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Afloat Updates With Snow Leopard Support, New Features
9:00AM Whitson Gordon | Mac only: Open-source window manager Afloat updated to version 2.0 today, with complete support for Snow Leopard and a couple of new features, such as pinning to the desktop and resizing windows from anywhere using keyboard shortcuts. More »
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Gridy Manages Your Desktop Windows With An Invisible Grid
5:30AM Erin Schwendemann | Windows only: Need an easy way to manage the windows on your desktop? Lightweight utility Gridy creates an invisible grid on your desktop to help you easily organise your windows. More »
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ActivateByNum Adds Windows 7 Task-Switching Keys To Vista Or XP
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Tiny utility ActivateByNum mimics the Windows 7 shortcut key combination for quickly switching between open windows—you can simply use Win+n to choose open windows based on their position on the taskbar. More »
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PowerResizer Brings Windows 7’s Window Sizing To All
8:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: If you haven’t made the leap to Windows 7 but you’re envious of its awesome window docking and resizing features, grab PowerResizer to bring them to your current version of Windows. More »
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ViGlance Converts The Vanilla Taskbar Into A Win7-Like Superbar
2:00AM Adam Pash | Windows only: If you’ve been holding out for the official release of Windows 7 but want to get your hands on that superbar, ViGlance is the one-step answer. More »
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Maximise Windows Vertically With A Double-Click In Windows 7
2:00AM The How-To Geek | There’s been plenty of buzz about Windows 7’s great new Aero Snap feature—and reader John makes it better with a tip to maximise windows vertically with nothing more than a double-click. More »
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Taskbar Overlord Tweaks The Windows 7 Taskbar
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows 7 only: Reader Jay wanted the Windows 7 taskbar to work more efficiently—so he rolled up his sleeves and figured out how to enable middle-clicking to close applications. More »
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WindowTabs Groups Program Windows Into Chrome-Like Tabs
12:10AM Kevin Purdy | Windows: You’ve got a web page, a file folder and a chat window open, and they’re all about the same project. WindowTabs, a free-to-try utility, can group together all those app windows with top-most, Google-Chrome-like tabs. More »
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Middle-Click To Close Applications From Windows 7’s Taskbar
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows Vista made it easy to close programs by middle-clicking their taskbar button. In Windows 7, however, middle-clicking a taskbar button opens a new instance of that program. The easy-close solution? Middle-click its preview window. More »
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