Twibble — The holy grail of Twitter mobile (1)
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If you’ve known me for more than about, oh 5 minutes, you’ll know that I’m always connected to the internet. I live, breath and eat bits (not my cat) and bytes for breakfast and I love to chew on the latest and greatest Web 2.0 awesome-taffy that I find every day. That’s why I was so excited when I found the greatest Twitter app for Blackberry (or Nokia, Sony Ericsson or any Java-capable mobile device) ...
Battle of the Tricked-Out Computer Desktops [Lifehacker Faceoff] (5)
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Ever since we started the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell group on Flickr, readers have been contributing and explaining their computer desktop settings in droves. A few times a week we pick out one that's unique in some way and post it here on site, to both cheers and jeers. Now that we've got more than three months' worth of featured desktops, it's time to round them all up into a giant poll, where you ...
ASUS Eee Box PC ships with Virus (1)
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ASUS has admitted that its Eee Box nettop - the desktop version of its popular Eee PC netbook range - shipped to some customers carrying a virus. According to an email sent out from the company, the Japanese version of the device has a virus file called “recycled.exe” saved in the D: drive partition. If activated, the virus begins to copy itself to the C: drive and any attached USB memory sticks or hard-drives. ASUS ...
WebWallpaper Swaps Your Wallpaper on a Schedule from Webcams [Featured Windows Download] (4)
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Windows only: Free, open-source application WebWallpaper loads images from any URL or desktop location and swaps out your desktop background on a schedule. Originally designed for use with webcams, the application works with any image URL you point it to. WebWallpaper comes with a few webcam URLs baked in with beautiful streaming images, so it's easy to get up and running with live-updating backgrounds. If you know of a high-resolution webcam in your area that ...
Running The Chromium Browser On Ubuntu 8.04 With CrossOver Chromium (1)
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Running The Chromium Browser On Ubuntu 8.04 With CrossOver Chromium Chromium is an open-source browser project that is the basis for Google's Chrome browser. Right now, Chromium doesn't support Linux natively, but Codeweavers has created a Linux port called CrossOver Chromium that can be installed free of charge. This guide shows how to install CrossOver Chromium on Ubuntu 8.04.
Emerge Alternative Shell Clears Your Desktop [Featured Windows Download] (8)
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Windows only: The free Emerge Alternative Desktop Shell replaces Windows' taskbar, Start menu, and right-click context menu with a super-minimalistic version. In short, Emerge leaves you with essentially an empty desktop, a clean slate for some killer customizations. For example, yesterday you saw how reader MERSC uses Emerge to clear space for a souped-up Object Dock taskbar. Emerge also clears away icons and menus Launchy users don't need. When you first install Emerge, you may ...
How To Increase Workspace Using Virtual Desktop Applications For Windows Vista/XP (1)
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Editor’s Note: You will need a very powerful or at least semi powerful computer to run virtual desktop applications smoothly, and yes plenty of free disk space too. Virtual desktops are useful in a way that they provide extra desk space to place your applications. You can easily move your Windows from one workspace to another and sort them according to their functionality and if you constantly find your desktop cluttered and overloaded with programs ...
Windows Vista with a Live Thumbnail Sidebar [Featured Desktop] (12)
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Reader MERSC tricked out a Windows desktop with ObjectDock's full-sized taskbar thumbnails, which previews open documents (including live video) on the dock. Above the left-docked taskbar, MERSC has an embedded to-do list pinned to the desktop, always in view, along with system monitoring tools and the current time using Samurize. When MERSC maximizes a window, the Emerge Shell Replacement keeps the dock and to-do list visible at all times. Here's the rundown of what's on ...
Paparazzize Your Webpage Screenshots [Mac Only] (2)
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How many instances have you needed to take a full-page snapshot of a website but lacked the resources to do it? We’ve covered some browser screenshot web-apps in the past but most of them have some limitations. Kyle wrote about kwout but the screenshots can’t be larger than 600 x 600 pixels. SuperScreenshots works pretty well but the font rendering is changed slightly in the screenshot. Luckily for Mac, we have Paparazzi! No, I’m not ...
The New & Improved Livestation Desktop TV (6)
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Back in March, I posted about Livestation, which is a desktop television app. Back then, it was in its infancy with rather limited features and limited television channels but seven months on, it has improved by leaps and bounds. So I figured it deserved a follow-up article to show you what the Livestation team has been doing. I have Livestation running on my desktop virtually all day every day while I am working and I ...
Six Slick Windows Themes to Dress Up Your Desktop [Friday Fun] (46)
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While fiddling with the look and feel of your computer desktop isn't technically productive, making your workspace something you're proud of and happy to look at makes you more likely to want to get things done. On Tuesday, Jason showed you how to start using custom Windows visual styles, and the comments blew up with readers recommending their favorite desktop themes. In addition to the three themes Jason pointed out in his article, let's take ...
デスクトップ百景 : 第七十九景：LinuxエンジニアのMacデスクトップ 矢吹大輔 (4)
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こんにちは。グーグルでLinux システムアドミニストレータをしている矢吹大輔です。各国にあるグーグルのオフィスで社員が利用する社内インフラストラクチャを設計、開発、運用する仕事をしています。オープンソースのソフトウェアとグーグルのテクノロジを組み合わせて、各国の社員が仕事をしやすいようなシステムを作っています。 1990年代前半に「Macintosh Classic II」...
How to Convert flv (flash video) to dvd iso in Ubuntu (2)
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flv2dvd is a script that convert an flv into a dvd iso image. simple stick the (single flv file) into an empty directory, cd into it and type in (flv2dvd *) without the quates. The end result is a dvd iso that you can burn using your favorate cd burner. (...)Read the rest of How to Convert flv (flash video) to dvd iso in Ubuntu (127 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2008. | Permalink ...
Installing Adobe AIR 1.1 For Linux Beta On Ubuntu 8.04 (2)
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Installing Adobe AIR 1.1 For Linux Beta On Ubuntu 8.04 Adobe AIR is a technology that lets you run Internet applications on the desktop. With AIR you do not need a browser to run such desktop applications. This tutorial explains how you can install Adobe AIR 1.1 for Linux beta on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop and how you can install AIR applications.
Utterli Releases Desktop Client (Video) (7)
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Watch out, twhirl. There’s a new sheriff in town. Utterli (formerly Utterz) has just released an Adobe Air application that delivers their audio, video and text micro-blogging messages to your desktop. The app is small, but don’t be fooled because it packs a lot of features for such a little guy. Many of the most commonly used options are included, such as creating new messages, listening to audio, and watching video. After logging in, the ...
Tweak Your Windows Theme with Vista Visual Master [Screenshot Tour] (23)
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Earlier this week, Jason de-mystified the process of styling your Windows system with custom themes, along with the tweaks needed to pull it off. Those Windows Vista users who just can't commit to patching, finding and copying themes, however, might find comfort in Vista Visual Master, a free, all-in-one tool for opening up your Vista system to themes, downloading and installing them, and tweaking tons of other graphical elements, including icons, your log-on picture, boot ...
Mac 101: Stop drives from showing on desktop (1)
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Filed under: Mac 101 Some people hate having any icons showing on their desktop. If you are one of those people, then you might not want icons showing for attached disks, hard drives, or iPods. Here's how to get rid of these annoying icons. Open Finder preferences by clicking "Finder" in the menu bar and selecting preferences (or by pressing command + , while in a Finder window or first clicking on the desktop). Once ...
The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.0 Gadgets | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials (2)
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The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.0 Gadgets This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 3.0 Gadgets desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free ...
