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5 add-ons to boost your productivity on FirefoxYesterday

Shared by Noah
Boosting your productivity with a web browser is like boosting your fitness with bacon. Mmm. Bacon & Web Browsers.

We love Firefox - the innovative browser which aims to maintain choice and innovation on the Internet and here are a few add-ons to boost your browser productivity.

1. URL Fixer

URL Fixer corrects typos in URLs that you enter in the address bar. For instance, if you type thenextweb.con, it will correct it to thenextweb.com.

It will correct common typos of .com, .net, .org, .edu, .gov, .mil as well as the protocol (http:, https:).

You can set it to auto-correct your errors by right-clicking on the address bar or you can have it ask you before making any corrections.

// Download URL Fixer

2. Video Download Helper

This is a must have add-on for video, audio and picture gallery downloads from popular services like Youtube, MySpace and Google Video etc. When an embedde

10 Killer WordPress HacksYesterday

by Jean-Baptiste Jung

2008 was a very good year for the WordPress community. The software was updated numerous times, leading to the recent release of version 2.7, and many new blogs dedicated to WordPress were created. Of course, tons of new hacks were discovered, which helped lots of bloggers enhance their blogs.

In this article, we’ll show you 10 new useful killer WordPress hacks to unleash the power of your favorite blogging engine. Each hack has an accompanying explanation, so you’ll not only unleash the power of WordPress but also understand how it works.

1. Display AdSense Ads to Search Engines Visitors Only

The problem. It’s a known fact that regular visitors don’t click on ads. Those who do click on ads are, 90% of the time, visitors coming from search engines.

Another problem is Google’s “smart pricing.” Being smart priced means that your click-through rate (CTR) is low and the money you earn per click is divided by between 2 and 10. For example, if a click would normally earn you $1.00, with smart pricing it could earn you as little as $0.10. Painful, isn’t it? Happily, this solution displays your AdSense ads to search engine visitors only, which means more clicks and a higher CTR.

The solution.

1. Open the functions.php file in your theme.
2. Paste the following code in it: function s

10 People to Follow On FriendFeed for the Month of JanuaryYesterday

By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed)

It's the start of a new year, and what better way to kick it off with it than a tradition I started back in July of 2008?

This is the type of post that really makes me happy. It's my way of paying it forward to a community that already has given back to me so much, in so many different ways. What better way to do this than joining forces with Louis Gray, who is one of the most vocal and positive supporters of the community we all have come to love, FriendFeed.

This post highlights 10 FriendFeed members that I feel are of value to the community. People often ask and recommend other FriendFeed members for this list. All that I can say to that is, whoever is on my radar, I try and take notice of. I have close to 1,000 people following me on FriendFeed, and I reciprocate back to about the same. Therefore if you are active on FriendFeed and

Contacts case for small partsYesterday

Here's something that never would have occurred to me -- using old contact lens cases to hold and organize surface-mount and other tiny electronics parts.

Small Parts Tray made from Contact Lens Cases

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Skype Lite landing on Android phone, others tooYesterday

Skype Lite on Java

(Credit: Skype)

Skype announced on Wednesday the forthcoming release of Skype Lite for Google Android and other Java-enabled phones. Skype Lite marks the communication company's first native VoIP client for Java.

Skype is submitting the app to Google's Android Market on Thursday morning, though it could take Google a few days to offer it for download.

In addition, Skype Lite will also be available on Thursday to about 100 models of Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, LG, and Samsung phones. The app has been available in beta form for a growing number of handsets on Skype.com, and isn't expected to change in this initial release.

Skype Lite is truly that: a back-to-basics build that allows the customary cut-rate international calling to Skype contacts, and also calling credits to non-Skype buddies using the SkypeOut service. You'll be able to IM other Skype friends in addition, an activity best done with a data plan. Users anticipating the fuller features of the newly updated Skype for Windows Mobile beta won't find them in this debut version.

Skype Lite will process calls to the United Kingdom, Poland, Brazil (Ri