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Sure, Google Docs lets you add headers and footers to documents, but within those headers and footers you can't include dynamic information like page numbers. The always-informative Google Operating System blog figured out how to work around this limitation by editing the document's HTML code. Whe...
Zoho, best known for Web-based applications like Zoho Writer and Zoho Sheet, just took the wraps off Zoho People, a human-resources management application. Designed for businesses with 50+ employees, Zoho People offers recruitment and resume management, employee tracking, automated checklists, hier...
Problem: You've got a desktop in your office, a notebook that travels with you, and a need to access the same files and folders on both machines. Solution: Microsoft's newly updated Windows Live FolderShare, a free service that not only keeps folders in sync between two or more computers, but ...
It's Unofficial BlackBerry Day here at Business Hacks! Jott for BlackBerry lets you reply to e-mails using just your voice. That not only gives your thumbs a break, but also keeps you safer while driving (no more typing at the wheel...Craig). Here's how it works: After installing Jott for BlackB...
BlackBerry owners, end your iPhone envy with bPhone, a new theme that replaces the regular BlackBerry icons with iPhone lookalikes. bPhone works with BlackBerry 8700, 8800, Curve, and Pearl models running OS 4.2.1 or later. You can install it from your PC or over-the-air. After installation, you'...
Cell-phone store Wirefly is offering the Palm Centro smartphone for free with a 2-year Sprint service plan. Normally, the Centro runs $99.99 after a mail-in rebate; this deal requires no rebate and even includes free shipping. I won't go into major detail about the Centro, as I've already written...
Keep your Outlook and Google calendars in sync with a new Windows utility from Google. The aptly named Google Calendar Sync sits in your system tray and updates the two calendars at specified intervals. The utility takes all of about 60 seconds to download and configure: You supply your Google us...
Big news for corporate types from today's Apple iPhone SDK launch event: The much-ballyhooed handset is getting a bunch of enterprise upgrades, including push e-mail and Microsoft Exchange support. Here's the full iPhone update scoop from Gizmodo: It's getting everything a proper drone phone need...
If you ever need to interview someone or just record a conversation, you can't beat a digital voice recorder. Sure, lots of MP3 players can serve that role, but they don't exactly look professional. ThinkGeek's Ultra-thin Digital Voice Recorder not only looks the part, it looks really cool. About...
Zoho Writer, ever the plucky Google Docs competitor, just went mobile. You can now access your Zoho Writer documents on a Windows Mobile smartphone -- with or without Internet connectivity. That's right: Zoho has leveraged the newly released Google Gears for mobile to bring offline document browsing...
You know what drives me nuts? Finding a great deal on a product and then having to pay exorbitant shipping charges. "A laser printer for $64? Great! Add $25 for shipping? Arrhh! Mongo no like!" Free Shipping On lets you search Amazon and eBay for items that include free shipping, plus it corrals ...
If you're shopping for a smartphone but confused by all the different models, plans, and options offered by each carrier, have no fear: Smart Device Central explains in plain English what it will cost you to own a smartphone from each of the four major carriers: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Veriz...
It's unofficial poll day here at Business Hacks! As I've written about here before, there are a bunch of sites out there that allow folks like us to hire one-off help for a variety of jobs from coding to administrative tasks to secretarial work. There's also Lifesourcing, in which you outsource aspe...
I work out of a home office. My BNET overlords -- I mean, uh, most gracious bosses in the world -- work in proper offices. But what about you, our faithful Business Hacks readers? I'd like to know where you hang your worker-bee hat. Living room? Starbucks? Fortune 500 conglomerate? Add your voice to...
Can't find your phone? It's probably in a forgotten pocket or between the couch cushions or on the floor under your desk (how does it keep getting there?). The tried-and-truth method of finding a misplaced phone is to call it, then follow the ring. Ah, but what if there's no phone handy? Well, i...
