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Skype 4.0 beta 2 gives you more say 
Jessica Dolcourt via The Daily Download: Software t on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
If you don't like the new look, you can now switch to Skype's classic view.(Credit: Skype)
Skype 4.0 beta 2 (download when available) has done a lot of growing since the
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AOL brings AIM for Mac back from the dead
Josh Lowensohn via The Daily Download: Software t on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
AOL on Monday quietly released a brand-new version of its instant-messenger application for Mac users. Called "AIM for Mac beta 1," it's a replacement for
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Featured Freeware: Smart Defrag
Seth Rosenblatt via The Daily Download: Software t on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
It's hard to stand out in the crowded field of defraggers, but Smart Defrag is able to do so with an unexpected twist.
Along with quick analysis and scan
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uTorrent for Mac leaked
Seth Rosenblatt via The Daily Download: Software t on Fri, 26 Sep. 2008
A pre-release alpha version of a Mac version of uTorrent, the popular BitTorrent client for Windows, has been leaked to the public.
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uTorrent for Mac leaked
Seth Rosenblatt via The Daily Download: Software t on Fri, 26 Sep. 2008
A pre-release alpha version of a Mac version of uTorrent, the popular BitTorrent client for Windows, has been leaked to the public.
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Adobe extends Photoshop to mobile phones
Stephen Shankland via The Daily Download: Software t on Thu, 25 Sep. 2008
The Photoshop.com Mobile beta lets people with Windows Mobile phones view and upload photos.(Credit: Adobe Systems)
Adobe Systems has gradually extended its Photoshop bra
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Top defrag utility: IOBit Smart Defrag
Jason Parker via The Daily Download: Software t on Wed, 24 Sep. 2008
(Credit: CNET Networks)
One of the remedies I often recommend for a sluggish system is to defrag the hard drive. For those unfamiliar with the term, defragging involves reorganizing your hard disk by placing files clos
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Don't shoot Microsoft's new Messenger
Jessica Dolcourt via The Daily Download: Software t on Thu, 18 Sep. 2008
Favorites, groups of contacts, and background themes are new to Windows Live Messenger beta.(Credit: CNET Networks)
If you're an avid Windows Live Messenger user, now's the time to convince y
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Improved Google MyLocation: You are here
Jessica Dolcourt via The Daily Download: Software t on Tue, 16 Sep. 2008
Updated at 12:30 p.m. on September 9, 2008 with more details about Google Maps' location accuracy.
MyLocation before its nip/tuck, and after.(Credit: Google)
This week, Google's mobile te
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TuneUp recharges tracks and art in iTunes
Seth Rosenblatt via The Daily Download: Software t on Fri, 12 Sep. 2008
I'm not a big fan of iTunes for Windows. Even though I have an iPod, I haven't used its software sibling in nine months. (That'd be enough time for Apple to gestate a better version, you'd think.) However, iTunes addicts who just can't break away might want to take a look at TuneUp Companion, a
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Yahoo OneConnect for iPhone: A closer look
Jessica Dolcourt via The Daily Download: Software t on Thu, 11 Sep. 2008
Yahoo has gotten into the curious habit of releasing a preview version of a mobile app every six months at the CTIA mobility conference. This time around, it's OneConnect for iPhone and iPod Touch, an application that Yahoo hopes will showcase what it's calling its open mobile strategy. In layman's terms, OneConnect is an application that integrates y
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Inside Microsoft's new mobile browser
Ina Fried via The Daily Download: Software t on Thu, 11 Sep. 2008
SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft still isn't quite ready to release its new mobile browser, but I did get an advance look at Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Mobile at a Microsoft event Wednesday night.
The biggest benefit will be the fact that it is the full IE 6 rendering engine, meaning that any page that renders properly in IE 6 on the PC should do just fine on Windows Mobile. Tim McDonough
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Google's new BlackBerry app scores more points than it loses
Jessica Dolcourt via The Daily Download: Software t on Thu, 11 Sep. 2008
The new BlackBerry app replaces the ungainly Google Mobile Updater and smartens up search.(Credit: Google)
Current users of
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Stellarium reaches for the stars
Seth Rosenblatt via The Daily Download: Software t on Fri, 05 Sep. 2008
The way things have gone this week, you'd be hard-pressed to find a mention of anything not related to Google Chrome.
Now that we've gotten the obligatory nod out of the way, it turns out that cross-platform
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Why Google Chrome? Fast browsing = $$$
Stephen Shankland via The Daily Download: Software t on Tue, 02 Sep. 2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--On the Web, a site that responds a few milliseconds faster can make a big difference in people's engagement. It's for this reason that Google believes its new Web browser, Chrome, is a project worth investing in rather than a footnote in the history of the Internet.
Chrome, Google said during its Tuesday launch event, is much faster at showing Web pages than the
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Be sure to read Chrome's fine print
Ina Fried via The Daily Download: Software t on Tue, 02 Sep. 2008
Moments ago, Google went live with its Chrome Web Browser. I immediately clicked download, but not before I saved a copy of its terms of service. I like to know what I am agreeing to.
CNET News Poll
Browser wars, redux
What browser is in your future?
Google Chrome
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Revamped Google Picasa site identifies photo faces
Stephen Shankland via The Daily Download: Software t on Tue, 02 Sep. 2008
Google wants to help you put a name to that face.
With a face recognition feature set to launch at noon PDT Tuesday, Google's Picasa Web Albums will help users label their photos with the names of subjects. That and other changes to the photo-sharing site are joined by a new beta version of the accompanying Pic
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Why can't they fix the Flash/Firefox bug?
(unknown author) via The Daily Download: Software t on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
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Surprised more people aren't discussing this. Happens to me a lot.
Latest: Adobe's John Dowdell has a thoughtful critique of this
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Why can't they fix the Flash/Firefox bug?
Rafe Needleman via The Daily Download: Software t on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Latest: Adobe's John Dowdell has a thoughtful critique of this post that also expands on the nature of the bug.
An annoying and long-lived bug is preventing some u
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Quicken Beam: Your finances made cute
Rafe Needleman via The Daily Download: Software t on Wed, 20 Aug. 2008
Beam's SMS report can be useful to keep on top of your accounts and to spot fraud.
Intuit has just launched a useful but limited little financial tracking utility for your mobile phone:
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