David lives in San Francisco and is an editor at Gelf Magazine. He also freelances for several magazines including Wired and Business 2.0. He's always on the lookout for new ideas about how to make life at work more efficient, more productive, and more fun. Please feel free to send...
If you listen to music while you work, there's good news from Last.fm. Now you can listen to any song you want for free up to three times before you have to decide whether you want to own it. Certainly, other sites like imeem and napster offer similar services, but...
With web and mobile applications being developed at a startling rate, it's often hard to figure which ones are useful and which ones are a waste of time. Here at Business Hacks, we often single out apps that we like, but this time, I am going to point you to...
A few months ago, I mentioned that Windows Vista users can increase the read cache of their PCs—thus speeding up loading times for start up and other applications—by plugging in spare flash drives. The ReadyBoost function of Vista that allows users to take advantage of this trick is...
One of the biggest headaches about Microsofts new Vista OS is that the several different versions (among them: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise) have such variable features. For example, the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature thats so perfect for protecting sensitive files on your work PC (or, indeed,...
If you are planning to upgrade to Windows Vista, theres a lot to know about your new Operating System. Over the coming weeks, well have lots more info for you about how to take advantage of some of the cool features (and get rid of some of the...
Sometime this month, you'll be able to buy a cool gizmo that wirelessly ports your desktop at 720p quality to any VGA-enabled monitor within 30 feet. It consists of a wireless usb dongle that streams to a VGA adapter that plugs into the remote device. For $230, the IOGEAR...