I enjoy hacking, although I’ve not always referred to it as such. Back in the day, I called it snooping, and it helped out tremendously when writing some of my early books and magazine articles.
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July 8, 2015Hacking the Chrome BrowserJuly 6, 2015Windows 10 – I Wrote Too SoonJust last week I was extolling the virtues of Windows 10 and O how much I enjoyed it. That was then. July 3, 2015More on Windows 10The Windows 10 beta has been running sweetly on both my laptop and PC systems. The upgrade has gone so well, I’m seriously impressed. But I do have some concerns about Windows 10.
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July 1, 2015June 29, 2015Gone From the App Store“I swear it’s there,” I explained. “I’m looking on my phone and on the computer’s web browser. I see the app. Click the Install button.” My insistence was pointless. No matter how I tried, my friend just couldn’t see the app. It was frustrating.
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June 26, 2015Hyphenation, the Forlorn FeatureAges ago, hyphenation was a common and useful feature in a word processor. It was part of the paragraph feature that adjusted long words, splitting them to make a line of text look better. Microsoft Word still offers this feature, although it’s disabled and rarely used.
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June 24, 2015Windows 10 First LookI finally got off my butt and installed the Windows 10 beta. And it’s not too soon, either, because next week most Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs will be provided with a free update. So again I find myself on the leading edge.
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June 23, 2015Undo the Gmail Send CommandThis is unheard of in the history of email: You can activate a secret feature in Gmail that allows you to un-send a message. I simply don’t believe it.
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June 22, 2015Mobile Chrome Goes HomeIt’s been difficult for me to write about the Chrome web browser on an Android phone or tablet. That’s because it was the only mobile browser that lacked a Homepage icon or a Homepage setting. That frustration has ended.
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June 19, 2015Word Save OptionsThe Wambooli Word Week trifecta ends with this post listing some interesting document-saving options.
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