Adding to my previous message, my solution is just for the keyboard (as I prefer). But if you want to do it with the mouse, you could look at: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/aero-snap-ubuntu-easystroke/ which uses Easystroke to run a command after a mouse gesture.
-- Morne Alberts
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