Most Popular Posts of 2008 (So Far)

Check out the most popular Lifehacker posts that have been published in the first half of 2008. Lifehacker

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Flash Drive 101: Copying Files, Removing Viruses

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10 Ways to Watch TV and Movies on Your Apple iPad

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Using Special Characters (Character Map) - Windows

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A special character is a character that can't be found on your keyboard. You can insert special characters by using Character Map or by pressing a combination of keys on your keyboard. The Character Map How to Open the  Character Map Open Character Map by clicking the Windows  Start  button . . .  In the search box, type  Character Map , and then, in the list of results, click  Character Map . The Character Map enables you to view the characters that are available in a selected font. Using Character Map, you can copy individual characters or a group of characters to the Clipboard and paste them into any program that can display them. More at:  Windows Help Tweet
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