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Growl For Windows Updates To 2.0
10:00AM Whitson Gordon | Windows only: Open source notification system Growl for Windows has finally hit the 2.0 milestone, and with it comes a ton of new features that let you further customise the way you receive your pop-in corner notices. More »
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Gmail Notifier Keeps Track Of New Email
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: System tray utility Gmail Notifier tells you when you have new email messages, allows you to check multiple accounts, and lets you read, delete, or mark the messages as read right from the notification utility. More »
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Tweetalarm Keeps An Eye On Twitter Keywords For You
3:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re fond of using Google Alerts to keep an eye on web searches and wished there was an equivalent for Twitter, you’re in luck. Tweetalarm tracks keywords and updates you via email. More »
Money
12:00PM Angus Kidman | There’s plenty of good free iPhone apps, but for some functions, you’re going to end up shelling out some cash. How can you be sure you’re not paying too much for an application that occasionally goes on special? More »
Tricks For Finding Cheaper iPhone Apps
12:00PM Angus Kidman | There’s plenty of good free iPhone apps, but for some functions, you’re going to end up shelling out some cash. How can you be sure you’re not paying too much for an application that occasionally goes on special? More »
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Gmail Notifier Plus Adds Email Alerts To The Windows 7 Taskbar
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows 7 only: Gmail Notifier Plus displays your unread email count right in the Windows 7 taskbar, including popup message previews and Jump Lists integration. More »
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Growl For Windows Updates, Adds Gmail Notifications
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: The latest update for Growl for Windows adds a slew of new features—including support for Thunderbird, Snarl, system monitoring, and even a Gmail notifier. More »
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Gmail Notifier Is A Light, Convenient Email Checker For Ubuntu
1:05AM Kevin Purdy | Linux: Ubuntu 9.04’s Growl-like, transparent notifications are slick and convenient for corner-of-your-view updates. Gmail Notifier takes full advantage of the latest Ubuntu improvements to provide lightweight Gmail checking on a schedule. More »
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Customise Or Disable Windows 7’s Action Center
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows 7’s Action centre does a great job of compressing all of Windows’ update/alert/whatever notifications into one icon, but it takes some tweaking to make it show what you want, or disable it entirely. More »
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Amazon Watcher Auto-Orders Items When They’re In-Stock
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac OS X: Amazon Watcher isn’t the first gadget that can monitor Amazon items for price drops and availability, but it is the rare tool that can automatically buy your rare gear for you. Once you add your account information (and assuming you have payment methods stored on that account), you’re set to have Amazon Watcher buy x units of whatever you’re hunting, but it can also pop up the order page or email you, if you’re less jumpy. Having all your must-grab items constantly ready for purchase can probably break strong wills, however, so, luckily, this app can reduce to the system tray. Amazon Watcher is a free download for Windows or Mac OS X systems. Amazon Watcher [via gHacks] More »
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