Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - Page 2
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About:Me Displays Your Browsing Trends

Firefox only (Win/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension about:me displays statistics and graphs showing your browsing and downloading history over time, so you can see a more detailed view of when and where you’ve been spending your time.


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From The Tips Box: Airport Security Tricks, IM Etiquette

Lifehacker readers teach us how to “sneak” water bottles past airport security, set up customisable instant mail notifications on the iPhone, and figure out what ports are used for common network protocols.


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Before And After: Cleaning Up The View

If you have a fantastic view out your window, it’s a shame to have a cluttered desk ruining the view. Check out this office transformation to see how a little tidying and cable management can transform a workspace.


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Adobe Shortcut App Makes Finding Hotkeys Easier

Windows/Mac/Linux: The free Adobe Shortcut App gives fast access to look up keyboard shortcuts for the entire array of Adobe products from one simple place.


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Build A Sturdy DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand

We’ve put cardboard to good use as a laptop stand once before, but if that corrugated stand just didn’t seem quite sturdy enough to trust with your laptop, this alternate version offers a more robust alternative.


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Supercharge Google Reader With Send To Links

Since Google Reader added custom “Send To” controls to its feed reading prowess last week, we’ve been looking for the most useful links to feed it. Here are nine excellent send-to tools you can add to Reader, with more on the way.


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Get Root Access In Android With One Click

If you’re an Android phone owner eager to try out some custom OS builds, a helpful hacker explains how to get root access to your phone’s underlying system.


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Generate PDFs And Multi-Article Books From Wikipedia

Lifehacker reader John is a finance student who found something very helpful in Wikipedia’s new beta design. Any article can be downloaded or printed as a PDF, and multiple articles can be combined into a PDF book.