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What many people don't realize is that Chrome is just the beginning, the first branch on a very large tree of code that spans numerous development milestones. There's the Chrome that people use and on a daily basis, and then there's everything else. The good stuff — like Android link push and extension sync — doesn't always make it into the stable builds as early as we'd like, and until it does, Chrome's many development branches are the place to find them.
Whether you want to lower your hydro bill, or reduce your carbon footprint, lowering the load inflicted by your Mac or PC is a great place to start. While it was once taken for granted that PCs required a lot of power, these days we know differently. With a greater interest in power saving and conservation, users have devised some interesting ideas on how to lighten their electrical load. Some are fact, and some are fiction, and the hard part is knowing which is which.
Oh. But as it turns out that's already happened. Short of building a phone into our very own hands, there's not much extra growth that today's cellphones can do. Devices like the EVO 4G, while visually striking, are relative monoliths in the mobile crowd, pushing the boundaries of our pockets at over 4" thick.
This can be doubly hard when it's a new app, and you don't know the icon. We often find ourselves scrolling along silently going through the alphabet to find that new app. What if you've got a lot of bloatware stuck on the phone? There are a number of apps and techniques that can help you better organize your apps.
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How To Rip DVDs to Play on Any Device—For Free!
Our ultimate DVD copying guide shows you how to use Handbrake to rip discs for playback on your laptop, Xbox, PS3, iPhone, Zune, netbook, iPad, PSP, iPod, and pretty much anything else |
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Video: How To Build the Best $1500 Gaming PC, Step-by-Step
Do you like saving money? What about playing PC games? Have you ever considered building your own PC? We show you exactly what you need to know to build an awesome $1500 gaming PC. |
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How To Build an Awesome $500 Windows Home Server
We pick the best parts to build a lean media backup and streaming machine. |
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Apple iPad Wi-Fi Review
Apple's device isn't magical, but it is going to make the tablet a real category--for better or for worse |
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Nexus One vs HTC Desire vs HTC Incredible: What's the Difference?
HTC is releasing more Android phones all the time, but is there a difference? |
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How To Steal Mac OS's Best Features for Windows
Windows 7's Aero is a fine UI, but there are just a few things it's missing. Here's how to steal some of Mac OS's features. |
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How To Rip a Blu-Ray Movie with Just One Click
The MakeMKV utility decrypts and rips a Blu-Ray disc with just one click, preserving the original video quality of the source file. |
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How To Stream All of Your Video Files to iPhone and iPad
Get your DVD rips off your computer and play them on a mobile device, without having to convert them beforehand. |
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The Comic-Con 2010 Cosplay Gallery: 850 Amazing Costumes
There is no bigger or better cosplay gallery on the internet. |
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Crapware on Android: Minor Annoyance or Major Problem?
Your new phone is probably stuffed full of junk, and you can't get rid of it. |
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How to Turn Your Panoramas Into Photographic Planets
It's incredibly simple to turn your photos into something straight out of Super Mario Galaxy — and the results look totally awesome too. |
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Intel Hits 50 Gb/s Optical Data Transfer Breakthrough
Intel has built a prototype silicon photonic link that uses both silicon circuits and optical connections to reach a transfer rate of 50 gigabits per second. |
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Apple Launches Magic Trackpad, On Sale Now for $69
The rumors were true. |
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Apple Updates iMac, Mac Pro and Cinema Display Lines
Apple's most notable announcement today might be its new Magic Touch trackpad peripheral, but the company also revealed several updates across its full range of desktop computer products. |
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Amazon Updates Kindle with $139 Wi-Fi, $189 3G Models
Amazon has announced two new versions of its Kindle e-book reader. |
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Android Market Roundup: Who Says Android Can't Game?
We'll show some of the hottest games available on Android right now, along with our take on them. |
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Free Friday - Win an Android Mini Vinyl Figurine!
This week we're giving away an awesome Android Mini figurine. All you need to do to enter is sign up for the site and post a comment in this thread. Yay! |
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The Comic-Con 2010 Cosplay Gallery: 850 Amazing Costumes
There is no bigger or better cosplay gallery on the internet. |
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Amazon Updates Kindle with $139 Wi-Fi, $189 3G Models
Amazon has announced two new versions of its Kindle e-book reader. |
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Apple Launches Magic Trackpad, On Sale Now for $69
The rumors were true. |
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How to Turn Your Panoramas Into Photographic Planets
It's incredibly simple to turn your photos into something straight out of Super Mario Galaxy — and the results look totally awesome too. |
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Crapware on Android: Minor Annoyance or Major Problem?
Your new phone is probably stuffed full of junk, and you can't get rid of it. |
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Intel Hits 50 Gb/s Optical Data Transfer Breakthrough
Intel has built a prototype silicon photonic link that uses both silicon circuits and optical connections to reach a transfer rate of 50 gigabits per second. |
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JPEG And You: How The Most Popular Photo Format Works
Why Jpeg is still the go-to format for photographers and the internet at large. |
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The Alot is Better Than You
The Alot is an imaginary creature, made to punish those with poor spelling grammar skills. So, in other words, awesome. |
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Meet the Cupcake Cannon
It shoots cupcakes. At people or things. When they hit, the explode. Also, there is indie music. |
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Your Human Legs Just Aren't Good Enough
Weta Workshop, the FX studio behind the creatures of Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia movies, has released a set of creature stilts to turn you into a faun. Surgery isn't required--just a deep pocketbook. |
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Smart Elevators Lift Us One Floor Closer to Turbolifts
Leave it German engineers to fix the problem of incompetent elevator design. No more long wait times in the lobby or elevator car! |
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Clever and Funny? Also, It's About Twitter
These folks make funny illustrations around one persons 140-character musing. It's funny. Laugh. |
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ethan
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Yogi Bear Movie's for little kids, but adults get kinda agro about it @screenedcom Video Trailer: http://bit.ly/dwSGCy
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norman
1 hour, 11 minutes ago
without doubt, the best thing in the entire universe: http://bit.ly/9y9Dwq
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bagels
1 hour, 26 minutes ago
Hey guys! Roll call time. Who else is in Montreal this weekend for the Osheaga music festival? Send a message my way.
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snide
4 hours, 42 minutes ago
I think a stupid conversation on a gaming podcast suddenly turning into a website with a fan-subbed graphic tweeted by Kevin Smith is bliss.
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loydcase
5 hours, 57 minutes ago
Turn your iPad into a giant refrigerator magnet. Useful for shopping lists and family calendars, I guess: http://bit.ly/dirk2k
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GMan
10 hours, 15 minutes ago
Off My Mind: Should real locations be used in comic books? http://bit.ly/8X2CPV
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JoeyF
15 hours, 47 minutes ago
I unlocked 1 Xbox Live achievement yesterday: http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/joeyf/games/
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