MiddleClick Adds Easy Middle Clicking to MacBook Touchpads and Magic Mouse [Downloads]

Mac only: No longer must Mac users move to the keyboard to open links in a new tab—free, open-source app MiddleClick sits in your menu bar and allows you to use 3 fingers to middle click on Apple's multitouch devices. More »


Speed Up Windows 7 Taskbar Navigation with a Registry Hack [Annoyances]

Windows 7's taskbar is undoubtedly a great addition to Windows, but if you've got more than one application window open, you've got to either click twice or patiently hover to navigate to an open window. Reader Richard details how he fixed this: More »


MusicBee is a Powerful, Easy-to-Use Music Manager [Downloads]

Windows only: Despite the many great media players out there, MusicBee earns itself a spot high on the list with super tagging, managing, browsing, ripping, syncing, and converting powers, all on top of an intuitive interface familiar to any iTunes user. More »


Set Up Your Own Google-Style 20-Percent Time to Try New Projects [Motivation]

Google lets its employees spend one day each work week focusing on their own projects, a practice that's delivered 50% of Google's offerings, including Gmail. Tech blog WebWorkerDaily suggests mixing up your work schedule by setting aside your own 20-percent time. More »


How do I Keep Windows From Hibernating While I’m Downloading? [Ask Lifehacker]

Dear Lifehacker
I frequently download big files to my computer and walk away. How do I stop my computer from going into standby while downloading something from the internet? I'm using Firefox on Windows 7. More »