Two Questions - Fairly Easy Answers

First off - what applications are available for enhancing desktop browsing (IE changing desktop format - such as having item icons stay at the top are of the desktop, having widgets work constantly OUTSIDE of the widget application)
And also, I notice I may have duplicates in my itunes music folder as not all of the songs i have put on the computer I have are from cds... is there a way to quickly and effectivly clean up the hard-drive to creat more space?
Thanks.

Hi, Theseus. Welcome to the Discussions.
1. When looking for new applications, I recommend searching MacUpdate or Version Tracker. The user-submitted reviews accompanying the listings are helpful in sorting the wheat from the chaff.
2. See my "Freeing Space on your Mac OS X startup disk" FAQ.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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