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Rainmeter 1.1 Makes The Enigma Desktop Even Easier To Use

8:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: The latest version of the popular Rainmeter desktop adds an excellent new tool that makes it easy to manage your library of skins, with previews, detailed setup instructions and more. More »
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Changing Colour In Photoshop Without Using Selections

1:30PM Angus Kidman | Lifehacker reader favourite Photoshop has lots of tools to let you change colours in an image, but most of those require you to do some fiddly selection work first. Photoshop guru Helen Bradley runs down some techniques that let you alter colours without lots of magic wand work. More »
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Nikon Learn And Explore Keeps Photo Tips In Your Pocket

11:30PM Kevin Purdy | iPhone: There are scads of photography resources on bookstore shelves and on the web, but they’re not always available when you’re about to shoot a birthday cake scene in pitch black. Nikon’s got an app stuffed with portable photography advice. More »
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The Ultimate Halloween Desktop

7:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader The Royal Rebel’s Windows desktop is ready for Halloween—complete with spooky wallpaper, a Halloween countdown, and a to-do list written on a tombstone. The only thing more frightening is that it could bluescreen anytime. More »
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ColorJive Helps You Visualise New Room Colours Before Painting

12:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | You want to repaint a room but you’re not sure if the colour will look right. Holding up a little colour swatch only goes so far, ColorJive helps you paint the entire room—in virtual space. More »
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Doodle 4 Google Voting Closes Today

9:00AM Angus Kidman | Every year, Google hosts the Doodle 4 Google competition, giving school kids the chance to design a logo which could end up on the Google home page for a day. Today’s the last day for voting on the shortlisted entries for this year’s competition, so hit the link to vote if you want help choose the doodle that will appear on Australia Day 2010. [Doodle 4 Google]
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The Left 4 Dead HUD Desktop

7:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader UltraBE’s Windows desktop turns mundane system statistics and application launchers into a lookalike for the popular Left 4 Dead video game. It’s not for everybody, but it’s definitely loads of fun. More »
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AccidentSketch Helps You Create Detailed Accident Reports

12:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Accidents happen to even the most cautious drivers. If you find yourself in one, AccidentSketch is a simple web-based tool that can help you draw up a picture and generate a report to give to your insurance company. More »
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PhotoJoy Turns Your Pics Into Screensavers, Collages, Widgets

8:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Photo gallery application PhotoJoy turns your digital pictures into collages, desktop widgets or 3D screensavers with just a few clicks. It’s the type of application that your mum would like. More »
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Livebrush Makes Design Creation Simple

7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Adobe Air: If you’re looking to put a flourish or two on an invitation, business card or web page, Livebrush makes it super simple to create your own designs without purchasing advanced vector-based software. More »