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Computers
6:00AM John Herrman | Here’s the pitch: a 10-inch, almost-pocketable computer, running Snow Leopard, the best consumer OS money can currently buy. It costs only $US300 (AU$549). Sound good? Here’s how to make your own. More »
How To: Hackintosh A Dell Mini 10v Into The Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook
6:00AM John Herrman | Here’s the pitch: a 10-inch, almost-pocketable computer, running Snow Leopard, the best consumer OS money can currently buy. It costs only $US300 (AU$549). Sound good? Here’s how to make your own. More » 
Software
How To Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 On A Mac)
Software
6:00AM John Herrman | Syncing your Zune in Mac OS X, running Word in Linux, giving Linux a go within Windows 7: just a few of the things you can do with virtual machines. Setting one up isn’t just easy, either—it’s free. More »
How To: Virtualise Any OS For Free
6:00AM John Herrman | Syncing your Zune in Mac OS X, running Word in Linux, giving Linux a go within Windows 7: just a few of the things you can do with virtual machines. Setting one up isn’t just easy, either—it’s free. More »
Software
How To Build Your Very Own Badass Windows Home Server
12:10AM Matt Buchanan | Jason lurves Windows Home Server — it does automated backups over your network, streams movies, music and photos and is a general-purpose fileshare. If you don’t wanna hand HP $US400, Maximum PC’s got a build-to-stream guide to rolling your own. More »
Software
7:30AM John Herrman | WebOS 1.2(.1) is here, and yes: It broke homebrew. Amazingly, it only took devs about two days to bounce back. Here’s how to bring hundreds of free apps, tweaks and themes to your Pre, without flashing your firmware. More »
How To: Install Homebrew On Palm Pre 1.2.1
7:30AM John Herrman | WebOS 1.2(.1) is here, and yes: It broke homebrew. Amazingly, it only took devs about two days to bounce back. Here’s how to bring hundreds of free apps, tweaks and themes to your Pre, without flashing your firmware. More »
Software
6:00AM John Herrman | For most people, dropping a CD into their disc drive and clicking “Import” in iTunes is good enough. For music freaks, though, it’s not—and with good reason. Here’s how to digitise your tunes, the right way. More »
How To: Rip Your Music Like A Pro
6:00AM John Herrman | For most people, dropping a CD into their disc drive and clicking “Import” in iTunes is good enough. For music freaks, though, it’s not—and with good reason. Here’s how to digitise your tunes, the right way. More »
Software
How To: Back Up All Your Stuff, For Free
4:00AM John Herrman | People don’t neglect backing up their computers because it’s hard—it isn’t, at all. No, people file into the inevitable death march of data loss for one reason: Backing up usually costs money. But it doesn’t have to. More »
Gadgets
Giz Explains: How To Actually Make Coffee
4:00AM Matt Buchanan | You probably brew coffee, like most people, the most insipid way possible: Using a Mr Coffee that you fill with pre-ground coffee from the supermarket. There’s a million other ways to make coffee, and they’re all better. More »
Online
How To: Use The Heck Out Of Usenet
4:00AM John Herrman | Usenet: Everyone’s heard of it, nobody uses it. This is ridiculous. Not only is Usenet a fantastic way to download—it’s not that hard to use. Here’s how to kick your torrent habit once and for all, with Usenet More »
Online
4:00AM John Herrman | Nobody knows exactly what Google’s forthcoming Chrome OS will look or act like, but we’ve got a pretty good idea of what they’re going for. Here’s how to live out Google’s online-only OS vision, right now. More »
How To: Bake Your Own Chrome OS, Right Now
4:00AM John Herrman | Nobody knows exactly what Google’s forthcoming Chrome OS will look or act like, but we’ve got a pretty good idea of what they’re going for. Here’s how to live out Google’s online-only OS vision, right now. More » 
