Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - Page 2
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WinX DVD Author Available For Free For A Limited Time, Regularly $29

Windows only: WinX DVD Author is a shareware application that converts and burns most popular video formats directly to DVD, and it’s available for free during the month of October.


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Tuesday At 3pm Is The Most Agreeable Meeting Time

Meeting scheduling service When is Good looked at 100,000 responses to 34,000 events logged to their service over 2 years and found that 3pm—specifically Tuesday at 3pm—seems to be the most agreeable time for a meeting.


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Apple Reveals A Fancy New “Magic” Mouse, Hardware Updates

Apple unleashed several hardware updates today in their iMac, MacBook and Mac mini lines, but the most interesting news comes with the release of their new Magic Mouse, a wireless multi-touch mouse.


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Prep Your PC For Windows 7

When Windows 7 drops this Thursday, you can either spend many, many hours watching a progress bar, or you can boot into a clean, speedy system with that new-OS smell. Let’s get your system set up for a proper Windows 7 upgrade.


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Dishwasher Detergent Soak Cleans Dishes Overnight

Hell hath no furry like the staying power of baked on food on your pots and pans. Sometimes a soak overnight is required, but to guarantee things will come clean by morning, try turning to your dishwasher detergent instead.


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Put Remember The Milk On Mac Desktops With GeekTool

A fan of Remember the Milk’s task manager wrote a script that writes a custom list of upcoming to-dos directly on a Mac desktop with GeekTool. He’s sharing his script bundle for anyone who’d like to do likewise.


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Manage WordPress Comments From Windows Live Writer

Windows Live Writer stands out among Microsoft’s Live Essentials pack for being a convenient multi-platform blogging tool. The Live Writer team made it even handier for WordPress users by adding comment moderation powers to their desktop app with a plug-in.


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Firefox Headed To Android Phones

Yesterday we heard that an unknown something from Mozilla is headed to iPhones, but Firefox’s maker is being a bit more specific about Android: A mobile browser is in the works for the open-source phone.