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IE9: Enable the warning window when closing all tabs

contributed by Lê Hoàng on January 21, 2012 under Windows

When closing multiple tabs in IE, the browser typically asks for confirmation first. Eventually, many users will check the “Always close all tabs” to prevent this confirmation. However, this feature is actually very helpful as it will prevent tabs from getting closed when one accidentally hits the Close button. If you regret disabling this feature, this tutorial can help you get it back.

Google: How to disable Google+ posts in search results

contributed by Rob Rogers on January 20, 2012 under Google

Google’s search includes personalized posts in your search results. This means that it will include posts and images by people that are in your Circles in Google+. While you may enjoy reading their posts, their information may not be useful to your searches. Here’s how to keep these posts from cluttering up your search results.

Android: Auto-Save Contacts to Phone or Sim card by default

contributed by Lê Hoàng on January 19, 2012 under Android

Every time you save a new number to the contacts on your Android phone, the phone will ask you where you want to save it. Many users often save their contacts to one location only–Phone, Sim card or Google account. However, it is much more convenient and efficient to set the default save location. This tutorial describes this process under the Gingerbread OS version of Android.

Hotmail: Customize Instant Actions

contributed by Lê Hoàng on January 16, 2012 under Internet

The Hotmail Instant Actions contains a set of action which will only be visible when you hover your mouse over the mail. This helps you access and perform common tasks with the emails quickly. By default, only “mark as read/unread” and “delete” are visible in the Instant Actions area. If you need more than that, this tutorial will help you customize the Custom Actions as you wish.

Blogger: Disable sharing to Google+ after publishing a post

contributed by Lê Hoàng on January 14, 2012 under Internet

When you connect your Google+ account to Blogger, you will be presented a Google+ share box every time you publish a post. Although this feature can be helpful, it can also annoy authors who do not always want to share their posts. This tutorial will show you how to turn this feature off.

Magnet links versus torrent files

contributed by David Kirk on January 13, 2012 under Internet

Several infamous torrent websites have decided to move to magnet links exclusively instead of .torrent files. Here we provide a comparison and contrast between these two file types and describe why these sites have ultimately decided to make the switch.

Hotmail: Turn Conversation Mode on or off

contributed by Lê Hoàng on under Internet

By default, the Conversation Mode in Hotmail is turned on. This feature will group all emails with the same subject together. If you do not like this view mode, you can follow this tutorial to switch it off, and display the emails separately.

Wii: Sync a New Controller or Remote to the Console

contributed by David Kirk on January 12, 2012 under Nintendo Wii

Following these steps will permanently sync the bluetooth of a new controller to a wii console system.

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