A very cool tool if you like to check news headlines from multiple local papers, worldwide. Hurry before there are no newspapers left
A very cool tool if you like to check news headlines from multiple local papers, worldwide. Hurry before there are no newspapers left
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Jealous of the awesome Windows 7 wallpaper slideshow feature? You might not realize that Microsoft released a similar feature for XP years ago, and it also works on Vista. It’s hidden inside their "Winter Fun Pack", but the Tweaking with Vishal site has you covered with instructions on how to get to it.
Get Windows 7’s “Desktop Background SlideShow” Feature in XP and Vista Using Microsoft’s Official “Winter Fun Wallpaper Changer” Powertoy [Tweaking with Vishal]
Of course, your best bet is to… you know, Stop printing! It’s 2009, can’t you print to a PDF instead? No? Alright, well if you insist on printing you should check out the Ecofont, which has tiny "holes" in the letters that you can’t see, but make your printer use less ink. Neat!

Safe Calculator is a little application that looks like the built-in calculator, and works like a safe. Not only that, but you have to enter your code into the calculator to even show the Safe interface, and then enter your code to see your files. Yeah, you prefer TrueCrypt, we know.
Anyone who has ever used the Firefox IE Tab addon knows to click a button and IE loads a new window with the page you’ve been viewing in Firefox. Coral IE Tab allows you to view that same tab in a new tab using the IE rendering engine. No more new windows. Hooray.
This thing is completely driven by hotkeys – use Ctrl+Alt+Z to hide the windows, Ctrl+Alt+L to hide the dialog, and double-click the readme file to figure out all of the others. It’s tiny, useful, and works really well.
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Just pop up the run box, type in the "\" character, and hit enter. Done!
Want more? Check out how to Navigate in the File Open/Save Dialog With the Keyboard.
Ever had the problem where you simply can’t stop accidentally closing a window, and the website programmers won’t prevent you from doing it? You can fix this problem with a tiny, simple application. Use Ctrl+1 to toggle the Close button on/off, or add it to a rule so it’s always disabled.
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