Mophie To Launch Their Own iPhone Credit Card Reader

Between CES and Google’s press event, next week is bound to be a torrential mess of press releases. Looking to sneak onto the radar before every tech writer in the lands is pulled into cranking out post after post on the latest and great from the industry’s big guns, iPhone accessory maker Mophie has gone [...]

Olive blesses Opus No. 4 music server with 2TB of space, charges $1,799 for it

We haven’t heard from Olive in a white hot minute, but hey, given the price of its wares, maybe it just decided to take the whole recession off. At any rate, the boutique outfit is sashaying back onto the scene with the Opus No. 4, the newest member of its long-standing Opus Hi-Fi Digital Stereo [...]

Recycle Tin Cans into Garden Lanterns [DIY]

If the glass lanterns we featured yesterday just don’t seem fancy enough, you can always try your hand at recycling your tin cans into decorative votives, a similarly cheap, easy, but nice-looking decoration.
Fine Gardening magazine has a detailed tutorial on turning soup cans into outdoor votive holders. You’ll need some cans, sand, water, and a [...]

German Bargain Hunters Conned Into Buying Bag of "Potato iPods" [Thievery]

A group of German bargain hunters, obviously thinking they had stumbled upon the iPod deal of the century, would do best do to stop bargain hunting because they’re about as dumb as the sack of potatoes they now posses.
The con was simple (and old): A group of British con men showed the German bargain hunters [...]

Know What Questions to Ask During a Job Interview [Job Search]

It’s nerve-wracking enough worrying about how best to answer interview questions. Unfortunately, it’s also important to ask questions during the exchange. Weblog Lifehack.org details how best to turn the tables with a list of seven noteworthy questions to raise.
Photo by brymo.
Apart from inquiring about your day-to-day responsibilities and opportunities for career advancement, Lifehack suggests you [...]

Flush-Mount USB Hub Cuts Down on Desk Clutter [Stuff We Like]

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.Turn the basic cable management ports in your desk into flush-mounted flash drive stations with this basic USB hub.
Two-inch cable-management holes are a common fixture in cubicle workstations and commercial desks. Usually plugged with a little hinged cover to route cables under the desk, [...]

The Fold-Away Desk [Featured Workspace]

What can you do if you want a workspace but the only area you have free in a tiny apartment is 30″ of wall space between a bookcase and a door? Fold it away.
Lifehacker reader jaypeecee decided to tackle the problem by combining some inexpensive off the shelf items to turn a basic stock Ikea [...]