Globe / Smart needs to come up with these in time when iPad comes out in <60 days. Apple iPad's 'Micro SIM' explained via Engadget Mobile by Sean Cooper on 1/27/10 While the news of Apple’s iPad having 3G wasn’t exactly a surprise, the move to a new format for the SIM certainly was. The [...]

  Another great weekend deal @ steam – just bought the X-Com complete pack for $2 – no wonder steam has 25 million subscribers – Liked the 1st and 2nd series the best though- let’s see if other versions are any good –

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Save pens. Use Garamond font via FlowingData by Nathan on 1/29/10 Designers Matt Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth looked at ink usage of some commonly-used typefaces, by hand-drawing them with ballpoint pens. Scribble, scribble, scribble, and they got this simple bar chart with ink usage measured by, well, ink: Impact font is such an ink hog. [...]

Download 150+ PowerPoint templates for free from Microsoft via Download Squad by Lee Mathews on 1/28/10 Filed under: Office, Microsoft If you use Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations, the crew from Inside Office has shared a series of downloads that may be of interest to you. The goodies include everything from slide backgrounds to animated [...]

How To Automatically Save Email Attachments in the Cloud via jkOnTheRun by Kevin C. Tofel on 1/29/10 Now here’s a clever use for the cloud if I ever saw one. Lifehacker shines the spotlight on MailDrop — a free Windows application that automatically saves email attachments to your Dropbox account in the sky. You configure [...]

Sikuli Automates Almost Anything with Screenshot Ease [Downloads] via Lifehacker by Whitson Gordon on 1/29/10 Windows/Mac/Linux: Ever wanted to write a script for some repetitive task, but don’t know how to code? Sikuli makes it possible for pretty much anyone to automate tasks, by telling it what to do with just some screenshots and simple [...]

Wallbase Helps You Find Fresh Desktop Wallpaper [Wallpaper] via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on 1/29/10 Wallbase catalogs wallpaper bring you over 350,000 unique wallpapers. Take a peek inside to find something new for casual Friday. Wallbase is a huge database built by scraping the image boards of 4chan related to wallpapers and high resolution images. [...]

Windows Mobile 6.5 + Dual Sim + PHP9999 NEWS: First look at the sub-10k Cherry Mobile Eclipse Windows Mobile smartphone via Techie.com.ph on 1/29/10 Microsoft Philippines is never one to back down from competition, and today, they came out in full force to support their Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone OS. The HTC HD2 was there, [...]

Focus on Spending More Time, Not Money, on Things You Enjoy [Saving Money] via Lifehacker by Lisa Hoover on 1/27/10 As we prioritize the things that are important to us, you’d think the things we spend the most money on would get the bulk of our attention. That’s often not the case, and recognizing this [...]

How to Work When You're Tired via Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life by Ali on 1/27/10 We all have days when we just don’t feel with it. Maybe we were up late the night before, maybe we slept badly, or maybe we’re simply tired for no clear reason. But when you’ve got work [...]

The Cornell Note Method via HackCollege by Luke Turcotte on 1/26/10   The Cornell Note Method has been covered pretty extensively across the internet, but as your “one stop shop” for maximizing (hacking) your college experience, we’re obligated to cover it. Since adopting Cornell notes this semester, processing and reviewing my lecture notes has become [...]

Comic for January 25, 2010 via Dilbert Daily Strip on 1/25/10 Posted via email from chestertam

7 Ways That a Slight Tweak Will Dramatically Change Your Life via Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life by DLM Writers on 1/22/10 For the most part, as a species I believe that we have become lazy. We have invented technologies, communication platforms, and many other things mainly as a way to expend less [...]

Microsoft Help: How to Install, Reinstall, Upgrade or Uninstall Windows via The Road to Know Where on 1/23/10   Install, reinstall, upgrade or uninstall Windows – a new Microsoft Windows webpage providing information for when you need to Install, Reinstall, Upgrade, or Uninstall Microsoft’s Windows. (Thanks Chris) INSTALL WINDOWS:  If you’re installing Windows for the [...]