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Keep Your Wallpaper Fresh With Cross-Platform Wally
10:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows/Mac/Linux: If you’ve been sporting the same desktop wallpaper for years, it might be time to mix it up a little. Wally is a lightweight wallpaper changer that pulls images from a wide pool of sources. More »
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Desk Topmost Floats Your Desktop On Top
1:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: When you need to access your desktop, it’s just a quick WIN+D away, right? Sure, if you don’t mind stuffing everything back into the taskbar. Desk Topmost pulls up your desktop for quick file access. More »
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DesktopOK Saves Your Desktop Icon Positions
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Tiny application DesktopOK saves and restores your desktop icon positions—so your perfect icon layout won’t get lost if your resolution changes when hooking to another monitor or playing a game. More »
Design
Add A Calendar To Any Desktop Wallpaper
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | If you’re a fan of the embedded calendars you see in our featured desktops but aren’t into installing a lot of extra customisation apps, Big Huge Labs has a tool that embeds a monthly calendar in any wallpaper image. More »
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9:00AM Angus Kidman | If you’re a keyboard shortcut junkie, you probably already know that there’s two ways to get straight to the desktop in Windows without needing to mess around with mice — but you may not know that one is ultimately more useful than the other. More »
Minimise To The Desktop For Faster Keyboard Access
9:00AM Angus Kidman | If you’re a keyboard shortcut junkie, you probably already know that there’s two ways to get straight to the desktop in Windows without needing to mess around with mice — but you may not know that one is ultimately more useful than the other. More »
Design
70 Wallpapers To Dress Up Your Dual Monitors
7:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Throw a little eye candy on your dual monitors with this roundup of stunning wallpapers courtesy of Smashing Magazine. More »
Design
The Dharma Desktop
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Lost fan? You can keep the late-1970s, quasi-philanthropic/mystic vibe going all year with reader inaudiblewhisper’s Dharma-themed desktop. More »
Design
The Color Method Desktop
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader нawk’s OS X desktop is an impressive gray-scale overhaul of the entire system—with system stats, customised dock and even modified folder icons blended together nicely. More »
Design
The Friendly Netbook Desktop
8:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader mattjb’s netbook desktop is designed to make Windows XP more friendly for the tiny display—with giant icons for each of his most important tools. More »
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