This week on the podcast we're talking about Amazon's new pile of Kindles, water cooling your computer for super feats of overclocking, and rooting out lies. We're also answering your questions about shutting down your computer, remapping function keys on your keyboard, and figuring out if brain training games actually work.
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News and Discussion
Amazon Releases So Many Kindles!
Amazon was busy today, releasing all sorts of Kindles. The Kindle Fire is now $40 less while gaining a faster processor, double the RAM, and better battery life. The Kindle Fire now has an 8.9" HD version for $299 (Wi-Fi) and $499 (4G LTE). Plenty of software updates to the Kindle-ized version of Android, such as multiple users, make this update pretty compelling. If you want to know more, listen to the podcast or check out Gizmodo's complete coverage.
11 Million Apple UDIDs Leaked
This week 11 million UDIDs were leaked by Anonymous. If you're unfamiliar, a UDID is the unique identification number on iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. Anonymous claims they received the leak from an FBI agent's laptop, but Apple and the FBI have denied this claim. The story is still developing, but you shouldn't worry too much about your security in regards to the leak. There's little that malicious people can do with a UDID.
A Beginner's Guide to Water Cooling Your Computer
Last week Whitson installed a water cooling setup in his computer so he could overclock it even more, and this week he posted about the process. It comes with a really great video that shows the entire installation process, so be sure to check it out.
Getting the Honest Truth Out of People
We want to tell the truth, but sometimes we need a nudge. We came across a few studies that demonstrated how people are more likely to be truthful if you remind them that it's important, or even put ideas of morality in their head.
The Best Things to Buy in September
It's September. Check out the best things to buy.
Questions and Answers
Each week we answer five questions from readers and listeners. Here's what we tackled this week.
Is it better to shut down my computer regularly or leave it on all the time?
We answered this question as an Ask Lifehacker post but it initially came into the show, so we discussed it on the podcast as well.
How can I remap Apple keyboard function keys to work on a Windows PC?
With AutoHotkey! Whitson wrote a post explaining how to remap function keys with the software, and Pash wrote a guide on turning any action into a keyboard shortcut. Both can help you add custom actions to your function keys.
What the deal with lumosity.com? Is there scientific evidence to backup their claims?
For those of you who aren't familiar, Lumosity is a site that offers brain training games to supposedly make you smarter, more creative, etc. We've seen one large study that found brain games don't work. While we can't say that means Lumosity, specifically, is ineffective, it does suggest that your time is better spent elsewhere.
Downloads of the Week
Each week we talk about our favorite downloads. Here are our picks for this week.
Snipping Tool++ (Windows)
Windows 7 shipped with a much-needed Snipping Tool for taking partial screenshots, but it's not exactly feature-rich. Snipping Tool++ adds a few handy features that connect your screenshots to the cloud.
Download Snipping Tool++
Parallels Desktop 8 (OS X)
Parallels Desktop?our favorite virtualization app for the Mac?moved on up to version eight, offering several upgrades to bring OS X's best features right into Windows. You can now use Dictation, drag and drop attachments from OS X right into Windows email clients, get your Windows notifications in Notification Center, and much more.
Download Parallels Desktop
uTorrent (Android)
uTorrent, our favorite BitTorrent client for Windows and OS X, now has a full BitTorrent client for Android, so you can download torrents right to your phone no matter where you are.
Download uTorrent
Astrid (iOS)
Astrid, your favorite to-do manager, updated its iOS apps today to offer an iPad-optimized version of the app, and to give all versions on-screen gesture based task management. This means you can swipe right on a task to postpone it, swipe left to delete it, and more.
Download Astrid
Inbox Pause (Chrome)
If you're tired of email interrupting or distracting you, pause it. That's the point of Inbox Pause, a Gmail extension that works exactly as the name suggests. Click the pause button and your emails are put on hold until you're ready to let the inbox fill up again.
Download Inbox Pause
Clipboard Sync (Chrome)
If you use multiple computers, you might occasionally find the need to get your clipboard text from one computer to another. Clipboard Sync is a Chrome extension that makes it easy to copy text to any computer running Chrome.
Download Clipboard Sync
How Do I Submit a Question?
There are three ways to send in your question:
Please keep your questions as brief as possible. This means about 3-5 sentences for emails and 30-60 seconds for calls and videos. Your questions can be specific, but broader questions are generally better because they'll apply to more people. For example, "how can I breathe new life into my old PDA?" is much better than "what can I do with an old HP iPAQ 210?" Either way, we look forward to hearing from you!
Newspaper, Computer, and Clock (by Brandon Hopkins) provided by the Noun Project.
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