• iGoogle Adds Sidebar Chat, Works Just Like Gmail

    Google’s start page is rolling out a sidebar chat tool, which uses Gmail users’ existing chat settings if they have them but can also chat between iGoogle users without Gmail (all 12 of them?) We kid, we kid. iGoogle’s chat works almost exactly like Gmail, offering the same status options, providing mouse-over details on contacts…


  • Facebook An Increasingly Popular Target For Malware

    Popularity always comes at a price. BBC News reports that hackers are increasingly looking to Facebook as a means of harvesting information, with five separate “viral” applications seeking to gather user information under false pretences in the last week. Lifehacker regulars are probably already well-versed in treating any requests from anywhere with suspicion, but with…


  • Share High-Res Videos With No Sign-Up At TinyPic

    Want to send out a high-resolution clip over social networks or email, but don’t want to sign up for a video uploading account? TinyPic, the video-focused cousin of Photobucket, offer free, no-sign-up HD-ish uploads. You get up to 200MB to play around with per upload, and the site can be a little ad-tastic at times—not…