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Personal finance blogger Donna Freedman details how (and why) she engaged in a 10-minute argument with an Office Depot manager over $3. The gist: While $3 may not seem worth the headache and extra...

If you're reading this site, no doubt you've done some cool computer tweaking and turbo-boosting. But what neat non-computer thing have you done this summer? Post up your best DIY project, weekend...

The ReadWriteWeb site lists a few webapp combinations that add up to more than the sums of their parts. In the list: Jott & Evernote (as guest Brad Isaac detailed for us), AideRSS with the...

Personal finance weblog The Simple Dollar rounds up eight tips for saving money while still getting a good dose of summer fun. For example: Community festivals can be a very cheap way to spend a...

The Listening Post at Wired takes on the future of MP3s, as storage space increases and lossless (or non-compressed) audio starts showing up on Blu-ray discs, amongst other indicators. But the author...

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth (who we interviewed last year) announced that he's out to make Linux a better-looking operating system than Mac OS X—within two years. An ambitious goal! At...

We love bringing you good video clips that show off hacks or give clever advice or different perspectives; Check out our weekend watching tag for a few we've posted so far. But what are your favorite...

Technologist and well-read fellow Kevin Kelly lists the books that have changed his life. Life-changing books are not just your favorite books, he explains, but "books that altered your behavior,...

An NPR story delves into the double-edged nature of email, and profiles one firm, U.S. Cellular, that's absolved its workers from having to look at (or respond to, obviously) company emails on...

Microsoft's Small Business Center says that widespread use of email on mobile devices has changed a few email etiquette rules and details seven tips for refining your mobile email manners. The...

Running a web site that pumps out almost 20 posts a day about how to be more productive, we're already aware of the irony of technology that tries to fix the problems that technology presents. The...

Escalating gas prices have made the prospect of an affordable summer vacation seem bleak in 2008, so the New York Times has rounded up a handful cheap destinations across the US. Not one involves the...

The ideal of the one-page resume is a bit of age-old wisdom most of us hear during our very first job search. But does it still hold true, with more workers changing careers more quickly and taking...

The writers at Macworld are going over the dark side and listing all the Windows applications that make them want to dual boot or virtualize Windows on their Intel Macs. The main package that makes...

You just sat down at the internet caf&eacute, you've got your coffee, your scone, and your laptop all plugged in and ready to roll, but—you need to hit the head. What do you do? Wired's Lore...