Not every workplace makeover needs to involve a spending spree at Ikea and more LEDs than a flight control panel. Today’s featured workspace just needed a little tidying and cable control.
Reader Paul writes in with a useful tip: You can use the previously mentioned FileTypesMan utility to hide certain file types from showing up in the Recent Documents folder.
Microsoft’s new, free antivirus application Microsoft Security Essentials was released in a limited beta this morning, and now that we’ve got our hands on it, let’s take a look at how MSE stacks up.
Firefox only (Win/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension SmarterFox adds a bunch of new options for searching and finding information quickly.
Windows only: We’ve been keeping you up to date on Morro, Microsoft’s free anti-malware now officially known as Microsoft Security Essentials, since it first hit the rumor-mill. If you’re eager to try it out, it’s available for download now. The catch is, Microsoft is capping MSE downloads at 75,000, and not offering it outside the US — though you might be able to pull off a few proxy-related tricks if you’re keen. [Microsoft Security Essentials [Microsoft via ZDNet]
The Readability bookmarklet strips down and reformats text for focused reading. Note organiser Evernote offers its own bookmarklet to grab text from any page. Marry the two with JavaScript, and you’ve got elegant, streamlined web notes.
Windows: StrokeIt, a background application that converts mouse gestures into software actions, has updated with support for Windows Vista and 7, a portable edition, and built-in gestures for Google Chrome and Safari.
