Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Featured links for June 28th

  Published: June 28, 2007, 11:03 pm

  Tags: Daily Links, Apple, Audiobooks, Books, Clutter, Del Icio Us, Desktop, Email, Finances, Iphone, Java, Lazyweb, Links, Macs, Mathowie, Mbwideas, Osx, Performance, Peter Walsh, Scarcity, Scott Andrew, Steve Jobs, Sun, Taxes, Usability, Userexperience

  OS X tips, Page 1 [Reduce desktop clutter] - Too many files on your Desktop can ding your performance? I did not know that. Daring Fireball: Acting Up - “Clearly this is where Apple has been heading ever since Jobs came back to the company.” audible.com: It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less

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• Logitech's Wave keyboard gets reviewed

  Published: July 27, 2007, 11:33 am

  Tags: Cordless, Cordless Desktop Wave, Cordlessdesktopwave, Keyboard, Logitech, Lx8, Mouse, Review, Wave

  Logitech also offers a Desktop bundle which includes the LX8, an ambidextrous mouse that ExtremeTech says is good in most respects, but can't match the feel of a right- or left-hand specific mouse. If you really need to be sure, hit the read link for the full rundown. Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured

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• In Brief: In a statement that pretty much sums up why ...

  Published: July 30, 2007, 9:49 am

  Tags: From The Duh Files, Google, Microsoft, Web As Desktop, Webapps

  In a statement that pretty much sums up why Microsoft is so slow on innovation, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer says they have "'no choice' but to embrace the web app revolution—at least 2 years after Google and other online services were making web-as-desktop a reality.

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• Featured Windows Download: Embed Outlook on the desktop

  Published: July 30, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Calendar, Desktop, Featured Windows Download, Microsoft Outlook, Top

  Freeware app Outlook on the Desktop embeds the Outlook calendar directly into your desktop. Outlook on the Desktop creates a semi transparent layer that pins the Outlook Calendar on the desktop at all times. The premise is to mimic the real life paper calendaring system -- you know the really big calendar you used to keep on your desk. Also,

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• Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0 (Beta)

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Mac Bu, Macbu, Microsoft, Remote Desktop, Remotedesktop

  (at least by me) Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0 (Beta) is now available for download. This is a beta, but in my limited testing it is much, much faster (as one might expect). New in this Beta, which expires on March 31, 2008 are: Universal Binary (hurrah!) Works with Vista, and used the new Remote Desktop protocol

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• World's smallest SEM magnifies up to 20,000X , costs $85K

  Published: August 1, 2007, 6:45 am

  Tags: Scanning Electron Microscopes, Phenom, Desktop Pcs, Usb Flash Drive

  that is about the size of a desktop PC and bears a reasonable price tag. The device is capable of magnifying a specimen from 20X to up to 20,000X with an image resolution of 2048 x 2048 pixels in about 30 seconds. Images, which are saved on a USB flash drive, can be transferred to other computers for further study. You don t need to be a

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• Featured Linux Download: Build desktop wikis and outlines with Zim

  Published: August 2, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Desktop, Desktop Publishing, Featured Linux Download, Linux, Wiki

  app Zim is an easy to use desktop wiki. Zim boasts instantaneous saving (there isn't even a save button), and automatic page creation and linking. Zim saves all data locally as plain text files, and all the pages can be easily exported into HTML for easy web publishing. This makes it possible to take your wiki with you and reference your files

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• Google Maps: Create your own wallpaper

  Published: August 5, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Desktop, Google Maps, Wallpaper

  on how to make your own desktop wallpaper from any image in Google Maps. All you need is a location, some screen capture software, and Google Maps. With all the new fun stuff that Google Maps has rolled out lately, this is definitely a great way to take advantage of your favorite spots. Maybe some vacation planning, or just nostalgia for

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• In Brief: KDE 4.0 Beta 1 is making its first public ...

  Published: August 6, 2007, 10:20 am

  Tags: Beta Beat, Desktop, Linux, Screenshots

  KDE 4.0 Beta 1 is making its first public debut. Due out at the end of October, you can find screenshots and details about the beta in the release announcements.

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• Mac Tip: Permanently disable Spotlight

  Published: August 6, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Desktop Search, Mac, Mac Os X, Mac Tip, Optimization, Spotlight

  Mac users: If Spotlight gets in your way, you can disable it permanently. Tech blog N.E.R.D. details how you can shutdown Spotlight for good -- and turn it back on again if you change your mind. To do it, you just need to edit a portion of the /etc/hostconfig file. Change where it says SPOTLIGHT=-YES- to SPOTLIGHT=-NO-. After a reboot,

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• Apple News on Tuesday Morning

  Published: August 6, 2007, 9:41 pm

  Tags: Systems >desktop Pcs

  At the moment, I'm sitting in JFK airport in New York waiting for a flight home to SF that's really late. Tomorrow morning, I should be at Apple in Cupertino for a press event. All we know for sure is...

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• Featured Download: Free, high res wallpaper at InterfaceLIFT

  Published: August 7, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: Desktop, Downloads, Featured Download, Top, Wallpaper

  Dress up your desktop with new wallpaper over at InterfaceLIFT, an attractive collection of free images that want to live behind your icons or on your handheld device. Download sizes include widescreen 16:10 aspect ratios to fullscreen to mobile for the iPod or PSP. High-Resolution Widescreen Wallpaper [InterfaceLIFT via Geeks Are Sexy]

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• Unconfirmed: TiVo Desktop 2.5 Update Coming, Doesn't Fix Everything

  Published: August 7, 2007, 10:45 am

  Tags: Dvr, Pvr, Tivo, Tivo Desktop, Tivo Desktop 2 5, Unconfirmed

  sources saying that TiVo Desktop 2.5 is on its way, and may be released as early as today. The handy utility that lets you snag videos your TiVo has recorded right there on your PC and use them on other devices will finally get Windows Vista support, as well as support for our favorite codecs, DivX and XviD. Sources also say it will be easier

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• Live From Apple Event: New iMacs and iLife '08

  Published: August 7, 2007, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Systems >desktop Pcs

  I'm here in Cupertino at Apple headquarters for a press event. Steve Jobs has arrived onstage--and is saying that Mac sales are growing at 3X the industry average. And he's saying that today's event is about the iMac. He's...

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• In Brief: Lenovo is first to get in line behind Dell ...

  Published: August 7, 2007, 3:59 pm

  Tags: Desktop, Linux, Operating Systems

  Lenovo is first to get in line behind Dell by quietly selling their Thinkpads preloaded with SUSE Linux. Is this movement (if it can be called that) tempting anyone to make the jump to Linux?

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