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Windows Vista SP2 Available for Download

Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Windows: Service Pack 2 is officially available for download, bringing better Wi-Fi and BlueTooth connectivity, processor compatibility, native Blu-Ray support, and faster search to Windows Vista.

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What's Cooking for Apple WWDC '09

Apple's WWDC 2009 is almost here. On the menu: Definitely Snow Leopard and a even-stronger-than-before focus on the iPhone OS, as the sessions schedule and the promotion materials show. What else? Here's what I think is cooking.

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Six Best MP3 Tagging Tools

Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite tools for tagging your MP3 files. We've rounded up the top six rather than five—thanks to a particularly close call among the top candidates—and we're back to share and help you pick a program to get your MP3s in order.

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The Definitive Guide to the Palm Pre

Monday, May 25, 2009
Simply put, the Palm Pre is the most hyped phone since the original iPhone. It's coming out in two weeks, on June 6. Here's everything we know—we'll update this as more info comes in.

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70 Wallpapers to Dress Up Your Dual Monitors

Throw a little eye candy on your dual monitors with this roundup of stunning wallpapers courtesy of Smashing Magazine.

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Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web

20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he's building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: unlock our data and reframe the way we use it together.

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6 Ways To Sync Music To Your iPhone Without iTunes

By default, iTunes is the only media player that you can use to sync your iPhone and iPod Touch with your computer.

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40 Beautiful Examples of Minimalism in Web Design

Sunday, May 24, 2009
Minimalism is a design style that emphasizes simplicity and the removal of superfluous elements in one’s own work. It’s applied in art, architecture, print work, and in web design.

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100 Professional CS4 Tips & Secrets from Adobe Employees

Friday, May 22, 2009
In the past, we’ve invited some of the best designers and trainers in the industry to share their top secrets. This time around we decided to go straight to the horse’s mouth: the Senior Product Managers at Adobe. We have never seen so many people so eager to share all of their favorite tips...

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10 cool tools in Windows 7

The changes to the Windows 7 interface have gotten a lot of play, but some of the new built-in tools are just as compelling. Deb Shinder runs through some of the most impressive enhancements, from the ISO burner to the Biometric Framework to PowerShell v2.

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Google's Chrome 2.0: First Impressions

Chrome 2.0 promises to be a faster browser than its predecessor, but don't expect many new features.

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Google Chrome 2 Brings New Features and Serious Speed

Google upgrades Chrome to version 2.0172.28. Everybody needs to try this version out. It is blazing fast and will blow your pants off.

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9 Amazing Software Mashups - Apps that Work Better Together

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Some killer programs perform even better when combined with other software. For example, Dropbox is awesome, but when used with the little-known Mklink command, its potential is exponentially expanded. We call these unions "software mashups" -- the use of two apps for utility that's greater than the sum of their parts. Yes, 1 + 1 can equal 3.

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Image in a 140 character Twitter - It's possible!

Preliminary result of a little competition with the goal to write an image encoder/decoder that allows to send an image in a tweet. The image on the left is what one can currently manage to send in 140 characters via twitter.

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Digg: Moving to Real-Time, Shouts Out, Twitter In

Wednesday, May 20, 2009
During Digg's Townhall (embedded below) this evening, founder Kevin Rose and CEO Jay Adelson announced that the shout feature on Digg will be removed later this week to be replaced with a new share option that will "streamline your ability to share on Facebook and Twitter."

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Webware 100 Winners Announced!

We just announced the winners of the 2009 Webware 100. Nearly 630,000 votes were cast during the voting this year to pick the best Web 2.0 sites and services. As with the previous years' awards, there were some surprises among the expected winners.

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Build Your Own Recession-Special PC

Need a new desktop on a tight budget? Here's how to build a surprisingly robust system for about $400.

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8 Tips for Taking Panoramic Photos with Any Camera

Tuesday, May 19, 2009
You don't need a high end camera to take great panoramic photos - here's some tips on how to do it.

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