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Kindles on Fire, Amazing Feats of Water Cooling, and Making People Tell the Truth [The Show]

September 7, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#theshow This week on the podcast we’re talking about Amazon’s new pile of Kindles, water cooling your computer for super feats of overclocking, and rooting out lies. We’re also answering your questions about shutting down your computer, remapping function keys on your keyboard, and figuring out if brain training games actually work. <!– %JUMP:More »% –> More »

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Answer: Where Can I Find a View of the Fog? [Search Research]

September 6, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#searchresearch Daniel Russell knows how to find the answers to questions you can’t get to with a simple Google query. In his weekly Search Research column, Russell issues a search challenge, then follows up later in the week with his solution—using whatever search technology and methodology fits the bill. This week’s challenge: where can I find a view of the fog? <!– %JUMP:More »% –> More »

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Remains of the Day: Amazon Announces New Kindles, Launches New UI Features [For What It's Worth]

September 6, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#forwhatitsworth Amazon releases a slew of new Kindles, FCC has started a program to test the data speed claims of wireless carriers, the Sprint Galaxy Nexus gets updated to Jelly Bean, and Pogoplug adds support for Amazon Glacier,. <!– %JUMP:More »% –> More »

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Best Office Chair? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]

September 6, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#hivefivecallforcontenders Picking the best chair for your home office or workspace isn’t an easy task. You can run out and grab the cheapest one you can find, but your back may not thank you for it. You could just as easily spend thousands on a chair with more features than you could possibly need. This week, we want to know which office chair you think is the best—one worth recommending to others. <!– %JUMP:More »% –> More »

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What can you say to the bereaved when it seems like there’s nothing to say? [Discussions Of The Day]

September 6, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#discussionsoftheday Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and add your own thoughts to make them even more wonderful!<!– %JUMP:More »% –> More »

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Widgets Anywhere Keeps Your Android Widgets Accessible from Any App [Widgets]

September 6, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#widgets Android: Widgets are one of our favorite tools on Android, but you can only really access them from your home screen. If you’d like to control music while you navigate or control tethering from your browser, Widgets Anywhere can put those widgets on top of all your other apps. <!– %JUMP:More »% –> More »

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How to Give Negative Feedback (Without Sounding Like a Jerk) [Criticism]

September 6, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#criticism Getting honest, useful feedback is an important part of any project or career. Of course, positive feedback is awesome because it motivates you to keep up the good work. Negative feedback can be painful to hear, but if you can swallow your pride, it presents the opportunity to improve what you’re working on. <!– %JUMP:More »% –> More »

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Repair Your Damaged Feet with Stale Bread and Apple Cider Vinegar [Health]

September 6, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#health We’re on our feet often, and heavy use can result in calluses and corns. Those are not fun, but how-to illustrator Yumi Sakugawa found a solution: strap on some vinegar-soaked, stale bread. Yum! <!– %JUMP:More »% –> More »

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Would You Pay to Remove Ads From a Service? [Reader Poll]

September 6, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#readerpoll Whether it’s web apps or smartphone apps, one of the most common business models for developers is to give away ad-supported versions of their apps and let you pay to have those ads removed. Sometimes, the ads are reasonable. Sometimes they’re super-annoying. More »

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How to Block Annoying Political Posts on Facebook [Video]

September 6, 2012

<!– div style=”background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 190px; padding: 1px;”>#facebook <!– videoId: S6Wi43H1bbM –><!– /videoId: S6Wi43H1bbM –> I’m all for intelligent dialog, but if there’s one thing I hate about election season, it’s that some of my friends—god love ‘em—can become extremely irritating when politics are involved. If you’re tired of the unintelligent, annoying, I’m-moving-to-Canada posts, here’s how to hide them from your News Feed. <!– %JUMP:More »% –> More »

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