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How to Read PDF Files on Your Amazon Kindle (Version 3)
If you’ve got one of the newer Kindle devices, you’ve got the ability to read PDF files built right in—very convenient, but how does it work? Let’s ta
How to Create a Shortcut That Nukes Every Running Windows App
Have you ever had dozens of application windows open and wanted to just close them all? There’s a bunch of freeware apps that will close them all for
How to Make a Rainmeter Skin Stick to the Desktop Without Moving
Rainmeter skins are great---you can use them to display all sorts of system stats on your desktop, but unfortunately they are too easily moveable with
Use Verbose Boot Messages to Troubleshoot Windows Startup Problems
If you've ever had problems with your PC starting up or shutting down slowly, there's lots of different troubleshooting techniques that you can use---
Secure Your Windows Live Account on a Public PC with a Sign-in Code
While most of us here prefer Google, Windows Live does have one great feature that Gmail doesn’t yet provide: a single-use security code that lets you
Hidden Keyboard Trick Makes Non-Curly Quotes in Windows Live Writer
Tired of Windows Live Writer switching all your double and single quotes to the curly versions? Sure, you can turn it off in the options panel, but th
What is Cloud Computing and What Does This Stupid Buzzword Mean?
The other day a reader wrote in asking if cloud computing could help save his hard drive space, which made me realize that it's time to talk about exa
The 10 Cleverest Ways to Use Linux to Fix Your Windows PC
You might not be ready to accept Linux as your desktop yet, but you can still use it to save your Windows PC---whether you need to reset passwords, re
How to Set an Image as Wallpaper from Google Chrome
If you’re a Google Chrome user and you’ve been wondering why there isn’t an option to set an image as wallpaper directly from the browser, there’s now
Beginner’s Guide to Rainmeter: Display System Stats on Your Desktop
If you’ve ever seen one of those super-customized desktops that are sometimes featured on Lifehacker, you might have wondered just how they put them t
Today is 10/10/10 - the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
Today is 10/10/10, but it’s even more than that. Today is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. How? Keep reading.
How to Create an Alarm Clock Shortcut on Android 2.2 (Froyo)
If your Android phone is running a stock version of Froyo, you might have noticed there’s no way to create a shortcut for the Alarms panel, which can
Ask How-To Geek: What's Wrong With Writing Down Your Password?
Recently a reader asked me why she wasn't supposed to write down her passwords---which is a very good question. Ignoring all the geeky password manage
How to Download Your Photos and Videos from Facebook
If you’re tired of your photos and videos being impossible to retrieve from Facebook, you’ll be happy to know that they are rolling out a new feature
How to Download Google Maps for Offline Use
If you've ever wanted to be able to download Google Maps data for offline use, you should check out gmapcatcher, a cross-platform application that caches map segments locally.
How to Restore Previous Versions of the Registry in Windows 7
If you want to manually restore a specific section of the registry from a previous System Restore snapshot, or access some specific keys from an older
How to Stop The Obnoxious “Top stories today by @yourname” Spam on Twitter
Lately I’ve noticed an annoying trend on Twitter—people constantly spamming your @replies feed with these posts saying that you were the top story on
How to Search Evernote from the Google Chrome Location Bar
Evernote is a great system for storing notes, images, and web pages so you can find them later, and you can make it even better by integrating the sea
What Are WLIDSVC.EXE and WLIDSVCM.EXE and Why Are They Running?
You're no doubt reading this article because you're wondering what those two processes are doing cluttering up Task Manager, and also wondering why th
Xmarks Is Dead, So What Other Options Do You Have?
It started life as the Foxmarks extension, then they rebranded it to Xmarks and made it work across any web browser—and now it has died a deadly death