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14 January 2013
Opinion: Six quick Safari tips

Little things mean a lot--especially when tiny tips save time. Ramp up your Web-browsing skills with these speed-friendly techniques for Safari 6.
Opinion: Printing playlists, displaying bit rates, and shuffling music

The iTunes Guy gets all kinds of questions, and this week I look at some queries about printing playlists, which device to use for streaming music, displaying bit rates, playing music in shuffle mode, and more.
11 January 2013
Opinion: Firefox 19 enters beta with a native PDF viewer and extra ARMv6 support

"You can't stop progress," as the old saying goes, and that's just as true in the Firefox project as it is elsewhere in life.
09 January 2013
Opinion: Convert image files to comics

Reader Will Simpson has a comics-related question. He writes:
08 January 2013
Opinion: App Spotlight: Speek brings hassle-free conference calls to iOS

The days of rushing back to your desk just so you can set up or join a conference call are over.
07 January 2013
Opinion: Lessons From The DEMO Tour: Hardware Is The New Software

Just before the holidays, we wrapped up the first leg of our DEMO Tour. In partnership with some amazing VC firms--Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins in Silicon Valley and First Round Capital in New York City--the DEMO team met with about 30 mobile startups and developers vetted from more than 100 applicants for the Tour alone.
04 January 2013
Opinion: Print Friendly for Chrome optimizes Web pages for printing

To paraphrase Forrest Gump, printing Web pages is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get.
Opinion: Why I use as few Mac apps as possible

My 11-inch MacBook Air is the pride of my technological life, an indispensible tool: I write stories and columns on it daily; I edit photos and podcasts, track my schedule, and even do the vast majority of my TV watching on it. It's lightweight enough that I can carry it everywhere, and powerful enough that I can use it to do everything I need.
26 December 2012
Opinion: Another year, another totally different top 10 Linux distros

Between the new innovations that emerge practically every day and the fairly constant rate of change in general, things never stay the same for long in technology.
Opinion: The best of Mac 911

To celebrate Boxing Day I'd like to offer one final gift for 2012. And that gift is a roundup of what I believe were the best Mac 911 entries from the past year. My hope is that it will help you solve those annoying issues that have plagued you over past months and help you start 2013 with a healthier and happier Mac.
24 December 2012
Opinion: How to use the Windows 8 app store

The Windows 8 app store is a great place to find all the applications you might need for your PC and get them without leaving the comfort of your house
Opinion: Manage your hard disks with Windows' built-in tools

Managing disk space in Windows is made all the more easy by the Disk Management tool that lets you see all sorts of information about your hard disk
23 December 2012
Opinion: Windows 8 Live Tiles explained

For many the new start screen is a harsh departure from the usual Windows desktop, but the tiles are so much more than simple icons used to quickly launch your apps.
22 December 2012
Opinion: Getting started with Windows 8 Mail

If you’ve been used to Outlook or Windows Live Mail then Windows 8's new mail software might seem completely different. However, it’s a really easy to use and powerful email client.
21 December 2012
Opinion: Remains of the Day: The war at home

Apple, Microsoft, and Google's battle for the home has begun in earnest; elsewhere, Apple's in a non-patentable pinch, Passbook is passing go, and you could have been reading this in Apple Freedom. The remainders for Thursday, December 20, 2012 are protecting the home front.
Opinion: How to use Windows Task Scheduler

Schedule events in Windows to run as and when you choose
20 December 2012
Opinion: Answer Line: How important is Aero?

Pete Wells' aging computer doesn't support Aero. Should he upgrade his graphics card?
19 December 2012
Opinion: iTunes 11: What's missing, what's changed

We've gotten a lot of questions about iTunes 11, since its release two weeks ago. In this week's column, I address some of the most common questions about iTunes 11, about what's missing, and what's changed.
Opinion: Seeing double with Mail VIP notifications

Mountain Lion’s new Mail VIP feature is among my favorite improvements of the update; it gives me just the right amount of control over notifications and filtering to make sure I see what I need to and don’t get overwhelmed by an email deluge. But shortly after upgrading I noticed a peculiarity: Sometimes, Mountain Lion would pop up two notifications for the same message—the first segueing directly into a second.
Opinion: 2012: the year Microsoft ran out of ideas

2012 was the year in which Microsoft finally ran out ideas, Google resorted to paying for tablet customers, and wireless speeds increased.

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