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Disable Spotlight Searches to Improve iPhone 3G Performance on iOS 4 [IPhone]

Thursday, July 29th, 2010
If you're still a loyal iPhone 3G owner and upgraded to iOS 4, you've probably noticed one major new thing: slowness. You can downgrade to 3.1.3, but more than one Gizmodo commenter suggest a fix that's worked for them. More »


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Use Ctrl+Shift+Click to Open Programs as Administrator in Windows 7 [Windows 7]

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Windows 7: Everybody knows that you can right-click any application to launch it as administrator, but what you might not know is there's an even quicker way you can trigger administrator mode. More »


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The Worst Email Habits and Annoyances You Should Avoid (or At Least Be Aware Of) [What You Said]

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Email signatures might be more annoying than you think, but we all experience plenty more gaffes, annoyances, and misfires in our inbox. We asked our savvy readers to share their biggest email annoyances, and here's what they said. More »



Email - Marketing - Windows - History - Historians

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Lose the Taskbar Thumbnail Delay in Windows 7 with a Registry Hack [Windows Tip]

Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Windows 7's useful taskbar is great, but if you don't like waiting for the thumbnails to show up when you hover your mouse over it a taskbar item, a simple registry hack will speed things up. More »



Windows 7 - Microsoft Windows - Windows - Operating system - Utilities

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Leave Me Alone! Disables Windows Update Nagging [Downloads]

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Windows: If you like the convenience of automatic updates but not the irritation of Windows nagging you to reboot your machine, Leave Me Alone! is a simple workaround that requires no registry editing or disabling of Windows update. More »



Windows Update - Windows - Microsoft Windows - Operating system - Windows XP

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