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Learn how to quiet your PC and 77 ways to learn better, discover 40 facts about sleep, get the Drupal 5 Beta 2, and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Hardware

How to quiet your PC.

Information

77 ways to learn faster, deeper, and better.
40 facts about sleep you didn’t know….

Web Development

Database-enabled Ajax with PHP.
Drupal 5
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A Reuters article from last night tries to brew a good twist on pretty lousy survey results for Microsoft’s Zune. The headline Zune has shot at iPod market share, survey says, does much to hide the fact that only 7% of people looking to buy a new MP3 player showed interest in Microsoft’s Zune.
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After a short break, the Daily Friction is back, download the new democracy player for faster and more efficient viewing, view 5 Apple products you never knew existed, check out the Wii composite cables and much more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Software and Services

New Democracy Player - Version 0.9.2 - Faster and uses
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For some reason, Gmail is not working on my wifi enabled UX50. Not surprising, but disapointing. Maybe I should dig into it more and see if somehting can be done. Considering I never upgrade the original browser, I’m not that surprised. Than again, I’m not using the UX50 for browsing, even though it was one
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Airport terminal
12 people with laptops in their laps
10 browsing the web using the free wifi service
8 PCs
4 Macs
3 updating their blogs
1 is me
Just another airport terminal in our current day and age.

Build a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, watch the world’s fastest biofuel-powered car, read the Steve Jobs interview, learn why the Second Life economy is in jeopardy and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Software and Services

The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware and displays
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Sometimes when designing an HTML form, you need to have the focus on a specific item in your form, which is not necessarily the first item in the form. This can be achieved very easily. You cannot do this with HTML. However, you can include a tiny JavaScript after the form that sets the focus
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Discover new ways to improve your productivity and efficiency using a mac with MacShout - the new leading apple blog, play audio with Foobar2000, mod your case the sci-fi way, build a homemade laptop Wi-Fi amplifier, get great fonts for Web 2.0 and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Software and Services

MacShout is an
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edit screenshots with WinSnap, view your system information with PC wizard, learn how to write a masterpiece resume, speed up torrents and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Software and Services

WinSnap is a small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots. It can easily capture windows of non-rectangular form with the background of
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Render system information as the desktop wallpaper, edit images with Photobie for free, recover your password from windows, create your own personalized start page, see the inside of the new PS3, install another OS on your PS3, learn how to make a web 2.0-style logo and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

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Check out the new GNOME release, shop with Skype, configure NAT with iptables, learn how to design great looking Web 2.0 websites, find some bargains and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Software and Services

GNOME 2.17.2 Released.
Skype 3.0 Beta adds shopping feature - Ebay had to get in somehow…

Hardware

Batteries powered by a single drop
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Google Maps for Mobile is now available in an integrated version with GPS service.
Google Maps for Mobile has taken a lead in mobile mapping and is available on more than 300 phone models. Now we’ve taken it to a new level: we’re partnering with Helio to bring you GPS integration with Google Maps.
The new GPSed
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Travel using Microsoft’s Virtual Earth 3D Beta, check out the release of .NET Framework 3.0, Monitor your web addiction in Firefox, use the free AVG Anti Virus, learn how to detect that someone is lying to you, create a site tours for your website and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Software and Services

Virtual
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optimize your system with a Free Fix It Download, Delete your bad web reputation, watch TV on your Mac, and find some limited time bargains in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Software and Services

Free Fix It Download to optimize your system’s performance, diagnose, find and prevent problems before they occur. In addition this application have
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Read multiple Atom or RSS feeds from a single gadget within tabs, adjusts the audio levels within your podcast, Fix a stuck pixel on your LCD monitor, find the 10 coolest Lego creations, see the top 10 CSS image gallery tutorials, learn the 7 ways to optimize your blog, play some games and more in
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Generate Ascii art, create pixel art, see the new Xbox 360 wireless headset, read an interview with Peter Jenner and find out why he thinks DRM is dead, have some fun for the weekend and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Software and Services

Ascii Generator dotNET 0.7.1 Beta - A 32-bit Windows text editor
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