August 10th, 2012Top StoryThis Week's Most Popular Posts: August 4th to 10This week we boosted your home Wi-Fi, improved your Windows mastery, prepared our student-readers to go back to school, and more. Here's a look back. Top 10 Ways to Boost Your Home Wi-FiWi-Fi is one of the most useful and important parts of using a computer, and yet it's also one of the most frustrating. If you're plagued by slow speeds, bad reception, and other Wi-Fi issues, here are 10 ways you can power up the Wi-Fi in your home. More » 7 Awesome Features You've Forgotten About in Windows 7You may consider yourself a Windows master, but chances are even you've forgotten some of Windows' awesome built-in features. Here are seven of our favorite forgotten Windows features—and the cool things you can do with them. More » The Lifehacker Pack for StudentsEvery year we put together a list of our Lifehacker App packs for each operating system. In the spirit of those lists we figured it was time to put together a list for students getting ready for school. More » Five Best Desktop MicePicking the best mouse to use is a pretty personal decision—it often comes down to taste and how the mouse feels under your hands, but there are definitely some stand-out models that most of us would recommend to friends if they asked us. More » Seven Tricks Your Mind Plays on You (and How to Fight Back)Have you ever considered that your own mind is sabotaging your path to happiness? While your mind may not be the sole culprit, it is a clever foe. Your brain can mislead and make you miserable...and you won't even know it. More » The Complete Guide to Solid-State DrivesAdding a solid-state drive (SSD) to your computer is simply the best upgrade at your disposal, capable of speeding up your computer in ways you hadn't thought possible. More » Why You Didn't Get the InterviewWith a down economy, most of us have heard accounts of job seekers sending out 100, 200, perhaps 300 résumés without getting even one response. To anyone who has sent out large quantities of résumés without any response or interviews, I offer this advice: More » Strong Passwords Aren't Enough: How to to Ensure the Apple and Amazon Exploit Never Happens to YouThis weekend, former Gizmodo writer Mat Honan lived every tech geeks worst nightmare: he got hacked, with all his accounts compromised and his computers wiped with no backup. More » Dear Craigslist: We Need to TalkCraigslist started off as a friendly alternative to the slow, limited world of printed classified ads, offering everything from used furniture to apartment sublets to "romance." While that much hasn't changed, the company is now taking action against third party developers and inhibiting its users. More » Outlook vs. Gmail: A Feature-by-Feature ComparisonMicrosoft announced its Outlook webmail service this week, and it's a suprisingly robust new webmail client. But can it hold a torch to the current king of webmail, Gmail? More » |
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Friday, August 10, 2012
This Week’s Most Popular Posts: August 4th to 10
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