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Removing DRM from an iTunes Purchase Costs 30 Cents [Drm]
Any track bought prior to today from iTunes' store can upgrade to a 256-kbps, DRM-free version for 30 cents. Once in your library, it's also a right-click to convert to MP3. [via]
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WattzOn Gets Geeky About Saving Energy (and Money) [Screenshot Tour]
Energy-use tracking site WattzOn isn't the only site to measures personal energy consumption, but it offers seriously slick charts and data to suggest ways you might save cash, and the environment...
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Enigma Desktop Customization Update Now Available [Featured Windows Download]
Reader Kaelri—famous for the beautiful and function Enigma desktop—has packaged and released version 1.1 of the customization files. What's changed? Kaelri explains: I've added: RSS...
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Apple to Take on Google Docs with iWork.com [Iwork]
Apple's moving iWork onto the web with iWork.com, a web-based version of their desktop office suite which will offer "transparent integration" into the desktop app.
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iTunes Drops Most Copy Protection, Varies Prices [ITunes Store]
Update: Gizmodo confirms the announcement. The good news: CNET has sources saying the three largest music labels will allow Apple to offer music downloads free of copy-protection. And the bad news...
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Sting, Sarah McLachlan Teach You How to Play Instruments in GarageBand '09 [ILife]
The new release of GarageBand '09 includes "Learn to Play"—piano and guitar lessons from artists like Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, and Sting, Gizmodo reports from their live-blog of the...
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iTunes May Drop Most Copy Protection, Vary Prices [ITunes Store]
The good news: CNET has sources saying the three largest music labels will allow Apple to offer music downloads free of copy-protection. And the bad news might not be that bad. In exchange for the...
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Does Facial Recognition Change Your Mind About iPhoto? [IPhoto]
Our brothers in gadgetry are live-blogging the Macworld 2009 keynote, and report that iPhoto in iLife '09 will have facial recognition that automatically groups photos by who's in them. Yesterday...
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Get Money for Your Old Tech Gear from HP [Recycling]
Hewlett-Packard launches a new buyback program that will give you money in exchange for your old, working gadgets and gear—any brand of PC, monitor, printer, digital camera, or smartphone that...
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Bulk Edit Tags on Delicious [Delicious]
It's tucked away, but bookmarking site Del.icio.us now offers bulk tag editing (in, of course, beta) for group tagging/un-tagging and sharing/un-sharing. Helpful stuff, especially for pesky tag...
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iTunes May Drop Most Copy Protection, Vary Prices [ITunes Music Store]
The good news: CNET has sources saying the three largest music labels will allow Apple to offer music downloads free of copy-protection. And the bad news might not be that bad. In exchange for the...
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Mr. Uptime (Finally) Updates for Firefox 3 [Featured Firefox Extension]
Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): Mr. Uptime, friend to anyone who's ever waited for the Digg/Slashdot/Lifehacker Effect to abate before reaching a cool new web site, has recently updated to be Firefox 3...
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CrazyLittleFingers Rewards Your Toddler's Curiosity [Featured Windows Download]
CrazyLittleFingers is a keyboard locking application. Unlike some of the previous keyboard lockers we've covered, CrazyLittleFingers corresponds the keystroke to a picture and sound related to the...
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Exhaustive List of Free Microsoft Downloads [Windows]
Tech evangelist and Microsoft consultant Blake Handler hosts an impressively completist list of free Windows programs offered by Microsoft, dug from the trenches of Del.icio.us tags. It's a handy...
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iTunes to Drop Most Copy Protection, Vary Prices [ITunes Music Store]
The good news: CNET has sources saying the three largest music labels will allow Apple to offer music downloads free of copy-protection. And the bad news might not be that bad. In exchange for the...
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Install-It Creates Auto-Starting Installer CDs for Any Applications [Featured Windows Download]
Windows only: Free app Install-It puts a small auto-starting application on any removable drive that makes installing applications a double-click affair. After downloading the Install-It package,...
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Why Your Self-Handicapping Excuses Don't Work (And How to Fix Them) [Performance]
The New York Times takes a revealing look at self-handicapping excuses—like "I barely slept the night before the test"—and why we create them, as well as the extremely unlikely chance...
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Flickr Gallery Plus Tweaks Flickr for Better Galleries [Featured Download]
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): The Flickr Gallery Plus Firefox extension or Greasemonkey script make browsing galleries faster and easier in Flickr. Once installed and set up, Flickr Gallery Plus...
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Picasa for Mac Beta Released, First Look [Featured Mac Download]
Google has officially released their popular photo management application Picasa for Macs, after years of offering Picasa as a free Windows download. It's an exciting announcement for anyone who's...
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Craigsphone Brings a Better Craigslist to Your iPhone [Featured IPhone Download]
iPhone/iPod touch only: Free application Craigsphone puts the popular online classifieds site Craigslist on your iPhone, complete with click-to-call, history, and mobile posting. At first blush it...
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