- Track Free and Price-Dropped iPhone Apps [IPhone]Today
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For the iPhone app addicts out there: 148Apps not only reviews and offers up lists of the (top 148) free apps, free games, and other categories, but offers an feed-friendly list of apps that have dropped in price, sometimes all the way to free. Got a better source for app news and deals? Tell us in the comments. [via]
- "Mail Goggles" Prevents Regrettable Late-Night Email [Gmail Labs]Today
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A new Gmail Labs feature dubbed "Mail Goggles" has Gmail ask you a series of math problems before allowing you to send out emails late on certain nights—like, say, those nights when you're artificially motivated to tell your boss/significant other/frenemy just what the deal is. You can adjust the bewitching hours and difficulty of the math problems in your general settings. [via]
- Emerge Alternative Shell Clears Your Desktop [Featured Windows Download]Today
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Windows only: The free Emerge Alternative Desktop Shell replaces Windows' taskbar, Start menu, and right-click context menu with a super-minimalistic version. In short, Emerge leaves you with essentially an empty desktop, a clean slate for some killer customizations. For example, yesterday you saw how reader MERSC uses Emerge to clear space for a souped-up Object Dock taskbar. Emerge also clears away icons and menus Launchy users don't need. When you first install Emerge, you may feel a bit out of sorts—where do you click when there's no Start menu? Right click on your desktop to get access to your Start menu programs and quick launch toolbar and Emerge's settings. Ctrl+Click on the Emerge Tray (upper left hand corner on your desktop by default), to further customize the look and feel of the tray. The learning curve on Emerge isn't flat, but poking through the documentation and trying out various settings will make the dedicated desktop customizer very happy. Emerge is a free download for Windows only. Got another Windows shell replacement you like better than Emerge? Post it in the comments.
- RealDVD Shelved, But You Didn't Need It Anyway [DVDs]Yesterday
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RealDVD, the DRM-laden, DVD-copying commercial software from the folks who brought you RealPlayer, has been taken out of commission by Hollywood studios. Luckily you already know how to rip full DVDs to your hard drive for free without the nasty DRM, so you should be just fine. [via]
- OpenOffice.org 3.0 Close to Final Release [OpenOffice.org]Yesterday
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OpenOffice.org's third release candidate of version 3.0 is now available for testers; the official release is due out next week. Here's our first look at OpenOffice.org 3.0. [via]
