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Sony PSP: Creating Custom Homebrew/Emulator Icons/Backgrounds (Hacked eboot.pbp)

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The following Tech-Recipes tutorial explains how to create custom eboot.pbp files for version 1.50 Sony PSPs. Are you tired of the KXploit icons and backgrounds? Let’s get started!

Windows 8: Disable “Checking for Solutions” and Action Center

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The frequently “checking for solutions” notification is typically more annoying than helpful. Disabling the Windows 8 Action Center with prevent these notifications from occurring.

Common Cause of Adobe Reader (5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 7.0) Hangs and Crashes

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If your version of Adobe Reader is hanging or crashing, make sure the temporary directory is not full. This is the most common Adobe issue that I see in our environment. All versions experience this problem.

Google Nexus 7 Tablet: Hard Reset or Reboot

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Performing a reset is the ideal way to reboot your unresponsive Nexus tablet. This tech-recipe tutorial describes the various reset and reboot options

Google Maps for Android: Download Map for Offline Use

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Although Google Map is helpful on a mobile device, it requires an internet connection to run properly. By saving your maps to your device, Google Maps will be able to function better without internet access.

Yahoo: SMS Search Yahoo from Your Cellular Phone

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Do you have your cell phone and need directions to a location? Are you on your mobile phone and trying to cheat at trivia? Yahoo’s SMS Search can help.

Office 2013: Save Documents without Opening Backstage View

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In Office 2013 whenever you save a new document using the Ctrl + S shortcut, the program will open the Backstage view and ask if you want to save the file to Skydrive or to the computer hard drive. If you always save your files to the computer, you can configure the applications to skip this step. This reverts to the familiar save mechanism found in prior versions of Office. This works with Word 2013, Excel 2013, and Powerpoint 2013.

Photoshop: Change the Auto Save Recovery Information Interval

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Starting with CS6, Photoshop has an auto-save feature. Following these steps you can tweak how often a version of your image is saved.

Bing: Find Free Electronic Books (eBooks)

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Using Bing, you can find open directories full of free electronic books. Search and ye shall find.

Bing: Find Free AVI, MPG, WMV, and other Video Files

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You can use Bing to find open directories of video files. Read on to discover how this is done.

iPhone/iPod Touch: How to Delete Gmail Messages Instead of Just Archiving Them

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If you use the Mail client to manage your Gmail messages, then you have found that instead of being able to delete them, the default settings only allow you to archive them. Here’s how to delete the messages completely.

SkyDrive: Change the Default Formats for Online Created Documents

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When you create documents online using Skydrive, the files by default will be saved in the Office 2010 native formats. However, if you or your co-workers only have Open Office installed, you will want to change the default save format to OpenDocument native formats for better viewing and editing.