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DropBox Leaves Private Beta, Invite No Longer Necessary [Syncing] (28)
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One of Lifehacker readers' favorite file syncing tools, Dropbox, left private beta today and registration is now open to all. If you're unfamiliar with the service check out how Dropbox syncs and backs up files between computers instantaneously.Shared by AaronTN (24) Armbar (3) Casey (14) cpqdon (14) everyone loves a wee sombrero (10) Fredric (20) Jason (20) Jason C. Romero (3) joel (20) Jordan (0) Kavi (8) Krazy (234) krs (20) Mark (1) Morton Fox (28) nikhil (0) Niklas (12) nilegomez (2) nparker13 (135) patella (13) RMathew (2) Sean McBride (78) sparrowsmith (3) Steven R (14) StevieB (37) tormodh (18) Wesley (13) WindPower (59)- Wesley said: After using this a little while, this thing is awesome. Has PC, Mac, Linux, and very-iPhone friendly web page. 2GB storage. Nice way to share files across all my computers (which is annoying), and maybe to help back-up important stuff.
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Terminal Tips: Change your current screenshot format (7)
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Filed under: Terminal TipsDo you like using the built-in Mac OS X screenshot utility but dislike the format of the output file? With this simple Terminal hack, you can easily change the file format of the image. Open Terminal.app (/Applications/Utilities) and type the following command: defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpgYou can replace "jpg" with your desired file format (example: tiff, pdf, png, etc.). If you wish to change it back to defaults, Mac OS X ...Contribute comment -
Ten things you don't know about the earth (23)
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A list of ten things that you didn't know about the earth. My favorite one, by far: But what if you did dig a hole through the Earth and jump in? What would happen?Well, you'd die (see below). But if you had some magic material coating the walls of your 13,000 km deep well, you'd have quite a trip. You'd accelerate all the way down to the center, taking about 20 minutes to get there. ...Shared by Andrew Ferguson (20) ayo (0) Brendan (26) Bruno (0) Cassie Wallender (19) Clint Ecker (89) D4V (11) Ethan (0) Geoff (0) Jake (20) Jeff (1) Jeffrey (20) Joe Breen (0) Jrod (41) Mario Sundar (21) Mark (1) munir (1) Muz (7) neha (0) Nishith Prabhakar (33) Ryan (6) sahu (1) Yan (1)Explore read five notes- Cassie Wallender said: This is just fun to think about.
- Ryan said: answer to the question i got in my Cambridge interview.
- Yan said: Extreme sports taken to a whole new level.
- munir said: Haven't you always wondered about this?
- Jeff said: Anybody have a really big excavator I can borrow?
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Report: Real estate prices set to drop in many Canadian cities (1)
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Is the real estate bubble about to burst? A new study from UBC's Sauder School of Business predicts home values in many Canadian cities are about to plunge. This comes on the heels of a report last week ...Shared by Mark (1)Contribute comment -
Google Chrome: The Power User's Guide to Google Chrome (252)
onNow that you've been enjoying Google Chrome's headliner features and speed for almost a week now, it's time to dig into the less obvious functionality and options you don't already know about. Become a keyboard shortcut master, take a peek under the hood, and customize its behavior and skin with some of the best shortcuts, bookmarklets, themes, add-ons, and subtle functionality in Google Chrome. What, you don't like Google Chrome? Here, have the power user's ...Shared by Aaron (1) Aaron (0) Ahmed (29) Alan Kelon Oliveira de Moraes (5) Alex (90) Alex (18) Alexander Williams (17) Allen (3) allendog (5) Andre Siregar (16) Aram ZS (3) Aranyx (20) Ari (0) Attila Nóbik (1) b-rad (7) Backhandzeus (23) Ben Z (3) Bhavesh (14) Bijou (17) Bjorn (5) Bonnie Leung (3) Bram (15) Brandon (2) Brett (1) Brian (1) Brian Junyor (14) Bryan (0) btvillarin (21) Bwood42 (20) Cai Chen (2) Charles (20) charris1980 (7) Chrigu (1) Chris (11) Chris (20) Christian Santos (75) Christopher Gizzi (21) ckaroli (15) Cogo (0) Compulsivo (2) coonhnd (4) Coop (3) Craig (13) currios (0) cwills (20) daiski (8) Dan McCall (1) dani (9) Daniel Light (0) Dave (0) Dave Woodard (11) David Finch (54) dbb (20) dd (1) Denya (0) Dieter Schwarz (7) Dirk Schrama (4) djspark (38) dkemper (12) Dr.Eric Fickes (0) Drew Olanoff (65) Duffy (43) ekaye (6) elias (20) enSue (13) Epaga (0) Eric (53) Erik Olson (4) euribates (18) Evgeni L. / Reepicheep (0) Falkz (17) forcey (6) George Tziralis (20) graywolf (5) Gschultz (22) Haggis (1) hbenny (10) hibiscusroto (22) HokieGeek (23) HUNG (78) hybridite (12) Hyunhak (0) Ian (20) ifabio (2) Indian Stallion (13) Ingar (5) ixfx.dengmy (4) izensun (11) Jack Wilson, K4SAC (0) James Argyle (11) Jan Vazquez (0) Jana (20) Jansen Lu (0) Jason (9) Jason Blanton (0) jawabiscuit (3) jccamus (16) Jeff (21) Jeff (0) Jeff (2) Jill (4) Jim Goldstein (5) jimmysessions (20) João (12) Joe (17) JohnC (15) JohnMu (1) Jonnie (0) jsuplido (0) Ju (0) K-IntheHouse (30) keith (40) Kevin (36) Kevin (19) kevinpshan (6) kramed (20) Kreg (3) kudis (16) Kuntal (0) Kurt (22) Kyle (0) Leena (687) Leo K (20) Levi Breederland (6) Libor Krayzel (2) lindsay (0) lnewcomer (14) lost.static (20) Lucas (21) Luis Benavides (0) Luke Johnson (1) Maksim Berjoza (20) ManiacD (28) Marc (1) marcel weiß (27) Mario (0) Mark (11) Mark (1) menesis (11) miasarmento (49) Michael (83) Michael Fidler (1) Michael Kamleitner (6) minnesotan (5) Mitch Wagner (20) Mookyjooky (17) Morton Fox (28) motionless (1) MrMatt57 (17) nanabite (19) Nathan (3) ndench (20) Nick Cairns (5) Nick Humphries (19) Nicolai (3) nikhil (0) Nuno (20) Pablo Olmos de Aguilera C (10) Pat (5) Paul D. (0) Peter H (7) pflix (0) Philip Spohn (18) PMinze (31) Priyadarsan Venugopalan (9) Pvw (13) Rahul Narula (8) Rebecca (6) Reub (19) Rich (5) Richard Olsen (0) Rick Umali (4) Rik (0) Rob (16) Robert (20) Robert (8) Robert Dempsey (2) Robert Scoble (44) Robin (6) Robin (6) Rotkäpchen (7) Ru> (2) Russ (14) Russ (7) Rutger Blom (0) Ryan (35) Ryan Versaw (30) Sam (22) Sam J. West IV (3) Sam Sethi (4) Saravanan (2) Scott Walter (7) Sean (23) Sean Harvell (7) Selwin (28) Sergej Sidoruk (25) Sergey Kapustin (1) Seth G (19) Seth Holladay (2) Shankar Ganesh (58) Shaun (5) shivanand (3) shwibbs (20) Sin (4) Siva (1) Sol Young (19) Stefan (8) Steve (17) straylight (18) Stu Andrews (9) sundby (0) svartling (25) Sweevo (20) Tax Man (0) THT (7) Tim (55) Tim Elliott (11) Tim Geraghty (0) timepilot (14) Todd Lohenry (27) Todd Mundt (26) TomK (20) tomwsmf (23) Tony (20) TravisPUK (15) Trey (3) Vandywolfer (0) venkks (13) Vertigo1 (21) vinoaj (19) vinoth (0) Walter DeFoor (12) war2d2 (11) Wayne (0) wcaw (43) wellmobile (20) WindPower (59) Yaakov (17) Yann (29) yasha.sozo (30) Yinka (3) yiwenyao (1) yojibee (7) Yooakim (19) ysamjo (22) yyq123 (12) zoso (27) Фил (20) 猫影 (20) 绯村剑心 (16)Explore read seven notes
- Vandywolfer said: Would be cooler if IT didn't lock down chrome today...
- shivanand said: Awesome. Finally a geek browser that does look like sh*t
- Brandon said: Amazing to say the least.
- straylight said: Gotcher Guide right here! DON'T USE CHROME! (not yet at least)
- Alexander Williams said: Chrome power tricks. You can never have enough power tricks.
- Priyadarsan Venugopalan said: I still haven't switched to chrome.. FF3 satisfies my needs, why google have to create a browser while FF is opensource.
- Rick Umali said: Leave to the fine folks at Lifehacker to break down the stuff I really want to know about Chrome.
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70 Creative Advertisements That Makes You Look Twice | Interesting (75)
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It’s quite true about the saying - There’s no second chance at making a good first impression. Advertisement, regardless-ly online or offline, if they don’t catch your attention within seconds they are considered failed. Agencies and big corporations do not believe in ‘cool factors’ in advertisement anymore. Instead, to really stand out of the crowd, the idea has to be really out of the box, something that makes you laugh, talks about it or at ...Shared by 1unamayu (26) akittenone (100) Aldo (4) Amy (130) Andrew Rodrigues (15) Aravind Jose (9) Bastien (1) Brad Nadler (14) bussiere (0) Chloe Fan (1) Christian Strevel (4) Davood (25) Dennis Stangl (12) dew (12) dobata (212) Elliot (3) Eric Chen (15) Filip Salindrija (45) gmorais (16) Grace (0) graywolf (5) hitesh.the.game (187) Huacn Lee (6) Isaac (13) James O'Brien (2) Jeff Hertlein (9) Jesse Jardim (7) Jeton (25) John (8) Junwei (0) Kahong (9) Kaylee (3) Kevin (21) Kevin Federline (19) Killahurtz (26) Krazy (234) Kristian (48) mandy wiltse (27) Marco Ponce (4) Mark (1) Matteo (1) miasarmento (49) Michael Mior (56) mmhan (27) Mojtaba (10) najee (202) Nazly (16) Nikki J (2) odeb (29) Pedro Silva (17) Phillip Duncan (0) raheleh (0) Ramcio (0) ramyon (15) Redmond Pie (0) richtannehill (26) rjani (4) Rob (8) Roger Kondrat (5) sean carter (28) Seshu Karthick (11) Shailendra Paliwal (30) Shankar Ganesh (58) skyecade (15) Slaver (0) Steven Hodson (5) Strat (0) Suliman (1) Victor M.J. (3) vojur (10) wcaw (43) wellmobile (20) xxdesmus (73) Zee M (108) Zie (0)- Jeton said: Well, well. These ads really make you look twice. Impressive!
- 1unamayu said: a mi me gusta el macabro de la funeraria (Bergmann funeral service - Come a litle closer.)
- Marco Ponce said: awesome post for all creative marketers and deserves the gazillon diggs it has received already
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Google Military-Controlled Satellite: 'We Don't Feel Lucky' (39)
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According to the company, the GeoEye-1 satellite is the highest resolution commercial satellite orbiting the planet right now. It reached orbit yesterday, but in reality, it's not an ordinary commercial satellite: it's fully controlled by the Department of Defense's U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. And two guys named Larry and Sergei. Part of the US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency NextView program, the SUV-sized GeoEye-1 launched yesterday in a Delta II 7326 rocket from the Vandenberg Air ...Shared by Alex (90) Anam (2) Andrew Ruess (75) Avi (8) Azeem (0) Brian (104) Cai Chen (2) Chabarred (30) Chris Hitchcock (41) daniel (33) David V (6) DippinBits (10) diwakergupta (18) dknowles (21) eggtea (42) Eric Chen (15) Gerardo Capetillo (0) Igor Schwarzmann (5) J.D. Rucker (323) jenny (211) Josh (3) Ken (1) Leena (687) Leximo (14) Lionel Riem (23) Mark (1) Michael Bartnett (38) Mike F (420) neal (318) nparker13 (135) Ram (37) rob (5) RyneNelson (40) sadiq kassamali (24) Shane Coffey (141) Zahra HB (20) Zak M. (650) ziizii (1)Contribute comment -
Seasonal disorder: It's time to avoid the markets (1)
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Featured Mac Download: GimmeSomeTune Supercharges Your iTunes Library (53)
onMac OS X only: Free iTunes add-on GimmeSomeTune automatically fetches missing album artwork, lyrics, and automatically embeds them in your music library. GimmeSomeTune runs in the background, and in addition to the metadata tools, it also supports scrobbling your music to Last.fm, universal hotkeys, iChat status updates, and even Apple Remote control. Apart from all that, GimmeSomeTune is also an excellent iTunes desktop remote, complete with a fully customizable song notification window. The donationware GimmeSomeTune ...Shared by alldrin (0) Andy (1) Andy (0) Augmented Web (24) benh (12) Breyten (1) Bruce (20) Carl (0) chip (3) Chris Nixon (7) Christopher (0) Christopher S. Penn (16) cjlacz (10) Colin (30) Dan Russell (28) DanTheFan (20) Darren (3) DaveBinM (14) eurotransient (2) Evelien (19) Felix (15) Frawst (20) ħ (1) Greg (0) Greg Loesch (18) Henya (1) Janyne (18) Javieryn (6) Jim (2) Kevin (0) kidmarmite (25) Lee (15) Mark (11) Mark (1) Megan (27) MrGuff (48) MV (16) Nick (31) Pat (5) Pat (32) patella (13) Peli (9) phoopee3 (3) pikagwong (6) Rick (1) Rob (2) shane (18) shawnmor (11) smilebit (0) stormin (0) Will (16) zer0ck (23) zoso (27)
- ħ said: Trying this one out now. The other two utilities based on musicBrainz didn't work :P
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Easy Automated Web Application Testing with Hudson and Selenium (40)
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Let’s face it, developing web applications is, in some ways, getting more and more complex as time goes on. Sure, there are frameworks like Django, Rails or Seam to help you get sites built in record time with minimal resources, but at the same time applications are becoming more complex and more demanding. Being able to support Ajax-heavy applications through multiple browsers across multiple operating systems is now a primary requirement, as is being able ...Shared by Aidan Finn (3) andré.friedrichs (32) Andrew M (0) b-rad (7) Brandon Eley (6) Brent (22) Coolbox (20) Derrik (64) e.p.c. (6) Fabio Caballero (2) gautamg (8) Gustavo Munoz (0) Homer Gaines (20) Hugo Schotman (0) hunter cross (5) imabonehead (46) James Lewis (1) jeremiah (50) Jeroen (20) JHill (10) Jonathan Tran (9) Josh Hoover (9) Karl (11) kev (68) Manfred (0) Mark (1) Masakuni Kato (15) Matt (1) MDWeezer (13) mubbashir (18) NickBoucart (5) phillprice (9) pseudoTechie (0) ralph (8) Robert Dempsey (2) stevenvanwel (4) times (2) tlockney (17) Tonio (1) Toon (1)- phillprice said: these ARE the droids you're looking for
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Google creating its own browser based on WebKit (45)
onFiled under: Internet Tools Google is developing a new web browser built from the ground up and based on WebKit, the same rendering engine that Safari uses. The browser, called Chrome, is open-source software built with security, compatibility and speed in mind. Each tab in the browser will be its own separate running process. For example, if JavaScript hangs in one tab, the other tabs will remain unaffected. The approach is similar to the way ...Shared by Aaron (2) Alexander Kahn (2) Andrew Ruess (75) AnilG (1) Ben (21) Brian Megilligan (0) C.K. (98) cerement (11) chip (3) Chris (16) Chris K (49) David (0) davidconnell (15) div_conspiracy (18) Dolores Parker (15) Elroy (17) Geoff (1) Geoffrey Wiseman (18) gnusic (63) James (12) jbrauer (1) Jesús A. Dugarte (20) Joseph Rodgers (9) JR A (5) Larsen (0) leedsjimbo (0) Leon Ridge-Cooke (4) louisgray (106) Marcus (4) Mark (1) Michael (0) nowa (13) Perry (5) Quinn (0) Ram H. Viswanathan (3) Robert Cortez (20) robin (3) stantont (2) Stephen (3) Timothy (17) twotwo (17) Victor (40) walkah (8) War-N (8) Zinoc (0)Explore read five notes
- davidconnell said: If add-ons flourish here like they do on Firefox. it will be a player. If they don't, it won't.
- David said: This could be big. Also I love that they made a comic book about the browser.
- Alexander Kahn said: This comic is amazing.
- James said: I admire how Google chose to announce their browser. Big fan of Scott McCloud.
- walkah said: interesting... long-rumored, I'm a bit surprised to see it webkit-based (given the GOOG+firefox relationship). Baked in gears is exciting... can't wait to check it out!
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Sweetcron: Your Lifestream on Your Server (1)
permalinkShared 21 times Tagged Products (3886) We were pretty excited when we first heard about Sweetcron, a self-hosted lifestreaming application developed by Yongfook. Today, after a bit of a delay, Sweetcron has finally released its software and we immediately downloaded and installed it ourselves. While it is still pretty barebone, Sweetcron represents a great solution for those who don't necessarily want to participate in the discussions on Friendfeed, but still would like to set up ...
