Readers offer their best tips for remembering addresses with your browser, assigning a hotkey to turn on and off your touchpad, and discerning when Google Chrome updates itself. More »
If you’d like to have empty space in between some of the icon sets on your Windows 7 taskbar to keep things organised and separated, this simple hack will get the job done. More »
Mac only: No longer must Mac users move to the keyboard to open links in a new tab — free, open-source app MiddleClick sits in your menu bar and allows you to use three fingers to middle click on Apple’s multitouch devices. More »
Mac OS X only: It looks like the folks carrying on Quicksilver’s legacy aren’t just messing around — they’ve released yet another update to the formerly abandoned app launcher. The B58 build focuses on stability, especially concerning issues for those running Snow Leopard, as well as making sure older plugins are compatible. There are also a few UI tweaks and bug fixes, as well as increased performance. More »
Cleaning LPs with a bottle of wood glue is hardly an intuitive way to get more mileage out of that bottle of glue in your workshop or clean a beloved LP. The results, however, are quite impressive. More »
Windows 7′s taskbar is undoubtedly a great addition to Windows, but if you’ve got more than one application window open, you’ve got to either click twice or patiently hover to navigate to an open window. Reader Richard details how he fixed this: More »
Windows only: Despite the many great media players out there, MusicBee earns itself a spot high on the list with super tagging, managing, browsing, ripping, syncing and converting powers, all on top of an intuitive interface familiar to any iTunes user. More »
Google lets its employees spend one day each work week focusing on their own projects, a practice that’s delivered 50 per cent of Google’s offerings, including Gmail. Tech blog WebWorkerDaily suggests mixing up your work schedule by setting aside your own 20 per cent time. More »
Windows: Ever wish you could guarantee your BitTorrent download didn’t choke your streaming YouTube video — or vice versa — but don’t feel like setting up Quality of Service rules on your super-router? NetBalancer shapes bandwidth allocations for different apps on your PC. More »
