Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - Page 2
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WinExt Is An App-Launching Toolbar For Your Desktop

Application launcher WinExt adds another toolbar to the top or bottom of your screen, giving you quick access to your most frequently used applications, folders or bookmarks.

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iTunesLP.net Teaches You To Create, Lets You Download iTunes LPs

Website iTunesLP.net details how to create albums in Apple’s new iTunes LP format. The site also offers free downloads of iTunes LP albums that aren’t already available in iTunes.

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Making The Best Of Student Life: Dual Screens And Skimboards

Boarding rooms can be constricting in more ways than just cramping your workspace-fu. Today’s featured workspace manages to make bland dorm furniture functional.

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Status Address Bar Increases Screen Space, Shows Where Link Goes

Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Whenever you hover over a link, Firefox extension Status Address Bar displays the URL a link is pointing to in your Firefox address bar, eliminating the need for your status bar and freeing up precious screen real estate.

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Apple Is Aware Of And Looking Into Data Loss In Snow Leopard

Yesterday we mentioned that a particularly nasty bug in Snow Leopard was deleting entire user accounts. The good news: Apple has acknowledged the bug, claimed that it only occurs in extremely rare cases, and assured users they’re working on a fix. The bad news: Losing all of your user data—even if a bug is extremely rare—is a very big deal. [CNET]

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Save Energy And Get More Mileage From Your Toaster Oven

It’s easy to disregard toaster ovens in the world of home appliances. When you have a microwave and an oven, the toaster oven can seem redundant. However, these energy savers can do a whole lot more than just toast.

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Is doubleTwist A Real iTunes Alternative?

iTunes has become the de facto standard for desktop music organisers, leaving those with non-Apple devices in the cold. doubleTwist syncs, shares and converts your media quite handily, and as of today, has a built-in Amazon MP3 store.

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“Got The Wrong Bob” Gmail Labs Feature Saves The Embarrassment

Gmail Labs’ new “Got the Wrong Bob” feature saves you the embarrassment of sending an email to the wrong contact by alerting you whenever you compose an email to a contact with the same name as any of your frequently emailed contacts.

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Gist Brings Inbox Aggregation And Sorting To iPhone

iPhone/iPod touch: Gist, an inbox aggregation webapp that sorts your email, RSS and other feeds based on the frequency and importance of contacts, has released a free iPhone app that brings the same powers to the small screen.

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Avoid Messier Break-Ups By Locking Down Your Web Life

Seeing your just-separated ex with a new fling on Facebook? Painful. Seeing that they’ve run through your Gmail? Devastating. Ars Technica suggests a well-considered checklist of changes to make to your online accounts in the wake of a severed relationship.

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