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WineBottler Turns Windows Programs into Standalone OS X Applications

6 January 2010

Mac only: Wine has always been popular among Linux users for running Windows programs, but Wine is available for Mac, too—and now, free utility WineBottler can “bottle” Windows programs into separate application bundles that run as standalone Mac apps.

To use WineBottler, just download a Windows EXE, then drag and drop it onto the…

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Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha is All About Speed (and Private Browsing)

28 December 2009

Windows/Mac: Opera’s developers have released a very unstable but promising version of their web browser into the open. What does Opera 10.5 have to offer? If a quick test is any indication, faster JavaScript speed than any browser out there.

Based on Opera’s reports of their new JavaScript engine, Caraken, being “7x faster” than…

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XBMC Updates to 9.11 Camelot, Brings Awesome New Look, Improved Features

25 December 2009

Windows/Mac/Linux/and more: XBMC is a killer open-source, cross-platform media center, and today they’ve released XBMC 9.11, introducing a whole new default look and feel, and it’s very friendly on the eyes.

Called Confluence, the new look blends some of the best features of XBMC’s previous default skin (PM3.HD) with several other popular skins for…

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Most Popular Free iPhone Apps (and Posts) of 2009

23 December 2009

The iPhone is the most popular cellphone in the country, and with good reason. Despite occasionally awful choices by Apple, it still has the most—and best—applications around. Here are the most popular free iPhone apps (and posts) of 2009.

As with our most popular Windows downloads and Mac downloads of 2009, this collection of…

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Googsystray Notifies You of New Activity Across Google Services in One System Tray App

18 December 2009

Windows/Linux only: Google has so many different services these days that installing a notification app for each one gets cumbersome quickly. Free system tray utility Googsystray watches Gmail, Google Voice, Calendar, Reader, and Wave so you can set it and forget it.

After installing Googsystray, you can configure which services you want it to…

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Multifox Makes Using Multiple Accounts Simple

17 December 2009

Firefox: It’s easy to accumulate multiple profiles on various services. If it’s always annoyed you to have to perform browser-acrobatics to use your two Gmail accounts or other services, check out Multifox and never be hassled by multiple logins again.

Multifox adds a simple function to Firefox. When you want to log into a…

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T3Desk Brings 3D Eye-Candy to Your Windows Desktop

17 December 2009

Windows only: If you want a little extra eye-candy in your Windows management, T3Desk is an alt-tab alternative that gives you 3D windows arrangement and more.

Click on the image above for a closer look.

T3Desk works on all versions of Windows but it really shines in Vista and above where it can take…

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