Posts Tagged ‘best’

History’s Five Dumbest Apple Tablet Rumors

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

784f6195dctbrain Historys Five Dumbest Apple Tablet RumorsDays away from the supposed launch of the Apple tablet, we know almost nothing about it. While we can’t say for sure which rumors are true, we can definitely say which, over the past decade, were just plain dumb.

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Five Best Photo-Printing Sites

Monday, January 18th, 2010

71de06041d091004 Five Best Photo Printing SitesDigital cameras are fantastic for letting us experiment, take tons of photos, and search for the perfect shot. Digital picture frames and at-home prints are often poor substitutes for real photos. Get a great print at one of these five photo-printing sites.

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Rainn Wilson on His Nikon DSLR Short Film, and Why Dwight Would Taste Banhammer

Friday, December 18th, 2009

dbdaf643e245 pm Rainn Wilson on His Nikon DSLR Short Film, and Why Dwight Would Taste BanhammerRainn Wilson, best known for playing Dwight Schrute on The Office, shot a 140-second film using a Nikon D5000 as part of his participation in the Nikon Film Festival. He talked with us about directing, pancakes and solar-powered deer-meat grinders.

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Most Popular Featured Desktops of 2009

Friday, December 18th, 2009

c6f4a84f44c grid Most Popular Featured Desktops of 2009Our readers have submitted thousands of screenshots of their best desktop configurations, and over the year we’ve featured some truly impressive and unique desktops with you. Here’s a look back at some of the best this year had to offer.

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This Year in Google: The 2009 Edition

Friday, December 18th, 2009

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When technologists of the future look back in time, they’ll remember 2009 as the year Google got serious about an internet operating system, speeding up the web, and indexing EVERYTHING in sight. Take a look at the year 2009 in Google.

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Exclusive Clip From Family Guy’s Empire Strikes Back Has A New Lando

Friday, December 18th, 2009

We’ve got the first exclusive clip from Seth MacFarlane’s second Family Guy Star Wars spoof. Since Empire Strikes Back is the best of the bunch, MacFarlane is really going to have to bring it… and so far, so good.

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Understanding the Windows Pagefile and Why You Shouldn’t Disable It

Monday, December 14th, 2009

b5711b3fdcfile 1 Understanding the Windows Pagefile and Why You Shouldnt Disable ItAs a tech writer, I regularly cringe at all the bad tweaking advice out there, and disabling the system pagefile is often a source of contention among geeks. Let’s examine some of the pagefile myths and debunk them once and for all.

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How To: Totally Overhaul Your Phones With Google Voice

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

aefb4619a2osstop How To: Totally Overhaul Your Phones With Google VoiceGoogle Voice, which lets users consolidate all their phones under one number, archive your texts and voicemails, and much, much more, is two things to most people: vaguely promising, and totally confusing. Here’s how to make the switch, in plain English.

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Most Popular Photography Hacks of 2009

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

a0d6e31342tled 8 Most Popular Photography Hacks of 2009Whether making your own lens hood to create custom bokeh, breathing like a sniper to get a blur-free photo, or angling your body to look the best in pictures, we shared some great photography hacks this year.

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The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

a45937ad9fx ipat The Weeks Best iPhone AppsIn this week’s Steve-approved app roundup: Your music library, converted into baddies! Twitter, visualized in 3D! Byplanes, flown! Xbox Live accounts, accessed! Cars, salvaged! Overprotective parents, abetted! Live video calls, called! And more…

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