If you don’t want to shell out $100 for MobileMe and you don’t have a Microsoft Exchange server lying around, you’re stuck pulling data or manually syncing it to your computer. But, if you’re willing to roll up your sleeves, you can set up push email and wireless contact and calendar syncing using the free Microsoft Exchange service Mail2Web.

One of the coolest features available in the new iPhone 2.0 software update is the ability to get new email messages, contacts, and calendar events pushed to your device automatically. The catch: If you don't want to shell out $100 for…

This is a real defrag tool that goes way deeper and has a much better interface than the built-in Windows defragmenting tool. It really is impressive, and a free download… Enjoy!

Auslogics Disk Defrag was designed to remedy system sluggishness and crashes caused by disk fragmentation. It is optimized to work with today's modern hard disks. Auslogics Disk Defrag is extremely simple to use, does not require any analysis…

If you're looking to match up all your music with their album covers, read on for a quick guide to the best tools and sources for finding and locking down album art, no matter what computer you're using.

Your digital music doesn't stay in one place, and it should look the same no matter where it's playing. But somehow, in all the transfers from system to system, onto and off of MP3 players, and to and from the net, the album art…

You delete an important file, somehow it skips your Recycle Bin altogether, and for all practical purposes, it's disappeared into the ether. But before you hit the big red panic button, there's a very good chance that your file is still alive and kicking somewhere on your hard drive'you just need to know how to find it.

Ack! The computer ate my term paper! We've all been there at some point. You delete an important file, somehow it skips your Recycle Bin altogether, and for all practical purposes, it's disappeared into the ether. But before you hit the…

You don't have to mod your classic Xbox to run the best free media center application around anymore: Dedicated developers have ported the Xbox Media Center (XBMC) software to the Mac, and its killer features will convince you to abandon Front Row forever. The latest XBMC on OS X beta dropped last week, and it's as stable and useful as ever.

We believe that it is probably technically possible to get XBMC for OS X to run on Apple TV hardware. The processor would be underpowered for most HD content, and it would probably perform very closely to the original XBox hardware (unless…

Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Phun, a free open-source, cross-platform 2D physics simulator, makes you want to pick up blocks, or maybe crayons, and learn more about the way things fall and move under pressure.

Regarding this game, I think it is great. I've actually been thinking for the last few years about interactive software education for highschool and college level classes to teach advanced concept of Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics,…

No-cost steps to take BEFORE your diaries, home sex vids & bank accounts fall into the hands of a thieving stranger…

+1 by ac042186 at 10:52 PM on 05/05/08 Reply by Email * At my university, they've been trying to promote STOP security plates. But I think it's supposed to help you recover your laptop/item more than prevent it from being stolen….

Free WIFI at Starbucks and Barnes and Noble… yes please.

I'm glad my ATT DSL account will now get me access to Starbucks. I still prefer independent coffee shops because they are less crowded and give you enough room on a table to place BOTH your coffee and your laptop. by mbierman at 03:40 PM Reply…

Add this “&as_qdr=d” to the end of a Google search to get a drop down box to show newer items first. Lets you choose past 24 hours, 1 week, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, 6 months, or past year.
You can also add this–javascript:window.location+=”&as_qdr=d”;–as a bookmark to automatically add the string to your search.

Google can reorder search and news results from the last day, week, a few months, or entire year by adding a small string to the end of the search URL. Just add this string—&as_qdr=d—to the address bar and hit enter….

Did you know Amazon can email you suggestions from Mom's wishlist two weeks before her birthday? Automatically ship you a new case of toilet paper every 2 months? Refund the difference on the price of an item you purchased that went on sale? Several advanced Amazon features, third party apps and add-ons can help you get the best deals

You already love the one-stop convenience of shopping online at Amazon.com, but chances are you're not getting everything you can out of this feature-packed shopping engine. Did you know Amazon can email you suggestions from Mom's…

Not everyone can afford to install solar panels or get a new Prius this Earth Day, but there is one place you can go green without spending an arm and a leg or radically changing your lifestyle: your computer.

I love this story that Silicon Valley managed to cut their power consumption by 25% in no time, when power outages were running through the state in 1999. All they did was switching off lights and ocmputers, installing movement sensors for…

On Tuesday we asked you to share your favorite DVD ripping tools; today we've sifted through hundreds of comments to bring you the five most popular answers. Hit the jump for a closer look at five of the best and most popular DVD ripping tools, then cast your vote to determine the best ripper of the bunch.

For just general shrinkage of whole DVDs, dvd2one dot com by MrSmokesTooMuch at 09:39 AM Reply by Email * I've just discovered ConvertXtoDVD for going the other direction (putting all those downloaded .avi's, mpegs, etc onto a disk…

Lifehacker goes through the MacHeist bundle and comes up with some frugal alternatives.

ToMuse.com by conigs at 05:43 PM on 04/16/08 Reply by Email * I also think the MacHeist bundle is lacking this time around. (And if I remember right, there's no charity involved this time, either.) What really makes the MacUpdate…

Lifehacker presents their list of 10 productive email boosters

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