Friday, September 11, 2009 - Page 2
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Apple Updates Snow Leopard To 10.6.1

Seems like only two weeks ago that we upgraded to Snow Leopard (because it was), but it looks like Apple’s already pushed out an update to Snow Leopard 10.6.1.


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Blogger Adds Support For Jump Breaks

Google’s weblog publishing platform Blogger announced a new feature bringing built-in support for jump breaks (the “read more” links on most blogs’ front pages). Jump breaks make for a visually cleaner front page by hiding the bulk of each post in the main view.


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How To Access Gmail When It’s Down

Last week’s Gmail outage is just the latest in a long series of outages in our favourite webmail application, but you don’t have to let that stop you from accessing your email and getting things done.


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Facebook Notifications Brings Facebook To Your Mac

Mac OS X only: Free menu bar application Facebook Notifications brings notifications and status updates from the popular social networking site to your desktop.


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The Kite-Flyer’s Attic

If you’ve been craving some non-traditional spaces after seeing The Crafter’s Attic, you’ll want to take a peek at today’s offering.


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iTunes Finally Adds New Music Automatically

For years, one of the biggest complaints about iTunes has been its inability to automatically add new music to your library from a watched folder. As of yesterday’s iTunes 9 release, that’s no longer the case.


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Extend Your Razor’s Life With A Pair Of Jeans

If you use disposable razor blades, odds are they get dull more quickly than you’d like. Instructables points us to a video demonstration showing how to extend their utility with a pair of blue jeans.


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Automatic Downloads New Torrents…Automatically

Mac OS X: Free preference pane Automatic lets you subscribe to virtually any content delivered via RSS, automatically downloading everything matching your preferences. That means podcasts, videocasts, and feeds of your favourite torrents—like for your favourite TV show.


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DIY Dual Monitor Stand

Reader Elemental Member wanted the functionality of this vertical dual-monitor stand but didn’t want to cough up $US200 to get it, so, naturally, he built one from scratch.


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Postbox Out Of Beta, $US39.95 For Licence

Windows/Mac: Postbox, the attachment-savvy desktop email manager we toured during its beta, hit an official 1.0 release. You can try the finished product free for 30 days, or buy a single-user licence for $US39.95.