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Windows XP Mode No Longer Requires Virtualization Hardware [Windows 7] (2)
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Windows XP Mode is a pre-configured solution for Windows 7 users needing support for older software, and, until recently, it required AMD-V or VT processor hardware. An update released today should make XP Mode far more accessible to more Windows 7 users.If you're a 7 user who's been trapped by the lack of that finicky hardware requirement, check out the XP Mode page later today and look for the update. Those with Intel or AMD ...Shared by Nathan Parker (319) Ryan (86)Comment View comments -
Dial Zero Connects to Customer Service Humans [Downloads] (3)
oniPhone/Android/BlackBerry: When you're driving or traveling, that's when you don't want to wait on hold or talk to an automated phone system. The Dial Zero mobile app has a database of buttons and phrases that will cut to the chase.There are online databases, like GetHuman, and even apps like previously mentioned Fonolo that promise to patch you right into where you want to be in a customer service tree. Dial Zero is a less complicated ...Comment View comments
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TestDrive Virtualizes Brand-New Ubuntu Builds for Easy Testing [Downloads] (6)
onUbuntu: Want to try out the latest build of the next Ubuntu release with almost no hassle at all? TestDrive is a one-shot tool that downloads, virtualizes, and keeps daily Ubuntu builds up to date.TestDrive runs from the command line, but you literally enter only one number to make it work. Run it from your Applications/System Tools menu, and a terminal prompt asks you to pick which daily build of Ubuntu you want to install. ...Comment View comments
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TestDrive Virtualizes Brand-New Ubuntu Builds for Easy Testing [Downloads] (4)
onUbuntu: Want to try out the latest build of the next Ubuntu release with almost no hassle at all? TestDrive is a one-shot tool that downloads, virtualizes, and keeps daily Ubuntu builds up to date. More »Comment View comments
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What Features Would You Want from a Google TV? [Ask The Readers] (1)
onNow that we've read fairly firm proof that Google's looking to get into the set-top TV market, we're wondering what they'll deliver that's new and unique. YouTube, a semi-decent browser, sure—but what else would you want on your biggest screen?So far, the only details confirmed by sources at Google's partners through the New York Times' reporting is that Google's TV appliance runs on a version of Android, contains a version of Chrome, and aims to ...Shared by Daggity (95)Comment View comments
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Drinks That Don't Destroy Your Diet [Drinking] (10)
onBesides listening to The Pogues and wearing green, St. Patrick's Day revelers do a lot of something that's pretty rough on their nutrition ambitions. Want to enjoy without gorging? The Cheap Healthy Good blog has some reasonable draft and cocktail compromises. More »Shared by Bill (56) Chad (275) DJ (64) Guerwan (24) Harold (157) Karl (51) Lucas (28) Nicholas (98) Richard (503) Zaki (390)Comment View comments
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CutMP3.Net Extracts Audio From Files Entirely Online [Audio Editing] (17)
onNeed a quick ringtone or an isolated snippet of audio from a bigger file? CutMP3.Net does it with a file upload button, two sliders, and a "Cut" button, and does it all on the web. More »Shared by Chris (98) geekgrrl (89) Harish (39) Ivan (5) Jason (18) KG (23) lizilizi1 (309) Lou (46) Ludovic (179) Mike (85) and seven more »
- Ivan said: Finally! I've been dying to find an online audio editing tool, why should we need a desktop app anymore these days for little things like this?
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PayPal 2.0 "Bumps" Money Between iPhones [Downloads] (18)
oniPhone/iPod touch: You're settling up a restaurant tab for three. One eater has no cash, the other only twenty-dollar bills, and you're left wondering. If at least two of you have iPhones, PayPal 2.0 lets you "bump" the balance between phones. More »Shared by aberdeen (7) abgely (34) Baljinder (54) Chris (55) cyberjoek (69) Dano (22) David (16) Derek (20) Ed (6) FirstAidKit (40) and eight more »
- FirstAidKit said: Ridiculous.
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Evernote Emailing is Actually Useful Now with Tagging [Email] (10)
onCloud-based note service Evernote does many things well, like expand brains and improve gifts, but its direct email functionality was always kind of lacking. Not so anymore, as you can tag and organize mailed-in notes using subject line character codes.If you don't already know it, find out your "secret" Evernote email address by heading to Settings while signed into Evernote on the web, checking the Account Info box on your desktop client, or looking at ...Shared by Aaron (182) Courtney (165) Fabrice (28) Jim (68) JustonWestern (15) phunkysai (21) pierre (12) The (269) tim (21) Yerameyahu (310)Comment View comments
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Evernote Emailing is Actually Useful Now with Tagging [Email] (11)
onCloud-based note service Evernote does many things well, like expand brains and improve gifts, but its direct email functionality was always kind of lacking. Not so anymore, as you can tag and organize mailed-in notes using subject line character codes. More »Shared by Andrew (48) ankit (12) Chris (120) gadgetboy (62) heidigoseek (48) Kumi (107) Kurt (10) patrickj (49) rtsnance (161) wickenden (8) and one more »Comment View comments
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Internet Explorer 9 Looks Faster, More Developer-Friendly [News] (11)
onThe Internet Explorer team is spilling some details and future promises about Internet Explorer 9 at the Mix conference, and a few of them are warming up some cold, hardened web and app developers. So far, Microsoft has announced native H.264 streaming support through HTML5, which adds another player to the split over video streaming. They're also promising native audio and vector graphics through HTML5, a new JavaScript engine, and acceleration for 2D page factors. ...Shared by Aaron Mayer (72) DannyDPX (18) Dennis (22) FerroGate (17) Henk (18) Mazz (163) Mike (6) naoki (71) Priyanka (53) rtsnance (161) and one more »
- Mike said: Awesome. I would love to see IE finally become competitive/comparable to Firefox and Chrome.
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Get Mac-Like Scrolling and Gestures on a Windows Laptop [Windows] (25)
onOnce you've used the hand-helping, time-saving, two-finger scrolling and three-finger gestures on a MacBook, a standard Windows trackpad can feel kind of, well, dead. Here's how to get total finger control with a tiny app, or go further with a driver swap.Photo by Kai Hendry. Let's put this out there right away: This won't give you the Mac's pinch-to-zoom or rotation powers, but it will give you nearly everything else. Also, I tested this out ...Shared by Alex (8) Anski (34) Carlton (26) chrishawn (24) Cristian (43) Daggity (95) Fobtastic (116) Ida (34) ih8gates (8) iRockWa (56) and 15 more »Comment View comments
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Get Mac-Like Scrolling and Gestures on a Windows Laptop [Windows] (19)
onOnce you've used the hand-helping, time-saving, two-finger scrolling and three-finger gestures on a MacBook, a standard Windows trackpad can feel kind of, well, dead. Here's how to get total finger control with a tiny app, or go further with a driver swap. More »Shared by alejandrodibattista (54) Baljinder (54) Bonstio (21) Cabalito (25) Chad (275) Cissiboy (59) Derick (18) DJ (64) lnzhaotian (28) marc2503 (6) and nine more »Comment View comments
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Send to Google Docs Uploads Files and Web Screenshots to GDocs [Downloads] (21)
onChrome: Google Docs' open 1 GB storage space can be a handy, centralized space for stuff you find on the web. The Send to Google Docs Chrome extension makes web capturing very fast with instant page-to-PDF and file uploading. More »Shared by aerogeek (86) Ayman (37) Baljinder (54) Doc (37) DragonWeb (39) kevinpshan (37) Le (332) Martha (36) mauz (6) patrick (91) and 11 more »
- T said: Pretty handy.
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Tumblr Now Allows Instant 100MB Video Uploads [Tumblr] (14)
onTumblr, the fast and sleek way to start and maintain a no-stress blog, just added a direct video upload option, giving users 100 MB of space per clip to post to their tumblogs. That's not new or stunning, but once your ( H.264, MP4, or AAC) video has been uploaded, it's instantly ready to play—no waiting for transcoding or approval. That's a pretty nice thing for on-the-fly blogging, and for those who can't keep their ...Shared by Alexandre (201) Andrew (65) Barb (152) Courtney (165) DJ (64) JDevL (29) JPeters (4) Le (332) Martha (36) Mary (16) and four more »Comment View comments
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Gnome Gmail Tightly Integrates Gmail into Linux Desktops [Downloads] (14)
onLinux (GNOME-based): There are work-arounds to set Gmail as a default mail app in Linux, but they don't cover right-click file sending and complex mail links. Gnome Gmail does a much better job of integrating Gmail.Download a DEB (Ubuntu/Debian) or RPM (Fedora/openSUSE) package from the site, install it, and then head to your Preferred Applications preference (in Preferences, under the System menu in Ubuntu, for example). Set Gmail as your "Mail Reader," and now it ...Shared by Aaron (182) Aaron Traffas (57) cesarcardoso (336) danieldf (193) emaynard (18) jcastro (21) Jimmy (14) oheresy (35) Olivia (42) Rickles (90) and four more »Comment View comments
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Gnome Gmail Tightly Integrates Gmail into Linux Desktops [Downloads] (20)
onLinux (GNOME-based): There are work-arounds to set Gmail as a default mail app in Linux, but they don't cover right-click file sending and complex mail links. Gnome Gmail does a much better job of integrating Gmail. More » [extracted from Gnome Gmail Tightly Integrates Gmail into Linux Desktops [Downloads] via feedly]Shared by Art (123) atrogu (58) Chip (36) chrisdabin (133) climenole (196) Danjones (45) Doc (37) ehu4ever (219) Joe (8) ki4rex (15) and 10 more »Comment View comments
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What the Gmail Team Is Working On [Feature] (14)
onDevelopers and product managers from the Gmail team hosted a jam-packed panel at SXSW Interactive yesterday, and talked in a refreshingly honest manner about what they've done and what's coming next—including speed improvements, new features, Buzz, better Contacts, and more. More »Shared by (jeff)isageek (138) Carl (4) Chrigi (99) DJ (64) Jason (59) Krikit (59) MarK (22) marleyuk (384) Scott (125) Sean (28) and four more »Comment View comments
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What the Gmail Team is Working On [Feature] (22)
onDevelopers and product managers from the Gmail team hosted a jam-packed panel at SXSW Interactive yesterday, and talked in a refreshingly honest manner about what they've done and what's coming next—including speed improvements, new features, Buzz, better Contacts, and more.Photo by davidh.walker. A recurring topic during the Gmail panel was speed. Gmail Engineer Jonathan Perlow asked the capacity ballroom crowd to raise their hands if they "thought Gmail was slow," and a good number responded ...Shared by Aaron (182) Aaron (120) Alan (389) Brian (40) Cade (46) Fobtastic (116) Joe (71) JP Web Design (716) JustonWestern (15) Keith B (793) and 12 more »Comment View comments
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StreamTransport Grabs Hulu Videos for Offline Viewing [Downloads] (13)
onWindows: It may not stick around that long once the powers that be find out, so if downloading and watching Hulu videos offline could help you out, grab StreamTransport. The tricky little app provides full-quality captures of streaming shows and movies. More »Shared by Amit (31) Cam (75) Godie (21) harleycw (1) Masemase (31) mclamb (66) nucaka (6) Rod (2) Scott (32) Scynn (4) and three more »Comment View comments
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