Ever wanted to master the keyboard shortcuts and get more productive on the web? Here is everything you need – 7 quick cheat sheets for some of the most widely used tools on the web. Download, print and stick them somewhere near your desk.
Link: MakeUseOf
Need to give your blog or personal site a more modern look? AjaxBuddy, a free repository of Web 2.0-style site tools, is great for site owners who don’t have time to learn an entire programming language, or just need a starter block of code to get building. Grab free, easy-to-modify code for Flickr-like editing fields, quick-loading slideshows and tabbed galleries, instant graphs, date-choosing calendars, and dozens more examples. Many require replacing just a few values to get working, but even the more complex tools are great learning tools.
Link: Lifehacker
Snackr is an RSS ticker that pulls random items from your feeds and scrolls them across your desktop. When you see a title that looks interesting, you can click on it to pop up the item in a window.
Link: Snackr
No matter what OS you use, you need to think about security.
We’ve got you covered with five freeware or shareware security tools for Linux boxes, Macs, and Windows machines, all recommended by Ars staffers. Running behind a firewall and a NAT router can keep many threats at bay, and skeptical computing can keep most people safe on the Internet, but it never hurts to have a toolbox of well-crafted apps that you can reach into should your machine be breached.
Link: Ars Technica