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Seeking all sports nuts: Coveroo phone cases

If you're like me, you might have been on a fruitless hunt for a customized iPhone case that touts your beloved sports team, only to discover nobody seems to have any. Is it critical for me to own an iPhone case themed after the New York Jets? Hardly, but I'm a superstitious fellow and I like my digital trinkets and amulets.

Coveroo, which makes custom cases for iPhones, BlackBerries, iPods, iPads, and many other devices, doesn't actually have an NFL teams license, although it does have a license for NFL players. They have NBA and MLB licenses, … Read more

Helpful desktop calendar

Rainlendar Lite offers not only a fantastic desktop calendar, but also a helpful reminder system. With a familiar layout and useful tools, this program is certain to keep you organized.

The program's interface is simple with intuitive commands. We had no problem finding and navigating this semitranslucent calendar and a to-do list as it nestled into our desktop. Programming the alarm and task lists felt like operating Microsoft Outlook, because the menus mimic that program. With only a few mouse clicks and some times and dates we had our calendar full of reminders. We like how the reminders are … Read more

Customizable toolbar impresses

With its numerous customization options, this free toolbar quickly became a favorite, and one of the more useful Internet Explorer add-ons we've tested. ALOT Customizable News Toolbars is well-designed and has such a wide variety of buttons to choose from, you're sure to find something you like.

The toolbar fits snugly in your browser window. Though we liked the overall toolbar design, with its colorful, but not cheesy, buttons, we didn't care for the default layout. The customization option took us to the publisher's Web site, where we deleted the toolbar buttons that we didn't … Read more

Customizable search for your Web site visitors

These days, there are several ways to get a customized or internal search engine free of charge. Google's Custom Search Engine (CSE) and Yahoo's Search Builder lead the way, and their products are fairly easy to implement. After the Big Two, there are several services trying to make their mark, but one that that stands out is the Swicki from Eurekster.

A Swicki is a combination search portal and widget that can be customized on any topic or topics either within a Web site, group of Web sites, or the Web at large. The end product is a … Read more