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Mmm Free Declutters Busy Context Menus [Featured Windows Download]
Windows XP only: When you right-click on your desktop or on a file, do you have to go through two dozen useless menu items before you hit the one you want? Free utility Mmm offers an easy interface f ....... read more
21 hours ago
Google Launches SearchWiki for Custom-Ordered Search Results [Google]
Some logged-in Google users are seeing an interesting new feature enabled on their results pages this morning. SearchWiki adds two buttons to the right of each result that let users move their favorit ....... read more
1 day ago
Battle of the Free Visual Voicemail and Transcription Services [Lifehacker Faceoff]
Both YouMail and MessageSling have long offered free services that let nearly any cell phone user listen to and manage their voicemail online, in the style of the iPhone's "visual voicemail." The stak ....... read more
3 days ago
ZoneAlarm 2009 Pro Free Tomorrow Today Only [Featured Windows Download]
Windows only: The popular Windows firewall application ZoneAlarm Free has a big brother called ZoneAlarm Pro, which boasts a handful of features not available in the free version—including integ ....... read more
4 days ago
DimDim Hosts Your Webinars for Free [Screenshot Tour]
If you work in a corporate culture that's fond of meetings, or an industry that involves lots of long-distance collaboration, you've no doubt heard an increasing amount about "webinars" lately. The w ....... read more
5 days ago
Get the Windows 7 Calculator in Vista [Featured Windows Download]
Windows Vista only: We took a liking last week to the Windows 7 calculator and its many uses for serious mathletes, as well its templates for calculating mortgages, salaries, and other real-world numb ....... read more
12 days ago
Install the Windows Vista Sidebar in XP [Featured Windows Download]
Windows only: If you're in no hurry to adopt Windows Vista but you've taken a shine to the Vista Sidebar, Joshoon over at Deviant Art has uploaded a port of the actual application to Windows XP. Usin ....... read more
5 days ago
Windows 7, Vista, and XP Bootup Benchmarks Updated [Windows Startup Showdown]
Last week we timed the Windows 7 Preview, XP, and Vista's startup times on a single PC triple-booting the three generations of operating system. However, our tests had their flaws, we made a big boo- ....... read more
11 days ago
Parallels 4 Released, 50% Faster than Parallels 3 [Featured Mac Download]
Mac OS X only: The original Windows-on-Mac virtualization software Parallels—which we've used to run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side, set Windows programs as defaults on a Mac, and boot our Bo ....... read more
10 days ago
Why TraceMonkey is Going to Blow Your Web Browsing Mind [Firefox]
There's a lot about the next iteration of the open-source Firefox browser to be geeked out about. From private browsing modes to tab preview panels, from punchier colors to really smart session resto ....... read more
11 days ago
Google Launches Voice and Video Chat Inside Gmail [Video Chat]
Today Google starts rolling out voice and video chat inside Gmail—which requires a free browser plug-in download, and, obviously, a webcam or microphone. Googler Justin Uberti explains: Once yo ....... read more
10 days ago
Five Best Video Chat Applications [Hive Five]
When you really want to stay in touch over a long distance, a simple phone call or voice chat pales in comparison to a face-to-face video chat. You can look your long-distance significant other in the ....... read more
5 days ago
Customize Your Own Killer "Enigma" Desktop [How To]
Windows desktop tweaker extraordinaire and Lifehacker reader Kaelri—who brought us the gorgeous Lightning at Sunset desktop and then showed us how to do it ourselves—is back, this time wit ....... read more
6 days ago
Go-oo Takes the Bloat Out of OpenOffice.org [Featured Download]
Windows/Linux: Free application Go-oo is a fork of the popular Microsoft Office alternative OpenOffice.org with a focus on improved speed and performance. If you've ever used OpenOffice.org, Go-oo's l ....... read more
9 days ago
Top 10 Ways to Speed Up Your Web Browsing [Lifehacker Top 10]
Even in a world where high-speed internet is just a tall house blend away, anyone can get stuck with a slow or uncertain connection at home, in the office, or at the worst possible time while traveli ....... read more
6 days ago
AwayFind Gets Urgent Email Through When You're Offline [Autoresponders]
Just-launched webapp AwayFind provides a custom form that people can use to contact you via SMS when you're not checking email. In short, it acts like a filter that shields you from email you don't n ....... read more
9 days ago
WinAudit Creates Seriously Extensive System Profiles [Featured Windows Download]
Windows only: Free system profiler WinAudit is similar in some ways to the previously mentioned System Information for Windows, being a no-install-needed executable and offering exhaustive amounts of ....... read more
9 days ago
Soocial Syncs Gmail, Outlook, Your Cellphone, and More [Contact Management]
Web application Soocial promises hassle-free contact management, seamlessly syncing contacts between a handful of potential buckets including Gmail, Outlook, the OS X Address Book, Highrise, and over ....... read more
7 days ago
The Complete Guide to Speeding Up Your PC's Startup [Step By Step]
You just hit the power button your PC, and now you've got enough time to brew a fresh pot of coffee for the entire office—because that's how long it takes for your computer to go from "on" to "r ....... read more
7 days ago
MiniTask is a Lightweight To-Do Tracker [Featured Download]
Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe AIR): Free Adobe AIR application MiniTask is a lightweight task manager with a surprising number of features. MiniTask displays in single window, the entire functionality of ....... read more
8 days ago