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From the Tips Box: Bookmarked Addresses, Touchpad Hotkeys, and Chrome Updates [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for remembering addresses with your browser, assigning a hotkey to turn on and off your touchpad, and discerning when Google Chrome updates itself. More
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From the Tips Box: DIY Skills, Touchpad Middle Click, and Laundry Drying [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for learning DIY skills, middle clicking on Synaptics touchpads, and saving money on drying your laundry. More
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From the Tips Box: Explorer Hotkeys, Drill Shavings, and Carrying Clothes [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for using advanced hotkeys for currently selected items in Windows Explorer, managing shavings that fly around while drilling, and transporting clothes short distances without dropping anything. More
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From the Tips Box: Defrosting Meat, Packing Materials, and Remembering Secret Numbers [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for defrosting meat in the microwave, shipping items with just a paper bag, and remembering sensitive numbers like Social Security or bank PINs. More
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From the Tips Box: Application Shortcuts, Dry-Erase Planners, and Odor-Free Garbage [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for making global application shortcuts in OS X, making easy, dry-erase weekly planners, and eliminating odor from your garbage can. More
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From the Tips Box: iTunes Hotkeys, Twitter Mentions, and Drawer Cleaning [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for using iTunes hotkeys when the window is in the background, getting notifications of Twitter mentions without a separate app, and cleaning out messy drawers. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons—maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in—the tip didn't make the front page.
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From the Tips Box: Telemarketer Blacklists, Freezer De-Icing, and Drive-Thru ATMs [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for creating your own personal telemarketer blacklist using Google Voice, defrosting the ice in your fridge and freezer, and driving thru the ATM without having to get out of your car. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons—maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in—the tip didn't make the front page
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From the Tips Box: Telemarketer Blacklists, Freezer De-Icing, and Drive-Thru ATMs [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for creating your own personal telemarketer blacklist using Google Voice, defrosting the ice in your fridge and freezer, and driving thru the ATM without having to get out of your car. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons—maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in—the tip didn't make the front page
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From the Tips Box: Chrome Awesomebar, Flyaway Cables, and Food Defrosting [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for adding missing Firefox features to Chrome, keeping cables from slipping behind your desk, and defrosting food faster in the fridge. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons—maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in—the tip didn't make the front page. From the Tips Box is where we round up some of our favorites for your buffet-style consumption.
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From the Tips Box: Chrome Awesomebar, Flyaway Cables, and Food Defrosting [From The Tips Box]

Readers offer their best tips for adding missing Firefox features to Chrome, keeping cables from slipping behind your desk, and defrosting food faster in the fridge. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons—maybe they're a bit too niche, maybe we couldn't find a good way to present it, or maybe we just couldn't fit it in—the tip didn't make the front page.
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