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Use Expose and Spaces on a Mac to Increase Productivity

I’ve met quite a bit of people who own Macs of one sort of another and don’t use Expose or Spaces. I mean, why not? If used correctly they can improve efficiency and productivity. How? Well, you don’t have to be shifting through windows all on one desktop. You can create multiple “spaces” to hold [...]

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XAMPP – Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP, and Perl

XAMPP acts as a web server that allows you to serve dynamic pages on your computer. Its intended to be used as a development tool as it allows programmers to develop their work using Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl without having access to the internet. It’s available for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X [...]

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Dropbox – Sync files online and across multiple computers

Dropbox allows you to sync your files online and across multiple computers with ease. By simply downloading their software, you’ll be prompted to select a folder which will serve as your Dropbox. Once this is done on all your computers, whatever you throw into your Dropbox, will sync across all computers. Features of Dropbox Below [...]

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VirtualBox – Virtualize on Windows, Mac, and Linux

Create a virtual machine using VirtualBox Virtual Box is a powerful open source x86 virtualization that runs on Windows, Linux, Mac and OpenSolaris. It supports a large number of guest operating systems such as Windows XP, Windows 7 RC, Ubuntu, Debian, SUSE, Fedora, and Red Hat. VirtualBox is free as well as many linux distributions. [...]

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Adium – Multiclient Instant Messenger

Mac OS X only: A popular alternative to Mac’s iChat is multiclient Adium. Supporting AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo! Messenger, Bonjour, MySpace, Facebook, amongst others Adium is has all the goodies in the bag. Adium’s Features First of all Adium is Open Source allowing anyone to contribute. It has a slick UI with tabbed chats that [...]

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DExposE2 Reloaded – Expose your Windows Similar to a Mac

DExposE2 Reloaded allows you to expose your windows currently running similar to how it’s done on a Mac. Best of all, this software is free and RAM friendly. So if you are looking for a Mac OS-X style task switcher for Windows, this is as close as it gets! Features of DExposE2 Reloaded Portable Version [...]

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