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[Firefox] Video Downloadhelper, Download Flash Videos from Youtube, Dailymotion, and More

We all stumble onto videos that we would like to keep a copy of on our hard drives. But, sites like You Tube give us no such option. That’s where “Video DownloadHelper” comes in. It’s a Firefox extension which allows you to simply download the video you’re watching at the moment, with a click of a button.

Here is how it works:
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1 comment June 5th, 2009

[Web Design] Over 40 Professional Design Fonts

Here is another gem from “Smashing Magazine“. Over 40 modern and clean design fonts. Design is everything these days, everything needs to be measured by the pixel, fonts kept consistent, and unneccesary crap stripped out. A site I use as a  template for my designs is http://www.apple.com . It does a great job of staying minimal, and also appealing to the eye. Ok, I’m getting off topic here- enjoy the fonts!

View the collection here.

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[Funny] Conan O’ Brien’s New Set

Coincidence? I think not…

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[Photoshop] Custom Shapes for Photoshop (THE MOTHERLOAD!!)

I love Smashing Magazine, but never stumbled onto this one. It is the motherload of custom shapes for Photoshop. It has skulls, splatters, retro circles, logos, and just about everything!

Check them out here!

Samples:

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[Windows] Top 10 Apps I Install After Every Re-Format

These are free apps I simply cannot live without. All Windows users are familiar with the annual, or quarterly re-format, and we all have those apps that we ALWAYS install- here are mine (again, they are free!):

1. Mozilla Firefox – This one goes without saying. A very powerful and secure browser with tabs, themes, and countless other add-ones! This one is essential.
2. RocketDcok - The power of the OS X dock, but in Windows, for free!
3. WinRAR – We all need this these days. It is quickly becoming the new medium for file compression.
4. ClamWin – A fast, free, reliable, and light anti-virus software.
5. Malware Bytes – This is my favorite tool to get those nasty fake anti-spyware/virus infections. Check my guide on it here.
6. CCleaner - one of a kind tool in cleaning temporary files, system and internet cache, registry issues, and more!
7. Pidgin - a popular favorite in the Linux world, now it’s on Windows! A versatile IM client with support for many open source plug-ins.
8. VLC - Plays any video file you can throw at it, any time!
9. WinAmp - This one is a classic, and still on my list. A media player that is lighter than iTunes, supports skins and plug-ins!
10. Unlocker - Don’t you hate it when you can’t move or delete a file because another Windows process is using it? Well, this unlocks the file, and lets you do what you want with it! Check my post on it here.

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[iPhone] iPhone 3g 2009 Pics (Rumored)

This is hideous, and hopefully (more like most-likely) a rumor. The new iPhone is rumored to have a rubberized back, which I am very happy about. It does a great job of taking the impact from drops, and also preventing scratches. Scratches are inevitable with the iPhone 3G. Sure it was nice and pretty, but the glossy surface was very hard to maintain. Even cases would scratch it up real fast.

What I don’t like about the rumored design is the glowing Apple logo in the back- kind of like the Macbooks have. This is not only cheesy, but also very bad for the battery life. I have a hard time believing Apple would go with that design. As the WWDC conference is quickly approaching (June 9th, 2009), we will have to wait and see what Apple has in store for us.

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[Windows] Windows Vista SP2 Now Available for Download

It’s finally here- lord knows it was needed. Microsoft has officially launched Windows Vista SP2 to the masses. It promises to patch up a lot of the bugs that have been troubling users.

Users on forums report a smooth installation with no major issues- this is a safe install being that it’s official and no longer in Beta.

Click Here to download an Excel sheet consisting of all the update details.

Here are the download options:

ISO for Windows Server 2008 x86/x64/ia64 and Windows Vista x86/x64

x86 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x86

x64 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x64

ia64 for Windows Server 2008 ia64

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[Windows] Unlocker, an Essential Windows Utility

We’ve all had this happen to us. Trying to move, or delete a file in Windows, only to find out it is locked by another process. It’s both annoying, and tedious. You are forced to look for the process that has locked the file, and kill it.

This is where Unlocker comes in. I install this little application every time I restore my computer. It makes it so simple to free up a file- all you have to do is right click on the said file, and click “Unlocker”.

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