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Getting a copyright for your work is surprisingly simple. USA.gov explains the 3-step process, which requires filing an application, paying $45, and mailing a non-returnable version of your work to...

The Tricks of the Trade weblog says that if you really want to remember something, you'll write it down. Highlighting is good for reference, but writing embeds information in your memory.

Linux only: Free open-source app PCMan is a powerful tabbed file manager. PCMan has a leg up on Nautilus as it provides tabbed browsing, a sidebar directory tree, a full address bar, and it loads...

Sick of the harsh blue-white florescent lights clouding up your work-mind? Curbly gets academic on how to light your workspace.

Mac OS X only: Donationware application Screen Sieve searches the text of any active window that supports your Mac's Accessibility API for matches. That means, for example, you can search for files...

Today your friendly neighborhood Lifehacker is getting just a little bit friendlier as we're launching a slate of design tweaks to the site. The new adjustments are intended to make Lifehacker...

Got a few odd aches and pains but don't feel like it's time to head to the doctor's office just yet? Popular health web site WebMD's Symptom Checker analyzes your symptoms and suggests what might be...

Windows/Mac only: Freeware application SimplyMedia shares iTunes libraries over the internet, giving you access to shared libraries no matter where you are. That means you can install Simplify Media...

The list of unofficial uses for the miracle lubricant, WD-40, keeps on growing. The Tacoma Wheelmen's Bicycle Club compiled 1,997 different ways to use o use WD-40 around the house.

Reducing the amount of energy your hungry computers eat up every day won't only save you money on electricity bills, it will reduce your carbon footprint. If you haven't thought about how much...

Instructables user rauz has grabbed all the album art in his iTunes library and using a couple of image utilities, stitched it together into a huge printable poster. This project involves quite a...

World traveler Tim Ferriss is the master of packing light. In the video above Tim goes over the list of essential (and lightweight) items he's taken on his most recent trip. If he's missing...

The Get Rich Slowly blog wraps up a series of posts that covers everything and anything you ever needed to know about Roth IRAs.

Thanks to this week's sponsors for filling our inbox with justifiable complaints: AT&T, Ask.com, Casio, E! Online, EBay UK, Windows Vista, Mio, Pentax, Reyka Vodka, Toto Washlet, The Green Book,...

Our latest featured reader screencast comes in from Dana, a system administrator who demonstrates how to sudo the previous command using sudo !!. (A new one on me!) Congrats Dana! An autographed...

One of the most important aspects of David Allen's Getting Things Done productivity system is the Weekly Review - a regular ritual of checking in and updating your task and project lists. When...

Several modern cultures consider Friday the 13th to be bad luck, but luckily (ha!) science shows luck doesn't exist. [via Yahoo]

Macworld says Google Calendar's just as good as iCal (as long as you spend most of your time online.) Gears for GCal, anyone?

Yahoo!'s front page search box now offers an as-you-type suggestions dropdown. Yahoo!'s included this feature in their toolbar and Firefox's built-in search box for some time now, but the fact that...

Want to know exactly what's going on when your Linux system boots? The bootchart utility creates a PNG image that details exactly what process is loading during the boot sequence. Ubuntu users can...

Trim down your utility bill and save gallons of water by taking Navy showers. As shown above, a Navy shower (invented by midshipmen with a limited fresh water supply) involves the following five...

Dual-booters: You can turn your physical Windows partition into a virtual machine that can be run from Linux. Tech site oopsilon runs through the process which requires Windows XP, Linux partitions...

Set up a "boss key" with Show Desktop "Show Desktop creates a button in the dock and/or menu bar that automatically minimizes certain applications with the click of the mouse."View images inside...

ShowMyPC.com does remote desktop control with an open-source attitude. By wrapping VNC, SSH, and plink into two free stand-alone executables, controlling another computer remotely is a cinch. One...

Blogger Steve Olson claims intuition is a shortcut to productivity, insight, and innovation, and that we can take active steps to hone it. What do you think -- can you really improve your intuition,...

Windows only: Freeware app WinTabber can add tabs to any program for easy grouping. Not only can WinTabber group multiple instances of the same program into tabs, but it can also group different...

The cross platform digital media Swiss Army knife VLC can play just about any filetype you throw at it, including ripped DVDs. The Hackszine weblog dives into how to open and play discs ripped to...

Why is my PC shocking me?If you were about to come into a lot of money, what gadgets would you buy?How do I connect my cell phone to mone to my computer via USB?How can I get Gmail to show up in Google...

Managing a group of people can be tough, especially when summer rolls around and employees start gearing up for vacation. Web site WhosOff attempts to streamline vacation management with a series of...

Windows only: Like the future? Freeware application BananaScreen adds face recognition login to your webcam-enabled Windows computer. To use, just install BananaScreen and create a face model. Then...

If yesterday's Socket Pocket charger wasn't enough to handle your multi-gadget needs, Instructables describes how you can make your own DIY, cable-hiding charging box on the cheap (I'd call it about...

Windows only: Got a widescreen monitor and want to take full advantage of every last pixel? Freeware application Sizer resizes windows to pixel-specific sizes through the right-click menu so that...

The newly Google-acquired FeedBurner now boasts simple integration with Blogger, giving Blogger users an easy way to track and understand their RSS subscribers.

It's that time of the week again: Time to pull back the curtain and take a look at your customized Firefoxes. The submissions keep pouring in, and we're still surprised and impressed at the cool...

Creative professionals should relish their completed to-do's by decorating the walls with them, says the consultants at Behance: Especially amidst heavy, burdensome projects with hundreds of action...

Cycling fans should check out the slick Tour de France Live Tracker 2007, which displays GPS-tracked riders on a Google Map with live-updating position, heartbeat, speed and altitude information. ...

All platforms with Firefox: If you keep your bookmarks arranged in folders and subfolders, you know it can be annoying to navigate several levels just to get to the link you need. Luckily the 2...

An Ask MetaFilter user explains what goes on behind the scenes when you do a Google search. [via 43F]

Reader Matthew receives new posts to his favorite web site as text messages on his mobile phone. Here's how he set it up, using Gmail and his phone's text message email address: 1. Find the URL for...

The first test version of Gobuntu, a Ubuntu variant devoid of proprietary software has been released. [via CNET News Blog]