Download Squadhttp://www.downloadsquad.comDownload Squadhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/media/feedlogo.gifDownload Squadhttp://www.downloadsquad.comen-usCopyright 2008 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Mark up any web page with Wired Marker for Firefoxhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/05/mark-up-any-web-page-with-wired-marker-for-firefox/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/05/mark-up-any-web-page-with-wired-marker-for-firefox/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/05/mark-up-any-web-page-with-wired-marker-for-firefox/#commentsFiled under: ,

Wired Marker
Have you ever bookmarked a web page only to forget what it was you were supposed to be looking at on that page? Wired Marker is a Firefox add-on that lets you highlight text on a page in one of 8 colors. Next time you load the page the plugin will remember your annotations and reload them for you. If you don't like the default colors, you can also customize them.

This isn't the first application we've seen that lets you markup web pages like old textbooks. But unlike Awesome Highlighter, Wired Marker is integrated with your web browser, so you don't have to enter the URL of the page you want to mark into a separate web application first. Just right click anywhere on any page, select Wired Marker, and pick your color.

[via Digital Inspiration]
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]]>awesome-highlighterhighlightermarkupwired-markerBrad Linder2008-08-05T17:00:00+00:00Freedom frees you (and your Mac) from the horror of the internethttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/05/freedom-frees-you-and-your-mac-from-the-horror-of-the-internet/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/05/freedom-frees-you-and-your-mac-from-the-horror-of-the-internet/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/05/freedom-frees-you-and-your-mac-from-the-horror-of-the-internet/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

FreedomIf you're anything like me, you're probably at least a little bit addicted to your internet connection. The first thing I do when I wake up is check my email and RSS feeds, and it's also the last thing I do before going to sleep. But that addiction can sometimes be a problem.

Staying on-task these days is not easy, particularly if you work at an internet-connected computer. The possible distractions are virtually limitless. So what is a geek to do? One option is to simply pull the plug. The network plug, that is.

But of course, these days almost all computers have wireless capabilities, so turning off your internet connection isn't quite as simply as just pulling the plug. If you're on a Mac, you can use Freedom.

Freedom will turn off all of your Mac's wireless and ethernet networking for a set amount of time. So if you need to put your head down for an hour and get some work done, you can set Freedom to an hour, and know that you won't be tempted by any distractions.

If you absolutely need to get back online before the chosen duration is up, the only way to do so is to reboot your computer.

This is one of those apps that will be a life saver for some people, and seem totally ridiculous to others. Which are you?
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]]>distractionFreedominternet-addictionnetworkingtime-wasterwi-fiwirelessJason Clarke2008-08-05T15:00:00+00:00Quicksilver-like chosr is made for web browsinghttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/04/quicksilver-like-chosr-made-for-web-browsing/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/04/quicksilver-like-chosr-made-for-web-browsing/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/04/quicksilver-like-chosr-made-for-web-browsing/#commentsFiled under: , ,

chosr
chosr is a web based bookmarking and productivity tool. It uses a Quicksilver type interface and apparently, if you're a Quicksilver user it's very intuitive. If, like me, you're not, it takes a little bit to get the hang of the interface. (More about Quicksilver).

The idea is that basic keystrokes move you through a three panel screen. So if I want to search for Download Squad in the first box I would use the period key to open my text entering mode and type in Download Squad. I would then press the tab key to move to the next window where I would again press the period key to enter text. You can type in various search methods like Google, wikipedia, YouTube, etc. Tab over to the third square and the default for searching "in new window" will probably already be there. Press enter and a new window with your search results will open.

Want to bookmark it in your chosr file? Copy the url, paste into the first box, after hitting the period, tab to the second box and type bookmark and you will be ready to go. Then you can bookmark all your daily sites, tab through them and basically eliminate your mouse for some things.

I have not used Quicksilver before so it seemed very awkward to me. For example at one point I got to a list where one of the options was to change the background. I was happy about that since the normal background is rather ugly. I couldn't get the right combination in the right boxes to actually make it work though, which was frustrating.

If you're a regular user of Quicksilver and you enjoy it, you should definitely check out chosr. If you're looking to use your keyboard more and have a few minutes to play with it, then check it out. And if you can change the background, let me know how!
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]]>chosrQuicksilverChristina Clark2008-08-04T14:00:00+00:00Task2Gather: Online task manager with mobile clients coming soonhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/30/task2gather-online-task-manager-with-mobile-clients-coming-soon/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/30/task2gather-online-task-manager-with-mobile-clients-coming-soon/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/30/task2gather-online-task-manager-with-mobile-clients-coming-soon/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Task2Gather
Vito Technology is probably best known for developing software for Windows Mobile and Symbian phones and PDAs. But the company has just made the jump into a new arena: web apps. First up is an online task manager called Task2Gather.

The interface is clean and easy to use, if not entirely intuitive. It took me a few moments to figure out how to name new tasks or projects, for example (you type in the Name & description box, but it wasn't immediately clear that the light blue area was a text box). You can either see a list of all your tasks from multiple projects at once, or you can browse tasks using a tree mode, which lets you pick a project and look at your finished and unfinished tasks and sub-tasks. You can also invite other users to share your task list.

Overall Task2Gather is useful if you want to keep your task list online and accessible from any computer, but there are other task managers out there that accomplish this as well or better. Vito has an ace up its sleeve though: the company plans to release a Windows Mobile and iPhone version of Task2Gather soon. These mobile clients will likely not only let you create and manage tasks while you're on the go, but also synchronize them with the web client.

Task2Gather is free to use. Eventually Vito plans to offer a subscription-based premium version with access to additional features like RSS feeds for task updates and the ability to upload file attachments for tasks.

[via My Today Screen]
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]]>remember-the-milktask-managertask2gathervito-technologyBrad Linder2008-07-30T15:00:00+00:00Radiologists using iTunes to organize medical PDFshttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/30/radiologists-using-itunes-to-organize-medical-pdfs/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/30/radiologists-using-itunes-to-organize-medical-pdfs/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/30/radiologists-using-itunes-to-organize-medical-pdfs/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


We're willing to bet radiologists in Shanghai like to listen to music -- who doesn't? -- but that's not how they're using iTunes. At Renji Hospital and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, they're using it to organize PDFs of important medical research and images that they say are more useful than many textbooks.

You can drop a PDF into iTunes and sort it just like you would with music. That means that the medical documents in Shanghai are searchable, ratable, and can be given multiple different tags. Before iTunes, they were keeping redundant copies of PDFs in directories by category. Now, they only need to keep one of each. So, if you've been looking for software that can organize your PDFs, think about an app you likely already have: iTunes!

[via Dr. Dobb's]
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]]>iTunesmedicineorganizationpdfJay Hathaway2008-07-30T13:00:00+00:00Calgoo goes free: sync Google Calendar, iCal, and others for freehttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/28/calgoo-goes-free-sync-google-calendar-ical-and-others-for-fre/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/28/calgoo-goes-free-sync-google-calendar-ical-and-others-for-fre/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/28/calgoo-goes-free-sync-google-calendar-ical-and-others-for-fre/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

calgoo ical google calendar sync
Since the dawn of time Google Calendar, we've been waiting for a free, easy way to fully synchronize our Google Calendar to desktop calendar clients like iCal. We'd love to be able to access the same calendar data across multiple computers, but it's always been a messy affair, not free, an incomplete solution, or PC only.

Well, Calgoo has been one of those paid options up until now, but the minds behind the program just announced that it is free from here on out. That's right, Calgoo is now the free option in Google Calendar and desktop caledar synchronization. Calgoo officially supports 30 Boxes, Apple iCal, Microsoft Outlook, and -- of course -- Google Calendar.

Calgoo's "Chief Owl" will not employ ads in the app in order to pay for the costs of developing the program, but the team will begin to run ads on Calgoo Hub and possibly other future products. As for the software itself, it's pretty easy to use, and it provides for two-way synchonization, which means that any changes on one calendar will apply to the other.

[via WebWorkerDaily]
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]]>30 boxes30BoxescalendarcalgoogoogleoutlooksyncsynchsynchronizationDanny Mendez2008-07-28T12:00:00+00:00StudyProf flashcards for, well, studyinghttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/22/studyprof-flashcards-for-well-studying/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/22/studyprof-flashcards-for-well-studying/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/22/studyprof-flashcards-for-well-studying/#commentsFiled under: ,

flashcardsIf you have a lot of studying to do, StudyProf FlashCards might be the buddy you've been looking for. The program, which has a free trial version available, allows you to create flashcards in a relatively simple environment. Give your card a title and an image or audio then virtually flip the card and place the information you are trying to learn on the back.

After making a set of cards you can file them in your card box and retrieve them and replay them, slideshow style with simple mouse clicks.

If you are studying something specific, StudyProf creators, Felling Software Development, has also created the Flashcard Archive to make it easier to download precreated sets of flashcards (though only the English to German flashcards are currently available).

Studying is never a lot of fun, but at least if your typing is better than your handwriting StudyProf gives you an alternative method to get the job done.

[Via download.com]
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]]>flashcardsschoolstudyChristina Clark2008-07-22T11:00:00+00:005pm - Project management on time (so you don't have to be)http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/21/5pm-project-management-on-time-so-you-dont-have-to-be/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/21/5pm-project-management-on-time-so-you-dont-have-to-be/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/21/5pm-project-management-on-time-so-you-dont-have-to-be/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

5pm - Project management on time
The clock just turned 5pm, and if you are like us, everything you have worked on all day has instantly evaporated from your mind (yes, this just happens, we don't need alcohol). Luckily, we left all those papers on our desk, the scribbled whiteboard, and a monitor-o-sticky notes to help us figure out where we left off.

5pm by QG | Software is a web-based project management suite that provides us the tools needed to get back on track at 8am.

The underlying features of 5pm are fairly standard in the project management world. You create projects and assign them to one or more users or groups. The project can have a deadline, a client, and a priority level. Once you have created a project you can add items such as tasks and files. Tasks can be assigned to individual team members and emails can be sent to the group when tasks are completed. etc...

To help visualize your project over the course of its life, there is a timeline feature that shows your projects and tasks in a "Gantt" style chart. In addition, there is a reporting section that can help determine who is completing their projects on time and who isn't.

Continue reading 5pm - Project management on time (so you don't have to be)

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]]>productivityproject managementProjectManagementweb servicesWebServicesAlan Silcott2008-07-21T16:00:00+00:00KA Type In Goes Ground & Pound on Tiresome Typinghttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/21/ka-type-in-goes-ground-and-pound-on-tiresome-typing/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/21/ka-type-in-goes-ground-and-pound-on-tiresome-typing/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/21/ka-type-in-goes-ground-and-pound-on-tiresome-typing/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Few things are as frustrating as having to repeat yourself over, and over, and over - like typing the same thing all the time. It's a pain in the butt. Fortunately, KA Type In is the hemorrhoid relief you've been looking for!

Here's what we like about it: 1) it's under 1MB to download 2) it has a portable mode 3) it's free 4) it's easy to use...and last, but certainly not least, 5) it's a massive time-and-effort saver.

Install it, move your mouse to the side of your screen, and the Type In windows slides in to view. Single click on one of your snippets and it's sent to the active application. But wait, it gets better! You can code fill-in fields and be prompted for values to input on-the-fly. This is an awesome way to make all your code snippets portable - take Type In with you on your flash drive and use them in any editor, even a browser-based HTML editor like FCK.

And get this: it does auto-completion with a single keystroke. Set up a snip, type the first few letters, and hit ctrl+; and Type In does the rest. Take that, inefficiency!

It's a 6MB process that uses almost no CPU, and it has so many possible applications that anyone can benefit from using it. Windows only, which makes us a little sad - this app is so sweet, everyone should be able to use it!
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]]>autocompletemacrosportable appPortableApptypingLee Mathews2008-07-21T09:00:00+00:00A different take on lifestreaming: SweetCronhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/20/a-different-take-on-lifestreaming-sweetcron/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/20/a-different-take-on-lifestreaming-sweetcron/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/20/a-different-take-on-lifestreaming-sweetcron/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

SweetCron is a bit of self-hosted lifestreaming software from Yongfook, the creator of opensourcefood. It's kind of like a hybrid of Tumblr and Friendfeed. While SweetCron hasn't officially been released yet, Yongfook is already using it on his own blog, so we have a pretty clear idea of what you can do with it: feed in photos, videos, status updates, bookmarks, etc, each with a distinct look, so a reader can distinguish content types at a glance.

If this sounds a bit like Tumblr, that's probably because part of it uses the Tumblr API. SweetCron is customizable and extensible via new PHP classes, though, and it lives on your own domain, so you have greater control over the data you're feeding into it. The basic theme can be seen on Yongfook's blog, where he's testing it out, but he says you'll be able to develop your own themes through a template editor. If you're interested in SweetCron, sign up to be notified when it launches.

[via ReadWriteWeb]
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]]>blogginglifestreamSweetCronTumblrYongfookJay Hathaway2008-07-20T16:00:00+00:00Rewind, play, rewind, play: AudioLobe makes transcription easierhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/19/rewind-play-rewind-play-audiolobe-makes-transcription-easier/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/19/rewind-play-rewind-play-audiolobe-makes-transcription-easier/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/19/rewind-play-rewind-play-audiolobe-makes-transcription-easier/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

If you ever tried your hand at transcribing audio to text you're probably familiar with rewinding and playing back passages over and over again. What if you could slow down that audio file without altering the pitch to make it easier for you? Well if you're a Mac users, you're in luck as JS8 Media has developed a handy utility able to alter the speed of audio files without effecting it's pitch.

AudioLobe 3 is a light weight application that you can use to speed up or slow down your audio files. All that you need to change the speed of the audio is to move a slider back and forth. No programing or entering percentages. Just drag a slider from left (slower) to right (faster).

If you're working on a difficult passage you can set AudioLobe to loop that region and it will continue to play it back till you're done. This feature comes in very handy since it loops the section for playback so you won't need to press the rewind button over and over again allow you to concentrate on what is being said.

In our testing we found the audio quality very acceptable as the altered file still had a natural sound to it. We also appreciated the included Bass and Treble controls as that helped us focus on the speaking voice by dialing in the correct amount of low and high frequencies.

You can download a demo version of AudioLobe directly from JS8 Media. A full version is available for $20 and supports the saving of the altered file so that you play it back later without having to adjust the speed again.

So if you've been looking for a way to slow down voice dictations so that you can transcribe easier AudioLobe might be the software for you.

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]]>audiodictationtranscriptionJoey Celis2008-07-19T14:00:00+00:00Google Docs introduces template galleryhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/18/google-docs-introduces-template-gallery/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/18/google-docs-introduces-template-gallery/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/18/google-docs-introduces-template-gallery/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

A lot of desktop word processing and text editing apps feature templates you can use to jazz up your documents -- or make them look terrible, depending on your opinion. Now Google Docs gives you the same option, with a new template gallery. There are over 300 templates, featuring everything from resumés to cards to calendars.

The selection of different templates is impressively versatile. Expense reports, presentations, invitations -- it's all there. Styles range from minimal (basic blue bars) to ostentatious (robots!). Something that immediately struck us as clever is the selection the Avery Dennison-sponsored themes, so you can print to those Avery labels and business cards that every office seems to be up to its ears in. If you use templates in your desktop writing app of choice, you'll probably also find a use for them in Google docs. Although the designs are hit or miss, there are enough of them that you should be able to find what you're looking for.

[via Lifehacker]
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]]>designdocumentsGoogle DocsGoogleDocstemplatesJay Hathaway2008-07-18T10:00:00+00:00YouTorrent is back, and it's bringing 67k legal torrents with ithttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/18/youtorrent-is-back-and-its-bringing-67k-legal-torrents-with-it/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/18/youtorrent-is-back-and-its-bringing-67k-legal-torrents-with-it/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/18/youtorrent-is-back-and-its-bringing-67k-legal-torrents-with-it/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Attention, law-abiding citizens! If you believe in BitTorrent as a means of distribution for large files, but you're concerned about the claims of piracy that are often associated with it, you should take a look at YouTorrent. Despite having to shut down for a while because of legal issues, YouTorrent is back in operation, with a reported 67,170 torrents that are all legal to share.

YouTorrent is a meta-search that can find verified torrents across a number of popular torrent sites, including Jamendo, Vuze, BitTorrent, Legaltorrents, Legittorrents, Gameupdates, Wortharchiving, BT.etree and Mininova's featured torrents section. With all those sites combined, you can use YouTorrent to search over 6TB of data. This is a very good thing for the torrent community in general, as it shows how widely BitTorrent is used for non-piracy purposes.

[via TorrentFreak]
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]]>bittorrentlegal torrentsLegalTorrentstorrenttorrent searchTorrentSearchYouTorrentsJay Hathaway2008-07-18T09:00:00+00:00Headline: glitzy Mac newsreader releases version 1.0http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/16/headline-glitzy-mac-newsreader-releases-version-1-0/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/16/headline-glitzy-mac-newsreader-releases-version-1-0/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/16/headline-glitzy-mac-newsreader-releases-version-1-0/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Headline is a distinctive-looking newsreader for OS X that offers a different reading experience than you might be used to from popular RSS apps like NetNewsWire or Newsfire. To maintain a small desktop footprint, Headline lists stories in a compact one-column layout that can be quickly sorted using a dropdown. It displays the full stories using a slick, Quick-Look-like effect, taking advantage of Core Animation. And now this reader has reached its 1.0 release!

Headline definitely has potential, but with its major competitors switching to a free model, you're going to have to really fall in love with its unique UI to pay the $20 pricetag. That said, we do really like the minimalism of Headline, and it would be nice to other newsreaders develop a mini-mode that mimics the one-column layout. You might also want to check out Headline if you subscribe to podcasts via RSS, but aren't a fan of iTunes, as Headline can play them inline.
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]]>core animationCoreAnimationHeadlineMacnewsreaderOS XOsXrssrssreaderJay Hathaway2008-07-16T14:00:00+00:00iPhone App Review: Send gifts on the go with Gifterhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/iphone-app-review-send-gifts-on-the-go-with-gifter/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/iphone-app-review-send-gifts-on-the-go-with-gifter/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/iphone-app-review-send-gifts-on-the-go-with-gifter/#commentsFiled under: , ,

We love to see iPhone apps that are designed with phone users in mind. Ports of desktop apps -- chat clients, games, etc. -- are all well and good, but the mobile-specific stuff really shines. Take Gifter, for example. It's an app that lets you buy and send gifts from your iPhone.

Can someone please write Gifter into a romantic comedy? We could totally see Tom Hanks frantically ordering flowers from his iPhone on the train. You can send more than flowers, though: Gifter is hooked up with vendors for books, movies, jewelry and even teddy bears. Now when you see those birthdays in your iPhone's address book, you can do something about them. It might not be the app with the most geek cred -- hey, they didn't drop any vowels from the name! -- but it works.
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]]>GiftergiftsiPhoneiPhone appsIphoneAppsshoppingJay Hathaway2008-07-15T12:00:00+00:00Bit.ly: URL shortener with built-in trackinghttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/bit-ly-url-shortener-with-built-in-tracking/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/bit-ly-url-shortener-with-built-in-tracking/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/15/bit-ly-url-shortener-with-built-in-tracking/#commentsFiled under: , ,

URL-shortening services are plentiful these days, but they're not all equal. There are a few key features we're looking for in our ideal URL-shrinker. We want a bookmarklet, to avoid needless copy-pasting. We want a short base URL for easy Twittering. There's also the ability to custom-name your URLs, so you can tell them apart and they make sense to the people you're sending to. Bit.ly has all of this and more.

Bookmarklet? Check. Short base URL? Check. The only shorter one we've seen is is.gd. Custom naming? Sure thing. But the real kicker is Bit.ly's unique feature: it tracks how many clicks your link gets, and shows you the referrers those clicks are coming from. If someone else has made a different Bit.ly address for that same URL, you can see that, too. Don't be surprised if you see more and more Bit.ly links popping up soon, it might be the best out there right now.
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]]>Bit.lylink sharingLinkSharingTinyURLURL shortenerUrlShortenerJay Hathaway2008-07-15T09:00:00+00:00Get more control over Mac downloads with Leechhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/13/get-more-control-over-mac-downloads-with-leech/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/13/get-more-control-over-mac-downloads-with-leech/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/13/get-more-control-over-mac-downloads-with-leech/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

When it comes to download management, it seems like Windows has always been ahead of OS X. That might still be true, but it's definitely up for debate, thanks to a very smart app called Leech. It's got the basic features that all good download managers provide: you can use it from within the browser, and it allows you to pause downloads, or resume them after a crash. Good start, but Leech really shines when it comes to defining rules for different file types and hosts.

Let's say you want all .mp3 files to download to your iTunes library, all .jpg files in Pictures, and all DMGs on the desktop. Yeah, Leech will do that, no problem. It also handles post-processing, so you can expand those DMGs automatically, or play those Mp3s as they finish downloading. You can drag or copy-paste a URL into Leech to start downloading immediately, or shift-drag to choose a different location. And if you don't want Leech in your browser, you can use it on its own, too.
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]]>browserdownload managerDownloadManagerdownloadsLeechMacOS XOsXJay Hathaway2008-07-13T16:00:00+00:00Get help making tiled backgrounds for your websitehttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/13/get-help-making-tiled-backgrounds-for-your-website/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/13/get-help-making-tiled-backgrounds-for-your-website/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/13/get-help-making-tiled-backgrounds-for-your-website/#commentsFiled under: , ,

If you ever wanted to make a tiled background pattern for your desktop or website but lacked the design expertise to create one, bgpatterns has you covered.

The site is very straight forward and easy to use. Start off by selecting the foreground and background color for your design, followed by the texture of your canvas. Once you have that dialed in you're ready for the next step which is selecting the image you want tiled.

After you've selected your image click the "apply background" link and the site's background will change so you can see if you like your design. If you're satisfied with the results you're free to download it or save it to your "My patterns" account.

While bgpatterns offers a number of stock images, it does lacks the option to upload your own custom image. Hopefully the developers will add this option in the future as the selection of images are rather "clip artish".

So if you've been looking at making a skull themed background for your MySpace page bgpatterns is ready for you!

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]]>backgroundimageswebsite designWebsiteDesignJoey Celis2008-07-13T14:00:00+00:00Smart To Do List helps keep you on taskhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/10/smart-to-do-list-helps-keep-you-on-task/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/10/smart-to-do-list-helps-keep-you-on-task/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/10/smart-to-do-list-helps-keep-you-on-task/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Smart To Do List
Smart To Do List is a simple Windows utility for keeping track of your tasks. You can set up multiple projects for things like household chores, work projects, or vacation planning. Then you enter a list of tasks you need to accomplish for each project. Just check them off one at a time as you complete them.

The program also includes some nice features like the ability to mark tasks as high, medium, or low priority and to add tags that make it easy to filter your tasks. You can save lists as templates to use again later. And you can install Smart To Do Lists to a flash drive to run on any computer.

The program is available for $14.95. Or you can run the trial version which has all the same features as the full version but only lets you manage 2 projects at a time.

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]]>gtdsmart-to-do-listtasksto-do-listBrad Linder2008-07-10T15:00:00+00:00Multicolr Search Lab: color search for Flickrhttp://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/10/multicolr-search-lab-color-search-for-flickr/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/10/multicolr-search-lab-color-search-for-flickr/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/07/10/multicolr-search-lab-color-search-for-flickr/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Multicolr Search lab
Flickr has hundreds of millions of photos, and extensive search functions to help you get to the ones you want. But Flickr users, being acreative, discerning bunch, need even more search types. Searching by color is particularly useful for designers, and Multicolr Search Lab, from Idée Inc., delivers it elegantly.

Multicolr searches over 3 million of Flickr's "interesting" images, delivering results that match the colors you specify. It's fast, returning results almost instantly when we tested it out. It's also powerful, able to match up to 10 colors at once. Multicolr is already a designer's dream. Just add a Creative-Commons-only checkbox, and it would be practically perfect.

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]]>designFlickrIdeeimageMulticolrphotosearchJay Hathaway2008-07-10T10:00:00+00:00