Mobile

Why Australians Want To Switch Mobile Providers (And Why We Don’t)

Gizmodo AU

Almost half of Australia’s mobile phone users considered switching carriers last year, but less than a third of those consumers actually did so. What’s driving us to want to switch mobile providers, and what’s holding us back?


October 26, 2011
Mobile

Vodafone Says Customer Service Will Be Better Next March

Gizmodo AU

The good news? Vodafone says it is installing a more efficient customer service system. The bad news? It won’t be in place until March next year.


June 2, 2011
Uncategorized

How To Get Mac OS X’s Best Features On Windows

Whether you’re a a die-hard Windows fan or simply a Mac user required to occasionally use Windows, it’s hard to argue against the fact that Mac OS X has some killer features. Here’s how to get the best of them on Windows.


April 8, 2011
Mobile

Three Phone Tips For Antisocial People Like Me Who Hate Phones

Like many of us, blogger, MetaFilter creator, and friend of Lifehacker Matt Haughey isn’t a big fan of the phone call or of voicemail. Here he offers three effective but not particularly rude tips for limiting expectations when your phone starts ringing.


April 7, 2011
Online

Gmail Can Now Stop Auto-Saving Contacts, Fixes Other Small-But-Crucial Things

By default, Gmail automatically saves the details of people you reach out to. That’s handy when looking up an old friend, not so handy when trying to tame your unruly Google Contacts. Now Gmail offers an option to get out of contact auto-saving, along with some other little-but-gratifying fixes.


February 12, 2011
Entertainment

DIY 2D Glasses Help You Avoid The Pain Of 3D Movies

The world has gone crazy for 3D movies, but if you’re not a fan — and you get stuck going to one — the boys from Tested show us how to make 2D glasses to save yourself the eye strain.


Software

Trick Viruses By Renaming Your Anti-Virus Program To Explorer.exe

There are a lot of viruses out there, but many of them follow the same pattern: they lock you out of your system and only let you visit their site, pretending to be anti-virus software. Here’s a trick to squash them.


January 22, 2011
Online

The Great Facebook Reply Dilemma

I replied to someone’s Facebook post a few days ago and I still regret it. It’s not that I wrote anything particularly terrible, it’s just that now I get a notification every time someone else replies to that same post.


December 18, 2010
Online

Stop Firefox From Automatically Entering "Work Offline" Mode

The “Work Offline” mode in Firefox can be useful if you don’t have an internet connection, but Firefox annoyingly enables it automatically whenever you lose connection, even for a second. Here’s how to disable that behaviour.


November 12, 2010
Uncategorized

Die, Phone Book, Die

These days your fingers are likely walking on iPad touchscreens, not dead tree pages. After a decade of obsolescence, the local phone directory is finally getting the chop as states wise up to reality.