Friday, August 28, 2009 - Page 2
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“Vacuum Places Improved” Speeds Up Firefox With One Click

Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): On Monday we showed you how to speed up Firefox by vacuuming your fragmented database regularly using a copy-and-paste Error Console command. Sounds like a pain, right? Vacuum Places Improved handles it for you with a mouse click.


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Apple Approves Music Player Spotify’s iPhone Application

Earlier this month we named Spotify as the best music player we’ve ever used. Today, despite quite a bit of speculation to the contrary, Apple approved Spotify’s iPhone application—in Europe.


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ChromePlus Is An IE-Tab And Mouse-Gesture Sporting Chromium Build

Windows only: We’re still waiting for serious extensions to hit the still-young Google Chrome browser, but if you’re dying for more advanced Chrome functionality—like mouse gestures, link dragging, IE tabs, etc.—a tweaked Chrome build called ChromePlus is worth a look.


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Process Hacker Is A Powerful Task Manager Clone

Windows only: System information utility Process Hacker is an open-source, portable task manager clone with loads of powerful features.


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The Plywood And Pipe Desk

Today’s featured workspace is one more in a long line of custom desks. Like others of its kind, it proves that building your own desk can pay off more than spending the time and money to find one.


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Confirmed: $39 Snow Leopard Disc Works With Or Without Leopard

Even though Apple suggests Mac users without Leopard buy the $229 Mac box set to get Snow Leopard, anyone can purchase the $39 Snow Leopard disc and install Snow Leopard in its entirety without having already installed Leopard.


Design

Effectively Harness The Sun’s Light For Better Photos

When it comes to taking a great photo, artificial lighting can’t replicate what Mother Nature offers—if you know how to put the natural light to good use. Here’s how to turn your face towards the light properly.


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Google Docs Automatically Translates Documents Into 42 Languages

While most of us don’t frequently find ourselves needing to translate our documents to various languages on-the-fly, Google Docs just announced a new feature that’ll be great for those who do: The service now automatically translates docs in 42 different languages with a few mouse clicks.


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Five Features We Want To See In Firefox

It’s no secret that Firefox has long been our favourite browser, but much has changed recently. The browser landscape is increasingly competitive, so with that in mind, we’d like to suggest a few features and improvements we’re desperate to see from Firefox.


Communicate

Google Books Offers ePub Downloads Of Free Books

Owners of Sony eReaders, users of the Stanza iPhone book reader, and anyone else with a device that reads the ePub format can now grab more than 1 million works from Google Books’ archives.