“Just as you have one heart, and one brain, your Windows installation comes with but one desktop. Sure, you can change the look of this digital meeting space by applying new wallpapers, or adding sidebars and widgets, or letting Windows 7 do all that automatic stuff that it does every ten minutes or so. But [...]

“One of the most persistent myths about Windows is that you need to reinstall the operating system regularly to keep it running at top performance. Let’s take a look at the real problem and how to fix it.
Today we’re talking about the myth that Windows slows down over time, and how to solve the problem. [...]

“Five years ago, an open-source browser called Firefox—one that didn’t ship with your computer—was available as a 1.0 download. To say it’s changed the world’s web experience is understatement. Here’s a look back at five years of the ‘fox.”
Happy Birthday: A Look Back at Five Years of Firefox (via lifehacker.com)

“Firefox 3.6 Beta 1, like every other browser, makes a claim to being “faster.” We took Firefox and all the other latest browsers, put them on Windows 7, and ran them through our human-measured speed tests to vet the bragging.”
Browser Speed Tests: The Windows 7 Results (via lifehacker.com)

“When you log into Wave, the default view is a three-column, 4-module layout. From left to right, the first column includes Navigation on top (think of this as your Inbox, Sent, and labels in Gmail) and Contacts below (think of this as your GTalk buddy list). The second column is the list of active waves [...]

Finally, a free visual voicemail solution for Windows Mobile users! You can download it now over at Microsoft’s website.
“Fusion Voicemail Plus 2.0, a free, downloadable visual voicemail application by PhoneFusion, gives Windows Mobile phone users with wireless data and text messaging plans the ability to centralize all of their voicemail boxes and see—right on the [...]

“Your netbook’s screen is tiny and processor less than mighty, so you want to maximize the web page viewing area without any performance-killing Firefox extensions. Here’s how to consolidate Firefox 3.5’s chrome for your Windows or Linux-based netbook.”
Maximize Firefox 3.5’s Viewing Area for Your Netbook (via lifehacker.com)

“Before that, however, there will be 3.6, which will include Windows 7 integration, “awesomeformcomplete” and optimizations for session restore and startup. That’s due any time now – scheduled for anytime from the end of the month through November.”
Firefox 4.0 Coming Late Next Year (via hothardware.com)

React OS is an open source operating system with the goal of being entirely compatible with Microsoft Windows. It is still under very heavy development and in the alpha stages of development. You can currrently download an installation ISO or a live cd if you want to test it out!
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Maxthon is a relatively unknown web browser among anyone outside of China. It is based upon the Trident layout engine (Internet Explorer uses this), extremely customizable, and feature-rich. Many features provided to Firefox via add-ons are standard features in Maxthon (RSS sidebar, ad blocker, bookmark sync, etc.) Personally, I found it to provide just [...]