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How to Enable GodMode in Windows 7

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Using Windows 7 yet? If so, you should enable the hidden GodMode feature! It’s actually pretty cool. It lets you access all of the control panels for the entire operating system in one folder. You have to do a bit of trickery, which is explained well at CNET. It’s pretty handy, especially for people who like to change a lot of settings.

Enable GodMode in Windows 7

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January 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am

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How to Change the Windows 7 Logon Screen

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Want to customize the logon screen in Windows 7? You can do it manually via the registry and pull your hair out or you can use Thoosje’s Windows 7 Logon Editor. It’s a free app that lets you change the logon screen in seconds and reverse the settings just as quickly. You can even see a preview before accepting! Nice!

Windows 7 Logon Editor

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December 9th, 2009 at 7:00 am

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How to Clear Your Skype IM and Call History

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By default, Skype keeps a record of you chat history and call history forever! Yes, forever! So if you want to delete you call history or chat history in Skype, you have to do it manually or change the settings.

To delete the history, click on Tools, then Options. Click on the Privacy settings link on the left and then click on Show Advanced Options. Then click on the Clear History button and you’re done!

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November 17th, 2009 at 7:00 am

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How to Link to a Specific Time in a YouTube Video

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Want to share a YouTube video with someone, but don’t want it to start from the very beginning? Maybe it’s a 10 minute video, but you only want someone to see the last 2 minutes?

Well, instead of just telling them, you can create a custom YouTube link that will load up the video at the time you specify. It’s pretty easy, you just have to add an extra parameter to the URL.

How to Link to a Certain Time in a YouTube Video

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November 11th, 2009 at 8:30 am

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Unlock/Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.2 using blackra1n

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Even though iPhone OS version 3.1.2 was just released, someone has already come up with a way to hack it so that it works on any carrier you like. It also jailbreaks the iPhone so that you can install any apps too.

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November 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 am

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