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Enigma Desktop Customization Update Now Available [Featured Windows Download]Today

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. Reader Kaelri—famous for the beautiful and functional Enigma desktop—has packaged and released version 1.1 of the customization files.

What's changed? Kaelri explains:

I've added:

  • RSS reader.
  • Gmail notifier.
  • Calendar by ~limpet.
  • System/battery graphics using ecqlipse 2 icons.
  • Tray clock replacement.
  • Quick-edit button for Notes.
  • Application launcher. Useless to anyone with Launchy or StandaloneStack, but it's pretty, and way too much fun to play with. (You can see what it looks like in the deviantArt screenshot.)
  • Assorted doodads and revisions.
  • Fixed the Location bug plaguing Enigma and HUD.Vision.

The Enigma 1.1 ZIP archive includes config files for Samurize and Rainmeter, fonts, a Windows theme, and more. Unzip it to get the full installation instructions. Nice work, Kaelri! The Enigma 1.1 customization package is a free download for Windows only.

Enigma by ~Kaelri/a> [deviantART via

Apple to Take on Google Docs with iWork.com [Iwork]Today

Apple's moving iWork onto the web with iWork.com, a web-based version of their desktop office suite which will offer "transparent integration" into the desktop app.



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Sting, Sarah McLachlan Teach You How to Play Instruments in GarageBand '09 [ILife]Today

sarahlessons.png The new release of GarageBand '09 includes "Learn to Play"—piano and guitar lessons from artists like Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, and Sting, Gizmodo reports from their live-blog of the Macworld keynote.



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Does Facial Recognition Change Your Mind About iPhoto? [IPhoto]Today

iphotofacialrecgnition.png Our brothers in gadgetry are live-blogging the Macworld 2009 keynote, and report that iPhoto in iLife '09 will have facial recognition that automatically groups photos by who's in them.

Yesterday Mac users here said they prefer the all-new Picasa for Mac over iPhoto. But do the new iPhoto features—like facial recognition, Facebook, and Flickr integration, and geo-tagging—change your mind?

Does facial recognition make you want iLife '09's iPhoto?
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Keep reading about new stuff getting unveiled at Macworld over at Gizmodo's liveblog.

Apple Revamps iLife for '09 with iPhoto Facial Recognition and More [Gizmodo]





Get Money for Your Old Tech Gear from HP [Recycling]Today

computerjunk.png Hewlett-Packard launches a new buyback program that will give you money in exchange for your old, working gadgets and gear—any brand of PC, monitor, printer, digital camera, or smartphone that still has some value.

HP's Buyback program offers a quote web site where you enter what you've got and find out how much they'll pay you for it. CNET reports:

If you find the quote worth your time, mail them your stuff (at your expense) and HP will mail you a check. Alternatively, you can opt for a "Premium Service" in which FedEx picks up the item or items at your house. The cost of that service is taken out of your final check from HP.

If your old stuff isn't worth any cash, you can still mail it to HP for recycling if it's an HP or Compaq brand item. Photo by Extra Ketchup.

HP offering free money for old tech equipment [CNET]

HP's Buyback program offers a