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Taskbar Items Pinner Pins Anything to the Windows 7 Taskbar

Windows 7: Free utility Taskbar Items Pinner adds pre-defined or user-defined folders, files, and even web pages to the Windows 7 taskbar.

Adding one of the pre-defined folders (like, say, your Recycle Bin) is easy enough: Just run the app and tick the checkbox next to the folder. Adding other folders, files, or webapps requires a little more work, but is still pretty simple. Browse to the path of the item you ..read more

Readability 2 Makes Web Pages Even More Minimalist

If you loved Readability, the previously reviewed bookmarklet that cuts the extras out of sites for easy reading, but wanted an even more minimalist experience, you’ll definitely want to try out Readability2.

Readability2 is based on Readability, but goes even further in the stream lining process, removing absolutely everything—logos, print buttons, etc.—and leaving only the actual images from the article you’re reading, plus the text, of course. One of the nifty features is that ..read more

Google Chrome Frame Turns Internet Explorer into a FrankenChrome Browser

Google today released a new browser plug-in called Google Chrome Frame that creates an unholy union between Internet Explorer and Google Chrome, rendering web pages in IE using Chrome’s rendering engine.

That rendering technology includes Chrome’s support for HTML5 and its lightning-fast JavaScript engine. How does it turn IE into Chrome? By creating a new frame inside of Internet Explorer that basically embeds the Chrome browser. It’s sort of like the previously ..read more

Customize Your Web Modifies Web Pages to Your Liking

Firefox on Windows: If you’ve always wanted to modify websites with Stylish and/or Greasemonkey but lack the CSS or JavaScript chops, Customize Your Web lets non-developers change the appearance of web pages and add functionality to them.

Using Customize Your Web’s WYSIWYG editor, you can change the appearance of elements, hide them, or copy and paste them somewhere else in the page. You can also add keyboard navigation or auto-executing macros. For advanced ..read more