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Featured iPhone Download
ABC News Gives You Top Stories and Location-Specific Video
iPhone or iPod touch only: When you can't wrest the TV remote from your father-in-law to watch the news this week, fire up the all-new ABC News iPhone app. -
Shopping
Don't get Fleeced Shopping for Sheets
If you've been linen shopping, you've probably noticed the arms race of sorts among sheet manufacturers to produce the highest thread count sheets. What exactly is thread count and how do you avoid getting fleeced? More » -
Best of 2008
Lifehacker's Most-Discussed Posts of 2008
It's not our posts but reader comments that make Lifehacker the place to discuss new software and technology. Let's take a look back at the posts that got the most comments in 2008. More » -
Holidays
NORAD Tracks Santa's 24-Hour Worldwide Flight Today
The North American Aerospace Defense Command, NORAD, is back at it again this year, tracking Santa's magical flight around the world this Christmas Eve and plotting it out on a Google map. More » - Yesterday - December 23, 2008
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Travel
Easy Ways to Track Holiday Flights
You or someone you care about is probably boarding an airplane this holiday season, so arm yourself with the best flight tracking tools available before you head to the airport. -
Featured Download
Download Free Computer-Generated Christmas MP3s
Load up your iTunes playlist with some holiday cheer but save a few bucks in the process with almost 20 classic holiday recordings that are available as a free download from the Garritan music community. More » -
Advertisement
Spark a Lifetime of Do-It-Yourself Projects
It's not too late to give the gift of making: MAKE Magazine has gift subscriptions and gift certificates to the Maker Shed store available with downloadable cards you can make yourself! More » -
Featured Desktop
Mac-Like Vista Christmas Desktop
Reader Tom0630 has decked the hall that is his Windows Vista desktop with a merry Mac-like look. Here's the rundown of what he's got going on: More » -
How To
Make a Gingerbread House with Graham Crackers
From the "last-minute holiday treats" file: If you've no gingerbread on hand, but plenty of candy, you can still construct a gingerbread house made of graham crackers. More » -
Books
Putting Three Productivity Systems Through Their Paces
Freelancer (and funny guy) Chris Hardwick read and tried Getting Things Done, The 4-Hour Workweek, and Never Check Email in the Morning and reports back which productivity systems worked best for him. More » -
DIY
How to Make a Beer Bottle Christmas Tree
Dedicated drinker Adam Cadamally turned 1,050 bottles of beer into an amazing lighted Christmas tree; hit the play button to see the eye-popping construction video. [via] More » -
How To
Knock Out Those Last-Minute Holiday Cards in Word 2007
Today and tomorrow are your last chances to get your technically-mailed-before-Christmas cards out the door. If you can't make a store run, Microsoft Word might have you covered. More » -
Food
How Eating Slowly Will Help You Lose Weight
There are a lot of factors in losing and maintaining a healthy diet and weight, but the HealthAssist blog points out that eating slowly might play a larger role than you realize. More » -
Featured Firefox Extension
Automatic Save Folder Remembers Your Download Preferences
Firefox extension Automatic Save Folder allows you to assign filters to your downloads, so that the save as dialogue always points in the right direction. More » -
Featured Early Adopter Download
Fennec, a.k.a. Mobile Firefox, Hits Alpha 2 with Speed Improvements
Mozilla's Firefox-like browser for mobile devices, Fennec (which we toured in screenshots on release) is out with a second alpha release you can try on your desktop. More » -
Powerpoint
Boost Your PowerPoint Skills Inside PowerPoint 2007
Are you decent with a bulleted list in PowerPoint 2007, but need to get a bit more creative? You can learn how to pull off a few useful effects right inside the program. More » -
Linux
Ubuntu Distributor Wants to Overhaul Linux Desktop Notifications
Canonical, the parent company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux system, wants to implement a new (and vaguely Mac-ish) method of user notification in Ubuntu's next release. More » -
Featured Windows Download
Internet Explorer Backup Zips Up All Your IE Settings
Windows only: If you never want to have to tweak Internet Explorer's settings again—and there are many, many settings—Backrex Internet Explorer Backup has you covered. More » - Monday - December 22, 2008
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NetFlix
FeedFlix Gets Your Money's Worth from Netflix
Netflix's subscription rental service makes it easy to get nearly any DVD delivered to your doorstep, but have you ever wondered how much you're actually paying per movie or whether you're getting your money's worth? More » -
BitTorrent
FeedMyTorrents Offers TV Torrent Feeds without Duplicates
Web site FeedMyTorrents publishes RSS feeds of torrents for popular TV shows. Just subscribe to your favorite show and let your BitTorrent client automatically download new episodes as soon as they're available. More » -
Featured iPhone Download
AccuWeather.com App Tells You If You'll Have a White Christmas
iPhone and iPod touch only: While AccuWeather.com has a decent mobile web site for getting the forecast, their native iPhone application is pretty sweet when you're a power weather watcher. -
Instant Messaging
Start Your IM App without Logging In with a Simple Shortcut
You probably have your IM application set to automatically login to your different accounts as soon as it starts up, but what about when you want to chat without announcing your presence to the world. More » -
Saving Money
Ditch Satellite TV for Online Alternatives and Save
The James family canceled their Dish satellite TV package and replaced it with a media center PC, faster broadband connection, and Netflix account—and now save $93 a month. More » -
URL Hacks
ShareTabs Opens Multiple Links in Tabs
Web site ShareTabs is sort of like TinyURL when you want to share several links, allowing you to send one link that will open a number of links in separate tabs with one click. More » -
Tip Testers
Bypass Network Blocks with Remote Desktop
Reader Bryan uses remote desktop to bypass network blocks at his work sites to get to Gmail and write his blog. Bryan writes: More »