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		<title>New Program PhoneAble Syncs Your iPhone with Multiple iTunes Libraries</title>
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There are plenty of times where we would like to sync our iPhones or iPods with mutliple computers but were unable to do so fearing the loss of our precious music. Even though Apple doesn&#8217;t provide a solution to this issue, there are non-trivial solutions out there to get this done. But, if you&#8217;re not comfortable hacking, PhoneAble allows you to easily grab data from two computers. Just sync your iPhone with your main machine, install the app on your other computers, and run through the steps it provides. It ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/new-program-phoneable-syncs-your-iphone-with-multiple-itunes-libraries</link>
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		<title>Bedol Water Clock Smiley Alarm: Powered by Water</title>
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This is a cool device. Bedol What&#8217;s Next specializes in innovative design, and this clock fits that description&#8211;and it&#8217;s eco-friendly, as well. To power up the Water Clock Smiley Alarm, you just fill it with tap water. It  starts running immediately. You&#8217;ll need to swap out the water every 12  weeks or so, but you won&#8217;t lose time when you do so, thanks to a  built-in chip. It even features a daily and hourly alarm.
How  does it work? The site says it converts ions in the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/bedol-water-clock-smiley-alarm-powered-by-water</link>
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		<title>Google Adds OCR for PDF Files and Images</title>
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When you upload files to Google Docs, you&#8217;ll notice a new option that  tells Google to convert the text from PDF and image files to Google Docs  documents. The feature has been released last year as  an experiment, so Google had enough time to improve the accuracy of  the results.
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		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/google-adds-ocr-for-pdf-files-and-images</link>
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		<title>New Rock Band 3 Squier Stratocaster plays both real and virtual guitar</title>
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Mad Catz and  Squier&#8217;s are introducing a new Rock band 3 Stratocaster  Pro guitar controller that, well, allows you to  simultaneously play  Rock Band 3 on Pro Expert and rock the same tune through  an amplifier. Sounds good huh. Click below for details.
Courtesy of Engadget
Read Here
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		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/new-rock-band-3-squier-stratocaster-plays-both-real-and-virtual-guitar</link>
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		<title>YouTube Offers an Online Video Editor</title>
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New: YouTube has rolled out a new online video editor for all users of the service. This new online service allows you to trim and paste together uploaded videos from the YouTube website and generate new online videos. They also offer free  audio tracks if you need a soundtrack for your new video.
To use the tool is pretty straightforward. Select a video from your online YouTube library, trim it,  then drag it into video timeline. For any audio, you can drag and drop the free tracks YouTube offers ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/youtube-offers-an-online-video-editor</link>
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		<title>Ei.cfg Removal Utility Lets You Use Any Product Key With Your Windows 7 Disc</title>
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Courtesy of lifehacker.com
Windows: Windows 7 install discs are edition-specific—if you&#8217;ve got a valid license key, you still need the right disc for installation. The ei.cfg Removal Utility, however, lets you create a new, universal installation ISO for Windows 7.
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		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/ei-cfg-removal-utility-lets-you-use-any-product-key-with-your-windows-7-disc</link>
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		<title>Hack: Windows 7 “System Launcher”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By way of on10.net

Mike Halsey just came up with an ingenious way to add system icons like the Control Panel, Recycle Bin, Devices and Printers, and more to the new Windows 7 taskbar, all while keeping them separate from the other icons already docked there.
Mike’s hack builds off of the WinVistaClub forum tip about how to add the quick launch toolbar back into Windows 7 . The end results of the hack look like this (click for image).
Here’s how you do it Click Here

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		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/hack-windows-7-%e2%80%9csystem-launcher%e2%80%9d</link>
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		<title>Sumatra 1.0 is a Blazing Fast Replacement for Adobe Reader</title>
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courtesy of lifehacker.com
Windows only: The Sumatra PDF Viewer is a tiny, open-source, portable, and, most of all, lightning-quick replacement for the bloated Adobe Reader we&#8217;ve all learned to replace. It&#8217;s only a 1.2 MB download, so why not give it a try?
Sumatra opened every PDF we threw at it without any issues, along with a table of contents in the left pane if available. You can head into the Options to choose the default layout and zoom, or choose whether to have the sidebar display automatically. Want to copy text ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/sumatra-1-0-is-a-blazing-fast-replacement-for-adobe-reader</link>
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		<title>LockThis! Password Protects Your Open Programs</title>
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courtesy of lifehacker.com
Windows only: If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to keep a program safe from prying eyes but don&#8217;t want to close it, free utility LockThis! will let you easily protect any open program, so that un-minimizing it requires a password.
LockThis! is extremely easy to use—to lock an application, all you need to do is press Ctrl while minimizing the window that you want protected. It will ask you for your admin password (which by default is LockThis! but can be changed from the admin window), and then keep the window ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/lockthis-password-protects-your-open-programs</link>
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		<title>Xbox 360 Update Impressions – Twitter, Facebook, Last.FM, and More</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just loaded up my Xbox 360 recently only to discover some nice new additions to the Xbox Live service. The addition of Twitter, Facebook, Last.FM, and Zune Video marketplace adds a whole new dimension in having the Xbox 360 as an ultimate source of rich media in your living room. Listed below is my shared experience with these additions. Twitter and Facebook are displayed in the community section, where you currently also find the &#8220;Game with Fame&#8221; events. The Zune Marketplace is the first thing that pops up when ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelcottrell.com/xbox-360-update-impressions-%e2%80%93-twitter-facebook-last-fm-and-more</link>
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