First Look at the Improved and Redesigned Firefox 4 (Windows/Mac/Linux) Mozilla today released the first beta build of Firefox 4, complete with a new look, new features, and support for more HTML5 specs. Here's a quick screenshot tour of how it's shaping up.
Desktop Earth Sets a Rotating Picture of the Earth as Your Windows Wallpaper (Windows) We've already shown you how to set a rotating Earth image as your Linux wallpaper, and many of you came up with good Windows solutions. But if you're not the scripting type, here's a program that will do it all for you.
Poyozo Downloads and Organizes Your Virtual Life (Firefox) If you feel like you've accumulated so many virtual inboxes-email, social networks, media sites-that you're never able to keep on top of them, Poyozo aims to help you collect and organize the various data streams from your virtual life.
Chrome to Phone Sends Links, Text, and Numbers to Android Almost Instantly (Android 2.2 with Chrome/Firefox) For certain web searches, your desktop is better than Android, but you still want that data on your phone. Install Chrome to Phone and you can shoot links, Maps, and copied text directly to your Android phone.
GVNotifier Adds Full Google Contacts Access and Windows 7 Integration (Windows) GVNotifier was a decent little utility the first time we looked at it. Now the app shows your full contacts list, offers in-app voicemail playback, puts frequent contacts in right-click jumplists, and generally makes Google Voice into a desktop app.
Run Android on Your Windows Mobile Phone (Windows Mobile) If you're interested in trying out Android but you're locked into your current contract with a Windows Mobile phone don't despair. Quite a few Windows Mobile phones have the right hardware to support Android booting-without erasing Windows Mobile.
AppBrain Upgrade Installs Android Apps Instantly from the Web (Android) Google previewed over-the-air app installing at its I/O conference, but you can get that functionality in your Android phone right now. Install AppBrain and its Fast Web Installer, and clicking "Install" on the web will instantly install apps on your phone.
Phone Disk Mounts iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad as USB Disks in Finder (Mac) iPhone users have been able to browse the contents of their device using apps like previously mentioned iPhone Explorer for awhile, but Phone Disk integrates it with OS X, mounting your iPhone in the Finder instead of a separate app.
Calcurse Manages Tasks and Appointments with Pure Text (Mac/Linux) Want a to-do and calendar manager that puts very little fluff between you and your important stuff? Calcurse is a clever text-based task and scheduling app that's rich in features but light on interface doo-dads.
Unlocker Deletes Locked Files, Now Works for 64-bit Windows (Windows) Freeware system utility Unlocker deletes, moves, or copies locked files that you normally can't access, and the latest version finally adds much-needed support for 64-bit Windows.
