How to Use Windows

After the success of the HTC Hero , the Taiwanese firm is back again with the first of its duo of Android 2.1 phones, the HTC Legend. Featuring a full aluminium chassis and high-res OLED screen, as well as the latest version of Android from Google, HTC is clearly looking to jostle its way to the front of the best-selling phone queue with the HTC Legend and Desire . The HTC Legend features a sumptuous unibody aluminium chassis – taking more than a few visual cues from the MacBook range, and refining the lines of the HTC Hero to produce a sleek and very aesthetically pleasing phone.

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We’ve got to that point where most people have more computers in their home than TVs. Who can blame us? TVs are dumb devices, while computers will do everything a TV can and so much more. It’s not a typical case, but it wouldn’t be far from the truth to describe editor Alan’s house as a laptop graveyard. Turn over a cushion here or a sofa there and scores of the damn things come tumbling out, we’re not making this up

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Let’s face it: Windows can be seriously annoying sometimes, but thankfully there’s also usually a workaround or third-party utility that fixes the issue. We’ve rounded up the ten things that annoy us most, along with how to fix them. Messy Windows Context Menus, and How to Clean Them Up One of the most irritating things about Windows is the context menu clutter that you have to deal with once you install a bunch of applications. It seems like every application is fighting for a piece of your context menu, and it’s not like you even use half of them

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With the multitude of social networks and IM services out there, it can be frustrating trying to keep track of them all. Today we take a look at the Yoono desktop application which lets you keep track of your social networks and instant messages from one central place. Yoono Installation is straight forward, quick and easy.

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Windows Vista introduced us to the Reliability and Performance Monitor utility to help keep track of hardware and software crashes. It’s now a stand alone utility in Windows 7 and we will take a look at how to access and use it. Reliability and Performance Monitor in Vista In Vista the Reliability Monitor was part of the Reliability and Performance Monitor utility.

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If you have been running Windows 7 on a notebook for a while now, you might have observed the low, reserve and critical battery notifications that popup in the notification area to warn you about the battery level. With default settings, Windows warns you when the battery charge reaches low, reserve, and critical level. You get these notifications when battery charge reaches certain percentage so that you get enough time to save your work or to hibernate your notebook.

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BatteryCare is an excellent utility for Windows to optimize the usage and performance of your laptop’s battery. BatteryCare comes with several handy features such as automatic power plans switching, complete battery information, control over Windows Aero and more. With complete battery information, you get detailed information such as manufacturer name, designed capacity, current capacity, charge/discharge rate, tension, wear level, last calibration rate and total calibration performed.

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