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Our weekly Top 10 list is already three months old! In case you've missed out, a recap: Top 10 Body Hacks Top 10 Free Windows Downloads Top 10 Must-have Firefox extensions Top 10 Free Computer...

Mac OS X only: The Simplehelp weblog has a detailed guide to adding commands to Finder's right-click context menu using a freeware application called OnMyCommand. We've actually covered OnMyCommand...

Linux only: Free open-source app Xnest lets you run multiple sessions (Gnome, KDE, Xfce, etc.) concurrently. Additionally, Xnest can be used to remotely connect to and control another computer. ...

Firefox with Greasemonkey: Greasemonkey script NoDelay allows you to bypass "please wait, your download should begin shortly" dialogs and begin downloading files immediately. Although the script...

Is it possible to whittle down my Palm functionality to a thumb drive? What easy to use (and free) text editor and ftp clients exist for the Mac? Why is a folder that should have ~1000 folders only...

Windows only: The Go-y Launchy plug-in lets you quickly switch to already-opened windows on your desktop. To install, just download the zip folder from SourceForge and copy the Go-y.dll file to...

The Macenstein weblog gives a rundown of how to install Safari 3 Beta and Safari 2 concurrently on the same Mac OS X computer. If you're like me, you rushed out and downloaded the Safari 3 beta...

Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): Firefox extension Locationbar² tweaks Firefox's address bar to add emphasis to the information contained inside the address bar. It does so by highlighting the top...

The Google Blogoscoped weblog has rounded up a handful of "Googmarklets" (i.e., Google bookmarklets) designed to take advantage of several Google services from the comfort of your bookmarks...

CNN has paired with Google to introduce the CNN/YouTube debates, in which YouTube users will submit questions to presidential hopefuls in July's Democratic and September's Republican debates.

Freeware Windows Mobile application iContact adds iPhone-like scrolling contacts to your Windows mobile phone. Just download the free executable and run in on your phone to give it a try. You can...

As we're all aware by now, Safari is now available for Windows. So the question is, is there any compelling reason you might want to switch from the venerable Firefox to Safari? The Safari feature...

Job seekers, upgrade your career at Lifehacker Jobs. This week's listing highlights: IT Manager - Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, DC Quality Assurance Engineer - Principle Solutions Group,...

The Coolest Workspace contest is over, but reader DarkMatter writes in: A while ago you mentioned using peg board to organize all your gadgets under your desk, so I went and bought some for my...

Reader Jes writes in: A few years ago, I was working in at IT department and we were continually losing our core installation CD's such as Windows XP... so we made a CD rack using the bottom part of...

Windows only: Freeware application ShellEnhancer expands the functionality of your Windows desktop tenfold. ShellEnhancer offers several of visual enhancements like rolling up windows, making...

Similar to Google Talk in Gmail, Yahoo launches web-based chatting within Yahoo! Mail. You must be using the Y! Mail beta to see it. Thanks, Ariel!

Reader Timothy writes in: While dozing off the other night I suddenly feared that I had parked my car in a 6AM street sweeping zone. Not wanting to get out of bed at the time (nor at 6 the next...

Mac OS X only: Freeware app Stick 'Em Up creates very customized stickies for your Mac desktop. Stickies are already baked into Mac OS X, but Stick 'Em Up is like Stickies on steroids. Stick 'Em Up...

CNET reports that a Greasemonkey user script or this Firefox extension can subvert China's censorship of Flickr.

Ever wondered how many people are perusing your Flickr photos? Statr is a web-based application that will track the amount of page views your Flickr account receives. Statr for Flickr allows you...

Skip straight to the operator with your dirty mouth "The IVR operator gave me a list of options, I said, "F*@#!" and he said: 'I think you said you want to talk to a customer service agent. Is this...

All platforms with Firefox: Firefox extension CacheViewer allows you to search, organize, and save all the files housed in your Firefox cache. Since Firefox doesn't use "Temporary Internet Files"...

The XLNTsolution weblog has a whole stash of system tweaks they recommend to speed up Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. Some of the tips include disabling IPv6, enabling parallel boot processes, reducing the...

Mac OS X only: Freeware Finder plug-in Finder Browser lets provides a simple method for browsing all of the images in a folder. The plug-in adds a "Browse Images" entry to Finder's...

We've all gotten error messages in Windows, and we generally all take the same approach to getting to the bottom of the error: by searching the contents of the message in Google. The annoying part...

Gmail officially supports in-browser Powerpoint viewing via a "View as slideshow" link for attached PPT files, completing the rollout we announced a few weeks ago.

The Local Gas Prices iGoogle gadget lets you view the lowest gas prices in your zip code based on prices provided by previously mentioned MSN Autos search results. With gas prices promising an...

Our brother site Gizmodo just clarified their Digg policy, so we thought it was high time we do the same. First, let's state the obvious: Do we love the traffic that a link from the Digg.com front...

Web site TechTarget compiled the cheat sheet of all cheat sheets (a meta cheat sheet, if you will). It's chocked full of references to other cheat sheets with topics ranging from Microsoft Office,...

Google Co-op, Google's custom search engine builder, has added an option to beef up your custom searches by letting you including linked-to pages in your custom search. That is, if you've set up a...

The Embiggen bookmarklet expands any embedded TinyURL into its original URL, letting you see exactly where this TinyURL is pointing. We've discussed TinyURL etiquette in the past, but that doesn't...

One of the lesser-publicized features of our favorite Windows-on-Mac virtualization software, Parallels 3.0, is its Boot Camp support. Boot Camp is Apple's free software that can boot Windows on...

Windows only: Learning app Keyboard Jedi disables your mouse and forces helps you memorize your favorite application's keyboard shortcuts. No, this software is not any visual overlay or a diagram of...

A reader at the Canon Digital Photography Forums demonstrates how to remove skin blemishes and imperfections using Photoshop. The tutorial is a comprehensive guide that'll show you how to give your...

Free online personal finance manager Expensr tracks your income and expenses and makes a slick pie graph that answers the question "Where did my money go?" Register for the freshly-launched and free...

The Ubuntu Guide web site runs down how to turn your CDs/DVDs and folders into .iso disk images. The process even demonstrates how to create your own MD5 checksum files. This surprisingly simple...

The June 15th tax deadline looms, which means freelancers, sole proprietors and other misc income-making individuals and small businesses have an estimated quarterly tax payment to make. Up until...

In response to recent privacy concerns, Google will obscure user-identifiable data after only 18 months instead of 24.

Photo-sharing site Flickr goes multilingual and adds Spanish, French, German, Korean, Italian, Portuguese and traditional Chinese versions to its interface.

By default Windows XP keeps some built-in programs - like WordPad - out of the Add/Remove Programs box, but it's not hard to make them show their faces. The IntelliAdmin site reports that removing...