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Windows/Mac/Linux: Browser plug-in LittleShoot integrates BitTorrent downloads into virtually any web browser—including IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari—making BitTorrent dead simple for those we can’t seem to wrap their head around the popular file sharing protocol. We’re big fans of uTorrent around here (and apparently so are you )—it’s our first recommendation for anyone looking to make some really great BitTorrent sauce—but as much as we’ve tried to make it dead simple to get good with the many BitTorrent tools , there are those folks who still just don’t get it

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LittleShoot Brings BitTorrent to Any Browser for the Uninitiated [Downloads]

That frozen over pond you’ve been hiking over all winter is warming up, so do yourself a favor and check out Wired’s illustrated guide to survive falling through ice. The guide is simple and direct, with four main steps and some sound advice for handling the pyschological aspects of the scary situation. For example: As you hit the water, a physiological reaction known as torso reflex will cause you to gasp for air.

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How to Survive Falling Through Ice [Survival]

Earlier this week we highlighted some very cool Moleskine icons for Macs , and while a serious Moleskine nut could convert them for Windows, reader shadoblak points out a different, already Windows-friendly set of Moleskine icons. Not much more to say beyond that, except that they look great and that we hope you’ve gotten your fill of virtual Moleskine—we’ve definitely hit our quota for the quarter

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Moleskine Icons, Windows Edition [Friday Fun]

The Windows Live team announces that POP3 access to Hotmail has been enabled worldwide, finally ending years of your email being trapped behind Microsoft apps. They’ve been rolling out these changes for a while now, with the US finally getting access last month , but POP3 access is finally available to everybody

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Hotmail Finally Enables POP3 Worldwide [Windows Live]

Windows/Mac/Linux: If you’re stuck on a slow connection or frequently find yourself using hot spots with different speeds, OperaTurbo can make your web browsing experience more pleasant. Thanks to server-side optimization, pages load lightning fast. Unlike Opera Mini, which actually tweaks the layout and code of a page to make your mobile browsing experience better, Opera Turbo leaves the page layout exactly how it is but applies varying degrees of compression.

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OperaTurbo Boosts Performance on Slower Connections [Downloads]