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Stop Windows From Restarting Your Computer After Updates

Whitson Gordon Today 1:00 AM

Sometimes, Windows downloads important updates and decides it’s going to restart your computer, whether you like it or not. Here’s how to disable that behaviour.

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Make A MacBook Dock With Sugru And A Few Cables

Adam Dachis Today 12:00 AM

Laptop docks generally don’t come cheap — especially when you have a Mac. DIY enthusiast Johan Frick put together a simple docking solution with the necessary cables and a little bit of Sugru, saving lots of money in the process.

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Briefly: Clueful Lands On Android, Australian Police Test 3D Printed Firearms, Crazy GoPro Cliff Dive Video

Chris Jager Yesterday 5:30 PM

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers including: Clueful security app comes to Android, get a Nexus 7 tablet for $206, extreme stuntman drives snow mobile off cliff and films it.

Health

Find A Quick Exercise Routine You Can Actually Stick To This Weekend

Adam Dachis Yesterday 5:00 PM

Exercise: most of us hate it and wish we did it more often. The key? Finding a routine that doesn’t take too long but also doesn’t try to pack two hours of work into four minutes, leaving you feel like you’re lucky to be alive. Fortunately, quick exercise routines you can actually stick abound. Pick one and get started this weekend.

Developer

Round 6 Winners! Lifehacker And Microsoft’s Developer Challenge

Chris Jager Yesterday 4:30 PM

The sixth and final round of the Lifehacker/Microsoft Developer Challenge is done and dusted! Apologies for the slight delay — we had a technical issues with a few of the entrants which meant a longer judging process than usual. Without further ado, here are our winners for Round 6!

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This Train Map Is Not An Image, Just Pure Code

Jamie Condliffe Yesterday 3:30 PM

This version of London’s iconic tube map looks just like the official PDF of the transport network. In fact, it is created entirely from HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Design

The Dandelion Linux Desktop

Alan Henry Yesterday 3:00 PM

Some desktops are featured because of their widgets, while others because they’re full of useful data. This week’s featured desktop, from Lifehacker Chookstar, gets the nod because it’s simple, elegant, and uses smart GNOME tweaking to bring everything together neatly.

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Help Us Come Up With A New Name For Potato Chips

Chris Jager Yesterday 2:30 PM

In Britain, potato chips are known as “crisps” presumably due to their distinctive texture. In Australia, we’ve adopted the broader US synonym “potato chip”. For the sake of effective communication, this needs to be amended forthwith.

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