Tag Archives: annoyances

Human Benchmark Tests Wireless Mice for Input Lag [Web Utilities]

Wireless mice have become quite popular these days, but with them come a few annoyances—namely, input lag. Human Benchmark, while created to test your reaction time, will let you know whether your mouse's wireless connection is too slow. More
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Use Ctrl+Shift+Click to Open Programs as Administrator in Windows 7 [Windows 7]

Windows 7: Everybody knows that you can right-click any application to launch it as administrator, but what you might not know is there's an even quicker way you can trigger administrator mode. More
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Ultraviolet Movie Locker Aims to Solve the Movie Industry’s Digital Mess [Annoyances]

Ultraviolet is a new initiative backed by several big players in the entertainment industry intended to make sense of the digital mess involved in competing media and devices that don't (and can't) agree on one standard format for all movies. More
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TouchpadPal Decreases Errors by Disabling the Touchpad While You Type [Downloads]

Windows: It's all too easy to brush your laptop's touchpad while typing and inject what should be at the end of the current sentence into a previous one. TouchpadPal disables the touchpad while you type for fewer cursor-created errors. More
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LucyPhone Waits On Hold for You, Saves You Time and Minutes [Download]

iPhone: If you're agonizing over lost time and cell minutes while waiting on hold, previously mentioned LucyPhone eliminates that problem by waiting on hold for you. Now with their new iPhone app, circumventing the hold lines is all the more convenient. More
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Automatically Mount Your Android Storage via USB [Android Tip]

To mount an Android phone via USB and get access to its files, you have to connect it, turn on the screen, swipe down your notifications, and hit a screen button. Install the doubleTwist Player (or another free app) to simply plug-and-transfer. More
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Disable Mac OS X’s "Downloaded from Internet" Warnings [Mac OS X Tip]

Macs try to be good and warn you about opening program files that just came off the internet. For those who download a lot, or for files that get stuck with the warning, here's how to disable that warning, per-item or permanently. More
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The Worst Email Habits and Annoyances You Should Avoid (or At Least Be Aware Of) [What You Said]

Email signatures might be more annoying than you think , but we all experience plenty more gaffes, annoyances, and misfires in our inbox. We asked our savvy readers to share their biggest email annoyances, and here's what they said. More
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Get Things Done at a Coffee Shop Without Annoying Everyone [Work From Anywhere]

Om Malik is the founder of the growing GigaOM blog network, and he launched it all from a Starbucks. With Starbucks now offering free Wi-Fi, Malik offers up his well-worn tips on being productive, but not incredibly annoying, in a coffee shop. More
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What Needs Fixing in Android’s Market? [Ask The Readers]

Google's Market for Android apps has the distinct advantage of being more open than Apple's App Store. But more users are developers are noticing the drawbacks. We're wondering where you'd like to see Google use a stronger hand in the Market. More
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