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Times: The e-Newspaper

We rarely ever read the newspaper. Since we sit in front of a computer for most of the day, all the news we could want is at our fingertips. What we do miss though is the feeling of flipping through p...

Craigslist Image Preview

We love Craigslist hacks, and were sad to see everyone's favorite ListPic get shut down. However, Geeksugar discovered a trick that lets you get to those Craigslist photos just a bit quicker....

Test Your ISP With Speedtest

After today's news about Comcast's new 50Mbps service, we were curious how our internet provider measured up. So, we went out in search of a tool that would help us put our service to the test....

Which Blu-ray Player Should I Get?

Sony has released version 2.20 of its PlayStation 3 firmware which might just give people a reason to buy the console for something other than games... Since HD DVD is basically out of the 'picture' n...

News: Apple Time Machine Finally Works With Airport Extreme

Hallelujah! I was one of those guys that bought the Airport Extreme because of the reported integration with Time Machine for set it and forget it data backup. When it turned out this was not the case...

News: Hulu Open to All

Have you tried Hulu yet? The latest web-based to bring television to your computer has just opened to the public. We've been testing it out for a few months now, and have been fairly happy with the ...

1Password

Do you get tired of typing in all your passwords? We do, and while we know Firefox can save them for us, we're not always diligent (nor comfortable) in setting them up automatically. So, when we sa...

Sale: Leopard OSX at Other World Computing

All this new Apple gear has made us wonder if it's time to upgrade to Leopard. Other World Computing is having a Macworld sale, selling the standard Leopard for $107 and the five user version for $17...

Jaman: Movie Rentals From Your PC

Are you an international film buff? Or maybe you prefer to watch independent films. Jaman is an internet-based movie rental service, much like Netflix, but instead of receiving your movies through t...

Anxiety Task Manager

Store all of your worries in one place with Anxiety. Well, hopefully this little application will help you cure some of your anxiety by simplifying how you record your daily worries. Anxiety is a fr...

Useful's Desktop Multiplier

Get two computers for the space of one. If you're looking to add an additional desktop computer to your home, but don't have the room (or the money), Desktop Multiplier allows you to share one comput...

10 Worst Gadgets of 2007

What does the Palm Foleo, Husky combo drywall saw, Apple TV and Ironman vibration trainer have in common? Popular Mechanics has given them four of the 10 spots on their Worst Gadgets of 2007 list. Be...

Stream Music to you iPhone with Orb

Orb, creators of free file streaming software, have recently released an iPhone optimized app called Winamp Remote. Just make sure you are in a Wi-Fi hotspot and you can stream your music to your pho...

Floorplanner.com

We used the free Ikea kitchen planner when renovating our kitchen and we found it to be a useful tool in visualizing how the space would ultimately look, especially the 3D walkthroughs. While it was f...

Essential Mac Downloads
Slinks: (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

We hope you never accidentally wipe your hard drive. But if you do, Lifehacker has compiled a list of essential Mac downloads. Via: Lifehacker...

Breaking Down the Leopard Reviews

Still on the fence? Gizmodo has broken down the top three reviews of Apple's Leopard from David Pogue, Ed Baig, and Walt Mossberg into a handy side-by-side chart. Check it out, before you head out t...

Best Product: Coconut Battery App for Macs

Laptop batteries can be pretty darn frustrating. When they aren't holding their charge, you'll try pretty much anything to make them hold on a little while longer. A recent post on Download Squad re...

Slinks: Green Building Software

Building new or remodeling? Find out how to do it greener and calculate the energy impact your design will have with Green Building Studio Software....

Teleport Keyboard Utility

Need to share? Maybe you have two computers (or have one serving as your media computer, like us.) Well if your a Mac user, then we've discovered this little utility that allows you to share one key...

oSkope Visual Search Engine

Seeing is believing... especially when you are shopping. The next time you're online surfing for that high tech (or low tech) addition to your apartment, make your first stop oSkope. oSkope is a vis...

Grand Perspective

Ever wanted to see who was hogging all your hard drive space? We could have used this a few days ago when our hard drive was nearly full and we needed to see what to get rid of first. Grand Perspect...

Mercedes and Google Maps

If the built in satellite navigation of your Mercedes SL500 is not reliable enough for you, Google and Yahoo! have an answer. A 'send to car' option from Google or Yahoo maps. ...

Best Product: MacGourmet

Cook with your laptop. While we don't recommend cooking on your Macbook, we do recommend cooking with it. MacGourmet allows you to easily organize all of your recipes onto your computer, gather clipp...

Inspiration: Internet TV

Curious about internet TV? We've tried Joost with some success, but didn't realize the number of options available online. Last 100 gave a nice breakdown of the top eight internet television applica...

Skitch

We're visual people. And for us, sometimes a picture can communicate much more information than our words allow. That's where Skitch comes in. Skitch is an image program for Mac OSX that makes capt...

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