Apple announces that the next major version of iTunes will be available for download some time today. iTunes 8 is not jam-packed with new functionality, but the new Genius feature—which boasts smart, automatic playlist creation—has us madly refreshing the iTunes download page. Let’s take a closer look at what you can expect from the new iTunes and how it can improve your digital music experience.
A good password management application makes your life easier and your identity monumentally more secure, and free application KeePass—the most popular password manager among Lifehacker readers—is the perfect place to start. We’ve already walked you through getting started with KeePass, so let’s take a closer look at how to get the most from your password management with a few of the best KeePass tricks and plug-ins.
Windows, Mac, Linux (Adobe Air): RichFLV, a free Flash video editor for the Adobe Air platform, provides free track-style editing for those FLV files you can grab from any embedded Flash video. You can merge sections of clips together, export and import audio or video to more convenient formats, and do lots of other editor-style operations on Flash video. Luckily for those without much experience on the decks, you can also just run videos one after another and merge them into one file. The big drawback is RichFLV’s rather hefty memory usage, so don’t plan to run this one in the background. RichFLV is a free download, requires the Adobe Air platform to run. Check out our Top 10 YouTube hacks for lots of tools for downloading Flash videos.
RichFLV [RichApps via FreewareGenius.com]Google will start anonymising 2% of data it logs from Google Suggest search result suggestions within 24 hours to allay privacy concerns. Google says logging and analysing the 2% at all is necessary for them to improve suggestions.
Sitting down for a traditional dinner is a rare activity in our fast paced lives. Busy families often don’t have the time to sit down to eat together, and if you’re single it is even easier to find yourself eating on the run or in front of the television. Stress and time management expert Mimi Donaldson says: We’re hurried, we’re harried, we’ve turned up the volume of our lives to such a high number that we often can’t even see how stressed we are. And we almost never see how we bring that stress to the dinner table, a place where traditionally we sought relaxation and comfort.
If you’re a fan of eye-relieving darker Windows themes but don’t want to go entirely black in your Windows XP text areas, try the Royal Noir theme, an unreleased Media Centre skin that sits nicely between a soothingly dark screen and readability. [via]
