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		<title>How To Launch The Recycle Bin From The Start Menu Search Box</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve started using the Start Menu search box as your primary application launcher, you&#8217;ve may have come across a weird annoyance: By default, you can&#8217;t open the Recycle Bin from the search box.
Over at the How-To Geek site (my home away from Lifehacker), writer Matthew writes up the quick and easy trick to opening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Windows 8 Concept Desktop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader Saad Baig&#8217;s desktop shows what a Windows desktop could look like if you made the Windows 7 Superbar really &#8220;super&#8221;, by adding desktop widgets directly into the taskbar, easily accessible even with maximised applications.
The entire taskbar concept is available in the 8Bar Rainmeter skin, but Saad Baig explains the new concept further:

Start Menu/Area
As you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Firefox Extensions Compatible With A Simple Hack</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time there&#8217;s a new version of Firefox, a large number of extensions stop working, and while there&#8217;s a Firefox hack you can use to force compatibility, you can also just manually hack a single extension.
Over at the How-To Geek site (my home away from Lifehacker), writer Asian Angel has a detailed guide to hacking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Skip Commercials In Windows 7 Media Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you use Windows 7 Media Center to record TV, you&#8217;d probably prefer skipping commercials. After all, a big reason you record programs is to avoid commercials, right? Here&#8217;s a fairly simple and free way to start skipping commercials in no time.
In Windows 7, the .wtv file format has replaced the dvr-ms file format used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Run XP Mode In VirtualBox Instead Of Virtual PC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 only: If you&#8217;ve been itching to use the new XP Mode feature in Windows 7, but you aren&#8217;t too keen on using Virtual PC or just prefer VirtualBox, here&#8217;s how to use XP Mode in VirtualBox.
We&#8217;ve already covered how to setup and use XP Mode in Windows 7, how to use it on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cave Story Desktop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader pyreƒyre&#8217;s minimalist desktop moves everything important down into small icons in the corners of the screen, with the weather, date and application launchers all blended together with a fun wallpaper image to make a great overall desktop look.
The desktop is a combination of:

Wallpaper from Cave Story
Visual style is Snohseo
Icons are Circle II by Radiophonic.
Rainmeter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Add Location Awareness To Your Windows 7 PC</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/03/how-to-add-location-awareness-to-your-windows-7-pc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GPS-enabled smartphones make it easy to get directions, weather, and many more location-based services since they automatically know where you are.  With Geosense, you can bring this functionality to any Windows 7 computer even if it doesn&#8217;t have a GPS chip.
Windows 7 introduced the new Sensors and Location platform that would let Windows automatically respond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Variably Safe For Work Previews Questionable Links</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever had a friend send you a link that you just weren&#8217;t sure about, webapp Variably Safe For Work (semi-)safely previews the page before you actually visit it.
To use the web site, all you need to do is paste your link into the textbox and click the Preview button, and you&#8217;ll be shown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s The Registry, Should I Clean It, And What&#8217;s The Point?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing more mysterious on a Windows PC than the Registry, and today we&#8217;ll explain exactly what it is, how it works, and whether you should bother cleaning it. We&#8217;ll also go about debunking a few widespread registry myths along the way.
As I said, the registry has always been mysterious &#8212; if not entirely misunderstood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Master Multiple Firefox Profiles To Make Yourself More Productive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most powerful features in Firefox is one too few people know about: the ability to create and use more than one profile at the same time. Here&#8217;s how to make yourself more productive with multiple profiles.
Instead of installing every single extension for every task into the same Firefox profile, why not separate [...]]]></description>
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