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One of Vista's lesser-known but decidedly valuable features is the Snipping Tool, which lets you capture a screenshot of just about anything: a window, an entire screen, or a hand-selected area. In the above tutorial video, Vista product manager Esther Choi shows you the finer points of using the to...
Regular Business Hacks readers know of our love for Copernic Desktop Search, which indexes stuff like documents, e-mail, and media for super-speedy searches. But it's overkill for some users, and definitely something of a drag on system resources. If you just want lightning-fast search for files and...
Apple's iPhone dock, which gives your handset a desktop throne on which to rest and recharge, costs a rather steep $49. The homemade iPhone Binder Clip Dock, on the other hand, costs, well, the price of a dozen or so binder clips. (What is that, maybe two bucks and change?) The above video, whi...
As Rick pointed out a few months ago, Google Maps has slowly but surely been adding mass transit info from cities all over the world. Now, though, they've finally added the complete NYC subway and bus system, which means that HopStop now has some real competition in the public transportation dep...
Zoho just took the wraps off two interesting items: Zoho Creator 3.0, which lets you build database-oriented apps, and the new Zoho Marketplace, where you can sell them (or just give them away). Zoho Creator promises drag-and-drop simplicity in building custom applications -- think of it as Micro...
I love a good DIY iPhone/iPod touch stand, like the business-card stand and the MiniDV tape-case stand. But I have to say, I think this paper-clip stand trumps them all. All you need is an ordinary jumbo paper clip and some amateur bending skills. No skills? The inventor offers a template [PDF] t...
If you freelance or work at a small company with no email system in place, you'll often find yourself feeling sheepish for telling future business contacts to get in touch with you via your Gmail or Yahoo! account. Now, though, there's a free and easy way to kiss that touch of unprofessionalism ...
Feeling sad? Depressed? Irked? Downright pissed? Hey, it happens to everyone, but it also impacts your ability to get any meaningful work done. What you need is one good belly laugh, which can banish those bad-mood demons and help you get back to the business at hand. Here are five YouTube videos of...
Microsoft's Phone Data Manager syncs your contacts to the Web and downloads music, photos, and videos to your PC. What's interesting is that it's designed not for Windows Mobile phones (which already have these sync capabilities), but for non-Windows Mobile phones. The Windows-only app pairs with...
For some of us, looking for wifi in a new or public place is a constant mystery. Our built-in monitors in our laptops tell us we're near a signal, but we still can't get online. Part of the reason is that we don't have enough information. The Xirrus Widget (available through Yahoo! widgets) solves...
You work hard, so you should be able to check your Facebook account or watch a few YouTube videos whenever you damn well please. But, lest the boss get the wrong idea (or lest your underlings think you're lazy), it's best to hide your extraneous surfing from wandering eyes. There are quite a few qui...
Cheap-gear site Meritline has a USB SIM-card reader on sale for $5.55 with free shipping. The gizmo plugs into your PC and backs up the contents of your cell phone's SIM card, which contains, among other things, your phone book. Making such a backup is a good idea in case your phone gets lost or ...
Remember O-Marks, one of the five iPhone productivity apps we spotlighted a couple weeks ago? It syncs your Foxmarks bookmarks to your iPhone. Well, you can toss that app to the curb and go straight to the source: Foxmarks now offers a mobile version that's optimized for the iPhone and other mobile ...
Believe it or not, Internet Explorer users have long enjoyed a better version of Google Toolbar than Firefox users. But now Google Toolbar 5 is available for Firefox, bringing with it such amenities as Google Notebook integration, synchronization across multiple PCs, and multiple AutoFill profiles. ...
For those of you who can't wait another week to get your hands on 3M's MPro110 pocket projector, here's good news: The Dell M109S pocket projector is available right now. And the folks at Popular Mechanics have posted what appears to be the first hands-on review. The M109S measures 3.6 by 4.1 by ...
