Lifehacker's on the hunt for a couple of dedicated and passionate interns to help us out behind the scenes. Are you a total rockstar? Do you want hands-on experience working backstage at a leading onl...
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New webapp SonicSwap hosts your iTunes playlists on the web and streams the music in them free and legally without requiring you to perform tedious file uploads or use any of your computer's upload ba...
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Google adds another opt-in feature to its roster of Gmail Labs experiments: Advanced IMAP Controls, a way to selectively decided which of your Gmail labels are available to your IMAP client plus other...
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Finding new and useful Firefox extensions is a passion of ours, but sometimes we run across extensions adorning the daunting "Experimental" moniker at the Firefox Add-ons web site. We try to avoid the...
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You're excellent antivirus application prevents nasty files from infecting your computer with all kinds of baddies, but when it comes to securing your computer against malicious attacks, that's not th...
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Hit up the old Software Update on your Mac this afternoon, because Apple's posted a Security Update to Leopard 10.5.5 that includes vulnerability plugs and bug fixes; the direct download is available ...
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Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Nodobe Viewer is an inline document viewer for Firefox intended to replace the bloat of plugins like the dreaded Adobe Reader. Nodobe Viewer support...
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Microsoft Live Labs launches Political Streams, a constantly-updating page of hot stories in politics right now in the news and on blogs. Similar to Twitter's Election site in that it gives you up-to-...
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The Xbox team has officially announced November 19th as the release date for the new Xbox experience. Why do we care? Because the update brings support for Netflix Watch Instantly video streaming, and...
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Ever since we started the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell group on Flickr, readers have been contributing and explaining their computer desktop settings in droves. A few times a week we pick out one ...
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Windows only: Application Monitor is a free utility that monitors user-specified applications to ensure they're running. If a program is not running, Application Monitor restarts it. Let's say, for ex...
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DVD rental service Netflix is adding a $1/month charge, starting Nov. 5, to any accounts that have higher-def Blu-Ray discs in their queue, or have turned on a preference to get Blu-Ray discs. Custome...
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If you're thinking about buying a new Mac laptop, wait a week. Apple's got some announcements scheduled for this coming Tuesday, the 14th, and there may be a recession-friendly (read: lower-cost) MacB...
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The R-Strap, a $44 sling for DSLR cameras that hooks into the tripod socket, makes it easy to keep a camera slung low during idle moments, then quickly bring it up for shooting without scraping your n...
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CNBC's On the Money weblog has put together a simple budget breakdown calculator to help you rein in your spending in the face of the financial crisis. The flash-based calculator uses CNBC's personal ...
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The $130 Das Keyboard is one of the most popular keyboards for Lifehacker readers, but if you're short on cash you can make one yourself. Do-it-yourselfer Jon Lee put together a tutorial on how to tur...
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Previously mentioned receipt organizer Shoeboxed now auto-scans your mailed or e-mailed receipts and categorizes them—"Clothes," "Food," "Retail," and so on—based on the merchant or produc...
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Windows only: Free application FastCopy is a portable replacement for the standard Windows Explorer file copying mechanism. FastCopy's interface is rather cluttered but the file transfer speeds are fa...
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CNET's Michael Horowitz runs down the ins and outs of securing and restoring access to your Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail account, whether it's been infiltrated, locked you out, or you're just looking to e...
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Windows only: Anyone who uses email can dig up a popular forwarded message or deep conversation thread rendered nearly unreadable by formatting along the way. StripMail is a free program that not only...
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