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If you work and play on multiple computers in the course of a week, keeping your important files in sync can be difficult. The day may come when you’ve got access to all of your files and data straight from the cloud, but until that day, a solid file syncing application is just […]

Mac OS X only: You already know you can select text in any application on your Mac and drag it to the Desktop to create an instant file with its contents in it. The MacTipper Blog takes saving text snippets to the next level with the Clipper service, which sends text to a file […]

BRADENTON - A 94-year-old man whose arrest in a prostitution sting here caused an international buzz will not be prosecuted. A judge ruled Tuesday that Frank Milio was a victim of entrapment. Milio, who has dementia, was unable to get …
Go here to read the rest: Judge: Bradenton Man, 94, Entrapped In Prostitution Sting

Windows only: If working with minimized thumbnails sounds sounds more convenient than multiple Alt+Tab clicks or taskbar hunting, Microsoft’s Scalable Fabric tool might be right up your alley. The system tray utility lets you set a kind of force field around your desktop—whether that’s one screen or two—and any windows you drag to an area […]

Alex at the Google Operating System blog hears word that Google Calendar and Gmail will have Gears-supported offline modes in about six weeks, and a few users have already seen accidental offline prompts. Intriguing news, to say the …
Continued here: Gmail and GCal Prep for Offline Use [Gmail]

YouTorrent, the BitTorrent search aggregator with a great interface that proved too popular to stay online with a, er, laissez-faire attitude about legality, has re-launched as a meta-search for legal downloads. Grabbing results of verified legal or open-licensed downloads from Jamendo, BitTorrent, Mininova, and others, the site moves as quickly as ever, lets you …
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LONDON (Reuters) - Bumblebees lose a bit of their buzz when ill, and like humans, have a tougher time doing daily tasks until they recover, British researchers said on Wednesday. Honeybees with activated immune systems also have memory …
Go here to see the original: Study finds sick bees lose their buzz

Your memory is not as reliable as you think it is. Even events that you vividly recall in your mind may never have happened. Here is an example.
I have two cousins, Josh and Sam. When they were little …
More here: False Memories

Windows only (for the moment): Microsoft has thrown open the doors to a “tech preview” of its Live Mesh service, a kind of web-boosted version of Lifehacker favorite folder-syncing tool FolderShare, with a bit of remote desktop connection thrown in. Signing up with a Windows Live ID gets you 5 GB of space to […]

Yeah, I guess someone has to do that,” after hearing about some random postion or company for the first time. The truth is, most of us have a pretty limited worldview when it comes to what everyone else is actually doing with their …
Product Focus Part 2: The Resume Genome Project