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Kick off your Lifehacker Monday by making sure you didn’t miss any of the biggest posts from last week:

• Dear Lifehacker: Can I Survive University With Just A Laptop PC?
  “I’m considering going down the laptop route however feel that there are times where paper will be necessary. Is all electronic the way to go?”
• Five Best System Tray Applications
  The Windows system tray can be so much more than a parking lot for programs you don’t want cluttering up your task bar.
• Freeview Doesn’t Want To Share Its EPG
  “Freeview won’t be compatible with current TVs and boxes — you’ll need a Freeview box to access that, though some manufacturers may offer firmware upgrades to make it possible.”
• Google Earth 5.0 Beta Released, Looks Incredible
  Windows/Mac/Linux: Google’s 3D mapping application Google Earth has just released version 5.0, adding historical imagery, maps of the ocean’s floor, and even better features for touring the world from your desktop.
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  “In recent weeks, several readers have emailed us to sing the praises of the ANZ Money Manager site, which works with a wide range of Australian financial institutions.”
• GNOME Do’s Smart Dock Takes App Launching To Another Level
  A new version of the quick-firing Linux keyboard launcher GNOME Do landed last week, bringing with it a “theme” that acts as a whole new desktop interface.
• Make Ubiquity Your Ultimate Firefox Commander (Firefox)
  One of the niftiest Firefox add-ons to come out of Mozilla Labs is Ubiquity, a natural language commander that adds killer functionality on-page in Firefox. Let’s take a closer look.
• DesktopGaming Has Killer Retro Gaming Wallpapers (Desktop Customisation)
  The DesktopGaming web site has created hundreds of retro gaming wallpapers by ripping screenshots from emulated games-and then spicing them up with some Photoshop goodness to fit today’s giant monitor sizes.
• Fences is a Seriously Awesome Desktop Icon Organiser (Windows)
  Desktop icon organiser Fences arranges your cluttered desktop icons into containers so you can clean up the mess into useful groups of shortcuts-or optionally hides them altogether.
• bitRipper is a Dead Simple Solution For DVD Ripping (Windows)
  If all you want is computer-playable video off your DVDs, bitRipper is the most simple, click-one-button-and-you’re-rolling solution we’ve seen. You can change your rip’s audio and video parameters, but you don’t have to.
• Skype 4.0 Finalises Video Chat, Bandwidth Improvements (Windows)
  Skype 4.0 is officially out, and it features all the really big video windows and Outlook and problem-reporting tools from last year’s betas. It also beefs up Skype’s handling of bandwidth.
• Google Redesigned Updates, Adds GReader Redesigned (Firefox)
  The crafty skinners at Globex Designs have officially released Google Redesigned 0.2, a Firefox extension that gives a whole-cloth new look to Gmail, Google Calendar, and, new to this release, Google Reader.
• Free Disk Analyzer Finds The Largest Space-Wasting Files (Windows)
  File space usage application Free Disk Analyzer quickly and easily finds the largest files that are wasting space on your drive.

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