Today in Tech News Digest, the Amazon Fire TV, Windows Phone 8.1 with Cortana, Windows 8.1 Update 1 for mouse and keyboards, GoBe on Indiegogo, Rdio, Vudu, and Crackle on Chromecast, and a PSA about the dangers of binge watching. Amazon Launches Fire TV Set-Top Box Amazon has unveiled Fire TV, a powerful set-top box for streaming content and playing games. The Amazon Fire TV is available immediately and priced at US$99. The remote control is included, with a custom controller for playing games priced at $39.99. The Amazon Fire TV is an Android-powered set-top box with a quad-core CPU,...
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Another April Fools’ Day has been and gone, which is a huge relief for anyone who works online. Determining the real news from the fake news can be tough, especially with so many companies and websites entering into the spirit of the occasion. It’s time, with your help, to sort the wheat from the chaff. Foolish Foolhardy Fools We want to know, What Is The Best Online April Fools’ Day Prank Ever? Please do limit your comments to online April Fools’ Day pranks because, as interesting as your real-world April Fools’ Day pranks may be, they’re not quite what we’re...
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You know that good health and habits are vital for a better life. But perhaps you lack the know-how, the motivation, or both to work on these key areas. The result? You’re trapped in a vicious cycle of bad habits, failure, and dejection. The good news is that you can release yourself from it with a healthy dose of inspiration. To help you find the motivation to work on your fitness and habits, we have shared resources like body contests that pay you for being fit, apps for self-improvement, and subreddits that focus on health. But there’s nothing more inspiring...
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Would you not like Google Chrome (and Google) to keep a record of websites that you have visited recently? Well you can remove your browsing history from Chrome in two easy steps. Type chrome://history in the browser’s address bar, click the “Clear Browsing Data” button and your history will be deleted permanently.
Now consider a slightly different scenario. You want to preserve most of the browsing history in Chrome but would like to selectively remove certain items from the history. Maybe you want to remove all traces of visits to a particular website. Or you are trying to remove all web pages from Chrome’s history that contain a particular keyword.
That’s not difficult either. Use the search box in the Chrome history page to find web pages from a particular website, then hover your mouse over the items you wish to remove and select the checkbox. Do this for every page you need to remove and then click the “Remove Selected Items” button.
If you are to remove 50 pages from the history, you will have to select 50 different checkboxes manually. There’s no “Select All” button in Chrome’s history pages.
That can be tedious task so here’s a simple workaround that requires no Chrome extensions.
Select the checkbox against the first item in the history results and then scroll to the bottom of the history page. Now select the checkbox against the last item but keep the SHIFT key down. This will select the entire list and you can now remove them from history with a click.
Name the first online auction site that comes to your mind. Can you even think of any besides eBay? For most of us it’s the only online auction site that matters, but if you’re browsing through eBay to find great deals on computers, you may be better off using an alternative auction platform. Why look somewhere other than eBay? Less competition when placing bids. Less dependence on PayPal. Avoid common eBay scams. If you need a very specific item and price isn’t a top concern, by all means keep using eBay. The site is so massively international that you won’t...
Read the full article: Computer Auctions And Why eBay May Not Be Your Only Option
