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Windows: Just because you're still rocking Windows XP, or you've recently picked up a Netbook that zips along nicely with XP installed on it, doesn't mean you need to miss out on the polished...
Your experiment in blogging has really taken off, so you're itching to move from Blogger to a self-hosted WordPress installation. Luckily, you can do so without losing the traffic you worked so...
Java-enabled phones: Opera Mini, the savior of phones with less-than-awesome pre-installed browsers, is available in in a beta version of its fifth release, with an overhauled look, tabbed browsing, Speed Dial startup links, password management, and ...
Need to apply a drop-shadow, color tweak, or sharpening to a photo, but you're high and dry without Photoshop? PowerPoint has a surprisingly robust range of photo effects you can use to quickly pull off a quick retouch.
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Opera 10 final is out, Chrome just turned one year old, and Firefox 3.5 has settled into stability. It's time once again to break out the timers and speed test today's web browsers.
Like all our previous speed tests, this one is unscientifi...
Windows only: Explorer's integrated search is fine for most things, but more powerful searches or sorting through long lists of similar files isn't exactly easy—Listary gives you hotkeys, wildcards, and commands to help you quickly find anything in a...
Many of our featured workspaces are featured for what they contain. The most notable thing about today's featured workspace is what it doesn't contain.
Lifehacker reader re404 gets stuff done in a work collective located in Rotterdam. His workspace is...
In the age of email, it's not often we send mail through the regular postal service. Next time you're mailing a letter the old-fashioned way, do it up right with Google Maps and a color printer.
The idea got its start thanks to a clever idea from...
Google today announced a new service, Google Buzz, that automatically brings social networking into Gmail and the rest of the Google-sphere. Whether or not you're big on social networking sites like Twitter or Facebook, Buzz offers a somewhat new and...
Ed. note: If you've tried moving the Windows Users directory to a location other than the default, you know it can be quite an undertaking. Reader Roobs wrote in detailing how he moved his Windows 7 Users directory without nasty registry...