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ContactPrivacy Alerts You When Apps Access Contact Information

12:30AM February 10, 2012 | Thorin Klosowski

iOS (Jailbroken): One of the quirks of the iPhone is that apps can access your personal information, including your contacts, without you knowing about it. If this bothers you, ContactPrivacy is a tweak that sends an alert when apps start digging through your address book. More »


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Get The Most Out Of iOS 5′s Notification Center

1:00AM February 8, 2012 | Thorin Klosowski

The Notification Center feature of iOS 5 is a powerful tool to keep track of everything happening in your life, but it’s not obvious how to use it to its full extent. We’ll guide you through the basics of getting started with Notification centre and show you how to make it more useful with a few tweaks. More »


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De-Mystifying The Dark Corners Of Windows

3:00AM February 1, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

If your Windows chops extend in any capacity beyond novice, you’ve no doubt encountered the ever-cryptic Windows Registry, DLL files, User Account Control and other tools with seemingly dark and mysterious powers — but you may not know exactly what they do. In fact, some of our favourite Windows-related tricks and hacks require the use of these tools. Here, we’ll explain some of Windows’ most confusing features, so you know exactly what’s happening when you go to edit them. More »


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App Directory: The Best Video Card Overclocking App For Windows

5:30AM January 18, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Overclocking is a great way to eke a bit more gaming power out of your computer, and Windows users have quite a few tools to help them do it easily. Our favourite of the bunch is the insanely easy to use, feature-filled MSI Afterburner. More »


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The Best Jailbreak Tweaks And Apps For iPad

1:00AM January 12, 2012 | Thorin Klosowski

Now that you have jailbroken your first generation iPad, it’s time to start tweaking it to fit your liking. No matter what type of feature you’re looking for, there’s probably an app or tweak for it. Here are some of our favourites. More »


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Limit The CPU Usage Of Misbehaving Programs With ThreadMaster

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12:30PM January 8, 2012 | Logan Booker

When my browser (Chrome, in this instance) gets its hands on a particularly meaty Flash object, the Shockwave plugin responsible goes absolutely haywire trying to render the thing at the fastest possible speed. Which is a good thing, I suppose, except when it completely dominates the CPU and causes my notebook’s temps to sore into the 70°C range. Thankfully, there’s a way to keep hyperactive threads under control. More »


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Factory-Reset.com Details Reset Instructions For Your Gadgets

10:30AM January 6, 2012 | Whitson Gordon

Is your tech in need of troubleshooting? Or have you just messed with the settings beyond repair? Factory-Reset.com will show you how to get it back to its out-of-the-box state. More »


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Easy Tweak For A More Responsive Home Button

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12:30PM December 26, 2011 | Logan Booker

There’s nothing like a quick recalibration to make your gadgets feel that much faster. In the case of your iDevice, you may have noticed your home button isn’t a quick to bring up the Springboard as it used to be. If that’s the case, this easy tweak might be exactly what you’re after. More »


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Tweak Every Corner Of Ubuntu’s Unity Interface

2:30AM December 17, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

If you’re using the newest versions of Ubuntu, you probably have an annoyance or two with the Unity interface. MyUnity is a system tweaker based around changing Unity’s behaviour and appearance. More »


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App Directory: The Best System Tweaker For Windows

5:30AM November 30, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

Windows users have a ton of system tweakers to choose from, but we love the Ultimate Windows Tweaker the most. It has a ton of different tweaks you can perform, it’s portable, super lightweight and completely free. More »