Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/apple-unveils-all-new-17-inch-macbook-pro/
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Apple unveils all-new 17-inch MacBook Pro originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Eos Wireless' Converge system streams audio all over your home originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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SanDisk outs Gen 2 pSSDs for blossoming netbook sector originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: CES, Digital Cameras, Household, Networking
D-Link's DCS-1130 WiFi monitoring camera sends footage to the web originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The NY Times reports on Celltradeusa.com and Cellswapper.com, two web services who match up people who want out of their contracts with folks who want in.
Why exactly would you want someone else's cellphone contract? Simple: you can get fairly new devices and accessories, often free, without having to swallow a two-year commitment or pay an activation fee of $35. This is especially useful to those who are waiting for a new device to hit the market but do not want to spring for a new phone in the meantime.
The two sites charge a service fee, but one that's a lot less than the penalty for ending your contract prematurely. Anyone use either swap site to get out or into a cellphone contract? Let us know in the comments.
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/a6nK_Z0xnyU/stanza-turns-your-iphone-into-a-kindle
The free application comes pre-loaded with several sources for downloading free or public domain books (including the entire Project Gutenberg library), so you can easily download books like The Art of War, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, or Walden in just a few seconds without spending a dime.
If you can't imagine reading from your iPhone or iPod touch in public, consider turning your iPhone into a Moleskine book so it still appears to onlookers like you're reading dead-tree style.
QuickOnlineTips posted a promotion code earlier today that gives you a steep 95% discount off the 24 month package from DreamHost. Use the promotional code 202 when prompted for a promo code during checkout. For $10.47 you get unlimited transfers, bandwidth, a free domain registration and all the perks that come with a full account like unlimited MySQL databases, email accounts, and domain hosting. DreamHost also has a plug and play web control panel for quickly adding in popular components like WordPress. Disclosure: after reading about the affiliate program it would appear that QuickOnlineTips benefits directly from people using their promotional code. I'm perfectly comfortable with that for web hosting that costs $0.44 a month. If you're wondering what kind of experiences other Lifehacker readers have had with DreamHost, read over the comments on Call for Help: Reliable and Affordable Web Hosting? If you're wondering how to take advantage of a cheap web host, check out the Top 10 Way to put Your Remote Server to Good Use.
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DivFix++ is a cross-platform .AVI repair program that rebuilds the index file within the .AVI container to restore your movie to a functional state.
DivFix++ can be downloaded pre-compiled for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. The interface and operation is straight forward. Tell it where you want the repaired file to be saved, drag and drop some files to be repaired into the Source Files pane of the program and let it loose. Repair time was fairly quick on my mid-level machine and the resource utilization was lower than I expected. The program required no installation, just a simple unzipping, but beyond that I can't vouch for it's portability. DivX++ is cross platform and open source.
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YackTrack currently tracks comments on Blogger/Blogspot, Digg, Disqus, FriendFeed, Google Blog Search, Google Reader, IntenseDebate, Mixx, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Technorati, TypePad/MoveableType and WordPress blogs. Additionally there is a "Chatter" function that lets you search for key words instead of single URLs. On the time saving side of things it's possible to set up a bookmarklet to help you search YackTrack and you can turn a search term into an RSS feed to plug it into your favorite reader and stay abreast of new comments.
Once installed the software sits in the background and keeps tabs on your activity. Productivity Meter tracks the active versus idle time, how your active time is split among applications, which applications were used the most, and which websites you browsed and for how long. You can review the stats for the last day, week, month or a user defined block of time. One of the most useful features is the ability to tag programs, windows, and domains. It would be entirely useless to many users—myself included— if the program simply told you when you'd been using a web browser and time spent on certain domains. I use a web browser for nearly all the work I do on my computer. By using the tag function I can tell Productivity Meter which domains I access for certain tasks and jobs. It's tracking for how much time I spend doing Lifehacker related work became significantly more accurate when I tagged all the domains I use. Another concern was that with a triple monitor setup and a huge number of windows open at any given time it wouldn't accurately track what I was really focusing my time and attention on. 
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