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Just Manager - A Free & Portable Alternative To Windows Explorer

It doesn't matter if you're running XP, Vista, 7, or 8, there are glaring weaknesses to Windows Explorer that we've all got to deal with. Fortunately, third-party developers have us covered (as always). If you're turned away by Windows' search indexing or the clunky feel of the Windows Explorer interface, you have other options. File management can be made incredibly easier if you look into something other than what Windows offers by default.

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Turn Your Email, SMS Inbox, Or Anything Into A Scoreboard With IFTTT And ESPN

Keep up with your favorites sports team, however you like. The new ESPN channel for If This Then That (ifttt) means you can easily set up SMS, email and even phone notifications for your favorite teams. You could even automate Twitter to send up updates every time your favorite teams scores, if you want – the only limit is your own imagination.

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Let Droid Teach You To Draw

If you are like me, then your best drawing doesn't get any more complex than the simplest of stick figures. Crooked lines and a lop-sided circle usually plague my drawn characters, and I’m not afraid to admit that. I absolutely envy those who are artistically talented, because it really seems like something that you are either born with or not.

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ObjectDock: Quickly Customize Your Desktop And Increase Its Functionality [Windows]

By now, you may have already heard of ObjectDock – It’s no stranger to those of us keen on Windows customization. It has actually been around for quite some time, so you might even consider it a veteran of sorts. What is ObjectDock? As the name implies, it’s a dock, which is a program that provides quick access to other programs, folders and widgets right on your desktop.

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Location Bar Enhancer Makes Firefox's Address Bar More Useful And Easier To Understand

When you stop and think about it for a moment, what the address bar does most of the time is… nothing. I mean, it just sits there, displaying the current tab's URL in the plainest, most utilitarian way possible. Is there some way to make the address bar useful even when you're not typing stuff into it? Location Bar Enhancer for Firefox is an addon that tries to do just that.

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Raspberry Pi Projects: A Car With Night Vision, Google Glass-like Translation, And More

We’ve previously looked at some excellent uses for this British minicomputer, but the fact is that it is just so versatile that there is always something amazing to talk about. Who would have thought that the Raspberry Pi could be used for so much more than its original purpose of educating, providing a platform for children to learn how to program?

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