Why Amazon Coins are worse than gift cards or cash
Amazon launched Coins recently, a virtual in-store currency similar to Microsoft Points or the Steam Wallet.
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You can now play Civilization in your web browser
The first time I played the computer game Civilization was back on the Commodore Amiga.
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Australis launches in Firefox UX versions
The Firefox Australis theme that is going to be released later this year if things go as planned seems to split the community.
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SkyDrive: new Timeline view and improved photo upload performance
Microsoft just announced that it is rolling out a SkyDrive update at the moment that is updating the all photos section on the SkyDrive website.
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Google merges Gmail, Google Drive and Google+ Photos storage
Google runs many of its products independent from each other.
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Execute programs when your system enters and leaves idle state
Idle refers to a state a computer can be in.
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Wakelook Detector for Android tells you which apps drain the most battery using the feature
Android apps can make use of a power management feature called Wakelock to use the cpu, prevent the app from being terminated by the system, or turn the screen
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Firefox 21.0: Find out what is new
Mozilla will release Firefox 21.
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Use Google Now wallpapers on your Android device (and have them changed automatically)
Wallpapers offer a great easy way to customize the look and feel of a device.
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DrivePop presents an interesting new cloud backup option
For sometime now I have used CrashPlan to backup all of my home computers to the cloud.
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Android: improve battery life and free up RAM by disabling services
So called background services are running on any Android device.
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How to disable and clear recent media in VLC Media Player
To disable the recent media list in VLC Media Player, open Tools > Preferences (Ctrl+P), stay on the Interface tab, uncheck Save recently played items under
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Google shuts down SMS Search
Google SMS Search allowed users to search Google via text message.
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Turn removable USB devices into Windows installers
Life was so easy back in the days when every computer had a CD-Rom drive and operating systems were delivered on CDs.
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Load programs right from within Firefox
If you are using Firefox throughout the day you may encounter situations during that time in which you may need to launch another program on your system.
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Giants and Dwarves TD is a Tower Defense game with a twist
The Tower Defense (TD) genre has evolved a lot in recent years.
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Win-X-Move: move and resize windows on any point
If you want to move a program window in the Windows operating system, you have to do so using the titlebar of it.
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DBCTaskman brings Windows 8's task manager to Windows 7
Microsoft modified the task manager in Windows 8 heavily.
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The difference between Nokia Lumia and Nokia Asha smartphones
I have to admit that I started to pay attention to Nokia Asha smartphones only recently even though they have been out for more than a year.
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Hardware accelerated H.264 playback coming to Firefox 23
Mozilla will release Firefox 21 next Tuesday and with it comes H.
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YouTube launches geo-restricted paid channels
YouTube launched a pilot program today that brings subscription services to the world's most popular video hosting site.
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Google Earth now does time travel
Google not only sets a goal of collating the world's information, but also is on a quest to map the world.
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Unique YouTube Skin is another powerful YouTube userscript
If you hang out on YouTube a lot you have probably already explored browser add-ons and userscripts that improve your experience while you are on the site.
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Microsoft releases Hotfix for Internet Explorer 8 security vulnerability
A security bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 web browser was confirmed by the company on Friday in a security advisory.
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Upload pictures to Imgur regularly? Chrome's Imgur extension may help you with that
I like the Imgur image hosting website for a number of reasons.
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Just Manager is a promising, portable Windows Explorer alternative
The default Windows file manager Windows Explorer has not really changed that much in all its years of existence.
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Steam notification settings: how to configure, move and block notifications
Steam notification settings are in the Steam client under Steam > Settings > Notifications.
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Microsoft improves Office Web Apps with Android support, real-time co-editing
Office Web Apps is built into Microsoft's SkyDrive OneDrive file hosting and sharing service.
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How to block in-app purchases on Android
Android developers have multiple options at hand to monetize their apps.
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Firefox for Android supports extensions: here are some to get you started
Extensions are one of the reasons why Firefox is a great web browser.
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Webydo gives bloggers a new platform
Regardless if you are looking to post your first blog or looking for a professional service, there are multiple outlets to satisfy almost any need you could hav
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Limit Firefox's private browsing mode to one window and add other options to it
Mozilla changed Firefox's private browsing mode recently so that it can be run alongside regular windows now.
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Constantly mistyping in Firefox's address bar? Nbar's fuzzy string matching comes to the rescue
The Firefox address bar can be used for more than typing in addresses that you want to visit.
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Why Windows 8's 100 million license milestone is not the same as Windows 7's
When it comes to Windows 8, Microsoft has only made two announcements so far in regards to how many licenses the company's most recent operating system has sold.
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Xbox 720 always-on rumor appears untrue
I'm paying close attention to the upcoming consoles of Microsoft and Sony, not only because I enjoy playing a game or two every now and then, but also because c
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Google Drive for the desktop gets Share option
Google is currently rolling out a new feature for its Google Drive file synchronization service that adds sharing options to the desktop version of the client.
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YouTube improves publishing and sharing controls in recent update
If you have ever uploaded a video to YouTube you may have noticed that videos are automatically set to public by default.
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ReadItToMe for Android reads SMS, Calls and App Notifications to you
If you like to listen to music or audiobooks a lot using your Android phone, you have likely encountered situations in the past where you received messages, cal
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Find out why apps are incompatible with your Android device
I'm browsing Google's Play store for apps regularly.
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Android: What does Holo mean?
When you are browsing the Google Play store for new apps, or reading websites that review Android apps, you will eventually stumble upon the term Holo.
