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Understand Words Using DictionarySearch
DictionarySearch allows you to right click a word or phrase and look it up. To install the application, simply click the Add to Firefox button.Friday Fun: Castle Game Collection
For today's end of the week fun we bring you some castle destroying games. The goal of each is to use a catapult to destroy the castles using different size stones and other weapons.Share Outlook 2007 Calendars Through Microsoft Office Online Service
If you are looking for an easy way to share your Outlook 2007 calendars with others, today we look at how to publish your calendar to Microsoft Office Online service.Encrypt Your Personal Information with Steganos LockNote
Do you need a quick and easy way to store your personal information? With Steganos LockNote, you can encrypt your information and take it with you wherever you go.Run Web Applications from Your Desktop with Mozilla Prism
Want to quickly and easily access your favorite e-mail, social accounts, and websites from your Desktop, Quick Launch, or Start Menu? Now you can with Mozilla Prism.GeekNewb: Get to Know These Windows 7 Hotkeys
Even if you’re not much of a keyboard ninja, there are certain shortcuts that simply seem ridiculous not to know: Ctrl+V springs to mind as an obvious example. But even uber-geeks will agree that much of the time it really is a lot easier for the average user to just grab the mouse.Try Out a New Operating System the Easy Way with VirtualBox
Frustrated with seeing all the new wonderful looking Windows 7 and Linux systems and having no easy way to try them? Now you can enjoy all the new operating system goodness in a virtual environment with VirtualBox. VirtualBox works on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and OpenSolaris.IM to Multiple Accounts with Trillian Astra
Before other IM clients hit the scene, Trillian was the choice for multi-protocol support and is now often overlooked. They recently launched their new Astra beta to the public and here we will show you what to expect.GFI Backup Home Edition is a Free Data Backup Utility for Windows
In today's tough economic times the last thing you want is to lose important data because you couldn't afford a quality backup utility. Today we look at GFI Backup Home Edition, a completely free professional grade backup solution.Highlight Text Online Using Wired-Marker
For those who bookmark every little thing that interests them – this is a category that I certainly belong to – we simply don’t have time to label them all. Wired-Marker solves both of these problems by allowing us to permanently highlight text on a page.Watch Joost Programs On Your Desktop with Joost Media Player
If you liked the Joost desktop application they offered before they killed off the project, thanks to Paul Yanez we now have Joost Media Player for the desktop which is built on Adobe Air.Make Windows Live Messenger Minimize to the System Tray in Windows 7
If you've used Windows Live Messenger in Windows 7, you've probably noticed that instead of minimizing to the system tray, the taskbar button always stays put. Luckily you can force Messenger to work the way you are expecting with a simple tweak.Online Bookmark Synchronization and Browsing with CometBird
Needing synchronized bookmarks and Firefox-based goodness wherever you go? Now you can have the best of both built into a single browser with CometBird.Save Money and Energy With Monitor ES
Saving money on energy and reducing our so called "carbon footprint" is very important these days. Today we take a look at a free utility that turns off your monitor every time you lock your computer. In addition to shutting down energy wasting monitors it pauses your media programs and sets your IM status to "Away" and resets them when you return.Week in Geek: The Disable Firefox 3.5 Tab Tearing Edition
The upcoming Firefox 3.5 release adds a new "Tab Tearing" feature that lets you drag tabs off the bar and into a new window. Very cool, but why didn't they give you a way to disable the feature if you don't want it?Friday Fun: Redstar Fall
This Friday we take a look at a fun and relaxing physics flash game called Redstar Fall. It becomes challenging the higher up in levels you go and provides fun distraction until the whistle blows.Get the Latest Chrome Releases with Early Access Release Channels
Want to always have the latest and greatest version of Google Chrome on your computer? Now you can by subscribing to the Early Access Release Channels.Awesome Desktop Wallpapers: Guitar Edition
Continuing with our Desktop Wallpaper Series, today we bring you some very cool guitar themed wallpaper fun.How To add a Watermark to Word 2007 Documents
Sometimes you might want to add a watermark or "background" image to your Word documents to add a company logo or identify the document status. Today we will look at the process to easily add them into your Word 2007 docs.Remove the History for the Website You Just Visited in Firefox
You just clicked through to a website and realized that it was one you wish you had not visited. Now the website is in your browser’s history (ouch!) and you need to remove it. Here is how you clean up that “little history problem”.Install Extensions in Google Chrome
Feeling adventurous and wanting to try some extensions in Chrome? The Chromium Code developers have three fun and useful extensions that you can add to your installation of Chrome.Our Look at Microsoft Security Essentials Beta
Microsoft Security Essentials (previously code named Morro) beta was released yesterday and here we are going to take a look at what you can expect. This latest security offering from Redmond is an Antivirus utility meant to run alongside Windows Defender and Firewall to take the place of their discontinued OneCare.Stopping Obnoxious MSN / Windows Live Messenger Spammers
Have you been bombarded with spammers on Live Messenger telling you to check out some Look9683 spammer site? The good news is that you can completely block them, but sadly they won't actually feel physical pain.Brighten Firefox Up with Personas
Has your browser been looking a little blah lately? Wishing that you had a large selection of “skins” to choose from? Now you can have it all with Personas.Remove Custom about:config Entries the Easy Way
Have you ever added a custom about:config entry to your Firefox browser and then wished that you could remove it? Now you can with a simple reset tweak that focuses on singular entries.Using Backup and Restore in Windows 7
The backup utilities in previous versions of Windows have been less than spectacular resulting in a nice market for third party applications. Today we take a look at the Backup and Restore feature in Windows 7 that may be their best backup tool yet.Week in Geek: The Happy Father's Day Edition
In celebration of Father's day this year, I did nothing—and it was everything I thought it could be. Also, Happy Father's Day to the rest of you!Friday Fun: Frantic
Frantic may be a good adjective to describe how your work week was and it is the name of the game we look at this Friday to help take the edge off. Frantic is an old school space shooter type game that is a lot of funDeactivate Location-Aware Browsing in Firefox 3.5
If the new Location-Aware Browsing (a.k.a. Geolocation) feature in Firefox 3.5 makes you worried about your privacy, you can turn the feature off with a simple about:config tweak.Change Default Formatting in Word 2007
In Word 2007 you probably notice that the default formatting is Calibri, line spacing is expanded, and space is added automatically after a paragraph. Today we will show you how to change the default document format into a style of your own.Preview Tabs in Firefox with Tab Preview 0.3
The advent of tabbed internet browsing has meant that we are not afforded this advantage when browsing online. Annoyingly, we are forced back to the open-and-see approach until we eventually figure out what that website was called that we wanted. Tab Preview 0.3 addresses this issue.Update Portable Iron Browser the Easy Way
So you have been enjoying all the goodness of portable Iron Browser, but what about when the newest version is released? Now you can have two methods to quickly and easily update your portable browser.Fast Duplicate File Finder Identifies Extra Copies
One of the more tedious tasks in cleaning up your computer to reclaim hard drive space is finding and deleting duplicate files. Today we look Duplicate File Finder from MindGem, a free utility for finding and getting rid of the extra baggage.Easily Manage Your Downloads with Download Statusbar
Download Statusbar provides an extremely lightweight method of download management for those who download often enough that things tend to get confusing. The main positive - as opposed to the many download managers available for Firefox: it stays out of your way.Amazing Desktop Wallpapers: the Castle-Themed Edition
Today we continue to bring you collections of cool desktop wallpapers. Today’s collection is Castle themed wallpaper fun.Replace Internet Explorer’s ‘Accelerators’ with SmarterFox
If you’ve had to use Internet Explorer 8, you’ll have noticed a couple of things. It’s getting much easier to use due to its growing number of similarities to Firefox, and it uses a clever feature called the “Accelerator” to try and give it a leg up over its chief competitor.Organize and Share the Web with Thumbtack
Looking for a free method to be able to save, organize and share different information on the web? Today we take a look at Thumbtack from Microsoft Live Labs which offers functionality similar to services like Delicious or Clipmarks.Restore the Default Settings in Firefox Without Uninstalling It
Have you found yourself wishing that you could start fresh with Firefox but the thought of uninstalling and then reinstalling it makes you cringe? Well now you can get that fresh clean Firefox goodness back with a simple process using “Safe Mode”. Watch Streaming TV with StreamTorrent
Looking for a way to watch premium Sports and Entertainment television on your PC? Today we look at StreamTorrent, which is a free tool for streaming to unlimited users with serverless peer to peer technology.Week in Geek: The Painful WordPress Upgrade Edition
This weekend we finally upgraded the HTG backend system to WordPress 2.8 from an ancient 2.0 installation, thanks to the hard work of Shawn, our new programming wizard.
