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Enable Aero In A Virtual Machine Installation
4:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’ve been disappointed by the lack of Aero-based visual effects when you install Windows Vista or Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine installation, this handy guide will help you crank up the eye candy in your Windows virtualisation. More »
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Firefox 4.0 Theme Skips A Year Ahead In Looks
4:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Mozilla released the mockups for the far-in-the-future Firefox 4.0 release, and just like with the 3.7 release mockups, a motivated user has already created a lookalike theme that you can install now. More »
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Border Skin Enables Aero Glass Window Borders In XP
4:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: customisation utility Border Skin adds the Aero Glass effects from Windows 7 or Vista to your PC running XP. More »
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First Look At Firefox 4.0 Design Mockups
8:30AM Adam Pash | Last week we took a look at initial design mockups for Firefox 3.7, and now the busy designers at Mozilla are back with some theme mockups for the even further-into-the-future Firefox 4.0. More »
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Firefox 3.7 Theme Makes Your Browser Look Awesome
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Mozilla released their version 3.7 theme mockups only a few days ago, but you don’t have to wait—a motivated user already released a lookalike theme that you can install now. More »
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Mozilla Releases Initial Design For Firefox 3.7
11:00PM Azadeh Ensha | Firefox 3.5 was officially released late last month, but the Mozilla team has already released its initial Windows theme mockups for Firefox 3.7, featuring glossy, translucent buttons and a host of other potential new features. More »
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7stacks Does OS X Stacks In Windows 7 Style
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Application launcher 7stacks adds the Stacks functionality of Mac’s OS X to Windows 7, including Aero transparency effects that blend into your taskbar perfectly. More »
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Glass Notepad Has Slick Aero Transparency Effects
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Glass Notepad extends the Aero transparency effect to the entire editing window—a slick replacement for the built-in Notepad utility. More »
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Maximise Windows Vertically With A Double-Click In Windows 7
2:00AM The How-To Geek | There’s been plenty of buzz about Windows 7’s great new Aero Snap feature—and reader John makes it better with a tip to maximise windows vertically with nothing more than a double-click. More »
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