The iPhone gets a price and Telstra joins the party

It turns out the rumours were true: Telstra will begin selling the iPhone 3G on July 11, joining Optus and Vodafone. Telstra has also become the first company to reveal any Australian pricing for the iPhone.
The iPhone gets a price and Telstra joins the party

Access Your Computer Remotely

Afraid you'll be bored on the Big Island this summer? Nervous about seven mind-numbing days on Nantucket? Thanks to virtual network computing, you can access your home machine from anywhere.
Access Your Computer Remotely - Wired How-To Wiki

Cutting Email Down to Size

IBM’s Luis Suarez is the latest social networker to argue for reducing your dependence on email as a productivity tactic. Tired of spending hours a day on email, Suarez worked to stop the cycle of emails generating emails, reducing his incoming stream by 80% in a week.
Cutting Email Down to Size «

How To Write an Effective Thank You Note for Any Occasion

Thank you notes can be a big source of anxiety for many people and it’s often something that’s put off until later because of that anxiety. To help get through that anxiety, here’s a guide to thank you notes, covering when they’re appropriate to send and how to assemble an effective one.
How To Write an Effective Thank You Note for Any Occasion

Pictures From the Sky

As it says, an eclectic mix of pictures from the sky.
Pictures From the Sky

How to Get a Lot Done – 7 Tips to Achieve More

Have you ever written out a list of goals you’d like to achieve and thought, ‘How can I get all this done’? Or seen an opportunity that you’ve had to pass by because you are just flat out? Life is a torrent of choices and possibilities, and often it’s hard to let them go. Should you compromise? Or do you just need a better game plan?
How to Get a Lot Done – 7 Tips to Achieve More

10 Free MS Word Alternatives You Can Use Today

While many people believe that they are “locked” into using Microsoft Word for all their document creation needs, it simply isn’t true. There are many free alternatives to the costly application from Microsoft, many of which are free. Today we’re going to talk about ten alternatives to Microsoft Word that you can quickly and easily start using today. Some will be online and some will be downloadable applications that can be installed on your local computer, but all will enable you to wean yourself off of Microsoft Word and still be productive.
10 Free MS Word Alternatives You Can Use Today

How Can I Find Out If a File Really Has a Virus?

I love my AV app, but is there a better way I can verify whether or not a file really contains a virus?
How Can I Find Out If a File Really Has a Virus?

Australian Population by Age and Sex

This issue contains estimates of the resident population of Australian states and territories as at 30 June of each reference year. Estimates up to 2006 are final, based on the results of the 2006 Census of Population and Housing, and 2007 estimates are preliminary.
Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories, Jun 2002 to Jun 2007

10 tips to help relieve insomnia

Having trouble sleeping? Here we list 10 favoured remedies.
10 tips to help relieve insomnia

Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2007

This publication presents national crime statistics relating to victims of a selected range of offences that have been recorded by police. These statistics provide indicators of the level and nature of recorded crime victimisation in Australia and a basis for measuring change over time.
Recorded Crime - Victims, Australia, 2007

French Kissing Confusion Over…

Have you ever been to France and felt awkward when one of them kisses you on the cheek?
French Kissing Confusion Over…

All The Best Tips on Getting In Shape, In One Handy List | Zen Habits

A bunch of articles about health, fitness, and the challenges of getting in shape.
All The Best Tips on Getting In Shape, In One Handy List | Zen Habits

Top 10 Ways to Trick Yourself into Saving Money

Good money management is a mental exercise in self-regulation and focusing on the long-term goal, even when you're sure you just can't go on another day without buying that Kindle or MacBook. Even the most uber-organized and priority-minded people can stumble when it comes to money—how to save more of it, how to stop spending it, and how to keep doing both over and over again.
Top 10 Ways to Trick Yourself into Saving Money

Extraordinary Uses for Lemons

Discover this popular fruit's 34 clever uses.
Extraordinary Uses for Lemons: Around the House Advice and Know-How

Alerting All Stalkers: You Can Find Me Here

It seems these days we are becoming obsessed with continuously telling the world what we are doing, who we are doing it with, and now the hot ticket item seems to be letting everyone know where we are.
Alerting All Stalkers: You Can Find Me Here

Australia's population increases at fastest rate since 1988

Australia's population grew at its fastest rate since 1988 according to figures released today from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The population growth rate for Australia during 2007 was 1.6% (or 331,900 people), for a total of 21,181,000 people.
Australia's population increases at fastest rate since 1988

Avoid speed cameras with Speedwarnings

Heading out in the car but don't want to get pulled up by cops or caught out by speed cameras? Speedwarnings offers an SMS update service; text a regional shortcode to receive regular updates on police and camera activity in your area (as tracked by parent company Road Info; there's a phone number for ringing in your own reports).
Avoid speed cameras with Speedwarnings

Weird science: 10 unexplained phenomena - Science

Science has the power to harness energy, allow human flight, help cure the sick, and explain much about the world. But as amazing and beneficial as science is, it cannot explain everything.
Scientists may never know exactly how the universe began, or help to settle matters of faith. The same is true for the paranormal world. Though science can explain many strange phenomena, some mysteries remain to be solved -- often because there is simply not enough information to reach a definitive conclusion.
Weird science: 10 unexplained phenomena

Photographer Documents Secret Satellites -- All 189 of Them

BERKELEY, California -- For most people, photographing something that isn't there might be tough. Not so for Trevor Paglen.
His shots of 189 secret spy satellites are the subject of a new exhibit -- despite the fact that, officially speaking, the satellites don't exist. The Other Night Sky, on display at the University of California at Berkeley Art Museum through September 14, is only a small selection from the 1,500 astrophotographs Paglen has taken thus far.
Photographer Documents Secret Satellites -- All 189 of Them