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The Often Overlooked Context Menu Part 2
Mar 16th
Add Useful Commands to your Context Menu
This is the second part of my article on Context Menus.
I like to change my computer’s settings every so often. This includes the Desktop Background, the screen saver and so on.
This can be done by going into the Control Panel but wouldn’t it be quicker if I had the necessary tools at my finger tips. By this I mean available on my Desktop Context menu.
You may well say why not use the Personalization command that’s already there but I want something more. I want to have more direct control changing such thing as . . .
- Themes
- Desktop Background
- Screen Saver
- Appearance
- Display Settings
- Desktop Icons Settings
- DPI Scaling
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It’s Time For One Data Plan to Rule All Our Gadgets [All Giz Wants]
Mar 15th
16-Port USB Hub Has Classy Aluminum-Like Fascia [USB Hubs]
Mar 15th
I’m OK, You’re OK: It’s cool to be an early iPad adopter
Mar 11th
Filed under: iPad
Is it too early to think about pre-ordering an iPad? The WSJ’s Smart Money website looks at the options for early adopters, and comes to the surprising and novel conclusion that it costs more to buy early.
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Research and Development: Apple vs Microsoft vs Sony [Graphs]
Mar 8th
The core of any long-standing technology company is research and development. Here’s how Apple, Microsoft and Sony’s last decade of spending stack up.
Note that the first graph shows research and development as a percentage of revenue (to scale the spending by company, since revenues differ so greatly). This next graphic can help you conceptualize the revenue and R&D gap:
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