two steps

No more scouring of gnome-look.org, manually downloading, and manually dragging the files into the theme window to install and apply.

Now, you can just click on a preview, click ‘Apply’ - and let the magic of it downloading and installing do it’s work.

That’s right - just two steps. Amazing.

Datamation: "KDE 4.1 is supposed to make everything right with the recently troubled desktop. Everyone agrees now that KDE 4.0 was a mistake.

However, what the mistake was--and whose--is a matter of opinion..."

Not only did KDE developers try to make too many changes too quickly, but they have yet to absorb the lesson in 4.x's muted reception.

Datamation reviews the second KDE 4.1 beta.

"However, if the second beta of 4.1 is any indication, it will be only partly successful in quieting user dissent.

On the one hand, KDE 4.1 includes the first 4.x versions of several major KDE applications, which goes a long way toward improving the user experience.

And, in both other programs as well as the desktop, the second beta sports countless improvements in functionality and design.

This is for people who have a Gmail account, but prefer to get their mail in Mail or Entourage using a POP connection to Gmail.

This will keep your Gmail from accumulating online forever. Instead, it will be deleted from Gmail online after 30 days.

There are only two steps to this hint:

1. Use the 'recent' option in your POP email client.
2. Set up a filter in Gmail that deletes mail that is from your Gmail address.

Step one is tricky and has major consequences.

Change your POP client's user id settings from myaccount@gmail.com to recent:myaccount@gmail.

Great news! AOL finally opens it’s OSCAR protocol for developers by providing extended information through its OpenAIM program with a SDK, tutorials and all you need to build up aim compatible messengers or even bots.

But is it that open?