How To Make Images, Music, Video, and PDF Files Open On The Desktop in Windows 8

Windows 8 opens many types of files in the Windows 8 interface formerly known as Metro by default. If you’re at the desktop and double-click many types of media files, you’ll see a full-screen media viewer.

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Living the Amazon Life [Video]

Amazon has an amazing selection of products available to satisfy your needs and desires, but what if their services were to expand even more? This humorous video looks at what it might be like if you could literally get anything you wanted through a unique assortment of Amazon sister-sites! Note: Video contains some language that may be considered inappropriate. AMAZON LIFE [via Geeks are Sexy ] What Is the Purpose of the “Do Not Cover This Hole” Hole on Hard Drives?

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Weekend Project: Make Your Own Ferromagnetic Fluid

Experiments this simple and fun give you no reason to leave all science-based goofing off to the professionals: whip up a beaker of ferromagnetic fluid to capture magnetic waves in motion. The premise is simple: by combing a viscous liquid (in this case vegetable oil) with a magnetic powder (in this case MICR copy toner) and introducing a strong magnetic source (such as neodymium rare earth magnets), you can actually see the magnetic waves in physical space.

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Friday Fun: Haunted House – Quest for the Magic Book

In this week’s game you embark on a quest into a haunted house to search for a magic book…a search that will have to be conducted room by room in order to successfully make your way through the house. Will your quest be successful or will you go home empty handed? What Is the Purpose of the “Do Not Cover This Hole” Hole on Hard Drives

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How To Log Into The Desktop, Add a Start Menu, and Disable Hot Corners in Windows 8

If you don’t have a touchscreen computer and spend all your time on the desktop, Windows 8’s new interface can seem intrusive. Microsoft won’t allow you to disable the new interface, but Classic Shell provides the options Microsoft didn’t

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