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September 2008

Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done

The question is, which clients and tools are the best? For this week's Hive Five, we want you to share your favorite utilities in your BitTorrent toolbox. Keep reading for more details and to nominate the torrent tool you love.

June 2008

February 2008

Feature: The 20 Best iPod Utilities

Transfer (and Play) Music to and from Your iPod. Converters: Video and Audiobook. Miscellaneous iPod Utilities. Upgrades for Older iPods. iPhone and iPod touch Only

May 2007

Photoshop____Enhance photo color with classical art

The technique involves Photoshop's Match Color tool; the author shows you the simple steps to "borrow" the colors from a classic painting and apply them to your photo. The results? Pretty impressive! —Rick Broida

April 2007

DelegateGcal Gmail tickler _____Firefox extension (All Platforms)

Lets you create a reminder in Gcal based on the Gmail message you're currently viewing.The extension adds an Add to Gcal link to the bottom of every message. Clicking the link opens an overlaid Gcal window that includes the email subject in the event titl

Uncensor the Internet Firefox extension

Little Firefox add-on called Uncensor the Internet that turns all that censored text into the bawdy bile it was born to be

Google AutoPager (Greasemonkey)________Download of the Day:

AutoPager enables "infinite scrolling" on Google search-results pagesWith AutoPager: It fetches and appends the next batch as you scroll down, creating the illusion of infinite

Screenshot Tour: Watch TV over the internet with Joost

One of the loudest buzzing apps of late is Joost, a TV-over-the-internet program (Windows and Mac) promising to bring a full-fledged, high quality television experience to your computer without the need for a capture card or any other hardware. All you ne

The Ransom Note Generator for busy kidnappers

The Ransom Note Generator takes your prose and transfoms it into anonymous newspaper clipping letterblocks, and since this is traditionally the most time-consuming phase of the whole kidnapping process, it's a handy dandy timesaver.

March 2007

Foobar2000____Hack Attack: Roll your own killer audio player with - Lifehacker

If you love to tweak and customize your software applications to work just the way you want, extensibility is key - and the free audio player for Windows, foobar2000, is the most extensible player on the market.

Firedoodle (Extension Firefox)___Download of the Day:

Firefox only: Turn any web page into a whiteboard with Firedoodle. Click New and your cursor turns into a paintbrush; now just start marking up the page. You can also add "placemarks," which are like horizontal bookmarks with custom text. You'll want to

FolderShare ___Sychroniser ses fichiers entre plusieurs ordis___Lifehacker

File sharing solution FolderShare offers unlimited, free sharing of any file up to 2GB, allowing you to access and sync files over your very own private peer-to-peer network.

How to fix a non-booting iPod

Gadget weblog CrunchGear posts a "five-point plan" for fixing an iPod that won't boot.

Hack Google Maps URLs to zoom way in - Lifehacker

Google expert Philipp Lenssen details how to manipulate Google Maps URLs to zoom in close enough to see an individual camel in the middle of Africa. The technique doesn't work in all locations, but here's how to give it a try: 1. Select a location and swi

Sync your Greasemonkey scripts across computers ___Hack Attack:

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Greasemonkey is by far my favorite Firefox extension. It's the first extension I install on a new installation of Firefox, followed quickly by a slew of my favorite Greasemonkey scripts. The only problem that I've had with Greasemonkey in the past is that

Picasa2flickr - Flickr Plugin Export for Picasa ( Updated for Picasa 3 Beta)

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Based on the proof of concept provided by Tabblo and using the nice flickj api, picasa2flickr provides a kind of plugin to picasa that allows users to export their photos to flickr. The mechanism: 1. Using a custom "BlogThis" Button, picasa posts XML data

February 2007

Cutter ultra mobile____Office Supplies Fetish: Fiskars Ultra Shape Xpress

The Fiskars Ultra Shape Xpress is a freehand cutter that slices through paper in any shape you like effortlessly.

January 2007

The unofficial Pandora-eMusic mashup

eMusic has put together an unofficial mashup of the two popular music sites.As Pandora plays away, the track and album currently playing show up for download at eMusic. Granted, you can always use Pandora's Jar to download and save music from Pandora for

Geek to Live: Manage multiple Firefox profiles - Lifehacker

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If you share a computer with family members or roommates, or if you simply browse for different reasons - like work, blogging, school research, or play - you may want to use different Firefox settings each time you sit down to surf. Luckily, the Firefox p

Boite Oorganiseur de Chargeur___Build a cord-and-charger organizer

Tired of cords and chargers littering up the house? __How to build a box that keeps everything organized and looks cool to boot. You'll need a box,--something along the lines of a media box like the one pictured here--along with a surge protector and a f

FireFTP (Firefox)___extention firefox_______Download of the Day:

Turn your browser into a full-featured FTP client with FireFTP, a free plug-in for Firefox.After installing it, you'll need to head to Firefox's Customize Toolbar menu and drag the FireFTP icon to a toolbar. From there, just click the icon to launch the c

Giant online image editors comparison chart

There are ten online image editors here, everything from Snipshot to LookWow; and over 25 features are meticulously charted (does it resize? will it remove red-eye?). Make sure you check the Features legend; it goes from "the feature is not available" to