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Windows only: Free computer cleaning application AtomicCleaner has the standard roster of cleaning tools like temp file deletion and cookie removal, but goes a step further and includes a cleanup option for gamers. The Gamer Cleanup clears out the sometimes monster-sized temporary gaming cache files.

By Evan Ackerman With some exceptions, laptops manufacture horrible pillows. I mean, what were they thinking, designing them out of plastic and metal with no soft squishy bits for you to rest your head on?

Windows/Mac/Linux (all platforms): Livestation, the previously invite-only streaming television player, has released its free desktop client for all platforms. The app cites an available 1,275 channels, but the majority are—how should we say—not essential viewing.

Every time you access a file on your windows computer, a Last Accessed file attribute is updated. You will likely not need this, so you can remove some overhead by following this guide. This guide is for Windows XP. Last access is disabled by default in Windows Vista.

Web apps is a well known part of the iPhone’s system and paves the way for the ability to run applications within the MobileSafari browser. Up until recently, we all thought that meant web-oriented apps mandatory Safari to run.

Just when I got writing about the the relatively unknown fullscreen web app feature, that comes across my screen! The iPhone 2.2 firmware update apparently had a few secrets of its own that are worth mentioning. Developers have located these secret features, which are like little nuggets of iPhone treasure.

It’s the season premiere of What’s On Your Computer aka. Show Me Your Desktop. I’ll continue with the akas’. Chris Pirillo aka L0ckergn0me will kick this season off. You can’t write about Chris Pirillo without linking to a lot different sites. Chris and his wife Ponzi are the minds behind the increasingly popular technology conference Gnomedex.

I’ve mentioned on the PCMech Live show many times my disdain for the fact that if you’re one of the few running a 64-bit processor, your options for native 64-bit applications are few and far between on the consumer end. Chances are very high that the computer you’re using right now has a 32-bit CPU in it.

Netbooks might be tiny and pack in a whole bunch of features, but next again the small anatomy factor makes them heat up much faster than a class A fever. With the Acer Aspire One Fan Control, you will be able to help keep temperature levels low, as the Acer Aspire netbook plods on while crunching all your numbers in reports.