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Firefox Tab Candy Organizes Your Tabs in Groups, Looks Excellent [Downloads]

John Doe — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:25:22 +0000

Windows/Mac/Linux: Firefox Tab Candy is a new tab management feature for Firefox that organizes tabs into groups to help you keep your tabs grouped by task. Not only does it offer incredibly handy features, but it looks beautiful. More »

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Clicker Mobile Brings Online TV Shows, Remote Queue Management to Your Smartphone [Downloads]

John Doe — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:25:20 +0000

Android/iOS: Previously mentioned online television aggregator Clicker has just added some mobile apps to their service, letting you watch shows on your phone and manage your queue on-the-go. More »

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Socialite Manages Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Networks in One Mac Client [Downloads]

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:49:14 +0000

Mac: If you’re a member of multiple social networks, it can be difficult to keep track of them all at once. Free app Socialite organizes your feeds from Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Flickr, and even Google Reader into one convenient client. More »

Install iTunes Without the Extra Bloat [Annoyances]

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:36:31 +0000

iPod-love’s got you stuck with iTunes, but you’d prefer to cut down on the extra bloat iTunes requires on your hard drive? Here’s how to install iTunes without QuickTime, Bonjour, or that pesky iTunesHelper.

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Install iTunes Without the Extra Bloat [Annoyances]

AlternativeTo Suggests Software Alternatives [Software]

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:36:28 +0000

Whether you’re looking for an alternative to expensive commercial software or just trying to get a feel for what’s out there, AlternativeTo is a handy service for finding software alternatives. AlternativeTo has hundreds of suggested alternatives in dozens of categories. You can narrow your search by license type and platform making it easy to search for Mac-friendly commercial text editors or freeware Windows image viewers

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Top 10 Battery Hacks, Tips, And Tricks [Lifehacker Top 10]

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:36:26 +0000

The gadgets you love don't always love you back—at least when it comes to battery life. But you can get more from your laptop, your iPod, your phone, and other devices with these 10 techniques. Photo by conskeptical .

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AddToRun Adds Aliases to the Windows Run Box [Downloads]

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:36:20 +0000

Windows only: Portable utility AddToRun adds custom aliases to more easily launch applications using the Windows run box. Using the utility is fairly self-explanatory—simply select an application, assign a custom alias, and use the Add button to add the alias to the registry. Once you've done this, you can use the alias in the Windows run box to launch the application, or if you are using Windows Vista it will also show up at the top of the start menu search results—a very useful feature

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AddToRun Adds Aliases to the Windows Run Box [Downloads]

61 Free Apps We’re Most Thankful For [Downloads]

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:35:59 +0000

As we prepare to stuff our faces with a bountiful Thanksgiving feast, we turn our Thanksgiving spirit to the gobs of free software we love to say thank you to the developers, and to give our computers a feast of their own.

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61 Free Apps We’re Most Thankful For [Downloads]

Designing Style Guidelines For Brands And Websites

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:35:41 +0000

A website is never done. Everyone has worked on a project that changed so much after it launched that they no longer wanted it in their portfolio. One way to help those who take over your projects is to produce a style guide. Edward Tufte once said: “Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers.

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ToneCheck Stops You from Sending Passive Aggressive (or Plain Aggressive) Emails [Downloads]

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:35:10 +0000

Windows only (for now): ToneCheck is an email plug-in that checks the content of your emails for tone and alerts you to language that may be misunderstood or interpreted as particularly negative. More »

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ToneCheck Stops You from Sending Passive Aggressive (or Plain Aggressive) Emails [Downloads]