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Twitter desktop round-up: Top 5 free apps compared

Forgo Twitter.com's dreaded "fail whale". How? Tweet from the desktop. It's more reliable at times, and sophisticated desktop apps are packed with useful management features.

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  • CNET Loaded

    Verizon shows off the Droid, T-Mobile launches contract-free plans, and why you should not wear your mobile phone in a holster on your hip.

  • Augmented reality in Aussie film clip

    Aussie band Lost Valentinos is using augmented reality in its latest video clip and is asking for your help.

  • Next Firefox can detect computer orientation

    The upcoming version 3.6 of Firefox will be able to tell if you're listing to starboard — and pass that information along to applications running in the browser.

  • Digsby claims it has Twitter client for 'the mainstream'

    New Digsby aims to flip some of the standard ways of presenting Twitter feeds on its head, making it easier to read threads and respond to tweet pop-ups.

  • Twitter-integrated TV: Stepping into the time warp?

    Some viewers would eat it up; others would ignore it. But packaged right by the industry, Twitter could easily become the biggest thing in interactive TV since Dr Frank-N-Furter played the hot dog.

  • Google Maps, finally with Aussie traffic

    It's taken a while, but it's finally here: Google Maps now includes real-time Australian traffic info.

  • Opera 10

    What's new in Opera 10? Oh, just a major compression engine, better customisations, and dual identity for tabs.

  • Facebook 3.0 for iPhone pours on the features

    The third major edition of Facebook for iPhone pours on a heap of new features, and many of them focused on friends and photos. Get a glance of what's in store.

  • Tweet for bread

    In what's being claimed as an Aussie first, Modular Records is seeking submissions for a social media savvy intern via Twitter.

  • Google links Apps to Groups for quicker sharing

    Until now, Google Apps users wanting to share items had either to make them entirely public, or share them on a person-by-person basis.

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  • Norton Internet Security 2010

    Norton Internet Security 2010 builds on the immense progress it made in last year's version, maintaining a low system profile while strengthening its security framework. It's not perfect, but even Symantec's detractors should check it out.

  • Opera 10

    Featuring a compression engine to boost speeds for slow computers, a cool new treatment for tabs and a gaggle of other enhancements, the Opera 10 browser is nothing to sneeze at.

  • LogMeIn Pro and LogMeIn Ignition for iPhone

    Remote access doesn't get much simpler than LogMeIn, but don't expect it to do absolutely everything for you.

  • Safari 4

    Apple is touting Safari 4 as the fastest browser on the web for both Windows and Mac. Depending on your computer's specs that may indeed be true. However, if you need more than speed, Safari may not be the best choice.

  • Skype 4.1 beta

    Skype's new screen-sharing feature is a clever addition to the VoIP communications application. The new beta also sees birthday reminders reinstated, a favourite feature of past builds.

  • Flock 2.5

    Flock's differentiator is the way it integrates other services into the main browser frame — almost everything you'd want to do on the social web is already built in.

  • Zoho Writer 2.0

    Zoho Writer 2.0 provides one of the richest feature sets of any online word processor, now more accessible thanks to an interface revamp. And, of course, it's free...

  • Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

    Designers and editors who lean on Dreamweaver for complex dynamic websites will find plenty of tweaks and improvements in version 4.

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