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The Master List Of New Windows 7 Shortcuts

3:05AM The How-To Geek | Windows 7 adds loads of great shortcuts for switching between apps, moving windows around your screen, moving them to another monitor altogether, and much more. Here’s a quick-reference master list of the best new Windows 7 shortcuts. More »
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Apple Reveals A Fancy New “Magic” Mouse, Hardware Updates

4:30AM Adam Pash | Apple unleashed several hardware updates today in their iMac, MacBook and Mac mini lines, but the most interesting news comes with the release of their new Magic Mouse, a wireless multi-touch mouse. More »
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Control Where Chrome And Firefox Open Links With Modifier Clicks

6:30AM Adam Pash | The Official Google Chrome Blog highlights three simple but useful shortcuts for controlling exactly what happens when you click a link in Chrome. Incidentally, they also work exactly the same in Firefox, so whichever you prefer, read on for the refresher. More »
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Hold Shift While Dragging To Windows 7 Taskbar To Open Files

6:00AM The How-To Geek | Whenever you drag a file to an icon on the Windows 7 taskbar, you are prompted to “Pin” to the taskbar button—but what if you want to open the file instead? More »
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How To Make Your Own Mousepad

2:30PM Angus Kidman | A quick flick around eBay or your local office supply store will reveal more mousepads than any person could sensibly use, but for total uniqueness you can’t beat making your own. More »
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Wheel Here Switches Windows With The Mouse Wheel

6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Tiny, portable utility Wheel Here switches between windows by simply moving your mouse over another window and scrolling the mouse wheel—so you can easily switch applications. More »
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How To Master Text Highlighting With Your Mouse

12:00AM Dustin Luck | Depending upon the font size of a document and your hand-eye coordination, it can be difficult to position the mouse cursor exactly where you want it when selecting text. Here’s how to quickly select text blocks with minimal fuss. More »
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Turn Double Right-Click Into A Quick Clipboard Paste Shortcut

4:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Nakul writes in with a useful script that quickly pastes content from the clipboard into any application with nothing more than a double-click of your right mouse button. More »
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Use The Scroll Wheel To Zip Through Your Browser History

5:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Firefox: Keyboard shortcuts are handy time savers and when it comes to web browsers a keyboard + mouse shortcut is even handier. Zip through your Firefox history with this simple shortcut. More »
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Activate Windows 7 Jumplists With The Left Mouse Button

6:00AM The How-To Geek | Reader Dan writes in with a small, but interesting tip: You don’t have to right-click on the taskbar buttons to activate the Jumplist—you can hold the left mouse button and drag upwards. More »