Windows 7 only: Reader Jay wanted the Windows 7 taskbar to work more efficiently—so he rolled up his sleeves and figured out how to enable middle-clicking to close applications. Normally when you ...

Sociologists say that multitasking has shortened our attention spans and made us more easily distracted than ever. The problem is especially noticeable on modern PCs, where it's possible to open ...

Windows 7 only: If you're not into Windows desktop gadgets, there is another way to easily monitor your computer's CPU and RAM: Taskbar Meters puts simple, attractive resource monitors right on your ...

My hat’s off to Within Windows blogger Rafael Rivera, who returned from last week’s Microsoft Professional Developers Conference and apparently didn't sleep until he figured out how Microsoft had ...