This brief tutorial will take you through the steps to enable ReadyBoost, a feature of Vista that allows you to improve your PC’s performance by utilizing the faster speeds of flash memory vs. your hard drive. It’s similar to adding more RAM to your PC, without having to actually add more RAM. …
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This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install and configure Blurminal, a SIMBL hack that allows you to ‘blur’ the background of Leopard’s Terminal.
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Below you’ll find 150 of the best SummerBoard themes for the iPhone and/or iPod Touch. …
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SummerBoard is an extension to the iPhone and/or iPod Touch SpringBoard user experience. SummerBoard adds a variety of useful and fun features to your iPhone/iPod Touch, including scrolling icons, wallpaper and themes. …
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Using BananaSplitter you can split .avi files in Windows, Linux/BSD/UNIX or macOS. BananaSplitter works across all these platforms because it’s written in Java, so you will need to have Java installed. …
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This brief tutorial will show you how to disable the annoying “balloon tips” in Windows XP.
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This tutorial will guide you through installing and setting up “Warp”, a preference pane that allows you to use the mouse to switch between Spaces rather than using the keyboard. Warp is freeware, but provides a feature I appreciate so much that I donated, and consider it money well spent. …
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This brief tutorial will walk you through the steps involved in installing and using/understanding Ziplight, a plugin that enables Spotlight to search within .zip files. …
This quick tip will explain how you can quickly and accurately move the cursor around on your iPhone or iPad. …
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Funes is a song raters dream come true. With all of its faults, iTunes remains my #1 media player. I use Quicksilver to control iTunes, which means iTunes is minimized 99% of the time. So to rate a song I have to bring up iTunes, locate the song, and add the rating. Enter Funes. A small (and free) app that resides in your menu and serves one single purpose – to let you quickly rate the currently playing song. Genius.
By installing Post to del.icio.us, a free add-on for Internet Explorer Mobile, you can quickly add any site to your del.icio.us account. For full setup and usage instructions, keep reading.. …
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Using the very aptly named (and free) AlwaysOnTop app, you can set any Windows program to remain “on top” of all the others. …
This very brief overview will show you how to get detailed information about any video file in Windows. …
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Sunbird, the open source calendar application from Mozilla, is approaching version 0.8 (the current stable release is 0.7). If you’d rather not upgrade to a beta version, but are curious to see the changes, here’s some info on the new release, and a few screenshots. …
This step by step guide will show you how to convert almost any type of video file into one that you can play on your iPhone or iPad – using completely free Windows software. …
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