How to Find Out If Your Mac Was Infected by the Flashback Trojan in One Click...
Last week, over 600,000 Macs were infected with a new trojan called the Flashback trojan, and even if you've updated your software, you could still be infected. Here's an app that will check your...
View ArticleDone with Instagram? Here Are Six Great Alternatives for the iPhone [Instagram]
If Facebook's acquisition of Instagram has you put off from using the service, there are more than a handful of alternatives out there. Here's a look at other apps you can use to get the same results...
View ArticleDaily App Deals: Get Splashtop Touchpad for iOS for Free in Today’s App Deals...
The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. The Best Splashtop Touchpad (iTunes) Previously $4.99, now...
View ArticleWhy Curiosity Is Often a Better Course of Action Than Anger [Mind Hacks]
You've met people before, so chances are you know they have the capacity to behave inconsiderately. Rather than getting angry, consider curiosity instead. As social business expert Peter Kim explains,...
View ArticleGet an Empty Seat Next to You on Your Next Flight by Booking the Window and...
Getting a good seat on a flight is awesome, but getting one with no one sitting next to you is even better. If you're lucky enough to be on a flight that isn't filled to the brim, here's a trick...
View ArticleRemains of the Day: Is a Faster iPhone and New iPod Touch on its Way? [For...
Apple internally seeds an iPhone with 1GB RAM, Microsoft announces they will end mainstream support for Vista and Office 2007 this week, and Google+ numbers are on the "up and up." Faster iPhone With...
View ArticleGmail Virus Filters, Calculating Tips, and Alternative File Explorers [From...
Readers offer their best tips for sending programs over Gmail, calculating tips at a restaurant, and using alternative file browsers in Windows. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view...
View ArticleRepurpose an Old Garden Rake as a Wine Glass Holder [Clever Uses]
If your kitchen style can be described as "country" or "rustic," this simple decorating trick may be useful for you. Just pick up an old garden rake at thrift store or garden store—the metal kind with...
View ArticleMake Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with a Pair of Baking Sheets [Cooking]
If you love grilled cheese sandwiches and want a foolproof way to make sure your sandwiches are perfectly crispy on the outside and gooey and melted on the inside, this tip from the folks at Cooks...
View ArticleConstant, Chronic Stress Can Make You Sick [Health]
It shouldn't be news by now that stress, especially chronic, prolonged stress, can have negative effects on your health and well-being. We've discussed what stress actually does to your body and what...
View ArticleMake a Quick, Easy Garden Planter from an Empty Cooking Oil Can [DIY]
If you love your olive oil or vegetable oil and cook with it often, you probably have one of those huge metal oil cans in your pantry and use it to refill a smaller container you keep close to the...
View ArticlePreserve Your Favorite Clothes and Make Them Last (Almost) Forever [Clothing]
Almost all of us have at least one favorite shirts that we've been holding onto for a decade or more. It's that one comfort-shirt that makes you feel good when you're wearing it because it has been...
View ArticleEnable Desktop Notifications, HTML5 Audio, and Five Star Rating in Google...
Google has added a few experimental features to Google Music including the ability to trigger desktop notifications in Chrome, an HTML5 player, and five star rating in place of the thumbs up. Tucked...
View ArticleCreate an Auto-Updating Folder for Your Photo Stream Pictures from iCloud...
Mac: The Photo Stream feature in iCloud is a handy way to keep your files in sync across devices, but it's lacking an easy way to pull a single image out of a folder for quick use. If you'd like a...
View ArticleBypass the Social Reader Apps in Facebook So Your Friends Don't Know What...
If you keep an eye on your news ticker in Facebook, you've probably had the inclination to read a story that a friend posted only to find you have to install a special application to read it....
View ArticleCreate a Kickass, Seamless, Play-Everything Media Center: The Complete Guide...
DVD players are so 1999. In this day and age, a custom media center running XBMC is the only thing you really need hooked up to your TV—whether you're watching movies you've ripped, streaming your...
View ArticleFour Beautiful XBMC Skins That Make Your Media Center Look Awesome...
XBMC is by far our favorite media software, letting you create a kickass, customizable, play-everything media center right on your TV. One of its coolest features is the ability to completely overhaul...
View ArticleKnow Which Shots Work Best with Each Instagram Filter [Instagram]
If you're just getting into Instagram, the social shoot-and-filter app that was hit Android last week and sold to Facebook yesterday, then you might want appreciate a primer on each filter's quirks...
View ArticleChromeOS Gets a Desktop, a Taskbar, and a Whole New Look [ChromeOs]
ChromeOS has always been just a Chrome browser and very little else. With the latest development build, however, Chromebook owners can try out a window manager, a taskbar, and even desktop space. It's...
View ArticleArq Backs Up Just the Mac Files You Need to Amazon S3 [Video]
If you want a total copy of your whole system for the inevitable emergency, our pick is CrashPlan. For the files you're working on? Dropbox. But what about backups of projects too big for Dropbox (or...
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