Lifehacker is running a Coolest Cube Contest. How can you not like the army bunker cube?

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Another fine article from the folks at Pcmag.com. The Ultimate USB Key:

The best things on your USB key are free. The open-source PortableApps Suite is a free 89MB download that installs Firefox, the Thunderbird e-mail client, the Gaim instant messenger, the Sunbird calendar app, and the OpenOffice.org office suite—basically all you need to get work done on the road. If you are using a smaller USB key, a 30MB “Lite” version uses the more compact AbiWord word processor instead of the full OpenOffice.org. A “Base” edition that is less than 1MB includes only the basic menu and a backup utility, so you can add your own portable applications from the PortableApps.com site. Any USB key with 512MB or more can use the full version, and it’s an obvious first choice when you’re outfitting a USB key. From the same site you can add a few dozen other applications, including the superbly capable VLC media player. (Free, www.portableapps.com,

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PC Magazine offers 72 Tips for Safer Computing. A good piece of common sense advice:

Route traffic
If you have broadband service but don’t have a router, get one. Wired or wireless, they’re cheap.

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The folks behind this video are at it again. This time with a staged a spontaneous musical in the food court of a Los Angeles shopping mall. Take a look:

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Via instapundit: Top 5 Little Web Apps You Might Not Be Using (But Should) I like this one:

Todoist.com–Developed by a “computer science student [with] 2 part-time jobs”, Todoist is a web application that basically functions as a personal assistant, or like a cloud of Post-It notes that follows you everywhere. Create a hierarchical calendar with your to-do items, and Todoist will contact you with recurring reminders via email or SMS, or through its integration with iGoogle, Quicksilver, Netvibes, and more.

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