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I had to double check to make sure I didn't accidentally write it that way. Read more

Wow. That's a lot. How many of those are files and folders vs. shortcuts? Roughly. Out of curiosity. Read more

Same. The only icons on my desktop are meant to be temporary and are generally useless/outdated within 24 hours. I just don't always delete them right away. Read more

Even when you don't have a chromebook, you wind up spending most of your time doing stuff in a browser anyway, in my experience at least. Fullscreen browsers also mean you hardly EVER see the desktop, clean or dirty. Read more

Oh man. I kept looking up at the Sept 20 2012 date above it. Good catch/great news. Read more

I've got to agree. I think a price drop is probably wishful thinking. My guess is that we aren't going to see any price-drops on anything before Christmas, and considering the loss of this credit is kinda-sorta like a price increase (kinda, sorta) this is prime time for nexus 7 purchasing. Read more

I don't think they want to compete with Facebook anymore, though. At least, I don't think they can, and I think they know that. What they MIGHT be able to compete with is Spotify's Facebook presence. Myspace still has some decent stuff music-wise, and if they frame their whole network around that it could be Read more

It's a smart move, but it IS pretty defeatist. Read more

Yeah, it's pretty big on its sharp squares. Read more

RIGHT?! I can geel the exact same urge welling up in me. Read more

Exactly, Apple already used to licence out the use of authenticator chips like this for use in more complicated accessories that needed to do more than just grab the audio stream or whathaveyou. It's just that now they seem to be kicking it up a notch (bam!) by using those kind of chips in charging cables, not just Read more

Krokodil Tears: The Craziest Drug I'd Never Heard Of Until I Saw Krokodil Tears? Read more

Yeah, but "The Craziest Drug You've Heard Of On Other Gawker Media Properties" just doesn't have the same ring to it, ya know? Read more

Did you set up a separate account for him? Whenever I had friends come visit me in college, I'd always be sure to set up a guest login beforehand so that if they wanted to use my shit they couldn't get into my accounts and I woudn't have to give them my real password. Read more

The work angle seems like a pretty useful out if you're lucky enough to have dedicated gadgets for that. Also a totally legitimate one. I don't think I'd trust people on work devices either. Read more