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StealthSwitch: play Minesweeper with impunity

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Nothing is worse than having your boss come up behind you right after you clicked a link you knew you really shouldn't be clicking at work, only for him to witness your guilty scramble to minimize the window and sort of look like you were actually working. Well, I assume nothing is worse…. [Nice save. -Ed.] Anyhow, for those of you with a poorer work ethic, the StealthSwitch might make a handy accomplice. A little foot switch that sits under your desk and plugs into your USB port, the StealthSwitch can be programmed to do any number of tasks. It can mute the sound, hide your desktop icons, hide the current window, hide all windows, or hide all windows except for the ones you specify, like the Excel spreadsheet you were supposed to be working on instead of reading technology blogs. And by "hide," it means really hide, not just minimize. It totally removes the windows from the screen, so even if your boss thinks he saw something disappear, a closer inspection will show his eyes were playing tricks on him. Available now for $25.

 
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