StackSocial has been offering some pretty amazing deals, and their latest is no exception: The StackSocial Mac Superbundle. The amount of apps that they’re serving up that will aid you in getting work done faster and better is pretty astounding — there’s 10 amazing Mac apps worth $471 that they are offering…

I’m going to make a prediction here without a crystal ball, or a 900 psychic friend’s number. I predict that the majority of you are Windows users, correct? Eat that Dionne Warwick! Am I really a psychic? Heck no, but I’ll bet I’m more accurate than that Rapture guy! But I digress. Truth is, it doesn’t…

The iPhone has enabled the IT workforce to become more mobile than ever before. In order to capitalize on this and make IT more efficient on the go, a mobile IT toolkit is needed. However, of the 450,000 apps, which are useful to IT and of those which are worth having? I’m not talking about apps…

We have always tried to feature great software here at Lifehack.org. You know, the stuff to keep you guys and gals productive. You can say whatever you want to about Windows vs. Mac OS X. Maybe you like OS X for its “simplicity” or prefer Windows because you are

I try very hard to not stray down the path of GTD web apps as it usually leads to me thinking that some other app is better for some other reason and I change my whole entire system over to find that it really has nothing to do with the system in the first place…

If I’ve learned anything in my quest to become a productive person over the years by using technology tools it is the following two points. 1. Love the tools you use. If you find something wrong with your productivity tool within the first 5 minutes of using it, chances are it won’t stick. There are a…

  It’s about that time for me again: my desktop is a couple years part its prime and my laptop just died (no display, no hard drive activity, no wifi, and a recent history of turning off suddenly for no good reason – those are all bad signs, right?), which means the near…

Christmas is fast approaching, and alongside the most famous holiday of the year comes a fresh batch of very confused people. Very confused people gifted with strange gadgets the likes of which they’ve only seen in catalogues and sci-fi reruns. Perhaps we’re talking about a grandmother with a new digital camera she can’t figure out…

Voice recognition software has been around for a long time, but it’s only in the last few years that it has become accurate enough and simple enough to use with any regularity. It has also been rather expensive, with “basic” versions running around $80-100 and “premium” versions running to several hundred dollars – prompting many…

APCMag has gone through all the trouble of trying out an Ubuntu Linux installation and replacing everything they normally use Microsoft Windows for. The upside is obviously the open-source and free aspects of Linux, but are their other clear benefits? And what about the areas Ubuntu excelled? All the important ones — all the key applications…

I’m really posting this list from About.com for the first suggestion of SharpKeys – a little program that let’s you reorganize your Windows keyboard. Ron White suggests you use it to move that bleeding Caps Lock key and replace it with something you’ll actually use. My Caps Lock now functions as another Delete key. The arrangement…

To upgrade or not to upgrade; a question for all XP users. For those of us who aren’t upgrading just yet, and we have our reasons, this tutorial on how to stretch the remaining life of your OS may come in useful. This article from ComputerWorld runs through some steps to make XP last, likening…

We’re already tagging everything on the web, how about letting that bit of organizational zen cross over to your desktop? Tag2Find is a simple yet feature-heavy Windows tool that allows you to quickly tag individual or groups of files. Now instead of searching filenames and folders you can easily browse to intuitive tags. Also features…

Not immediately the most useful key on any Windows keyboard, the Windows Key generally creates more annoyance than good. But it is there, and can be useful. Although, barely. W = Windows Key W: Opens Start Menu W+ E: Opens up Windows Explorer W+ R: Opens the Run command. W+ U: Opens Utility Manager W+ L: Log Off W+…

Copycat is a simple Windows utility that syncs your Clipboard contents to other computers of your choice. A very handy function for anyone working across a few computers. Copycat by R2Studios…