Android only: Naming weirdness aside, Microsoft’s SkyDrive service is a nice chunk of cloud storage—25 GB, to be exact. Now you can view, download, and send your files in SkyDrive from your Android phone with Sorami. More

If you spent a chunk of time looking for work in 2010, and it wasn’t your first time doing so, track down your phone bills, travel costs, search site memberships, and other expenses. You can write them off, with a few exceptions. More

We’ve shown you how to properly erase your physical media before, but a recent study showed that most “secure erase” methods don’t actually work very well on solid-state drives (SSDs). Here’s what you need to know.

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Secure Erase Methods Probably Won’t Work on Your Solid-State Drive [Security]

Windows 8 may be on its way in 2012, doubleTwist updates with better wireless syncing for Macs, and Steve Jobs tries to clear up the App Store subscriptions controversy. More

Chrome: No one really likes Pandora’s overly Flashy desktop player, nor do they like having to switch to an open tab just to change tracks.

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Pandora for Chrome Controls Your Music with Your Keyboard, No Open Tabs Required [Downloads]

Last week we asked you to share your favorite rewards credit card ; you answered, then we rounded up the five most popular responses . Now we’re back with the card you voted best

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Best Reward Credit Card: Amazon.com Rewards Visa [Hive Five Followup]

Is it worth cleaning that last blob from the jar? Unfortunately, the answer is yes, as Mother Jones magazine discovered

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Cleaning Out Recyclables Is Actually Worth the Effort [Environment]

Photoshop lets you create a whole bunch of presets for its different image adjustments to help save you time when doing repeat work. Here’s a look at how to save presets in curves to create reusable custom color effects for your photos. More

My uncle Jeff has always made an effort to put together some pretty fun spaces, whether it’s at home or in the office. I asked him to share his workspace this week. Here’s a look into the Austin offices of Dachis Group and how they came to be.

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Suspended Lamps and Whiteboard Walls: The Austin Offices of Dachis Group [Featured Workspace]

Nigel Marsh , author of Fat, Forty, and Fired gave a TED talk on achieving work-life balance (which you can watch above, followed by the world’s longest Rolex commercial). In it he argues we mistakenly believe that making grand, sweeping changes to achieve balance will ultimately end in failure—much like a crash diet. Instead, Marsh believes that strategic little changes make the biggest difference

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Find a Balance Between Work and Life Through Small Strategic Changes [Video]