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Footnote Millions of Historical Documents Online

2007-12-07T08:13:00.023-08:00

Footnote is an impressive resource which launched last week that allows users to access millions of historical documents online for the first time. Interested in the Civil War or perhaps the Bureau of Investigation? Just look it up on Footnote & w/in secs view digitized copies of the orig. docs including photos, signed docs, letters, case studies..

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IE Project Manager says IE7 Can't Match Firefox & Opera

2007-12-07T08:13:00.021-08:00

Last week, Internet Explorer Group Program Manager Chris Wilson wrote a blog post where he discussed Internet Explorer (IE) and its CSS compliance. In a nutshell, the report said that IE 6 and IE 7 can't match the level of standards support found in Opera and Firefox.

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New Google Maps photo explorer

2007-12-07T08:13:00.019-08:00

Panoramio brings a great new photo explorer to Google Maps. This new interactive photo atlas makes it easy for you to browse the world and contribute your own photos to specific geographic regions.

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Copy DVDs to your iPod

2007-12-07T08:13:00.017-08:00

So Apple wants you to pony up $14.99 for Pixar's Cars when you already own the DVD? Nuh-uh. Don't think so. Seems like you should be able to copy that DVD right to your iPod. You can, provided you have the right tools and some time to kill. With free software and this tutorial, you can copy almost any DVD in your library to your iPod

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Firefox 2.0 Available To Public!

2007-12-07T08:13:00.015-08:00

The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence. Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups.

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Pagety: possibly the simplest CMS you'll ever use

2007-12-07T08:13:00.013-08:00

We just launched our new web application. It's called Pagety and is a hosted CMS. Use coupon code 'launchfest' to get a 50% discount when you upgrade to a premium plan...

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Democracy Player changes name to Miro

2007-12-07T08:13:00.011-08:00

In all our debates about whether you could call something ‘Democracy’ and how people would react to the name, we hadn’t realized that so many people would simply assume that the software was for politicians and videos about politics. We hear this response over and over, and it’s a real limitation to our user base. So we’re changing the name to Miro

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2007-12-07T08:13:00.009-08:00

IE does what it does best.

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Google Calendar Launches New Features

2007-12-07T08:13:00.007-08:00

Updates include weather forecasts, moon phases, and support for 17 new languages.

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Convert anything to anything

2007-12-07T08:13:00.005-08:00

Convert pretty much any format of anything to any other format. Online. Free. Without downloading anything.

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Carry a PC Repair System on a USB Drive

2007-12-07T08:13:00.003-08:00

The Daily Cup of Tech computer help site put together a USB-drive based collection of software that'll help you resuscitate any ailing PC. All wrapped up into one convenient, 14.2MB zip file, the USB PC Repair System contains 37 fix-it utilities (via Lifehacker)

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The Drupal Song - Remix Tracks

2007-12-07T08:13:00.001-08:00

Show software some love and jangle the Drupal jingle. The tracks are available, what will people make?

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250 Free Office Templates and Documents

2007-12-07T08:12:00.015-08:00

There are lots of good free Office Templates and Documents available for download.

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2007-12-07T08:12:00.013-08:00

IE does what it does best.

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Convert Everything

2007-12-07T08:12:00.011-08:00

WAV to MP3, OGG, AAC, AMR, FLAC, MPC, MMF, AU, AIFF, QCP.MP3 to WAV, OGG, AAC, AMR, FLAC, MPC, MMF, AU, AIFF, QCP.WMA to WAV, OGG, AAC, AMR, FLAC, MP3, MPC, MMF, AU, AIFF, QCP.OGG to WAV, MP3, AAC, AMR, FLAC, MPC, MMF, AU, AIFF, QCP.AAC to WAV, MP3, OGG, AMR, FLAC, MPC, MMF, AU, AIFF, QCP.# MP4 (AAC) to WAV, MP3, OGG, AMR, FLAC, MPC

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Don't be misled by these 10 Windows Vista myths

2007-12-07T08:12:00.009-08:00

The official consumer launch of Windows Vista has brought with it a great deal of confusion, misinformation, and some fairly ignorant assertions. Windows expert Deb Shinder debunks some of the misconceptions she's been hearing, from exaggerated cost and hardware requirements to feature limitations and compatibility issues.

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Slife - Mac App that Visualizes/Organizes Computer Activites

2007-12-07T08:12:00.007-08:00

Slife is the new awareness browser for the Mac OS X that lets you visualize your computer activities like never before. Trying to be more productive? Wondering where all that time went? Now you can find out!

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Gregarious 2.0 Beta Released!! (Wordpress plugin for Digg)

2007-12-07T08:12:00.005-08:00

The new version sees various incredible changes that are sure to cause a stir in the Wordpress community. This version now adds PostBadge, DiggDetect and many wonderful features that make it a pleasure to use - inc. Share This! The options page itself is so good looking. Definitely the number one choice for a social plugin.

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PSPIRC has been shut down!

2007-12-07T08:12:00.003-08:00

After various abuses of the Freenode IRC network, PSPIRC has been shut down indefinitely.

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GIMPshop turns the GIMP into a Photoshop look alike

2007-12-07T08:12:00.001-08:00

Turns the GIMP into a Photoshop look alike. Maybe this will convert Photoshop pirates into Gimp users.

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eBay Seller Taking Advantage of Open Source Software

2007-10-11T08:14:00.023-07:00

A seller on eBay is offering well-known, easily (and freely) obtainable open source Windows applications. The applications are going for $10 per item to $15 for a "software power pack" which contains programs like The GIMP, Audacity, and even Mozilla Firefox. We should be educating people about open source, not charging them for it.

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Available Now - Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta Download

2007-10-11T08:14:00.021-07:00

While playing around with Adobe Labs website download URL's and found this page to get the Photoshop CS3 beta before its officially released sometime tomorrow. Good luck, I already downloaded a copy of the Mac and Windows version.

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Ultimate List of over 150 (!) Free Windows Software from Microsoft

2007-10-11T08:14:00.019-07:00

Microsoft has over 150 FREE Windows & Office Programs available for download -- finding them all is extremely difficult . . . until now. My favorites: FolderShare (a P2P application to synchronize folders with other users (or your devices)), Virtual Desktop Manager, Alt-Tab Replacement (however I think that TaskSwitch XP is better) and ISO recorder

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URL Fixer: Firefox extension automatically corrects common URL typos

2007-10-11T08:14:00.017-07:00

URL Fixer is an extension for Mozilla-based Web browsers that corrects typos in URLs that you enter in the address bar. For example, if you type google.con, it will correct it to google.com -asking first, if you enable confirmation. (via DownloadSquad and LifeHacker)

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Making Labels with Openoffice.org Templates - Tech-Recipes.com

2007-10-11T08:14:00.015-07:00

Templates make life easier when you use them for letters, documents, brochures, etc. but they really make life easier when you use them for labels. The spacing for your label documents has to be extraordinarily precise to make sure that the text is printed exactly where it needs to be. This Howto will help you use Openoffice.org templates...

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Slickr (Flickr Screen Saver)

2007-10-11T08:14:00.013-07:00

Slickr is an OpenGL flickr screen saver that shows images by: user (favorites, set, tags, contacts), groups, or everyone (tags, recent). It can also display local images. For ideas on groups and tags, go to the flickr explore page at http://flickr.com/explore/

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What's New For You in Photoshop CS3

2007-10-11T08:14:00.011-07:00

In each version of Photoshop, Adobe releases features that are of use to different types of users. Some features are tailor-made for photographers, for example, while others are better suited for designers. Let's take a look at who will benefit from some of the new features in Photoshop CS3.

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Have your own photo gallery in 5 minutes using free software

2007-10-11T08:14:00.009-07:00

Do you like gallery tools such as Flickr, but want to control your photos, or get rid of any of their limits? Now you can have your own custom gallery using PHP, a script called Picy, and 5 minutes of your time!

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blummyWiki - personal wiki via bookmarklet

2007-10-11T08:14:00.007-07:00

Blummy the bookmarklet management bookmarklet has received a major upgrade. The blummyWiki is a personal notebook that can be used to store notes or favorite URLs. The cool thing: as it's stored on a server it can be shared between browsers and computers.

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Host your own photo gallery with Gallery2

2007-10-11T08:14:00.005-07:00

This week, I'll show you how to install Gallery2, a free, open source web application that lets you publish and manage your digital images for web consumption on your own web server, whether it's your home server or hosted account.

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New WP Tiger Admin 3.0 Released

2007-10-11T08:14:00.003-07:00

The WordPress Tiger Admin plugin has been updated to version 3.0. It's been completely redesigned, and has much better compatibility with the newest WordPress features.

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Gallery 1.5.4 Released

2007-10-11T08:14:00.001-07:00

Version 1.5.4 of the popular PHP photo publishing software has been released. Primarily a bug fix release this time around, with definately worth checking out!

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Democracy Player 0.8.5 Released (including an Intel-Mac Version)

2007-10-11T08:12:00.019-07:00

A new version of Democracy Player, the most popular dedicated video RSS client, was released today. IN THIS RELEASE: a new Intel-Mac version, stand-alone torrent support, fullscreen controls on Windows, and an advanced 1-Click subscription system. Democracy Player is 100% free / open source and is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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DocMAN Categories

2007-10-11T08:12:00.017-07:00

This tutorial will show you how to add a category in DocMAN

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Register using a fake email address - then grab the emails from dodgeit.com

2007-10-11T08:12:00.015-07:00

To avoid spam, send your registration forms to *(anything)*@dodgeit.com, then go to dodgeit.com and type in *(anything)*. Your email will be available with complete anonymity. No prior setup or login required.

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New Firefox Digg Extension (Dugged)

2007-10-11T08:12:00.013-07:00

Adds a duggmirror link to websites listed on digg.com.

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Software for Starving Students 2007.01 Released

2007-10-11T08:12:00.011-07:00

The 2007.01 release of Software for Starving Students is now available for download at: http://softwarefor.org/downloads.html -- Software for Starving Students is a free collection of programs organized for students (but available to anyone). They have best-in-class programs gathered onto one CD (one disc for OS X, one for Windows).

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BadVista.org: Tagging Vista at Amazon.com

2007-10-11T08:12:00.009-07:00

The BadVista campaign is encouraging supporters to take a minute and visit the Amazon page for each of the Vista versions and leave tags that express their opinion about the software, so that other potential users will have a chance to learn about the unadvertised Vista “features” that lock them out of their own computer.

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Fauxto.com: Flash-based Photoshop-like image editor

2007-10-11T08:12:00.007-07:00

This is the first online image editor that I know of that includes photoshop-style layers. It is still in early beta at this time, but it shows a lot of promise

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Digg.com worth $106 Million Youtube worth $969 Million - Whats your site?

2007-10-11T08:12:00.005-07:00

dnScoop is a many domain tools wrapped into one convent package. A domain traffic tool, a domain whois tool, a domain history, a domain popularity, domain appraisal (site value report), a link value appraisal (link value report), pagerank check, an inbound links count, an indexed pages check and more.

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Deligio.com - Discover and share software

2007-10-11T08:12:00.003-07:00

This week the Dutch new start-up Deligio launched a new search engine which focuses on finding software. Deligio enables the user to easily search and find software, shareware and freeware.

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Make XP Look Like Vista

2007-10-11T08:12:00.001-07:00

Despite Windows Vista being out for a few months now, not everyone is ready or willing to make the big "switch" just yet. Some people are waiting for the time to buy a new PC, some are not upgrading because their hardware isn't up to it, and some well.....just don't want to. So I'm going to show you how to get a Vista-like desktop on XP.

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How to Build Triple Boot (XP, Vista, Ubuntu) with single Boot Screen wpics

2007-10-11T08:11:00.003-07:00

This is a tutorial with lots of screenshots on how to build a triple boot system (Windows XP, Windows Vista and Ubuntu Edgy Eft) with a single boot manager. + wiping HDD, installing, backing up GRUB's MBR, modifying boot.ini and Vista's bcdedit records. I hope you'll like it.

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Google content blocker (humorous)

2007-10-11T08:11:00.001-07:00

why see anything but ads?

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iTunes 7 breaks OurTunes and inhibits open sharing

2007-10-11T08:10:00.017-07:00

The widely distributed update to Apple's popular music app: iTunes 7, leaves many users in the dark. Users of pre-7.0 versions are no longer able to browse music on the same local network. Also, the popular java-based application OurTunes is rendered useless if your target library uses v7. Lets work together to find a fix.

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Live Documents is Powerful Stuff

2007-10-11T08:10:00.015-07:00

A new service called Live Documents allows Windows PC users with Office already installed on their computer to syncronize documents across multiple users over the Internet. The next step for Live Documents should be to look for a partner amongst the online office players to make their service work across applications as well.

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Firefox Pop-up Notepad Bookmarklet

2007-10-11T08:10:00.013-07:00

This is a cool little bookmarklet with which you can make a quick text note in a pop-up and save it directly from your browser. Thanks to Baris Unver for the inspirational spark.

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Guide to Those Useless Windows XP Services

2007-10-11T08:10:00.011-07:00

here is a look at the default set of services that come with a fresh installation of Windows XP. "We'll tell you the ones that you don't need and try to tell you why, so you can disable them without any problems."

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Simple hack to disable USB drives in XP - Perfect for public machines

2007-10-11T08:10:00.009-07:00

A simple hack to disable all access to USB drives on XP, without disabling USB mice, or keyboards.

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New release of My Exposé, an Exposé-like application for Windows Vista

2007-10-11T08:10:00.007-07:00

Simon Ferquel has released a new version of My Exposé, the application that provides a similar feature to Mac's Exposé, giving you an overview of all open windows on your screen. Display your windows using the keyboard, the mouse or even your voice! This is still a pre-release (he calls it CTP) version, but it's pretty stable and bug-free.

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Zestr: A Free AJAX Based Book, Movie, Music and Game Organiser

2007-10-11T08:10:00.005-07:00

With Zestr you can organise all your books, movies, music and games online. You can even import your collections from Delicious Library to save you having to enter them all again! RSS feeds let you access your collections externally (such as from your blog).In a beta stage at the moment so why not grab an account (free!) and help shape it.

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Google's Silent Monopoly Redux (Google Responds - Issues Public Statement)

2007-10-11T08:10:00.003-07:00

Based on the thoroughness of the statement and the use of the word "precedent" in the second sentence, it appears that the Google PR team huddled with the legal team and issued a statement.....

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Drag and drop your Windows taskbar buttons!

2007-10-11T08:10:00.001-07:00

Free program that lets you drag and drop your Windows taskbar buttons to re-order them! No extra hotkey or lame extra steps, just drag 'n drop... sooo useful.

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111 free Photoshop plugins

2007-10-11T08:08:00.019-07:00

The Plugin Site (aptly named) has 111 free Photoshop-compatible plugins available for download. Take your pick from categories such as Image Effects, Patterns/Textures, Photo Enhancement, and many more. Each plugin is rated according to a three-star usefulness scale; plus, you can easily see if the plugin is Mac or Windows compatible...

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rbtestdox - TestDox for Ruby

2007-10-11T08:08:00.017-07:00

Ruby port to TestDox.

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Dabble Commons - Free version of their online database package

2007-10-11T08:08:00.015-07:00

Dabble, a paid web based database just released a free version. Functionally, it’s the same as the paid service except that data you keep in a free application is publicly accessible. Their paying customers pay for private databases. So if you have some public information you want in a database this is good news!

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XBList

2007-10-11T08:08:00.013-07:00

Check out your XBox Live Friends list on your desktop in buddy-list form, complete with your friends' Halo 2 Emblems and quick links to their Halo 2 stats.

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Gallery 2.1.2 Security Fix Release

2007-10-11T08:08:00.011-07:00

This release adds no new features. It fixes a minor information leakage in Gallery 2.1 and 2.1.1a and a major session ID disclosure in all versions prior to Gallery 2.1. Note that these flaws only affect installations where Gallery's storage folder is accessible directly from the web, which we strongly discourage during the installation process.

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Digg All bookmarklet: Lets you digg all stories submitted by your friends

2007-10-11T08:08:00.009-07:00

My friend and bookmarklet meister Jesse came up with this cool bookmarklet that lets you automatically digg all the stories that your friends have submitted.

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New math-library: Eigen 0.9.1 released

2007-10-11T08:08:00.007-07:00

Eigen is a lightweight C++ template library for linear algebra: vectors, matrices, solving systems of equations... It's very complete apidocumentation shows its mature state already: http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~jacob/eigen/dox/

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Opera Mini 3.0 out now

2007-10-11T08:08:00.005-07:00

The beta period is over, Opera Mini 3.0 is now available for download, almost as an early birthday present for me. If you have a Java MIDP-capable mobile phone, this is the application you should have installed. Opera Mini gives you access to the full web on almost all mobile phones, at least the ones with Java and data support, and not just a smal

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Great anti-piracy message (picture)

2007-10-11T08:08:00.003-07:00

A funny anti-piracy message I recently came across from the makers of USB overdrive.

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HOWTO Drupal with LDAP authentication

2007-10-11T08:08:00.001-07:00

Drupal has a fantastic feature, the hook_auth to allow any third party to interact in the authentication process. This is used to authenticate against other Drupal sites over XMLRPC, it is used in the experimental openID integration, to allow authentication against any database, and so on. And off course to authenticate against an LDAP directory, u

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DocMAN Files

2007-10-11T08:07:00.009-07:00

This tutorial will show you how to add a file in DocMAN

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Top ten tips for a successful Intranet

2007-10-11T08:07:00.007-07:00

So you're thinking of building an Intranet? The question is, how can you make something that everybody uses and that actually achieves your goals? What? You're not sure what your goals are yet? Well that's probably the biggest mistake of all failed Intranet projects.

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Fun with ASCII image conversion

2007-10-11T08:07:00.005-07:00

I was pretty bored at work, so I made this image to ASCII conversion site.Check it out and give me some suggestions!

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Firefox or Internet Explorer? Rocketboom Interviews New Yorkers

2007-10-11T08:07:00.003-07:00

Which do you use... Firefox or Internet Explorer? Amanda Congdon of Rocketboom interviews New Yorkers. You might find their answers interesting.

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SmartSetr, A Better Way to Build Sets on Flickr, Seriously Rocks!

2007-10-11T08:07:00.001-07:00

Eric Appel has developed one of the best Flickr apps I've seen yet. It's called SmartSetr and it allows you to use Smart Sets to organize your sets on Flickr. Smart Sets are a far more efficient way to build sets and allows you to build sets based on tags rather than having to go through Flickr's organizer and add each manually going forward.

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Geek to Live: Visualize your hard drive usage

2007-09-25T02:46:00.017-07:00

"..Free tools for Windows, Mac and Linux map your hard drive usage so you can get a birds-eye view of what's taking up most of your coveted hard drive space.."

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Jinzora 2.5 Released

2007-09-25T02:46:00.015-07:00

Jinzora is a complete web-based multimedia portal for your home music/video collection. It can be used to stream your content to another computer or to control a local hardware or software jukebox device, as well as retrieve metadata about your collection. This release is significantly more stable than previous builds.

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Microsoft Live Labs: Photosynth (Awesome!)

2007-09-25T02:46:00.013-07:00

Ever wondered what it would be like to walk through your digital photos in 3D or see what hundreds of other people shot at the same location? See Photosynth in action and hear how Live Labs is exploring new ways to change the way you think about the web.

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What Comes After AJAX?

2007-09-25T02:46:00.011-07:00

Most people who've done significant AJAX development will admit that the development story is a mess. I personally don't mind the the Javascript language but I'm appalled that the most state of the art development process I've found is to use Emacs to edit my code, Firebug to debug in Firefox and attaching Visual Studio to the Internet Explorer.

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How to add Rmail as a choice in Firefox 2.0

2007-09-25T02:46:00.009-07:00

How to add Rmail or an other web aggregator subscription button to your Firefox 2.0.

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Google Calendar Review on Vitamin

2007-09-25T02:46:00.007-07:00

Google Calendar is the latest app to emerge from the Google factory, but is it just another calendar app or does it bring something new to the table? We took it for a test-drive.

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OpenOffice Ad Project Fundraising Almost Complete

2007-09-25T02:46:00.005-07:00

A small group of OpenOffice.org volunteers, inspired by Spread Firefox's project of 2004, secured Monday, July 31 as the date for their own ad to run in NYC's Metro newspaper. With ten fundraising days to go, and at about 75% of the goal, the final push to raise money to place this ad in front of 450,000 people is happening now.

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First Impressions: WSUS 3.0 Beta 2

2007-09-25T02:46:00.003-07:00

Excellent summary and writeup of the expected improvements for Microsoft WSUS 3.0 slated for release next year.

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InstaCalc Online Calculator | Fast, Shareable, Linkable

2007-09-25T02:46:00.001-07:00

InstaCalc fits the gap between Windows Calc and Excel: Clean, fast, powerful and easily shareable. You can even embed any calculation into a webpage. There are advanced features like converting numbers to binary or if-then statements. Check it out!

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Microsoft Expression Web Designer review

2007-09-25T02:44:00.029-07:00

Rachel Andrews, Web Standards Project member, reviews Microsoft's new web authoring tool for Vitamin

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Hack Attack: Getting good with Google Reader

2007-09-25T02:44:00.027-07:00

Today, I'm going to show you the ins and outs of Google's powerful newsreader, with an emphasis on Reader's powerful and time-saving keyboard shortcuts. To round things off, I'll finish up with some of my favorite Google Reader-related tweaks and downloads to get you up to speed with the best newsreader on the planet.

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KlipFolio 4 Beta Released!

2007-09-25T02:44:00.025-07:00

After several months of teasing from the folks at Serence, the newest version of KlipFolio (a desktop dashboard and RSS reader) is ready for beta testing. What's new? For starters, a super-sexy mini-sidebar...

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Have People Rate your Web Hosting Speed & See them on a Map

2007-09-25T02:44:00.023-07:00

A cool little widget that you copy-paste onto your site. Your visitors rate your site, and you can see their location and rating on top of a map. Check out the demo.

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Tracking the Web with Single Page Aggregators

2007-09-25T02:44:00.021-07:00

A comprehensive round up of services that aggregate popular social services and websites such as Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit, Flickr, and more, or that let you build your own aggregations.

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XP's Little-Known 'Rebuild' Command

2007-09-25T02:44:00.019-07:00

Have you ever run into a "Missing HAL.DLL," "Invalid Boot.Ini," or "Windows could not start..." message?That was when I learned about XP's built-in "Rebuild" command. It often can easily fix "missing HAL," "Invalid Boot.Ini," "Windows could not start..." and similar problems in just a minute or two.

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Apple's Multi-touch - was it their idea?

2007-09-25T02:44:00.017-07:00

This is an off topic post considering the focus of this site but something that I will make an exception for. You may have seen the recent image on Engadget showing the striking similarities between Apple's iPhone and the LG KE850. Well here's another one...

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Sun Microsystems is now offering premium support for OpenOffice.org

2007-09-25T02:44:00.015-07:00

This is great news for fans of open source. Now you can tell your friends who are suits in big business that a major company like Sun is supporting OpenOffice.org (OOo). There are also other commercial support vendors listed on the OOO site, but this is a big move by Sun, because they also offer a proprietary package, called "Star Office."

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SlimTimer - Keeps Track of Time on Tasks

2007-09-25T02:44:00.013-07:00

Easy way to time tasks. Keep track of all time worked in any combination of contexts you choose. You create the tasks. You organize the tasks. You share the tasks. You decide who can report on the tasks.

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Data Recovery First Aid: 3 tips to increase your chances of success

2007-09-25T02:44:00.011-07:00

I always thought of myself as a reliable guy with reliable data. I never deleted my files accidentally, I made regular backups and had a power supply for my computer to protect me against surges and outages. However last year I experienced two cases of data loss where I needed to use recovery software.

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Internet Explorer 7 Available Now

2007-09-25T02:44:00.009-07:00

The long awaited IE7 has been officially released. Get it now from the Microsoft website.

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Why I left Microsoft

2007-09-25T02:44:00.007-07:00

Former IE program manager Scott Berkun muses about leaving Microsoft in this short essay.

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Top 20 Reasons why Web Apps are Superior to Desktop Apps

2007-09-25T02:44:00.005-07:00

Great article by Vinny Lingham on the emerging Web App industry and what makes web apps the future of software.

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Crash this server to help my team get 1000 points in a scavenger hunt.

2007-09-25T02:44:00.003-07:00

The faceless invasion is a scavenger hunt throughout Montreal. One of the tasks is to crash their server, and I thought, what better way than to digg it? Please help us and make this site feel the digg effect.

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In a perfect world…

2007-09-25T02:44:00.001-07:00

An idealistic approach to software development.

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Why I'll Never Make Digg Popular

2007-09-25T02:43:00.007-07:00

Rebecca Kelley lists 10 reasons she'll never make digg popular (funny but true)

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musikCube 1.0 Final Released!

2007-09-25T02:43:00.005-07:00

Good news everyone! The final version of musikCube 1.0 is out at last. Huzzah!MusikCube is a light, feature-rich, highly extensible Open Source Media Player for Windows. Great interface, extremely fast database management, and superb playlist support make this the best music player you'll ever use. Download it now- you'll never look back.

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Free math book published because they think textbook prices are too high...

2007-09-25T02:43:00.003-07:00

"With the current price of a new algebra textbook approaching $110 and publishers bringing out a new edition every three to four years just to prevent students from selling their used books, we have decided to create a site where the textbooks are free."They only have one up right now but plan to add more, along with video and audio lectures.

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Hidden Program In Windows XP

2007-09-25T02:43:00.001-07:00

Go to Start > Run > and type in eudcedit - this will open up a font editor - allowing you to design your own custom fonts and characters to be used in things like MS Word.

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New Release of Mephisto Publishing Tool

2007-09-25T02:42:00.019-07:00

Here it is, the release that we've been working hard to get pushed. Immortus is a huge improvement over the 0.5 release. We've finally got a really solid system with some of the most intuitive features you'll ever use in a publishing system. The big addition for Mephisto 0.6 is the slick Asset Management feature.

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Firefox loses market share

2007-09-25T02:42:00.017-07:00

Firefox lost 0.65% market share while IE gained about 0.35% in July. Indication of things to come or just an aberration?

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Ajax draggable dashboard interface (like MacOSX)

2007-09-25T02:42:00.015-07:00

Moo.fx team just released this amazing interface that works like google home but much slicker. So long pageflakes and netvibes. (real browsers only)

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Firefox 2 Officially Released

2007-09-25T02:42:00.013-07:00

The Mozilla.com website has been updated with download links, press release, and a post from Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker about the official release of Firefox 2. Well done everyone.

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