgrading theirs, now with background updates that will keep your buddies constantly updated about your whereabouts. It will also keep track of buddies even if the app is not opened, ...
Posted 2.8.2008 8:36am (6 months ago)
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