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Use Amazon’s Barcode Scanner to Easily Buy Anything from Your Phone
Sometimes you just want things to be simple, and whether you want to buy a book, DVD, or even products like shaving cream and dry goods, you can do it in a snap with Amazon’s mobile app.
How to Fix the “AppleSyncNotifier.exe Entry Point Not Found” Error
If you’ve unfortunately been forced to use iTunes, you’re probably used to having lots of errors.
How to Reset Your Windows Password Without an Install CD
If you’ve forgotten your Windows password and you don’t have an install CD laying around, there’s no need to worry.
How to Rename Internet Explorer to Firefox/Chrome Downloader
Now that Internet Explorer has officially dropped below 50% market share, it’s high time that we rename it to a more fitting title: Google Chrome Downloader, or if you prefer, Firefox Downloader.
Here's Why Disabling the Windows Pagefile is Pointless
For years, Windows tweaking people have tried to convince everybody that if you disable the pagefile, you'll get a big performance boost.
How to Burn Data Across Multiple DVD or CD Discs
If you have a large amount of data you wish to burn to disc and it won't fit on a single DVD or CD, you can make the process easier by using burning software that supports disc spanning.
How to Create Your Own Windows 8 Shortcuts (for Shutdown, Perhaps?)
It's easy to customize and move all the Windows tiles around, but what if you want to create your own shortcuts for portable apps, or something really useful, like adding the missing Shutdown or Reboot shortcuts back? Here's how to do it.
How to Force Windows 8 to Keep the Explorer Ribbon Minimized
The addition of the Ribbon to Explorer in Windows 8 wasn’t exactly a popular decision—there were outcries from loads of people about how it would make the whole experience bloated and waste space.
Windows 8 Screenshot Tour: Everything You Possibly Want to Know
Yesterday Microsoft released the first preview release of Windows 8, and we spent all night testing it out and diving into how it all works.
Beginner: How to Switch from iGoogle Back to Plain Google Homepage
Today a reader wrote in telling us that their home page used to be Google, but now they seem to be stuck on iGoogle instead, and would really rather have the plain old Google back.
7 Search Tips You Probably Don’t Know About
Not a day passes by without doing an online search.
How to Customize Folder Backgrounds and Icons in Windows Explorer
We’ve covered a lot of Windows tweaks over the years, and today we’re going to show you how to customize the look of your folders in Windows Explorer to add a background image or change the folder icons.
How to Build Your Own Soundboard App With Android App Inventor
Today we’re going to show you how to use the Android App Inventor tool to create your own Android app, without having to write a lot of complicated code.
Geek Rants: Why Do So Many Web Sites Fail to Use Print Stylesheets?
It never ceases to amaze me that people have to look for a link or a button that says “Print” on a web page, especially considering there’s a miracle technology that makes that step unnecessary.
Important Warning: Be Careful Downloading Open Source Apps via Search
We’ve always been big proponents of open source software, but lately we’ve noticed a disturbing trend: open source software is being wrapped in crapware-laden installers and Google / Bing / Yahoo ads designed to trick people.
How to Convert a Hard Drive or Flash Drive from FAT32 to NTFS Format
If you’ve got a hard drive formatted with the FAT32 file system, you might have found that you can’t copy large files to that drive.
Use the Navigation Pane in Word 2010 to Easily Reorganize Documents
Microsoft Word has a zillion features, and even after using it for a while, you’re always finding something new.
Books We Love: Cooking for Geeks Teaches the Science Behind Cooking
We don’t do a whole lot of book reviews around here, but after buying this book and reading it, there was no way I could keep from sharing it with you, the geeky readers.
How to Enable Flashblock in Chrome (And Make it 5000% More Secure)
Most people don’t realize this, but when your PC gets infected from browsing a web site, it’s not usually because of your browser—it’s because of your plugins, like Flash, Java, and others.
How to Automatically Change Your Default Printer Based on Your Location
Windows 7 has a ton of great features, most of which are really obvious—but there’s also some great features hidden away that you might not know even exist.