How to View Your Chromebook's Hardware Specifications and System Information

Did You Know? “Mexican jumping beans,” a novelty toy in the U.S. and U.K. that enjoyed peak popularity in the mid-20th century, aren’t beans at all but seed pods and they jump because a tiny moth larva inside is wiggling in an attempt to flip the bean to achieve optimum temperature. Geek Trivia Which Country Has The Largest Number Of Lost Tribes? Peru → China → India → Brazil → Advertisement Thanksgiving Giveaway - Download WinX DVD Ripper Platinum Full License for Free WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is your best choice to do DVD-to-video conversion. 1) it converts a feature-length DVD movie in 10 minutes. 2) the output image and sound quality remains. 3) you can rip DVD to MP4, H.264, AVI and any other format. 4) it unlocks any DVD protection without third-party tool. Take this Thanksgiving gift and download a free copy Want to Change Your Email Preferences? 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What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. The Internet of Minecraft Things is Born This extremely clever little hack links a switch in the game Minecraft to a real world device. [Hack-a-Day] Satellite launch accident provides unexpected test of Einstein's theory A pair of stranded satellites will perform a test of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity that they were not designed to do. (And it will be more precise than any previous test.) [The Guardian] Your Coffee Machine Is a Breeding Ground for Caffeine-Resistant Bacteria They're not just caffeine-resistant, they're caffeine-loving. [Motherboard] Chip-based credit cards are old news; why is the US only rolling them out now? What can we say? American consumers are resistant to change and American companies hate spending money for extra security. [ArsTechnica] Raspberry Pi's latest computer costs just $5 Just because it's tiny and cheap doesn't mean it's weak; the tiny Pi Zero is faster than the original Raspberry Pi with 512MB of RAM. [The Next Web] How to View Your Chromebook’s Hardware Specifications and System Information Google doesn’t provide an easy way to see the storage, RAM, CPU, and other specifications of your Chromebook. But it’s possible to dig all this information up, just as you could on a traditional computer operating system. Read This Article → Thanksgiving Giveaway: Download WinX DVD Ripper Platinum Full License for Free [Sponsored] If you have a lot of DVDs that you haven’t ripped, and you missed out on the Digiarty Halloween giveaway here on How-To Geek, you’re in luck, because there’s a new giveaway for Thanksgiving. This time it’s for WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, and it’s a full license for free. Read This Article → How to Increase Text Size and Brightness on the Apple Watch We’re all well acquainted with tiny text on our phones, tablets, and smart watches; if your eyesight is poor, then we feel your pain. With the Apple Watch, you can easily increase the text size and brightness to make it more readable. Read This Article → How to Share Files and Folders from OneDrive in Windows 10 With OneDrive, it's easy to share files and folders securely and easily with other people. They won't need to install any special applications or sign up for a new account. In fact, they can use any web browser to get to the files you share with them. And you have a complete control in your hand—your files will only be shared with the people you choose. In this article, we'll show you how to share files and folders from your OneDrive, and different permissions you might want to know about before sharing. Read This Article → 17 Things You Can Do with Siri on the New Apple TV The newest version of Apple TV has a lot of cool advanced features. Chief among these is Siri integration, which we’re betting a lot of people still don’t know how to use. Here then are 17 things you can do with Siri on it. Read This Article → How to Remap Buttons on Your Steam Controller Valve’s Steam Controller isn’t just designed for new games. Unlike other controllers, it’s designed to be backwards-compatible with as many games as possible — even ones designed for keyboard and mouse controls. To make the controller work with a game, you may need to tweak is controller profile. Read This Article → Advertisement Get Dashlane Password Manager for Free Keeping track of passwords and making them secure is startlingly simple with Dashlane's free password manager. Automatically import your passwords from Chrome or any other browser into your secure password vault. Save any missing passwords as you browse. 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