We’ve always liked Weather Underground for its no-nonsense, real-time weather info. Today they’ve released a new service called Full Screen Weather that mashes up Google Maps with weather data for nothing but maps and up-to-the-minute weather info.

[Via: Lifehacker]

Robots born with the sole purpose of solving the Rubik’s Cube are nothing new, but we’re pretty sure we haven’t seen one crack the code in under a dozen seconds before.

[Via: engadget]

What if you want to snap a window to the right edge of the primary monitor, or the left edge of the secondary monitor for that matter?

Well, thankfully, Aero Snap can also be utilised via the keyboard:

• Holding the Windows key down and tapping the left cursor key will cycle the current window from monitor edge to monitor edge anti-clockwise.

• Holding the Windows key down and tapping the right cursor key will cycle the current window from monitor edge to monitor edge clockwise.
• Holding the Windows key down and tapping the up cursor key will maximise the current window on the monitor which it is displayed.
• Holding the Windows key down and tapping the down cursor key will restore the current window if it is maximised and minimise it if it is restored.

Like prior versions of Windows, this is one of your options when right-clicking an item; it does what it says: it sends a copy of the object to the option you choose. The default choices with a normal right-click are the Desktop, a Zip folder, a fax or mail recipient, or any additional drives connected to your PC.

The How-To Geek offers an easy way to customize the default choices. Simply type “shell:sendto” (without the quotes) in the location bar of a Windows Explorer window. You’ll see the default choices here. Now you can pull any of the defaults out or you can add locations you want in the standard list with a simple drag-and-drop.

The couple I usually add are Notepad++ and BareTail for log file monitoring.

[Via: jkOnTheRun]

One of the cooler stories out (of) the whole Google-China debacle is that Google hacked the hackers.

[Via: Gizmodo]

Here is a simple hack that can enable you to place ALL the Tasks Control Panel and System Settings in ONE place!
Create a new folder on your Windows desktop.

Name the folder as:

Master Control.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

[Via: WinVistaClub]

It’s the same course and the same cars, so why does it feel like it loads everything all over again?

Have they never heard of caching?

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Why do I have to be signed in to XBox Live to use a media codec?

I was trying to watch a programme last night with was encoded using the ISO-MPEG4 compatible XviD codec, but I was having trouble signing in, so it wouldn’t let me.

Why can’t they add it to a dashboard update and have it available all the time?

Grrr.

Now I hadn’t changed anything, so I was a bit bemused to say the least.

Today I found the solution.

It appears as though Google have added an “Enable Google Sync” setting to the “Service Settings –> Mobile” section of the dashboard for your Google Apps domain.

Thanks for letting us all know, Google! I know Google Sync is still in beta, but adding a setting that effectively kills your calendar, contacts and email without letting us know is a bit much.

So this is a bit of a heads up or anyone else who is having this problem; there’s nothing wrong with your phone, your Google account, your sync settings or anything else.

All it takes is one little unchecked checkbox.

[Via: Google Support]

[wehrdo] has posted a guide with an extremely low-tech solution to password management. he literally put the passwords on a floppy disk in the form of paper glued to the magnetic film. for those that still have some floppy disks around, this is a zero cost hack. we wouldn’t recommend this for state secrets, but for those prolific forum registrations it’s a great idea.

[Via: hackaday]