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Firefox Tab Candy Organizes Your Tabs in Groups, Looks Excellent

Windows/Mac/Linux: Firefox Tab Candy is a new tab management feature for Firefox that organizes tabs into groups to help you keep your tabs grouped by task. Not only does it offer incredibly handy features, but it looks beautiful.

Watch the video above, by Mozilla’s excellent interface designer Aza Raskin, for a quick overview. The idea is sort of like the new app folders in iOS 4, or like a better ..read more

Create a New Text File in Finder with One Click [Downloads]

Mac only: One convenient Windows feature missing in OS X is the ability to quickly create a new text file in the current folder. By simply dragging a small Applescript-turned-application to Finder’s toolbar, this dream quickly becomes reality.

There are any number of reasons you’d need a quick text file in the working folder—if you’re working with icons, testing a new file-based tweak, or just need to make an immediate note—the ..read more

Namebench Helps You Find the Fastest DNS Server for Your Computer

Windows/Mac/Linux: Last week Google announced a free DNS service designed to speed up your browsing, but just because Google wants to be fast doesn’t actually mean they’re the best option for you. Namebench finds the fastest DNS server for your connection.

After you download and fire up namebench, just click the Start Benchmark button to test out a handful of free public DNS services, from Google Public DNS to OpenDNS to ..read more

PwnageTool Jailbreaks iPhone 3.0 OS with 3G, 3GS, and iPod touch

Mac OS X: The merry band of iPhone and iPod touch hackers known as the iPhone Dev-Team just released a new version of the jailbreaking app PwnageTool. It supports all generations of the iPhone and every iPod touch except the third generation.

Jailbreaking using the PwnageTool 3.1.3 is a breeze, but if you’re an iPhone 3GS or iPod touch 2G user, make sure to read the details of the Dev-Team’s post ..read more

Jailbreak Your iPhone 3.1 Edition

The iPhone Dev team jailbreaks iPhone 3.1 (for some), Bing is buggier than Google, and voice chat is making its way to Facebook.

3 • fun! The iPhone Dev Team has released a new Pwnage Tool for the iPhone 3.1 update. The catch: It currently doesn’t work on the 3GS or the 2nd or 3rd generation iPod touch. The first release is for OS X only, but the Dev Team blog claims support for other devices and Windows ..read more

Chromium Updater Keeps You on the Bleeding Edge of Chrome for Mac

Mac OS X: Chrome for Mac is progressing at a slow but steady pace, but if you’re willing to risk the latest Chromium for Mac builds, some great new features await. But how do you stay up-to-date with the latest Chromium builds?

Enter Chromium Updater, a barebones application that determines if you’re running the latest build of Chromium, then updates to the latest and greatest if you aren’t. Just run ..read more

Get Google Gears Up and Running in Firefox 3.5

Windows/Mac/Linux: Most developers did a bang-up job preparing their extensions for the Firefox 3.5 update, but on the Firefox 3.5 release day, one very popular extension didn’t make the cut: Google’s browser plug-in, Gears.

It’s a week later, and still no update from the folks at Google, but a few adventurous users have hacked together their own Firefox 3.5 compatible builds of Gears. We wouldn’t recommend that just anyone go download and install ..read more