uTorrent for Mac Officially Released [Featured Mac Download]
Mac OS X only: If you've been waiting patiently for the popular BitTorrent application, uTorrent, to find its way to your Mac, your wait is finally over: uTorrent for the Mac is officially available. We've been waiting for the Mac release for a while now, and leaks of the beta had already made their rounds on BitTorrent sites (how apropos), but the official release (Intel Macs only at the moment) of the most popular BitTorrent client is finally here. The download is still in beta, and the developers acknowledge that it "may contain serious bugs," but it still looks and feels great.
I haven't had a chance to thoroughly test it yet, so if you give it a try, let's hear how you like it in the comments.
Leftover Thanksgiving Meal Ideas? [Ask The Readers]
Once you've woken from your first triptophan-induced nap and the initial bloat has worn off, you're going to be ready for another Thanksgiving binge—and another, and another. Rather than trek the same old turkey sandwich route, Better Homes and Gardens suggests six tasty treats you can make from your Thanksgiving leftovers, like sweet potato pancakes or layered turkey enchiladas. Most of the recipes still require a little work, but look at it this way: Since leftover ingredients like your delicious turkey are ready to go, half the cooking is already out of the way. Whether you've got grand plans or you prefer a more ready-to-eat classic, share your Thanksgiving leftover favorites in the comments. Photo by wEnDaLicious.
TooManyTabs Manages Firefox Tabs, Frees Up Memory [Featured Firefox Extension]
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Experimental Firefox extension TooManyTabs organizes extra browser tabs in Firefox, allowing you to store over 50 extra tabs in a special row for quick access at a later time. That may not sound terribly exciting by itself, but what if I told you that every tab you push to the TooManyTabs row frees up memory by turning the tabs you shelve into idle tabs? According to the developers, any time you move a tab onto a TooManyTabs row (which you do by hovering over the tab and clicking the yellow up arrow that replaces the favicon), that tab is removed from your memory. Any time you want it back, just click the tab in the TMT row. TooManyTabs can also restore up to 20 recently closed tabs (versus Tab Mix Plus's 10), helps you visualize your tabs by marking them in different colors, and lets you pin favorite sites to TooManyTabs for quick opening. If you're used to browsing sessions overflowing with extra tabs that devour your memory, this one is worth a try. TooManyTabs is in experimental mode, which means you'll need to register and log-in with Mozilla to install it.
Sling Streams TV and Movies, Steps Up to Hulu [Television]
Web site Sling streams popular television shows and movies through a web-based Flash player. Sling is brought to you by the company behind the Slingbox, a living room gadget capable of streaming live TV from your home to any computer in the world. Sling's new web interface extends those capabilities if you've got a Slingbox at home through the SlingPlayer Live TV page (Windows only for now), but for those of us who don't own a Slingbox, Sling is still an incredible new site for viewing licensed content à la Hulu. Sling hosts content from most of the major networks and studios (as TechCrunch points out, some of their content comes straight from Hulu), but it also hosts videos from smaller sources such as College Humor. Sling videos are embeddable, and as you can see below, the quality is aces.
Of course, many of the videos (like the one embedded above) are coming from Sling via Hulu, but despite the Hulu-Sling partnership, you'll notice you can find some videos on Hulu that aren't available on Sling and vice versa. Looks like Sling could be another excellent addition to our list of best sites to stream TV.
Fedora 10 Officially Released, Ready for Download [Featured Download]
Fedora has just released version 10 of the popular Linux distribution. It's only been six months since Fedora 9 hit servers, but the new release boasts all sorts of new features and improvements, including the addition of OpenOffice 3.0, new virtualization features, internet connection sharing, faster booting, and a new security tool. Hit the Fedora 10 release notes for a full rundown of what you can expect. We tend to focus more on Ubuntu Linux, which has caught the attention of a lot of Linux users around these parts, but Fedora's breakneck updates and new look and features since version 9 look great. Keep reading for a quick look at Fedora 10 in action.
We haven't tried it out yet, but if you give Fedora 10 a try, let's hear how you like the new release—and how it compares to Ubuntu—in the comments. Fedora 10 is a free download.
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