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Is There Anything Awesome I Can Do with All These Unused Ports on My TV? [Ask...
Dear Lifehacker, The back of my television is a barren wasteland. I have one HDMI port in use and, beyond that, nothing else. I don't know what half of these other ports even do (e.g. why does my TV...
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Morning Routine for Android Forces You to Wake Up and Start Your Day by...
Android: We've shared tons of Android alarm clock apps here before, but Morning Routine takes a fresh new approach to forcing yourself awake. When the alarm goes off, you have to scan a barcode—like,...
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Develop a Two-Minute Meditation Habit and Make It Stick [Meditation]
Zen Habits blogger Leo Babuta hits on perhaps the most important aspect of making meditation a centering tool for your hectic life: forming the habit. Don't buy a mat or pillow, or focus on 15-minute...
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CPU DB Is an Awesome Database of Microprocessor Specifications and Other...
Have you ever needed to look up something about a processor but didn't know where to go? CPU DB is an enormous database of information about pretty much every processor you'd ever need to research. The...
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Chrome Beta Syncs Open Tabs Across Devices [Chrome]
That great recipe you opened at work? If you're using Chrome's Beta channel wherever you go, it's now two clicks to bring it back up, as Chrome Beta has picked up the open tab syncing already seen in...
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How Thieves Steal Your Identity (and How You Can Protect Yourself) [Dark Side]
It seems kind of ridiculous that if someone acquires a single number, your identity can be stolen. Even so, that's the unfortunate reality of identity theft. But how does it happen? And is there...
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Visiting Facebook Just Once Can Derail Your Productivity [Distractions]
We know distractions are bad when you're trying to work. But, a new study found that it doesn't matter how many times you're distracted in one period of important work—even one little distraction is...
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The Titanium Kung Foon Spork Combines Every Dining Utensil into One Portable...
When you're home you probably have a decent cache of dining utensils, but when on the go you run the risk of being unprepared. If you're looking for a way to eat while traveling, camping, or just...
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Most Popular Bluetooth Headset: Jawbone [Hive Five Followup]
Whether you just want to listen to music wirelessly or you want a comfortable headset to take and place phone calls when you're out and about or otherwise using your hands, a Bluetooth headset is a...
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Daily App Deals: Get MagicalPad for iPad for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals [App...
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 MagicalPad (iTunes) Previously $4.99, now 99¢....
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"It's Hard to Have Original Ideas When Everyone Around You Is the...
"It's hard to have original ideas when you are surrounded by people who all have the same experiences as you." ~ Jonathan Harris We all want to have original ideas, but when you're surrounded by...
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The RoboCop Home Screen [Featured Home Screen]
Reader Rob put together this clean but good-looking dual-tone home screen using a custom Ice Cream Sandwich launcher and a few tiny customizations. You can probably put this home screen together on a...
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Remains of the Day: The FCC and the Four Major Carriers' Answer to Rampant...
The four major carriers and the FCC team up to put an end to cell phone theft, in-app purchases are now available to Android and Kindle Fire developers, and Windows Vista mainstream support ends today....
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All the Awesome Spotlight Shortcuts You Didn't Know Existed [Mac Tips]
OS X's Spotlight is a great tool for finding that file you lost or launching apps, but it can do a lot more than just find the occasional file. Here are some of the coolest Spotlight tips, features,...
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Dedicate 15 Minutes a Day to DIY Projects [DIY]
DIY projects are time-consuming and more often than not, it's easier to just go out and buy whatever you need instead of trying to make it. However, in an interview with the blog Consumerism...
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Build Your Own VPN to Pimp Out Your Gaming, Streaming, Remote Access, and Oh...
Even if you have no idea what a VPN is (it's a Virtual Private Network), the acronym alone conjures visions of corporate firewalls and other relatively boring things, right? While a VPN is a common...
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Meetings.io Creates Great-Looking Video Chats in Minutes, No Sign-Ups...
Want to get a few people in side-by-side video chat, but don't want to set everybody up with Skype, video conference software, or a Google+ Hangout? Head to Meetings.io, create a room, and give your...
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Amazon's Trade-In Program Now Accepts Your Old CDs [CDs]
Amazon has announced (at least to two different sites) that it will soon accept used music CDs, in exchange for Amazon gift cards. As with Amazon's Trade-In program for DVDs, textbooks, electronics,...
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Look to Your Doors to Get More Storage [Storage]
There is an art to thinking up new space possibilities in a very small apartment or work space. One such idea, which you'll feel like you must have already thought of: adding small shelves and hanging...
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Should I Run a Second Operating System in a Virtual Machine or Dual Boot?...
Dear Lifehacker, I've seen you talk about running Windows on a Mac by dual booting, as well as dual booting Windows 8 alongside Windows 7. But you've also talked about how to run Windows 8 in a virtual...
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