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Manage a Music Playlist and More with GMote for Android
So its time to plan a party. The chips and dip are out, the chilled beverages are chilling, the mood lighting is set to “groovy,” and the music is…wait. You forgot to consider the music, didn’t you? That is a big mistake. Music can make or break a party; everyone knows that. So what do…
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Gmail Improves Undo Send Feature, Saving Careers and Relationships
I’m probably a little over-paranoid, but I always get a slight wave of anxiety before I send an important email. Questions like “Did I say the right things?”, “Did I address it to the correct person?”, and “Did I refrain from speaking like a pirate?” all rush through my head before I click that ominous…
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EasyTether Lets You Access the Internet Anywhere with an Android Phone
As I write this article, rain falls from the sky, the earth rotates around the sun, and I’m sitting in the passenger seat of a Jeep making its way out of city traffic. Using my Android phone and the free-with-limitations EasyTether application, I can browse the internet on my netbook anywhere that I have a data…
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Tag Your Friends’ Faces in Picasa for Easy Photo Organization
Picasa is a free application from Google that lets you easily edit and manage your entire photo collection. Picasa offers many useful features like geotagging, web albums, and powerful-yet-simple photo editing (I love the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button). One problem with large photo collections is that it can become extremely difficult to find pictures of…
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Windows XP Tip: How to Rearrange Applications in the Windows Taskbar
If you have several applications open simultaneously in Windows XP, you may find yourself wishing you could rearrange their order like tabs in your browser. This feature isn’t included in Windows XP by default, but you can easily add it with Taskbar Shuffle. Taskbar Shuffle is a tiny application that quietly sits in your system…
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Friday Fun! Get That Fake Sense of Accomplishment In Achievement Unlocked 2
If you’ve played a game on a major gaming platform in the past few years, chances are you’re familiar with achievements. Games on the Xbox 360 have them in the form of a Gamerscore, where certain actions in games gain you points that are displayed in your profile. The Playstation 3 has platinum, gold, silver,…
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Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks Soon, Find the Best Time to Watch Where You Live
Depending on where you live, the Perseids meteor shower will be reaching its peak sometime during the night of August 12th and the morning of August 13th. Since many factors can impact the visibility of astronomical events like meteor showers, NASA provides a great Java applet called the Fluxtimator that can show you the best…
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How To: Send Websites To Your Android Device With Chrome to Phone
Root users and owners of Google’s Nexus One have had access to Android 2.2 for a while now, but the update is finally starting to trickle down to everyone else with an Android phone. Official versions of Froyo are available for the Evo 4G and Motorola Droid, and Motorola’s estimate for the Droid X update…
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Window 7 Tip: Enable the Preview Pane for Quick File Viewing
Navigating through your personal files can sometimes be a nightmare, and it can often times be easier to open individual documents to find exactly what you’re looking for. After awhile, you can find yourself with multiple open documents, but none of them were the one you were looking for. By default, you documents will appear…