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Is your PC running slow? Even brand new PCs often come with LOTS of pre-installed software that can cause that new machine to come to a crawl. Not to mention all of the annoying pop-ups! Others may have a PC that's a couple years old and we're the ones that installed a bunch of junk! It happens to the best of us. We try a bunch of programs over time and forget to remove them.

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NetSpeedMonitor
Lightweight Network Interface Monitoring

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Frustrated by your sluggish and unresponsive PC?
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Here, we bring to you five third-party applications for Mac OS X that we think you absolutely must have installed, and customised to your preferences, to comfortably use any Mac. Some of them have a bit of a learning curve, and it takes some time to customise them to your preferences, but once you get used to them, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without them.

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Managing windows on Mac OS X can be frustrating, requiring precision control of your mouse or trackpad for clicking, dragging, pushing and pulling your windows to the size and position you desire. Even with all this work, it’s very difficult to get windows exactly where you want them, so most of the time windows are left scattered all over the screen. The solution? Divvy.

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We pick some of the best software programs and utilities for your Windows computer that are completely free and still extremely useful. Given all these wonderful choices, why pay?

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LinkBunch lets you put multiple links into one small link which you can share over IM, Twitter, email or even a mobile phone SMS. Learn more about LinkBunch here.

Simply put in a list of links in the box below and click 'Bunch' to get your small LinkBunch link!

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This is a collection of the best Youtube tools, hacks, mashups and top ways to download Youtube videos. YouTube is the most popular site to share your favorite videos. Recently YouTube was acquired by Google for a few billion dollars. Here is a collection of several YouTube third party tools which enhance your YouTube experience.

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Do you believe in magic? You will after using The Levelator to enhance your podcast. And you'll be amazed that it's free, now even for commercial use.

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Dexpot 1.5 turns your monitor into up to 20. It creates and manages virtual desktops and enables you to work far more efficiently and comfortably with many simultaneously opened windows on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 (incl. x64).

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Ditto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. Ditto allows you to save any type of information that can be put on the clipboard, text, images, html, custom formats, .....

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Everybody has a favorite method for launching programs. If you haven't found yours yet, though, download Krento. It creates a slick, rotating 3D circle of up to 12 of your favorite apps (and it supports multiple circles if you want to categorize them). You can also skin Krento, invoke it using a variety of mouse/keyboard methods, and add favorites by dragging and dropping.

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Whether new or old, the following 20 iPod utilities can help you get the most from your iPod.

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Make screencasts / tutorials / demos / high-scores show-offs...

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"Want to be your own IT? Small business owners may not want to outsource their PC management or buy an expensive management package--but they still need to keep track of what's happening with the PCs in their network. Intel's IT Director allows you to monitor stats for each PC, such as the amount of disk space use"

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Use this resource to remove followers who are not active

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SimplyBox is a free service to Capture, Share, and Organize ANYTHING you find on the web

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A Simple, Fast Flash Online Stopwatch and Online Countdown timer always available when you need it.

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