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Quickly Send An Email With A Hotkey
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Alex writes in with his ubergeeky solution for sending a quick email from his Gmail account—a tiny AutoHotkey application assigned to a hotkey. More »
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Get Firefox’s Ctrl+K Shortcut In Internet Explorer
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Most modern browsers implement the Ctrl+K shortcut key for quickly focusing the built-in browser search box—and now you can use the same shortcut in Internet Explorer as well. More »
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Grab All Your Google Docs With A Python Script
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Google Docs Download, a Greasemonkey script previously featured here for creating a Google Docs bulk download feature that should already be there, is now available as a (beta-level) Python script. That means Mac OS X and most Linux users can download and run it off the bat, and Windows users can grab all their cloud documents using Cygwin. Thanks, Jason!
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Mac Productivity Timer Reminds You To Spend Time Wisely
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Mac OS X only: Reader Talha writes in with an update to yesterday’s productivity script—now Mac users also have a reminder that asks every so often whether you are spending your time wisely. More »
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Put News On Your Desktop With GeekTool
2:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Mac OS X only: Reader Rodolfo Novak posts a useful script to add RSS feeds to your desktop using the GeekTool desktop overlay tool. This can be used anywhere with access to the Bash shell and common *nix commands, including Cygwin for Windows. The text output can then be added to the desktop using GeekTool for the Mac—but enterprising readers could modify it to work with Conky on Linux or Samurize on Windows. More »
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Kill Tools Terminates Windows Processes With Ease
2:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Exclusive Lifehacker download for Windows only: Kill Tools terminates running processes from the keyboard with a set of hotkey-triggered kill functions that can kill windows by name, title, or more. Once launched, Kill Tools can be triggered by using one of the built-in shortcut keys—you can kill the current window, everything but the current window, close other windows similar to the current window (useful for closing everything but the active Explorer window), or invoke a pop up a dialog that will let you kill windows by name or title—plenty of control for controlling running processes. More »
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Batchrun Creates Automated Scripts Easily
4:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Windows only: Batchrun is a graphical script creation tool that eliminates the need for knowledge of arcane scripting languages to execute batches of commands. Using the application is fairly simple, albeit a little clunky until you get used to it: Start by using the Add button to create a new line, then choose a command to execute from the drop-down list. Once you are done, there’s a handy option on the File menu to save the script directly to the desktop or startup folder. One of the notable commands in the list is “End Process”, which could be used as an alternate method to quickly kill multiple programs, a handy option for your toolkit.
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Detect Forgotten Attachments Before You Send That Email
5:00AM Gina Trapani | New VB scripter Troy modified a script for Outlook that lets him know when he’s forgotten an attachment on an email (not counting his company logo). More »
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PowerShell Comes With Windows 7
3:49AM Gina Trapani | Microsoft stripped its calendar and photo gallery apps from Windows 7, but one extra it did bundle into the Windows 7 Preview is PowerShell, a souped-up command line and scripting GUI that frees you, finally, from the limits of DOS batch scripts. PowerShell is available as a free download for XP and Vista users, too. What are your favourite scripts and uses for PowerShell? Post them in the comments. More »
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