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Google Buzz, a microblogging platform by Google, is the recent hot talk of the netizens all around the globe.

The web interface of google talk always has this awesome feature called "invisibility" that lets you stay online , but appear as offline to your friends. It is really handy, when you don't want to get disturbed/distracted by someone.

I guess most of you are aware of the linux command line downloader wget. It is an efficient and simple tool with lots of features. And since it is a command-line tool, it can be used in your scripts. To know more about wget , read this article "Mastering Wget" from Lifehacker.

For Linux beginners who are unfamiliar with the command line , here is a Graphical front-end for wget - GWGET . It provides almost all the options available in the command-line version. Take a look at the screenshots below.

Do you know the IMEI number of your mobile phone? If you don't , follow the simple step mentioned below to know your IMEI number. This IMEI number is like serial number and is unique for each phone. You need this IMEI number to lodge a complaint with the proper authorities.

Have you accidentally deleted the "Show the desktop" icon on your taskbar? No worries. There is an easy way to bring back the icon.

• Step 1:
  Open notepad and copy the following
  
  [Shell]
  Command=2
  IconFile=explorer.exe,3
  [Taskbar]
  Command=ToggleDesktop
  
  and save it as "Show Desktop.scf"

Cool pdf is the world's smallest pdf reader. Having a filesize of just 628 kilobytes, this windows application does much more than what you expect.

WinDirStat is a windows freeware that analyses the contents of your drives (you can even specify a particular location) and displays, how much data is stored i

Twitter allows 'only' 140 character/tweet. Being a micro-blogging service, it doesn't need more. But at times, you may feel that 140 chars is not enough to express your thought. TweetShrink helps you at such times.They trim your tweets and make them twitter friendly.

Got bored, looking over the same wallpaper again and again? Want some real refreshing wallpapers?

Keyboardr is a site that presents Google search results in a keyboard-friendly interface where you can browse through them just with the keyboard.