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Windows tip: If you need to             details, large icons, small icons,
quickly switch views in a folder,       etc?
you can easily click through the        Ctrl+scroll wheel is a common way
view options in Explorer's toolbar.     to zoom (this also works in
Or, as reader creerontpoints out,       Firefox and Chrome, for example),
you can simply hold the Ctrl key        but it's a nice little shortcut
and spin your mouse wheel.              for zooming and quickly switching  

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Windows/Mac, iPhone/iOS: Want to        you're instantly ready to stream
stream music from your main stash       tracks through the Audiogalaxy
to an iPhone, Android phone, or         player online, or through your
any browser? Audiogalaxy, once a        phone. Create playlists, shuffle
Napster-like peer-to-peer service,      your entire collection, pick out
seems reborn as a straight-up           particular albums or artists, and,
service for streaming your own          if you'd like, have those          

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Windows only: Microsoft's Windows       got the most
Live Essentials apps just received      attention—although Messenger
a bulk update while in beta,            fans will be happy to know that
giving Mail much better Gmail           their chat client is reportedly
folder handling, the underrated         more efficient with CPU cycles and
Live Writer superior spell              moves a bit quicker. If you were
checking and Word importing, Photo      using Windows Live apps,           

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Windows only: Cross-platform note-      shortcuts to the enscript.exe
taking application Evernote             scripting interface included in
doesn't have any sort of Windows 7      your Evernote installation folder
integration, but you can hack your      to create quick access to your
own with StandaloneStack and some       notes directly from the Windows 7
special shortcuts for much easier       taskbar—though you could do
access to saved searches and            the same with regular shortcuts if 

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Windows/Mac: The most noticeable        basic editing deck, the big
update to Google's photo editing        updates include the inclusion of
software is "Face Movies," or           Picnik, the online editing suite
videos of particular contacts that      Google acquired earlier this year.
keep their face framed in one spot.     Why place a Flash-based,
But there's also desktop editing        connection-required editing tool
through Picnik and far better           into Picasa? That way, Google can  

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Windows: Multi Trash puts a trash       and Shredding all have distinct
can on your Windows 7/Vista             appearances—and turn warning
sidebar that offers drag and drop       messages on and off for all three
file recycling, deletion, and           modes.
secure shredding.                       One thing worth noting is that the
Once you park it on your sidebar        documentation on the Multi Trash
you'll see a trash can labeled          web site doesn't specify what kind 

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Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux):       uploading them via your Windows
The VTzilla Firefox extension adds      Send to menu. The VTzilla
a Scan with VirusTotal option to        extension takes one more step out
Firefox's right-click context menu      of the equation, allowing you to
and file download dialog that           scan any download before you
allows you to scan any file for a       commit to downloading it to your
virus before you download it.           computer. Even better: Since the   

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Windows: Tweak Me! is a powerful        you're tucking Tweak Me! into a
and portable tweak manager with         flash drive repair kit you can
support for multiple                    easily create profiles for
profiles—a perfect addition       everything from making your
to a flash drive toolkit that sees      friends' older XP systems run a
action on a variety of Windows          little faster to helping them
systems.                                customize their Windows 7          

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Windows only: Feel the Wheel does       it sizes past where your cursor is,
just two things, but does them          you'll need to move back—it
very well with a miniscule              seems like you'd quickly train
application size. The utility,          yourself to grab windows toward
sometimes called Feewhee, resizes       the left side, though. If you hold
windows and adjusts their               down Shift while scrolling, the
transparency using your mouse           window becomes more transparent or 

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Windows: If you frequently find         scrolling regions, like lengthy
yourself trying to capture the          web pages, but also multi-page
contents of scrolling windows such      documents. Whether your capture
as long or wide web sites,              region is tall, wide, or segmented
DuckCapture offers excellent            into multiple pages, DuckCapture
capture abilities for larger-than-      can copy the capture to your
screen snapshots.                       clipboard or save it as a PNG file.

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