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Create Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts to Do Anything on Windows and macOS

If the built-in keyboard shortcuts aren't enough for you, you can make some of your own.

Gadgets David Nield Jun 21

20 Cool Command Line Tricks for Windows and macOS

These classic computing interfaces can help you get more done on your devices.

Gadgets David Nield Jun 17

Windows 11 Leaks Indicate a Dramatic New Look Is Coming Soon

Screenshots show a simpler interface, plus a wallpaper that looks like a loofah.

Tech News Florence Ion Jun 15

How to Capture and Share Gaming Footage From Your Windows PC

If you’ve invested in a decent gaming PC, you’ll probably want to capture and share some of the highs and lows of your gaming exploits. If you haven’t gotten started yet, we’re here to introduce a few of the best software options available to you right now. And software is really all you need. Unless…

Gadgets David Nield Jun 7

11 Tips to Customize the Look and Feel of Windows

For most of us, occasionally switching up the desktop wallpaper is about as adventurous as we get when it comes to customizing the appearance of Windows. But there are in fact a multitude of ways to transform the operating system to perfectly customize its look—either through Windows’ own settings or with the help of a…

Gadgets David Nield May 21

Someone Made a Fully Playable Game of Pong Inside a macOS Icon

Apple has always pushed its hardware as tools for creative types—not toys for gamers—but that hasn’t stopped creative developers from turning Macs into unique gaming machines, like putting Lemmings on the Touch Bar, and now putting an icon-sized playable version of Pong in the dock. By day Neil Sardesai is an iOS engineer at a…

Games Andrew Liszewski Mar 2

How to Find Spyware Your Employer Installed on Your Computer and What to Do About It

You may not be able to change the policies of the firm that you work for, but you can at least check if and how you’re being watched.

Gadgets David Nield Aug 5

How to Figure Out What’s Slowing Your Computer Down

Don your detective’s hat and identify the source of the problem with the help of these tools and tricks.

Gadgets David Nield Feb 16

Why Microsoft Scrapped the Start Button

When it came to light that Microsoft was planning to remove the Start button from Windows for good, many ardent fans of its functionality were unhappy. Now, Microsoft has explained why it made the choice to ditch the button, which has graced PC desktops for over 17 years. https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-might-scrap-the-start-button-for-good-5882538 Speaking to PC Pro, Chaitanya Sareen,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 28

Win 7 Tip: Miss Vista’s Quick Launch? Here’s How You Get It Back

The taskbar in Windows 7 is a revamped combination of the previous Quick Launch and Vista’s taskbar, but if you really, really miss Quick Launch, then keep reading. https://gizmodo.com/win-7-tip-the-taskbar-is-the-most-useful-new-ui-change-5132160 1. First, right-click on the taskbar and turn off “Lock the Taskbar.” 2. Right-click the taskbar, hover over Toolbars, and select New Toolbar. 3. When it…

Tech News Erica Ho Jan 30

Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)

Device Stage is a set of baked-in icons and menus for printers, cameras, phones, etc. that wait for the moment when you plug something in. Recognition comes fast and smooth—provided the gadget is supported. UPDATE When you connect a supported gadget, like in this case the Epson Artisan 800, you instantly see the icon with…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 23

Gizmodo’s Complete Windows 7 Coverage

Windows 7 Beta, Microsoft’s thank-you gift for putting up with Vista, has been out two weeks and we’re covering every exciting inch of it. Here’s how to catch up, or get the beta for yourself: To automatically read the most recent Windows 7 posts, hit this tag (and bookmark it). Windows 7 Beta Installation Advice…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 22

Giz Explains: Why the Windows 7 Taskbar Beats Mac OS X’s Dock

Yeah, I said it. The Windows 7 taskbar is the most important Windows UI change since Windows 95, and it will dramatically change the way you use Windows. And it’s better than the Mac’s Dock. That’s because the “superbar”—as the taskbar is known by developers—jerks taskbar functionality in a new direction. It’s no longer merely…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 21

Win 7 Tip: The Taskbar Is the Most Useful New UI Change

Once you get past the slightly differently-colored Aero theme in Windows 7, you’ll realize that it looks, UI-wise, almost the same as Vista. That is, until you look down at the Taskbar. Now that’s new. First, you’ll notice that the Quick Launch Bar (the little tray on the left in XP and Vista where you…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 15

Microsoft’s Guided Tour of the Windows 7 Taskbar

As we pointed out in our Windows 7 walkthrough, one of the biggest improvements to the UI is the taskbar. It is hard to explain new features like “Peek” and how the functionality of the taskbar has evolved without actually showing you how it works—so this video should do a lot to clear things up.…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 3

Windows 7 Taskbar, ‘Peek’ and Multitouch Gestures Caught On Video

Our in-depth preview of Windows 7 mentioned a few major features that didn’t quite make it into the copy we tested, but the wily crew at Chilean site FayerWayer have caught a more advanced build on (sickeningly shaky) video. Most notably, the long hands-on shows off the new dock-esque taskbar, with decent task grouping, contextual…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 29

Create Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts to Do Anything on Windows and macOS

20 Cool Command Line Tricks for Windows and macOS

Windows 11 Leaks Indicate a Dramatic New Look Is Coming Soon

How to Capture and Share Gaming Footage From Your Windows PC

11 Tips to Customize the Look and Feel of Windows

Someone Made a Fully Playable Game of Pong Inside a macOS Icon

How to Find Spyware Your Employer Installed on Your Computer and What to Do About It

How to Figure Out What’s Slowing Your Computer Down

Why Microsoft Scrapped the Start Button

Win 7 Tip: Miss Vista’s Quick Launch? Here’s How You Get It Back

Win 7 Tip: Device Stage Gadget Interface Is Gorgeous (When Supported!)

Gizmodo’s Complete Windows 7 Coverage

Giz Explains: Why the Windows 7 Taskbar Beats Mac OS X’s Dock

Win 7 Tip: The Taskbar Is the Most Useful New UI Change

Microsoft’s Guided Tour of the Windows 7 Taskbar

Windows 7 Taskbar, ‘Peek’ and Multitouch Gestures Caught On Video

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