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VLC Media Player: Make Fullscreen the Default Display Mode

If you use the VLC media player to watch your videos, you probably watch them in fullscreen mode. Instead of constantly having to change the display mode everytime you launch a new video to watch, change the default to fullscreen and start enjoying your movie immediately.

BlackBerry: Change the Functions of the Convenience Key(s)

To make your Convenience Key(s) truly convenient, you should change the functionality so that they bring up the application that you desire when pressed.

Outlook 2007: Propose a New Time for a Scheduled Meeting

If your organization uses Outlook to schedule meetings, then you have surely encountered a meeting request that conflicts with your plans for that time. You can use Outlook to propose a new meeting time to the meeting coordinator and Outlook will even help you find the next available time that all invitees are free.

Nokia N800/N810: Modify the MicroB User Agent to View iPhone Websites

Lots of websites provide versions that are modified for the popular iPhone. If you like the looks of these modified sites, you can use them on your Nokia N800/N810 by modifying the User Agent of the MicroB web browser.

Google Chrome: Use the Third Mouse Button (Wheel)

The 3rd button on your mouse (better known as the wheel) provides some nice functionality on Google’s Chrome browser. While they seem simplistic in nature, they can be real time savers.

Outlook 2007: Keep Sender’s Email Category

If you use Outlook in your organization, you might not be getting the full benefit of the email client. Outlook allows a sender to assign a category to their email. This category is then assigned to the email when the recipient receives it and the category is added to their category list, if needed. This can be a great help in keeping people on the same page when filtering categories and such. Unfortunately, their is a recommended rule that clears these categories and totally defeats the purpose. Here’s how to disable the rule and keep the email category assigned by the sender.

Rock Band (PS3) – Invite more users while keeping current band members (online)

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Are you a rock band-aholic like me? I promise, i won’t tell anyone. This recipe is for PS3 Rock Band users that play the online quickplay. This recipes explains how to add more online players in Multiplayer Online Quickplay mode while still keeping the current band members a part of your band.

Mail.app: How to Bounce a Message to the Sender

If you receive an email from someone that you really wish didn’t have your email address, you can make them think that they don’t. By using the Bounce functionality that is included in the OS X mail client to fool the pest into thinking that their email did not reach the intended goal. The sender will receive a notification that the email was not delivered because the addresses had permanent fatal errors and the user is unknown.

Google Chrome: How to Change Icons on the Bookmarks bar

I added quite a few bookmarklets to my Bookmarks bar and was unhappy with the same default icon that showed for each one. There are no settings currently available within Chrome to change the icon, but there is a way to fix them that works quite well.

iTunes 8: How to Remove Links to iTunes Store in OS X

In the latest version of iTunes, there is no obvious preference setting for removing the arrows in your library that point to the Apple iTunes Music Store. Here is how to remove those arrows in OS X.

Google Chrome: Force Restore Previous Session from Command Line

Did you accidentally close your browser and it wasn’t set to restore the pages that were open last? Instead of being frustrated, simply use a command line switch for Chrome and restore the previous session. I do this enough that I went ahead and made a Restore Session shortcut on my desktop that sits next to my regular Google Chrome shortcut.

Airport: What is the Multicast Rate?

Scanning through the wireless options, many users wonder what the “multicast rate” setting is. For once, higher is not necessarily better. Keep reading to learn what your multicast rate should be.

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