AccelMan File Manager Replaces Explorer with Robust Features [Featured Windows Download]

Windows only: Free application AccelMan is a dual-pane Windows Explorer replacement with a powerful feature set. Previously a shareware application, AccelMan boasts a built-in image viewer, tabbed views, command line integration, a media player, text editor, and even file compression and extraction with support for 15 popular formats (including ZIP and RAR). It also […]

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Police: NM suicide was similar to ‘CSI’ episode

ALBUQUERQUE - It looked like something out of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. And sure enough, it was. State police said Wednesday that they solved a mysterious eastern New Mexico shooting death that was similar to a shooting depicted …
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Sync and Back Up Your Data with Conduit for Linux [Syncing]

Admit it—even if your desk could be the cover shot for Organized Worker Monthly, your data is all over the place. Between desktop apps, online networks, and webapp tools, it’s easy to lose track of data and duplicate tasks, simply because it’s not all accessible, or it takes too much of your time to […]

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Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta Now Available [Featured Windows Mobile Download]

Windows Mobile only: The newly-released Opera Mobile 9.5 beta offers a host of features for surfing on your handheld device. The browser operates in full-screen mode to maximize the amount of web site you see without cluttering …
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Google Docs Adds Full-screen Mode [Online Documents]

Google Documents has added a full-screen editing mode to the “View” menu on individual documents, a convenience previously available only through a Greasemonkey script. Combined with Firefox 3’s serious fullscreen capabilities and …
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Darik’s Boot and Nuke Securely Wipes Your System in an Emergency [Featured Download]

Free, open-source boot disk utility Darik’s Boot and Nuke (DBAN) automatically and completely deletes the content of every hard disk it can find on your computer when you run it. Sure you can fire up DBAN for emergency system wipes next time the feds come knocking on your door, but it’s also a useful tool […]

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The New iGoogle Gets Full-screen Gmail [Igoogle]

If you’re using the new iGoogle since we took you on a screenshot tour and showed you how to enable it, you’ve now got a …
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George Sherrill Just Wants to Do Something Special For All the Ladies

This is how you know I’ma blogger and not some beat-down, emotionless member of the media herd: I was actually thrilled just to be in the presence of George Sherrill. Here is the Brim Reaper keepin’ it real with the flat bill on his …
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Why You’re Better Off Avoiding the iPhone [Iphone 2.0]

If you’re a free software lover who’s concerned about your privacy and the limitations of DRM, you don’t want an iPhone. Amidst Apple’s iPhone advertising blitz helped along by positively bubbly media coverage, the Free Software Foundation calls out the dark sides of the new iPhone.
iPhone completely blocks free software. Developers must pay a […]

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What’s Keeping Me? Identifies Apps Locking Your Files [Featured Mac Download]

Mac OS X only: When you’re trying to eject that drive or delete that file but Finder stops you because it’s “in use,” you want desktop app What’s Keeping Me. Enter the name of the file or …
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