During the days of iTunes 9 the Minimize, Maximize, and Close control buttons were in a straight horizontal line. When iTunes 10 came out they were moved to a vertical layout. Here’s how to get them back to the way they were. …
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Having your laptop lost or stolen can be a horrible experience. Thanks to the light, easy to use, and Open Source project Prey, you can set it up to find your laptop, netbook, desktop, or Android device if it’s lost or stolen.
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How To Find Your Laptop If It’s Lost or Missing with PreyRead More »
If you’ve upgraded to Firefox 4, you’ve undoubtedly noticed there are several changes to the layout of the user interface. If you’re not a fan of it for whatever reason, you can make it look like Firefox 3 with an add-on and a couple of other tweaks.
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Earlier today we showed you how to disable Ping on an iPhone or iPod Touch to help save battery life. If you don’t use this service, you might as well turn it off in iTunes as well. Here we show you how to turn it off in iTunes and through your account.
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How To Completely Disable the Ping Feature in iTunes 10Read More »
There has been some talk that since Apple released the iOS update 4.3 that battery life is worse than before. One way to help remedy this problem is to disable Apple’s Ping service. Since you probably don’t use it anyway, here we’ll show you how to turn it off.
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We previously let you know that Microsoft is giving up on the Zune series of hardware. In that article we also mentioned that if you want to upgrade to a nice MP3 Player or get your first one, this is prime time to get a Zune on the cheap.
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How To Manage Video and Audio Podcasts with a ZuneRead More »
This brief tutorial will guide you through setting up a “Facebook Question” – one of the latest features that Facebook has implemented. …
Whether you want to admit it or not, Macs running OS X can be compromised by hackers. If you’re a longtime Windows user and switching to Mac, you know the importance of having the built in firewall enabled. But did you know OS X comes with a Firewall as well? Here we take a look at how to enable and set it up.
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How To Enable the Firewall in Mac OS X Snow LeopardRead More »
If you use torrent clients to download files from the Internet, you might think of something you want, but you’re not at home to kick off the download. The solution to this is to use Dropbox to start torrent downloads remotely, from one computer to another.
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How To Start Torrent Downloads Remotely With DropboxRead More »
If you’re a Firefox fan you probably know that Firefox 4 was released yesterday. It includes a new Sync Feature and here we’ll take a look at using it to sync its bookmarks and other settings between a Mac and PC.
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How To Sync Bookmarks Between PC & Mac in Firefox 4 with the Sync FeatureRead More »
Today is the big day for Firefox fans…the new version 4.0 is being released today. Here we’ll take a look at how to install the new version and how to bring your current bookmarks and settings with you.
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Install Firefox 4 on Your Windows PC and Restore Current Bookmarks & SettingsRead More »
One of the cool features included by default in modern browsers is Spell Checking. For some reason it’s not available by default in IE 9 (or any version of IE for that matter). Here we take a look at a free download that will add a spell checking feature to Internet Explorer.
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How To Add Spell Checking Support to Internet Explorer 9Read More »
Previously using the Home Sharing Feature could only be used between computers. With the iOS 4.3 update you can now stream your iTunes library from computers and your Apple devices…here’s how.
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How To Setup and Use Home Sharing With an iPhone, iPad, or iPod TouchRead More »
If your concerned about privacy and the way websites and advertisers track your location, there is a setting in IE9 that you can set to stop the tracking. Here we’ll show you how to enable that feature in IE 9.
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How To Stop Websites From Tracking Your Location in IE 9 & Firefox 4Read More »
We previously covered how to add https to your Facebook account for better security. Earlier it was announced that Twitter has set up a similar feature for its service and here’s how to enable it in Settings.
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