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• Track Craigslist Page Views, No Web Host Required ...

  Lifehacker reader Jenny saw an older tip on tracking page views on Craigslist , but wanted a way to get the same stats-tracking on the site's free ads without having to have your own image-serving web space. She utilized a little HTML tweaking and the free stat-tracking, URL-shortening service bit.l ...

• Advanced IP Scanner Finds and Controls Network Co ...

  Windows only: If you're running a home network with more than one or two machines, free network tool Advanced IP Scanner might save you a good chunk of time hunting down IP addresses and remotely connecting. The small utility scans a range of internal IP addresses and reports the status, name, NetBI ...

• Gmail Adds Canned Responses for Quick Replies [Gm ...

  Gmail's Labs offerings now include a seriously boon to anyone who ends up writing "Received the document, thanks!" or the like over and over again. Head to the Labs section in Settings and enable Canned responses and you'll see a new drop-down menu on your toolbar. It's blank at first, so write a ty ...

• Pective Uses Life-Size Images for Gadget Comparis ...

  Free size-comparison site Pective scales product images for your LCD screen to full size, allowing you to make a side-by-side comparison of your current clunker to that hot new phone you've been eyeing. You'll first be prompted for your diagonal screen size, then you simply browse and click to pull ...

• Wheelie Spins Through Apps (and Image Searches) W ...

  Windows Vista (with Aero running) only: Wheelie, a free beta app, can be used solely as a pretty neat application switcher at this point, but its developers seem to have much grander plans for the little utility. Once installed, you can flip through active window thumbnails with your mouse wheel by ...