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HitchBOT Asked Humans For Help, So They Drove Her Across Canada
HitchBOT – housed in a bucket and equipped with the ability to ask for a ride – hitch-hiked Canada in under a month. Not bad, considering she can't move without humans.
Hold That Thought: 5 Reasons You Need A Clipboard Manager
When you think about it, copy paste is kind of weird. You copy stuff, but there's no way to see it. And if you copy over what you had, it's gone – forever.
How To Create A Keyboard Shortcut For Any Mac Menu Item
Is there no keyboard shortcut for something you do regularly? That’s annoying, but here’s the good news: on your Mac you can add one easily, without the need for extra software.
Cord Cutters: Ignore Set Top Boxes & Use A PC Instead
Ditching cable? Stay away from dedicated media center devices. Your spare PC makes for an excellent alternative because it's cheap to set up, more powerful, and forever flexible.
Your Mac Can Read Any Text To You, Here’s How
Whether you want to hear an article while you do something else or want another voice to read your writing back to you for proofreading purposes, OS X comes with everything you need.
Summarize Any Text Using This Hidden Mac Tool
Need a quick summary of an article? Your Mac can do that, without the need for extra software.
Your USB Port Is A Security Risk, Sony Offers Streaming Gaming, And More [Tech News Digest]
Cable companies fight municipal broadband, AOL wants to robocall you, Spotify adds equalizer, play Game Boy Advanced games on iPhone, and The Onion demonstrates using Kindle to show off how smart you are.
StatusDuck Replaces Your Mac’s Dock With Menubar Icons
Love your Mac, but not the dock? Replace it with something smaller. StatusDuck ($15, free beta) lets you manage your open applications completely from the menubar.
Atraci Offers 60 Millions Songs For Free Without Ads
Can't find a particular song on Spotify or Rdio? Try Atraci, a Windows, Mac and Linux music player powered by YouTube with no ads and no need to sign up for an account.
Add Beautiful Widgets To Your Mac Desktop With Übersicht
Übersicht aims to replace the likes of Geektool, letting you add the output of any console command to your desktop – formatted with HTML5.
Mac Users: Control Streaming Services With Your Media Keys
You're about to walk away from your computer, so you absentmindedly hit "Pause" on your Mac. Nothing pauses – instead, iTunes launches.
Firefox Freedom! Four Things Chrome Doesn’t Let Users Do
Think Chrome can do everything? Think again. Here are four things Firefox users can do easily that Chrome users basically can't.
How To Stream Live TV To Your XBMC
Watch live, streaming TV on your XBMC media center – without a cable subscription. Here are some add-ons worth checking out.
Cord Cutters: Watch Live TV Online With NimbleTV – Even Cable!
Watch your favorite shows at your convenience. With NimbleTV watch what you want, whenever you want, on any device you want, anywhere you want. It does online live television legally.
Save Videos From Any Site – Even Netflix – With Applian's Replay Capture Suite
If you can watch or listen to something, you can record it. All you need is the right tool.
The Best Mac Apps For Listening To Pandora
Love Pandora, but not in your browser? Here are the best Mac apps for the job – regardless of whether you're a Pandora One subscriber.
Watch Live TV Online, For Free, With FilmOn
Watch TV, on your computer – without the need for an antenna, TV card or subscription. FilmOn is a free service offering a wide variety of TV channels in the US and UK.
Mac Acting Weird? Yasu Is A Great First Step
Tune up your Mac – the easy way. Yasu is a free app designed to be your first step while troubleshooting.
XBMC Users: Turn Your Browser Into A Remote Control With Chorus
Chorus is a new XBMC web UI and it just might be the best. Explore and queue up your XBMC music, TV and movie collection from your browser – in style.
Pimp Your Mac's Menu Bar With The Best Tweaks & Apps
Those icons at the top-left of your computer? You're not using them enough, and that's too bad. This area of your Mac can be a great way to quickly find information or even get work done.