This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
Chrome OS Virtual Machine Build Ready for Your Testing (All Platforms)If you're aching to try out Chrome OS after taking a glimpse earlier today, friendly power user Mark Renouf has compiled a VMware image of Chrome OS for testing out in your virtual machine environment.Office 2010 Professional Beta Available for Download (Windows)Wanna give Office 2010's online document syncing, Windows 7 taskbar integration, and killer quick steps a go? Microsoft has t

Build Your Own 3D Camera Rig with Two Hacked Canon Cameras [Camera Hacks]
You don't need to spend a mint on the new 3D-capable camera from Fuji. You can throw two basic Canon point-and-shoot cameras together with $20 worth of parts and make your own for 3D fun. You'll need a pair of matching Canon PowerShot cameras that have modified firmware—the CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) we shared with you last year. You need two cameras in order to simulate the view from the le

Use a Spoon to Prevent Milk from Boiling Over [Food Hacks]
You're boiling milk, you turn your back for a moment, and—boom!—like Godzilla rising out of the bay, the milk is boiling over the pot and all over the stove. Prevent that mess with this simple hack. First, courtesy of food blog thekitchn, a little background on why milk boils over, unlike a pot of plain water: As milk heats, the water in its structure starts evaporating from the surface. This concentrates the remaining fat and proteins into a thicker layer at the top of the pot. This layer eventually becomes so thick that water

Make a Lighted Christmas Ball [Holidays]
If you're tired of the same old outdoor holiday decorating routine of simply wrapping a tree in lights, you'll definitely want to check out these lighted tree balls, a cheap and novel way to brighten your neighborhood. The design of the tree balls is extremely simple. You take a length of chicken wire, roll it in a tube, fold the top and bottom edges in while shaping it into a ball, and wrap the whole affair in a strand of Christmas lights to create a glowing sphere you can suspend from a tree. While that part of it is interesting, more interesting is the stor

Fishbowl Brings Facebook to Your Desktop [Downloads]
Windows only: Fishbowl, the Facebook client demoed at Microsoft's introduction to Silverlight 4, is now available for download—and it adds quite a few new desktop features to the Facebook experience, including badges, a mini news feed, and more. At first glance, Fishbowl looks a lot like a reorganized, slightly better looking version of Facebook. Along the top you have the usual sections of Facebook—Home, Profile, Photos, etc.—and on the left sidebar you have options for the window you're in. Navigating these sections is just like Facebook's web site