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Send to Kindle for Firefox Delivers Web Content to Your Kindle

Firefox: There are a few ways to send content from your browser to your Kindle (using Instapaper, for example, or the Send to Kindle Chrome extension), but if you're a Firefox user, Amazon now has a...

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Uninstall Your Windows Product Key So You Can Use The License on Another PC

Before you sell or recycle an old computer, you might want to take your Windows license and use it on a different PC. The How-To Geek offers instructions for uninstalling your product key and...

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Park Facing East During the Winter and the Sun Will Defrost Your Windshield

It's winter for most in the United States, and if you're driving you get the fun chore of defrosting your windshield each morning. That is, unless you follow the advice of one redditor who realized you...

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Can a Windows 8 Tablet Like the Surface Really Replace My Laptop?

Dear Lifehacker, I'm liking what I've seen from Windows 8, and the Microsoft Surface looks like a really great tablet/laptop hybrid. But can it really replace my laptop? I don't want to get one if I...

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Jift Combines Facebook and Google+ on Your iPhone

iOS: Using more than one social network gets a little frustrating when you're often switching between sites to keep up on everything. Jift takes two of the most popular, Facebook and Google+, and...

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Give Your Desktop Something Sweet with These Sugary Wallpapers

Desserts aren't just really tasty, they're generally quite nice to look at, too. Today, share some donuts, ice cream, candy, and even a brownie waffle with your desktop. Ice CreamDownload this...

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Grab Eight DRM-free Ebooks for a Pay-What-You-Want Price

Cheap ebook service StoryBundle is at it again, selling eight ebooks from independent authors (this time focusing on horror and dark fantasy) for a pay-what-you-want price, just like usual. Pay $9 and...

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We Are Dave Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal, Founders of Warby Parker, and This Is...

When Dave Gilboa and Neil Blumenthal launched Warby Parker in 2010, their goal was to shake up the eyewear industry. Tired of expensive, generic frames, they came up with a plan: cut out the middlemen...

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Win+X Menu Editor Customizes One of The Most Important Features of Windows 8

Windows: The new Win+X menu in Windows 8 is a shortcut to terrifically handy power user settings and tools, including the command prompt, device manager, and so on. There's no built-in way to customize...

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Turn an IKEA Nightstand into a Classic Arcade Cabinet

Ikea's MALM nightstand is already a pretty good buy on its own, but as imgur user casper36 discovered it's also just the right size to house a 15 to 17 inch arcade cabinet. While this project isn't for...

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Share Your Windows 8 Desktop and Start Screen

Windows 8 was released nearly two weeks ago with an impressive set of new features and whole new interface to explore that's pretty customizable. Now that you've had plenty of time to play with it,...

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Search Challenge: How Much Does it Rain in Northern California?

Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can't get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search Research column, Russell issues a search challenge, then follows up later in...

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Kill Lice with Mayonnaise

If you or your kids end up with a head lice problem, you don't necessarily need to invest in expensive and harsh shampoos to solve the problem. A jar of mayonnaise can do the trick. Daniel Packer,...

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Revive a Seemingly Empty Printer Cartridge with a Hair Dryer

There must be a law of the universe that says your printer will only run out of ink at the most inopportune moment. If you need to squeeze a few more pages out of your printer, all you need is a hair...

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Can I use a Surface tablet as a portal to my desktop?

Great discussions are nothing new here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may...

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NowNow Launches Google Voice Search With a Siri-Like Shortcut on Jailbroken...

iOS (jailbroken): Google recently updated its Search app on iOS to include Siri-like voice searches, and if you like Google's offering better (or can't get Siri on your device), free tweak NowNow let...

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Remains of the Day: Microsoft Office Mobile Revealed

Microsoft shows off their mobile Office app, AT&T refunds former pay-as-you-go data customers, Waze starts to advertise, and SmartGlass is now available for iOS. Exclusive: Microsoft Office for...

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Windows Explorer Details, Broken Ethernet Cables, and Contact Lens Cases

Readers offer their best tips for bringing back the Details pane in Windows Explorer, protecting fragile ethernet cables, and storing small items without losing them. Don't like the gallery layout?...

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Cook a Hearty Campfire Breakfast in a Paper Bag

The next time you go camping, pack some eggs and bacon for breakfast. Sure, you could bring a skillet, but grab some brown paper bags instead—they get the job done just as quickly, and you can make...

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Fix a Buggy iPhone Speaker with a Cotton Swab

It's a fairly common problem: you plug in headphones to your iPhone (or in my case, it was an iPod Touch) and the speaker works just fine for alerts and phone calls, but pull out the headphone cable...

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