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How many times has this happened to you: You get to a hotel after a long plane flight and find that the remote control for your room's television isn't working. Well, it's easy to go all MacGyver on your remote by powering it with just one battery -- or even the wrong kind of battery, if that's all ...
Ever wish you had a handy quick reference for the apps you use the most often? You're in luck, because you can download PDFs of dozens of reference posters from TechPosters. This site is full of dozens of posters for all sorts of geeky topics. There's a lot of stuff here that only an IT geek'...
Remember the MoGo Talk Bluetooth Headset from a couple months ago? We went a little ga-ga over the way it rides shotgun -- make that piggyback -- on your BlackBerry or iPhone. (Well, I did, anyway -- Dave only goes ga-ga for Lady Gaga. Weird, I know.) Gizmodo was lucky enough to get some hands-on...
Windows 7 is still about a month away for most users, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't start prepping now. ZDNet's Ed Bott offers seven suggestions as part of his Windows 7 upgrade survival guide. Here's an excerpt: 3. Check for compatibility problems before you start. The Windows Upgrade Adviso...
When Google Chrome hit the streets a year ago, most people considered it something of a novelty. It was fast, sure -- but also rough around the edges and missing a lot of important features. Well, time flies, because Google just released Chrome 3, and it's starting to look all grown up. W...
There are certain snippets of text that I find myself re-using all the time. Often I have to hunt through old documents to find the exact phrase, copy, and then paste it into my new document. Sometimes I don't go to all that trouble and simply paraphrase myself from memory. But did you know that if ...
Over the years we've covered plenty of backup solutions, but sometimes it's nice to have a complete backup plan laid out for you. That's kind of what you get from Gizmodo's How To: Back Up All Your Stuff For Free, No Hard Drive Needed. The guide covers, among other things, two of my favorite back...
Even in this Facebook-LinkedIn-Twitter-ified world, business cards are a fact of life. Have you ever managed to escape a trade show or business meeting without a pocketful of new ones? (If so, count yourself lucky.) CloudContacts saves you the hassle of manually processing business cards. The ser...
Resumes -- cold white pages with unfeeling black text -- are impersonal, no matter how much resume-writing advice you incorporate. One remedy: create a video message for your potential employer at FacesForce. The site has an interesting premise. After a quick, free registration, you can creat...
Outlook's categories are incredibly powerful, of course, but only if you actually use them. Here's a tool that forces you to work more efficiently.
As a longtime magazine writer and a sad observer of the imploding newspaper industry, I've often wondered about the future of publishing. After all, people still want the content -- but paper-based publishing is definitely on the way out. What will replace it? The Web, obviously, but in what form...
Poor writing skills can impair your career. Here are a dozen tips for writing more clearly and effectively.
Multi-tasking is a myth. Enlist Email Prioritizer to pause low-priority incoming email so you can single task on stuff that really needs to be done -- but allow high-pri mail to continue flowing.
Welcome to Guy Vs. Guy! In this recurring feature, Rick and Dave square off on the business and technology issues of the day. This week's topic: The iPhone. Maybe you've heard of it? A recent flap in the UK raises the question of whether the iPhone can succeed in business (though some say it alrea...
A second chance to look at some first-rate hacks.
