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		<title>Use Windows 7 Themes In Vista Or XP</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/use-windows-7-themes-in-vista-or-xp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft put far more work into the look and themes of Windows 7 than its previous operating systems. Pull down that design work into your non-7 system with Digital Inspiration&#8217;s simple work-arounds.
You can&#8217;t just grab the files from Windows 7&#8217;s themes gallery and set them as your own. You can, however, use tools like 7-Zip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gingerbread Announcer Desktop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader andykashyap85&#8217;s Mac desktop proves that sometimes simplicity is all you really need for an awesome desktop that helps keep you motivated.
The simple OS X desktop consists of nothing more than:

Wallpaper: Announcement
Geektool Quote of the Day: curl -s http://www.dailyzen.com/ &#124; sed -n &#8220;/&#60;!–Add Quote for correct day–&#62;/,/&#60;/TD&#62;/p&#8221;&#124;sed -e &#8220;s/&#60;[^&#62;]*&#62;//g&#8221; &#124;strings&#124;fold -sw60
Geektool Time: date +%D
VLC Icon
See [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gaia Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/the-gaia-desktop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader Sweetshop Union&#8217;s Windows 7 desktop has been completely transformed with the Gaia09 skin for Rainmeter, complete with widgets, wallpaper and a visual style to match.
The desktop is a combination of:

Rainmeter with the Gaia09 theme.
Rocketdock
Gaia09 Visual style for Windows 7 (includes wallpaper)
Full instructions for installing Gaia09 Rainmeter skins can be found here.


 This desktop not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ultimate Halloween Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/the-ultimate-halloween-desktop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader The Royal Rebel&#8217;s Windows desktop is ready for Halloween&#8212;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.
The desktop is a combination of:

Rainmeter with Enigma by Kaelri
Century Gothic2 by TaipanSnake
Launchy
HUD.vision by Mepu
RocketDock with Black Leopard Icon Set by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Left 4 Dead HUD Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/the-left-4-dead-hud-desktop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader UltraBE&#8217;s Windows desktop turns mundane system statistics and application launchers into a lookalike for the popular Left 4 Dead video game. It&#8217;s not for everybody, but it&#8217;s definitely loads of fun.
Just like the previously mentioned Halo 3 HUD desktop, this desktop is created with a number of Rainmeter configs, as explained by UltraBE:

Survival clock: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;ChromeOS&#8221; LiteStep Desktop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader YBoris&#8217;s Windows XP desktop uses the LiteStep alternate shell environment to show off his concept of what Google&#8217;s upcoming Chrome OS desktop should look like &#8212; and this one is fully functional right now.
The desktop is a combination of:

LiteStep with the ChromeOS theme
Wallpaper: Chrome Wallpaper by ~callegg
Custom Browser Startpage: StartPage by ~k3ttc4r
Windows XP Visual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gridvista Makes Organising Screen Real Estate Simple</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/gridvista-makes-organising-screen-real-estate-simple/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/gridvista-makes-organising-screen-real-estate-simple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows: If you&#8217;ve looked at screen-organising tools before but felt overwhelmed by bells and whistles you&#8217;d never use, you&#8217;ll want to check out the simple but effective layouts and features in Gridvista.
Gridvista has five potential configurations available ranging from the entire screen as a single pane to a four-pane configuration. Multiple-monitor users who have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Metal Wallpaper Clock Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/the-metal-wallpaper-clock-desktop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader Philip&#8217;s OS X desktop not only gives him a quote of the day and tells him what happened this day in history &#8212; it also has a unique, interesting clock sitting on the background wallpaper.
The desktop is a combination of:

Wallpaper Clock
GeekTool with custom scripts for Quote of the Day and This Day in History.
Font: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Black Rainmeter Netbook Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/the-black-rainmeter-netbook-desktop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/the-black-rainmeter-netbook-desktop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader misandry&#8217;s netbook desktop blends Rainmeter system information gadgets into the desktop so well that you would barely know some of them are there unless you are really looking for them.
The desktop is a combination of:

ObjectDock with ecqlipse and ecqlipse 2 icons.
Customized Rainmeter skins include MoonShine, HUD, and others.
Rainlendar with customised Albook


The Black Rainmeter Netbook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BumpTop Gets Amazing-Looking MultiTouch On Windows 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
BumpTop, the 3D desktop overlay we&#8217;ve drooled over since prototype, has added multitouch support for Windows 7 and hardware that supports it. It&#8217;s a logical step, and it makes a neat actual-desktop-as-desktop metaphor seem truly real.
The video really says it all, but BumpTop&#8217;s blog details the specific finger actions you can undertake with BumpTop running [...]]]></description>
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