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Configuration Mania Gives You about:config Options In Plain English

6:30AM Adam Pash | Firefox only: If you love tweaking every aspect of Firefox with the browser’s very useful about:config feature, but you get frustrated trying to decipher cryptic configuration strings (what’s a 0 or 2 mean for layout.spellcheckDefault?), Firefox extension Configuration Mania is for you. More »
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EasyBCD Makes Tweaking Your Windows Bootloader A Snap

1:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows Vista/Windows 7: If you’re running multiple operating systems — and if you weren’t before the release of Windows 7 you most likely are now — EasyBCD is an simple application for tweaking your bootloader through a clean GUI and well-detailed prompts. More »
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Secrets Updates For Snow Leopard

6:00AM Whitson Gordon | Mac only: If you’re not a big fan of using the Terminal but love hidden features in OS X, Secrets is the preference pane for you. More »
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The Best Windows Tweaks That Still Work In Windows 7

3:00AM The How-To Geek | The final version of Windows 7 is being released this week to the general public, and after you get your hands on it the first thing you’ll need to know is: Do all my tweaks still work? More »
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Vista Services Optimizer Updates To Support Windows 7 Tweaking

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows Vista/7: If you liked the ease of use and wizard-driven tweaking found in Vista Services Optimizer and miss it now that you’ve upgraded to Windows 7, you’ll definitely want to check out the new Windows 7-friendly version. More »
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Silence Of The Foxes Creates Custom Firefox Installations

6:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you hate installing all your Firefox extensions, plugins and custom tweaks when you do a fresh system installation, Silence of the Foxes will build you a custom and silent Firefox installation. More »
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Add A Bookmark Button To Google Chrome’s Toolbar

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Want access to your Chrome bookmarks without adding a toolbar or relying on auto-complete typing? A quick command line switch—yes, another one—gives Windows Chrome users a drop-down bookmark button your main toolbar. More »
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Prefsearch Searches And Explains Firefox’s About:config Settings

9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: There are a lot of great little configuration tweaks one can pull off by editing Firefox’s about:config settings, but only if one knows what those sometimes cryptically-named settings do. The Prefsearch extension automates Google searches for each setting. More »
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Ultimate Windows Tweaker Updates, Improves Windows 7 Support

4:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Ultimate Windows Tweaker adds new features to an already excellent tool for tweaking all of the hidden Windows settings you normally can’t access. More »
Design

Nimi Adds Visual Effects And Eye Candy To Windows

9:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: If you’ve waited out Vista and you’re in no hurry to jump into testing Windows 7, Nimi is a fun little program for adding swanky visual effects to Windows XP. More »