Posts by Kevin Purdy
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4:00AM Kevin Purdy | Buying a replacement isn’t always the necessary solution when your stuff goes on the fritz. Fix common problems or altogether broken gear with these clever repair methods. More »
Top 10 Clever Fixes For Your Broken Stuff
4:00AM Kevin Purdy | Buying a replacement isn’t always the necessary solution when your stuff goes on the fritz. Fix common problems or altogether broken gear with these clever repair methods. More » 
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Thunderbird 3 Release Candidate Due Next Week
3:00AM Kevin Purdy | Thunderbird, oft-overlooked email client and Mozilla project, will see a “near-final” release candidate of its third version debut on the web next week, according to Mozilla. More »
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Change Your iPhone’s Root Password After Jailbreaking It
2:00AM Kevin Purdy | From the files of the Worth Mentioning Again Dept.: If you’re jailbreaking your iPhone for whatever reason, be sure to change the root access password once you do. Besides hacker ransom attempts, it’s just good security sense. More »
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Wire Your House With Ethernet Cable
1:10AM Kevin Purdy | You’ve ripped a movie on your laptop, and now want it on that fancy new home theatre PC next to your TV. If you’ve got the time, wiring your house with Cat-5e cable could make transfer times a distant memory. More »Customise Ubuntu 9.10’s Grub Boot Screen
12:30AM Kevin Purdy | Grub2, the new boot menu installed by default with Ubuntu 9.10, can still look pretty old-school ugly if your tastes don’t run with white terminal text on black. You can, however, customise its resolution, images, colours, and other aspects. More »
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Customise Which Offline Gmail Messages Get Saved
3:00AM Kevin Purdy | Gmail’s offline access feature gives you your recent messages while you’re on a plane or otherwise unconnected. Now you can get speedier offline access, or deeper archives, by customising just how long to store messages. More »
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XBMC 9.11 Alpha Improves Playback And Skinning Powers
12:30AM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: XBMC media centre has dropped a 9.11 alpha release for all platforms, with quality fixes on all three computer platforms and more powerful skinning abilities. If you’re not afraid of a bug or two, it’s yours to grab. More »
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Google Dashboard Provides A Top-Down Look At Your Google Use
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | Ever wanted to take a step back and look at all the Google apps and data you’re hooked into? Google’s offering that top-down view with Google Dashboard, a central clearing-house for app settings, privacy information and use statistics. More »
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Chromium Installs User Scripts As Extensions
3:00AM Kevin Purdy | The nightly builds of Google Chrome’s open-source foundation, Chromium, includes a feature that might mean great things for Greasemonkey fans. Click on a user script file, such as at UserScripts.org, and Chromium asks to install it as a working extension. More »
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