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Get Vista's Best Features in XP [Windows]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 12, 2008
Despite the fact that most of you prefer XP to Vista and would rather Microsoft extended XP's shelf-life, several new and improved features available in Vista would be great to have in XP. This new functionality may not be enough to get you to switch to Vista, but that doesn't mean you're out of luck. Let's take a look at a few ways you can incorporate Windows Vista's best...
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FireNes Brings 2000 NES Games to Your Browser [Featured Firefox Extension]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on June 07, 2008
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): The FireNes Firefox extension integrates over 2000 old-school NES games with your favorite browser. Once you install FireNes and fire it up (either through the Tools menu or the optional toolbar button), you can browse the enormous library of games in your Firefox sidebar and play any one of your 8-bit favorites at the click of your mouse. Alternately, if...
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Five Email Addresses that Convert Documents [Conversion]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on February 06, 2008
The Digital Inspiration blog offers up five email addresses that offer free file conversion for Word docs, PDFs, and even MP3s with no fuss, no muss—just attach a file, send it, and wait for the reply with the converted file attached. For mobile device users who can't read or open certain formats or desktop users who need a little audio formatting without downloading software. The full list...
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Make Your Extensions Work with the Firefox 3 Beta [Firefox 3 Beta]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on February 12, 2008
Firefox 3 Beta only: If you've taken the plunge into testing the brand new Firefox 3 beta but your favorite extensions are disabled, that's because developers haven't updated them and may not be providing secure updates yet. If you're an impatient risk-taker who needs your extensions back NOW, here's a cheat that may get them to work. Big Honking Warning: Only do this if...
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Low-Hassle Ways to Secure Your Computer System [Feature]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on February 07, 2008
If time were no object, we'd all live a more secure computer life—we'd beef up our browsers, use complex passwords, and keep our data locked up with encryption Skynet couldn't crack. But that kind of stuff requires obscure software, tricky command line work, and most of a free weekend, right? Nope. Anybody can feel more secure about their systems with the help of some free software...
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Top 10 Smart and Lazy Ways to Save Your Workday [Lifehacker Top 10]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on February 19, 2008
If you leave the office most nights feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and behind on everything you've got to get done at work—even though you just spent 10 hours there—you're letting your workday get away from you. It's too easy to let the hours you spend at the office get stolen by meetings, email, interruptions, and impromptu co-worker chats that leave you saddled with busywork...
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Get Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos with a URL Hack [YouTube]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on March 02, 2008
YouTube announced in November that they would be testing out encoding videos at higher resolutions (and with higher-quality audio encoding). Now it appears that a small sampling of uploaded videos can already be seen at their higher resolutions, simply by adding a little tag to the end of the video's URL. To get a (slightly noticeable) bump in resolution, try adding &fmt=6 to the end of the...
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Five Extensions You Won't Need with Firefox 3 [Firefox 3]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 19, 2008
Now that Mozilla's locked down Firefox 3's feature set, it's clear the new browser iteration will render some extensions obsolete. Firefox 3 will include functionality out-of-the-box that you could only get with add-ons before. Let's take a look at five extensions you might not need when you switch to Firefox 3. NoSquint: Never have to enlarge the text on that web page with the...
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Recover Lost Passwords with Free Tools [Passwords]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on June 01, 2008
ACCESS DENIED. Those two bone-chilling words are the last thing you want to see when you're trying to log into a system or open a file, but they're not necessarily a dead end. Several free tools can help you find lost passwords you can't remember or that your computer has saved but obscured. Let's take a look at a few free remedies for lost password panic when you're trying to...
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Find Popular Google Reader Shared Items with ReadBurner [Social Bookmarking]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on January 20, 2008
Web site ReadBurner aggregates popular Google Reader Shared Items, turning Google Reader sharing into an action similar to bookmarking a page on Del.icio.us or voting for an article on Digg. Sure you can already
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