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This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
Chrome OS Virtual Machine Build Ready for Your Testing (All Platforms) If you're aching to try out Chrome OS after taking a glimpse earlier today, friendly power user Mark Renouf has compiled a...
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Build Your Own 3D Camera Rig with Two Hacked Canon Cameras [Camera Hacks]
You don't need to spend a mint on the new 3D-capable camera from Fuji. You can throw two basic Canon point-and-shoot cameras together with $20 worth of parts and make your own for 3D fun. You'll...
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Use a Spoon to Prevent Milk from Boiling Over [Food Hacks]
You're boiling milk, you turn your back for a moment, and—boom!—like Godzilla rising out of the bay, the milk is boiling over the pot and all over the stove. Prevent that mess with this...
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Make a Lighted Christmas Ball [Holidays]
If you're tired of the same old outdoor holiday decorating routine of simply wrapping a tree in lights, you'll definitely want to check out these lighted tree balls, a cheap and novel way to brighten...
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Fishbowl Brings Facebook to Your Desktop [Downloads]
Windows only: Fishbowl, the Facebook client demoed at Microsoft's introduction to Silverlight 4, is now available for download—and it adds quite a few new desktop features to the Facebook...
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Use a Waffle Maker to Roll Your Own Pizza Pockets [Clever Uses]
If you want to squeeze even more miles out your seemingly one-trick waffle iron, you can use it to roll your own homemade Hot Pocket knockoffs. More than a few people have taken a long hard look at...
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Top 10 Ergonomic Upgrades for Your Workspace [Lifehacker Top 10]
It's easy to forget about your body's needs when you're deep into your work or the net—until your body offers a painful reminder. Save your physical shell some strain with these cheap,...
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Make a Wine Tote Out of Your Old Clothes [DIY]
Have an old t-shirt or skirt lying around? With little more than a pair of scissors and a sewing machine, you can turn your old clothes into a nifty wine tote for that bottle of Merlot you're giving...
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From the Tips Box: Gmail Remember the Milk, Touchpad Tricks, and Repelling Mosquitoes [From The Tips Box]
Readers offer their best tips for updating Remember the Milk with Gmail's canned responses, avoiding mouse jumps while typing with touchpads, and repelling mosquitoes with Listerine. Don't like the...
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This Week's Most Popular Posts [Highlights]
This week we rounded up the best online backup tools and explained how you're backing up wrong, detailed how to build an excellent Boxee-based media center, and cured your various aches and pains...
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PTS Desktop Live Makes Performance Benchmarking Simple [Downloads]
Linux Live: If you want to put your computer through the paces and get some feedback and benchmarks, you'll be hard pressed to find a tool more packed with tests than the Phoronix Test Suite Live CD....
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PST Desktop Live Makes Performance Benchmarking Simple [Downloads]
Linux Live: If you want to put your computer through the paces and get some feedback and benchmarks, you'll be hard pressed to find a tool more packed with tests than the Phoronix Test Suite Live CD....
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Twitter/Facebook Client Brizzly Open for Sign-Ups [Social Networks]
Brizzly, the web-based social media manager that ranked as one of our readers' favorite Twitter clients, has dropped the invite code requirement and is available for anyone to log into. It's still...
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Windows Surface Scanner Finds Bad Hard Drive Sectors [Downloads]
Windows: When your computer starts acting hinky and spitting out error messages, it's hard to know exactly where to begin to diagnose the problem. Windows Surface Scanner gives you a place to start....
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MinimizeToTray Revived Puts Firefox in Your System Tray [Downloads]
Windows only: Firefox extension MinimizeToTray Revived is a replacement for the popular MinimizeToTray extension that has been abandoned and doesn't support Firefox 3 or later, and puts Firefox in...
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Hand Out Your Invites in the Google Wave Invitation Donation Thread [Google Wave]
In our continuing efforts to help as many of our readers get a chance to play around with Google Wave as possible, we're back again with our weekly Google Wave invitation donation thread. Note: Read...
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Wallpaper Roundup: Turkey Time and Pumpkin Pie [Wallpaper Roundup]
Turkeys are being purchased, pie recipes dusted off, and the folding chairs are being dragged out from the basement. It's that time of year again—celebrate Thanksgiving with some fresh...
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Give Wireless Charging Mats a Natural Wood Look [DIY Creations]
Wireless charging mats are a clever way to charge your gadgets without cords or power bricks, but a big black mat can easily stick out in any room. Instructables shows you how to make a more stylish...
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YouTube Will Soon Block Access From Set-Top Devices [Media Center]
YouTube Will Soon Block Access From Set-Top Devices [Media Center]
lifehacker.com — It won't affect your PS3, Wii, TiVo, or other licensed YouTube partners, but Google's streaming video service will start blocking access to TV-connected devices as of Dec. 2. The COO of set-top box... (more) YouTube Will Soon Block Access From Set-Top Devices ...
TorrentFetcher Searches for Torrents from Your Desktop [Downloads]
Windows only: Most people use torrent sites like Mininova or The Pirate Bay to search for torrents online, but free program TorrentFetcher lets you search straight from a desktop program and quickly...
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