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  Make Windows Media Player the default audio player in Windows 8

  Like many Windows 8 users, I spend most of my time using Desktop mode, which affords me a more Windows 7-like experience.

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  Google Earth power user tips

  Google Earth users can do more than just fly around a virtual globe. The free mapping application can display real-time weather, help compose photographs and measure distances much more easily than its Maps cousin.

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  Saving Google Maps destinations for easy navigation

  Saving a destination in Google Maps makes it easier to navigate to and also lessens the chance for error when entering or trying to remember an address.

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  How to make iOS autocorrect work for you

  Autocorrect is a boon from the computer gods for anyone engaged in tiny-screen typing, but it's also the bane of every iPhone and iPad user's existence. You can accept the gift and avoid the grief by paying attention to a few details.

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  How to set up speech and emoji on your iPhone

  Your iPhone and iPad can speak aloud any text you can select. In this video, I'll show you how to enable that feature, and how to type emoji symbols in your text, too.

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  How to jailbreak your iPhone

  Jailbreaking--the process that enables you to install unauthorized-by-Apple third-party apps and additional features on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad--has been in a largely dormant state since the release of iOS 6. But it's back again.

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  Google Chrome: How to make it faster, smarter and better than before

  If you aren't using Google Chrome yet, you should be. When it comes to browser speed--and especially JavaScript performance--Mozilla and Microsoft can't compete with Google. But Chrome can go even faster if you're willing to make some adjustments und...

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  Bugs & Fixes: iPhone fails to pair to Bluetooth device

  Last September, a new thread in Apple Support Communities briefly noted that a user was unable to get his iPhone 5 to pair with other Bluetooth devices. As it turned out, he was not alone. Cut to the present: this thread is now 29 pages long, with se...

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  How to sidestep Instagram's Twitter obstacle

  Instagram cut ties with Twitter this week, which means your photos will no longer display properly. Here are two workarounds that ensure your Instagram tweets will post unaltered.

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  How to install Mac OS X Lion

  For over a decade, installing the latest major version of Mac OS X meant buying a disc and slipping it into your Mac's optical drive. No longer. Mac OS X 10.7--better known as Lion--is available for direct download. In fact, it's available only as a ...

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  How to install Mac OS X Lion over Leopard

  One of the requirements for installing Lion is that you already have Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) version 10.6.6 or later installed. The main practical reason for this requirement is that Lion is available only via the Mac App Store, and the Mac App ...

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  Should you do a 'clean install' of Lion?

  With some previous major releases of Mac OS X, upgrading over an existing OS X installation -- for example, installing 10.3 over 10.2 -- entailed some degree of risk, as existing applications, add-ons, and support files could conflict with the new OS...

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  How to insert an image into a Gmail email

  Want to send someone a photo, screenshot, or other image? If you're a Gmail user, there's only one option: attach the item(s) to the message. That's all well and good, but what if you want to embed an image in the body of the e-mail? Scan the toolbar...

• Edit spreadsheets on an iPad

  As the iPad ecosystem expands and matures, it becomes easier to leave your laptop behind and accomplish much of your business work on Apple's tablet computer. If you only need to <em>view</em><a href="http://www.macworld.com/product/671497/microsoft_...

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  How to fix speech recognition in Windows 7

  QUESTION Speech recognition will no longer load on my Windows 7 PC. Unless I first switch off User Account Control, I get the error message: 'C:\Windows\Speech\Common\sapisvr.exe. A referral was returned from the server'. According to my online resea...