One Tab Extension for Chrome

For those who end up with many Chrome tabs open ...
I am usually pretty good at closing no longer required tabs in my Chrome browser, however, I often close them prematurely and I find that I have to go back and re-open the location. I might give this extension a try and see if it saves me time!

Convert Chrome tabs to a list to save memory - Internet Applications & Software:

Windows 8 Automatic Repair

When Windows 8 will not boot ...
This looks good if it works!

How the Windows 8 Automatic Repair feature works: Greg Shultz takes a look at the Automatic Repair from the Recovery Drive feature of Microsoft Windows 8.

Windows 8 GodMode

GodMode in Windows 8 could be very useful ...
Since the settings in Windows 8 are split across two Control Panels, the creation of this GodMode shortcut could save a lot of time and frustration.

Quick Tip: Invoke god mode to take control of settings in Windows 8 | TechRepublic:

Samsung Chromebooks

Now Samsung joins the Chromebook family in Australia ...
The Google Chromebook Pixel mentioned at the end of this article is the "Rolls Royce" of Chromebooks!

Google's Chromebooks reach Australian shores - notebooks, Google, Chromebooks - Computerworld

Google’s Chromebook

Chromebook finally in Australia for $299 ...
Everyone needs to understand where a Chromebook fits in since it is neither Microsoft Windows or nor Apple iOS. This article is a good start! 

Google’s Chromebook finally hits Australia for $299:
The netbook may be more or less dead, but Google and Acer are partnering up to try and revive the sector, with a new notebook that won’t cost much and features an operating system that sits in the middle of everything else out there.

Now Google 'Babble'

Unification of Google's voice / chat services would be good ...
But the Google "rate of change" is getting hard to handle! It makes you wonder how many users are keeping up with constant product retirements and new services (the last 5 posts have all been Google related)!

Google looks to unify chat services under 'Babble': That's going to be the new name of a collection of Google instant-messaging services, which the company may present at Google I/O in May, according to a report.

Keep vs Evernote vs Notes

A synchronised notebook is an essential productivity tool ...
I will stick with Evernote as it is far more comprehensive than either of these alternatives!

Google Keep vs Evernote vs Apple Notes | News | TechRadar:

Google Reader alternatives

A few alternatives to Google RSS Reader ...

In Pictures: 10 top Google Reader alternatives - Slideshow - Computerworld:

Google Reader to Close

I was one of the 500K to migrate to Feedly ...
Like so many in the IT industry, I have used Google RSS Reader for long time to scour News and IT Magazine web pages to give me brief extracts to thousands of articles. I can sift through these very quickly looking for juicy bits that might be of interest to the readers of this blog. I might save 1 in 100 of these article abstracts for later reading. Out of those saved, maybe 1 in 5 finds its way into this blog!

500K users flee dead-RSS-walking Google Reader for Feedly: Feedly, a free Web-based RSS service that also offers iOS and Android apps, has added half a million new users since Google announced it would pull the plug on its Reader RSS feed this summer.

Google+ Hangouts

Useful tutorial on how to use Google+ Hangouts ...

Quick Tip: Set up a Google+ Hangout for web conferencing: Scott Matteson shows you how to quickly start a web conference via Google+ Hangout.