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Integrate Launchy with Wget [Download Managers] 
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Fri, 10 Oct. 2008
Reader Justin writes in with a clever idea for quickly launching downloads with the popular command-line download manager, wget. His method: Make wget available to Launchy, then pass the URL of the file you want to down
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Touchless Adds Multi-Touch to Your PC with Your Webcam [Featured Windows Download]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Fri, 10 Oct. 2008
Windows only: Microsoft Office Labs has released an open source multi-touch application framework called Touchless that uses your webcam as the input. Right now the Touchless Demo lets you play with four proof-of-concept
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InSSIDer Detects Wireless Networks [Featured Windows Download]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Fri, 10 Oct. 2008
Windows only: Free applicaiton inSSIDer scans networks within reach of your computer's Wi-Fi antenna, tracks signal strength over time, and determines their security settings (included whether or not...
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MeetWays Finds a Meeting Place in the Middle [Maps]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Fri, 10 Oct. 2008
MeetWays is a Google Maps mashup with one simple but useful goal in mind: to help you find the perfect meetup point. In use it's simple—just enter the your address and the address of the person you're meeting with, then specify what sort of meet
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Adium Updates to 1.3.2, Fixes Bugs [Adium]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Fri, 10 Oct. 2008
Popular open-source chat application Adium has released a small update packed with bug fixes, including better support for MSN Messenger, status updates, and more. If you're on OS X and you
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 Final on a Server Near You [OpenOffice.org]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Fri, 10 Oct. 2008
If our first look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 has you salivating for the official download of this free Microsoft Office replacement, the final release has already been pushed to
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GPass Boosts Browsing Privacy, Circumvents Censorship and Filters [Featured Windows Download]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Fri, 10 Oct. 2008
Windows only: Free application GPass helps you bypass censorship and blocked web sites by tunneling network traffic through encrypted proxy servers. After you install GPass, launching an application using the proxy is as si
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Experimental Extensions We'd Like to Go Mainstream [Experimental Firefox Extensions]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 09 Oct. 2008
Finding new and useful Firefox extensions is a passion of ours, but sometimes we run across extensions adorning the daunting "Experimental" moniker at the Firefox Add-ons web site. We try to avoid these extensions as much as possible because
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Best Windows Firewall? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 09 Oct. 2008
Your excellent antivirus application prevents nasty files from infecting your computer with all kinds of baddies, but when it comes to securing your computer against malicious att
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Nodobe Viewer Brings Lightweight, Inline PDF Viewing to Firefox [Featured Firefox Extension]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 09 Oct. 2008
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Nodobe Viewer is an inline document viewer for Firefox intended to replace the bloat of plugins like the dreaded Adobe Reader. Nodobe Viewer supports
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Xbox 360 Fall Update Coming November 19th [Xbox 360]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 09 Oct. 2008
The Xbox team has officially announced November 19th as the release date for the new Xbox experience. Why do we care? Because the update brings
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Application Monitor Automatically Restarts a Crashed App [Featured Windows Download]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 09 Oct. 2008
Windows only: Application Monitor is a free utility that monitors user-specified applications to ensure they're running. If a program is not running, Application Monitor restarts it. Let's say, for example, your roommate is prone to shutting
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The Budget Calculator Breaks Down How Much You Can Spend [Economy]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 09 Oct. 2008
CNBC's On the Money weblog has put together a simple budget breakdown calculator to help you rein in your spending in the face of the financial crisis. The flash-based calculator uses CNBC's personal finance expert Carmen Wong Ulrich's
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The Mac Meets Windows Dual-Desktop [Featured Desktop]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Wed, 08 Oct. 2008
Reader Dylan Boom shows how to mix operating systems environments with style in his Mac Meets Windows Dual-Desktop. Dylan is running OS X with XP in a virtual
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YouTube Adds Audio Preview to Comments [YouTube]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Wed, 08 Oct. 2008
In what's presumably an attempt to curb the comment cesspool at YouTube, the popular video sharing site has added an Audio Preview button to the comment section. Inspired by web comic xkcd, the positive eff
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Getting Good with Photoshop's Lens Blur Tool [Photoshop]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Wed, 08 Oct. 2008
Weblog TUAW posts a detailed step-by-step tutorial for using Photoshop's Lens Blur tool to clip objects from one photograph to another. In the example, the author moves an open book from a plane white background to a wood floor, and though the lightin
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Synkron Syncs Files and Folders Across Platforms [Featured Download]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Wed, 08 Oct. 2008
Windows/Mac/Linux: Free, open-source application Synkron is a powerful file-syncing utility that syncs files across platforms. The apps's marquee features include support for syncing multiple folders, automatic scheduled syn
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Opera Updates to Version 9.6, Gets Faster, Adds Features [Featured Download]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Wed, 08 Oct. 2008
Windows/Mac/Linux: Popular web browser Opera just pushed out a new stable release featuring overall speed improvements, several cool feature updates, and a laundry list of bug fixes. Opera still has...
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Integrate Remember The Milk's To-Do Cow with Google Reader [Featured Greasemonkey User Script]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Wed, 08 Oct. 2008
Firefox with Greasemonkey: The Remember The Milk Cow in Google Reader Greasemonkey script integrates web-based to-do list application Remember the Milk with popular newsreader Google Reader. After installing the user scri
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Set Up Universal Ad Blocking Through Your Router [Step By Step]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Tue, 07 Oct. 2008
If you've turned your $60 router into a user-friendly super-router with open-source firmware
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