Use iTunes Duplicate Song Manager to Remove Duplicate Songs from iTunes

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iTunes Duplicate Song Manager (iTunesDSM) is a program written in Java to remove duplicated files created by iTunes. It is an easy to use free application. iTunesDSM also removes orphaned tracks from the iTunes library, as well as, adds tracks to iTunes safely.

Features

  • Remove files that have been duplicated by iTunes.
  • Backup up files before they are removed from the iTunes Music Folder.
  • Customize extensions to filter with.
  • Remove orphaned tracks from iTunes. Orphaned tracks are files that no longer exist but that iTunes doesn’t know about. (Windows only)
  • Written in Java so it works on Windows and Mac OS X.
  • Add tracks to iTunes that are in a folder but not in the library. For example, a family shares a folder that has music and one user has bought a new song, but other iTunes libraries don’t have that song in the library, i.e. Folder Watching.

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Wally, Best Wallpaper Changer for Windows, Mac, Linux

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Do you like to change your desktop wallpaper background often? Well, you can easily find a number of wallpaper-changing programs and plenty of get pictures from photo sharing sites like Flickr and Photobucket. But you will not find them as well-connected as Wally. And the other advantage of Wally is it is completely cross-platform. Wally is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux users alike.

Wally is built using Nokia’s Qt4 framework and supports many image sources including local and remote folders (via FTP), popular photo sharing sites like Flickr, Yahoo!, Photobucket, Picasa, Smugmug, Panoramio, Pikeo, Ipernity, Buzznet, and Bing. [Read more...]

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DeskTube – Free Adobe AIR Youtube Application that supports Twitter, Facebook, MySpace

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youtubeWant to watch YouTube videos without the browser? DeskTube might be the application you need. DeskTube is an Adobe AIR application. As the name suggests, DeskTube is a free desktop application which YouTube functions to the desktop to give YouTube users instant access to the video site by just double clicking the application on the desktop, without the need to open your browser. It is not just a YouTube “desktop application”, using it, you can connect with your friends over Facebook, tweet to the world with Twitter, record and upload videos to YouTube, or even video chat with three friends. [Read more...]

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Four Alternative Browsers That Holds A Punch

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The Internet has evolved to such a point where many websites works just like any standalone desktop application will work. But, one problem with browsers are, they are plagued by bugs and some still have security vulnerabilities. With the increase in popularity of a browser, bugs and security holes are discovered. Some popular browsers to compete with other browsers adds so much features that they becomes bloatware.

If you’d had enough of the bugs, security vulnerabilities and bloatware, you may not be aware of the scope of change available to you. There are more browsers available for you to adopt than you know. These browsers use the same rendering engine that popular browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Safari uses.

Here, we’ve taken four of these alternative browsers, we found interesting and which will catch your fancy.

These are developed for different kind of users. Some, for those users who want lots of features. Some, for users who wants a light browser with minimal features and look. [Read more...]

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The 40 Must Have Tools for your System Admin Toolkit

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This article is a compilation of the 40 must have tools for any system administrator or power users. These tools are all freeware and comes very handy in those nightmarish situations to save our lives!

win-mac-linuxPicture courtesy Javier Aroche

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Mac OS X – Simple Tips and Tricks

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apple_mac_osToday, I am going to share with you some simple yet very productive tips and tricks for Apple Mac OS X. I hope you will find them useful as I have and if you know some more tips or tricks then don’t hesitate to share it with us! :)

Simple Tips for taking screenshots in Mac OS X
Unlike Windows, where we can take screenshot using the Print Screen button on the keyboard, there is no Print Screen button on the Apple keyboard. Depending on what you want to capture, you can choose one of the following methods to capture a screen.
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Apple Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update Released

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apple_mac_osApple has announced a new update for Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system. The Mac OS X v10.5.8 update is recommended and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. For detailed information about the security content of this update, please visit this website.

You should back up your system before installation; you can use Time Machine. Do not interrupt the installation process once you have started to update your system. You may experience unexpected results if you have third-party system software modifications installed, or if you’ve modified the operating system through other means.

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Simple Tips to Keep Your Computer Safe and Secure

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When it comes to security, you will notice that everything that has a high value in your life are kept under tight security, be it your household assets or your highly classified documents. Similarly, data present in your computer and network is highly valuable and needs several layers of security to prevent data theft. Also its important to prevent malicious programs, bots, etc. to get in your computer. Whenever you are entering any data such as your usernames, passwords, your bank account details, they all are vulnerable and may be stolen by some pesky spyware or sniffed out of your network if you don’t secure your computer and network enough. Here, we will walk you through the process of securing your computer from any security threats. [Read more...]

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