Firefox 3.5: How to Disable Location-Aware Browsing
Contributed by shamanstears on July 4, 2009 under Mozilla FirefoxIf you are concerned about your privacy and don’t wish for Firefox’s new Location-Aware Browsing feature, you have probably noticed that there is no setting to turn it off in the Preferences screen. You can disable this feature though, you just have to use about:config.
Comments Gmail: Use Reply By Chat to Converse About an Email in Real Time
Contributed by shamanstears on June 25, 2009 under GoogleThe Reply by Chat feature allows you (and your contacts) to converse about an email message that you have sent or received, in real time. An added bonus is that if you have Gmail saving your chat history, the chat will be nested in with the rest of the conversation generated by the message.
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Using iPhone 3G S Voice Control Commands
Contributed by qmchenry on June 24, 2009 under Apple iPhoneApple’s latest hardware upgrade for the iPhone line, the iPhone 3G S, adds voice control capabilities. Without looking at the device, using voice control you can easily dial the phone using numbers or a contact’s name, and control the iPod with various commands. Here are the details:
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iPhone 3G S: Show Battery Percentage
Contributed by davak on June 23, 2009 under Apple iPhoneThe new 3G S has several nice, little features. One of my favorites is the ability to show a percentage of the battery life in the upper right hand corner instead of just the battery graphic. Here is how to do it.
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Contributed by shamanstears on June 22, 2009 under WindowsThe default settings for allocating space for deleted files that go to the Recycle Bin may be set to high (especially if you use large capacity drives). You can customize the space set aside on each drive or turn the feature off for any or all drives. To change the amount of space allocated, follow these steps.
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Contributed by shamanstears on June 18, 2009 under WindowsIf your video card is having a hard time with the Aero interface and you’d like to continue to enjoy Aero’s features (such as Flip 3D and the taskbar thumbnails) follow these instructions to speed up Aero…
4 commentsGoogle: How to Disable SearchWiki
Contributed by shamanstears on June 11, 2009 under GoogleGoogle’s SearchWiki allows you to customize your web search results by ranking them, adding notes to them and even removing them. If you don’t use any of SearchWiki’s functionality, you can disable it so that the various icons won’t show on your search results.
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