iPhone: Mimic Cocoa UIKit in Webkit

Contributed by davak on November 20, 2008 under Apple iPhone

Using webkit in iPhone / iPod touch application development is a common practice. However, jumping from cocoa to webkit and back can be confusing to the user. Here are a couple of simple hints for theming webkit to look like Cocoa’s UIKit framework.

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Vista: Use the Task Manager as a Desktop Gadget

Contributed by shamanstears on November 19, 2008 under Microsoft Vista

By now, I’m sure that you’ve become familiar with the Task Manager, using it to end processes and check cpu usage and network activity. Did you know with the double-click of your mouse, you could make the Task Manager look like a nice desktop gadget for monitoring your cpu usage and cpu usage history or your network activity.

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OS X Activity Monitor: Monitoring CPU, Network, Disk or Memory Usage from the Dock

Contributed by shamanstears on November 18, 2008 under Mac OS X Leopard

The Activity Monitor is quite useful for pulling up the CPU, System Memory, and Network activity as well as Disk Activity and Disk Usage. The dock icon can be a useful tool all on its own, without having to keep the Activity Monitor window up and running. You can view CPU History as well as CPU, Disk, Memory, or Network Usage.

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Windows: Desktop Fails to Load at Startup

Contributed by ju_c on November 17, 2008 under Windows

This tech-recipe provides solutions for four of the most probable causes for the Desktop icons and Taskbar not appearing after startup.

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iPhone/iPod Touch: Two Caps Lock Methods

Contributed by davak on November 13, 2008 under Apple iPhone

Using cap locks on iPhone or iPod Touch devices is a useful feature that most people never use. When twittering I use this all the time… LOL, BFF, ABITHIWTITB, XOXOXO, etc…

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Windows: Resetting a Forgotten Password

Contributed by ju_c on November 13, 2008 under Windows

This tech-recipe will show you how to gain access to a computer for which you have forgotten the administrator account password.

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Windows XP/Vista: How to Attach a VHD File

Contributed by shamanstears on November 12, 2008 under Microsoft Vista

If you wish to access the contents of a VHD file without having to run Virtual PC or Virtual Server, you can do so on Windows XP and Vista by installing only a component of Virtual Server and running a single command from the command line.

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iPhone and Tmobile Users: T-Zones $5.99 data plan working on iPhone

Contributed by seamonkey420 on November 12, 2008 under Apple iPhone

This guide is for T-Mobile users who have a jailbroken iPhone and want to get nearly full data services at 1/4 the cost of the normal Total Internet data plan (normally est $19.99). This does not require the T-zones hack from Cydia (the tzones hack actually made my iphone’s data not work w/tzones).

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