@Dav1dC: There's a difference. Pressing delete moves the item to the Recycle Bin. Pressing shift-delete permanently deletes the item.

I would add Searchbar Autosizer [addons.mozilla.org] to the list. It automagically shrinks and expands the search box as you type (You can even shrink it down to a button).

If we're talking about a more visual representation of news, I like newsmap better ([newsmap.jp]). It does a fantastic job of showing how "big" a news story is based on the number of Google News articles.

I recently installed Win7 on my laptop. At first I was confused as to what they were, but once I figured it out: Libraries just plain rock.

@subodhgupta: So, when your kid points and says "kitty!", are you going to say, "No son, that's called a felis catus, please don't make up names."?

Speaking of Google Maps, I accidentally discovered today that you can control street view using WASD, like a first-person shooter game.

I trust the internet about as far as I can throw it.

VOTE: Sumopaint

I never really understood why people would want to open a tab in the background. When I click on something, it means I want to look at it now, not later. If I wanted to go there later, I would click on it later.

@NYCharles: Uh, he said "open in a new window".

@Jeebu: Get the Tab Mix Plus addon. There's an option to change control+tab to "navigate tabs in the most recently used order". I think it's actually the default setting when you install Tab Mix.

Makes me want to move to Boston. Do they have FIOS there, too? We geeks need to pick our desired locale based on the tech infrastructure present. :)

Follow the links to the Edge's original article. It's a great story, imo.

@wunch: Wait, now I get it. This is specific reporting for processes doing I/O, and reports the relevant read/write rate.

I'm not sure about other distros, but I think Ubuntu already has gtop installed by default.

Basically, if it would replace cable completely, and for cheaper, then yes. My wishlist:

Yeah, the Microsoft Intellimouse software has a similar feature built in.

Reading the technet article, "native Blu-ray" support doesn't seem to mean that it will play Blu-ray movies natively. :(

@bwilstyle: Heh, same for me. It's rare for me to actually put down money for a utility application, but Moodlogic was totally worth it.

@wiedzmin: Absolutely agree. I love Lifehacker, but 99.99% of us don't have access to Google Voice, yet, and these stories have a bit of "neener neener neener" connotation from the reader's point of view.