Windows Update does a pretty good job of keeping Windows up to date, but the apps you use on a daily basis easily slip behind. From getting rid of the latest Winamp bugs, to making sure you’re using the newest Flash player the task can be tedious at best. Now, FileHippo.com, brings us the Update [...]

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It breaks my heart to write it, but Mozilla has announced that Firefox 3 will only ship in June, the company said Wednesday during a discussion with a group of tech bloggers. According to VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer, the first Release Candidate will ship in early May. The RC1 stage is the point at [...]

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Excellent LifeHacker post this morning listing free ways to synch folders between computers. Nothing sucks worse than getting to the office in the morning and realizing you left the most recent copy of an important file—whether it’s your to-do list or a PowerPoint presentation—on your home computer. No matter where you are and what computer [...]

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OpenOffice 2.4.0 appears to have been released! Its not live yet on OpenOffice.org but FileHippo has it (without an RC tag) available for download. “OpenOffice.org is an open-source, multiplatform and multilingual office suite comparable with MS Office. It is compatible with all other major office suites and is free to download, use, and distribute. It [...]

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File Alert Monitor is a Windows application, used to generate alerts about the creation, update or deletion of files in specified folders. File Alert Monitor will monitor specified directories on a local or networked PC and will display a pop-up Window or optionally play an audio alert, whenever action is taken on files in the [...]

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This is a great tip. Ever received a Word 2007 document (.docx) and been unable to read it because you don’t have Office or you’re stuck on 2003? LifeHacker has an easy solution – “In a nutshell, the method involves changing the doc’s file extension to ZIP, unzipping it, and then finding a document.xml file [...]

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The application that does all the heavy lifting for you is a free, open source, cross-platform application called ZiPhone, and it can do everything from quick and simple iPhone and iPod touch jailbreaks to unlocking the iPhone for unofficial carriers (i.e., not AT&T). Read more: LifeHacker Guide to Unlocking

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LH, the source of all good, is reporting on EpicEdits weblog post on how to create Photoshop Actions. If you don’t know, actions are automated tasks which can make Photoshop life less tedious, almost like macros. “Photoshop actions are the best — they save time and make you more productive during post-processing. They can be [...]

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A popular post around here is “131 Free Photoshop Layer Styles!“, and so here is a list of great resources for free layer styles for Photoshop – enjoy. Free Photoshop Layers (about.com) Free Layer Styles (about.com) Ultimate Web 2.0 Layer Styles Adobe Photoshop Layer Styles (biorust.com) 56 Photoshop Layer Styles

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I have just received my Reinvigorate.net beta invite! It looks awesome, very pretty, very functional and best of all it comes with a WordPress plugin. I’ve set the site up to start gathering some stats, and hopefully I’ll have some nice examples of what you can expect from them up soon :) I’ve attached 3 [...]

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