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Suppose you're planning a meeting for a few folks from your own team and perhaps some clients. How do you find a date that's suitable for everyone? I just might have the answer -- as its name suggests, Which Date Works is a free Web service that lets you find the best time for a group of people to m...
Ever wish your Windows desktop looked and operated more like your actual desktop? In other words, do you like to pin notes and photos to the walls and organize documents into stacks? (Or, if you're like Dave, line up Troll dolls and hang HSM posters?) That's the idea behind BumpTop, a 3D desktop ...
If you caught wind of our recent debate on the merits of shutting your PCs off at night, you might be wondering if there are any real-world ways to save electricity (and therefore money). In fact, there are: Computerworld recently rounded up 12 gadgets to help you lower the monthly electric bill. ...
Now that the Financialpocalypse is upon us, you're probably spending more time at Monster and other mainstream job search sites. They're great, but not all job postings make it onto the big sites. For those jobs that fall between the cracks, check out LinkUp, a job search site that pulls positions d...
Looking for an open-source replacement for Microsoft Outlook? How about the Linux equivalent of Adobe Premiere Pro? AlternativeTo suggests alternatives to popular applications and lets you filter the results by platform for easier review. You can browse the AlternativeTo site for "most viewed" an...
Remember TripIt, the travel-management service that organizes your itineraries? To paraphrase Apple's latest ad compaign, now there's an app for that. TripIt for iPhone [iTunes link] helps you manage and share your travel plans. Specifically, the app provides access to your TripIt itineraries, ev...
Still using an older version of Windows or Office? You might want to start planning now for alternative support options, or upgrade to a newer version. That's because your free support is about to expire. On April 14 -- that's tomorrow -- Microsoft ends mainstream support for Office 2003, Win...
Any Gmail user will likely tell you "my kingdom for the ability to insert images directly into e-mail messages!" If you are some sort of royalty, you'll be happy to know that you no longer need to leverage your castle and the surrounding villas for this rather inequitable bargain; Google has finally...
Spring fever. Opening Day at the ballpark. April blizzards. Yep, last week had it all. But fear not, distracted hack-fans: We've assembled the last seven days' worth of posting goodness for easy review: Carry a Suite of Essential Apps on Your Flash Drive iPhone, Android Users Get Faster, Bette...
A screencast is a recording of everything that happens on your screen -- great for those times when you want to create a tutorial, demo a new site, or whatever. ScreenCastle lets you whip up screencasts in a flash. Just head to the site, click the big red button, and then make any desired changes...
Following Dave's post about Amnesty Generator, the tool that lets you add any gadget to the Windows Sidebar, I thought I'd round up some gadgets that can help boost your productivity. Here's a list of five favorites: Control System with Clock Lock, power down, restart, hibernate your PC, or ...
I'm a big fan of Vista Sidebar gadgets -- and I like the Sidebar-less Windows 7 gadgets even more. My major complaint? There just aren't enough good gadgets available. That's okay; Amnesty Generator makes thousands of existing widgets compatible with Windows. Amnesty Generator is free and eas...
Sometimes it's the little things that increase your productivity. Don't get a new word processor, for example -- just learn to use the keyboard shortcuts on the program you already own. In that same spirit, Every Joe offers some unexpected advice for improving your productivity by reversing the way ...
Got customers? The best way to keep them (and, hopefully, attract new ones) is with a good customer relationship management (CRM) system. Zoho, best known for Web apps like Zoho Writer and Zoho Sheet, offers just such a system: the aptly named Zoho CRM. It helps you with sales and marketing, inve...
Think what would happen if your Web site crashed Friday afternoon and you didn't find out about it till Monday morning. Lost business? Disgruntled customers? Some muckraking blogger claiming you've closed your doors? Whatever the outcome, a down site is bad news. Are My Sites Up? helps you keep t...
