“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” “Bring out your dead!” “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” Get the scoop on nine great films making their way to Blu-ray in 2012. Click a thumbnail below to start the slideshow…...
Don’t want a certain Facebook friend to see you’re online? Sure, you could switch the entire Facebook chat sidebar into “offline” mode, but then you’d be invisible to all your friends. The trick, as All Facebook reports, is a new...
Not sure whether to spring for an iPhone or go the Android way? Well, there’s more to the decision than just flipping a coin. My advice? Don’t pick a new iPhone or Android smartphone until you answer six crucial questions for yourself, starting with…...
Frustrated whenever your favorite program slides off the Start menu? Wish you could make the Start menu icons a tiny bit smaller? And what about swapping the “Shut down” button with, say, “Restart”? Read on for six of my favorite Start menu...
Jed writes: I’ve been reading stories in the news about AT&T supposedly throttling users who use more than 2GB of data. I’m signed up for AT&T’s 2GB plan, so does that mean the data on my iPhone will get throttled if I go over my monthly...
So, is Facebook, Yahoo Mail, Netflix, or another big site refusing to load? Well, maybe something’s wrong with your Internet connection; then again, your favorite site could be suffering from a server meltdown. Here’s a few ways to find out whether the...
Don’t like getting tagged in someone else’s Facebook photo? Had it up to here with the ticker? Want to change the privacy settings for all your old posts in one fell swoop? Read on for 10 tips that’ll make life on Facebook easier—and more private....
Yes, Google is watching you—or at least, it’s watching a “cookie” on your browser that collects anonymous data on the sites you’re visiting, all in the hopes of serving up targeted ads that you’re more likely to click. Now, one way to...
By default, your iPhone’s email app lets you peek at the first two lines of text in the list of messages sitting in your inbox—enough to give you a taste of what’s inside without opening the actual message. But here’s the thing: you can, if you wish,...
Some people love it, most seem to hate it. Until now, though, there was no real way to completely hide the Facebook ticker—you know, that scrolling feed of real-time alerts that ticks off each and every activity of your Facebook friends, no matter how minuscule they...
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