| Most common household battery size designations are over a century old; D batteries were introduced in 1898, AA batteries in 1907, and AAA batteries in 1911.  | |
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Tech Secondary Market | |
| The Tech Secondary Market (a.k.a. The IT Aftermarket) is a segment of the tech industry where buyers and sellers deal in used and/or refurbished computers and technical equipment at a fraction of manufacturers' suggested retail prices. | |
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| 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. - Can the TV Guys Put the Netflix Genie Back in the Bottle?
With so many people switching to streaming, the old-school TV companies are scrambling to screw over their customers in pursuit of profits as much as possible, whether it's through ridiculously low data caps on your home internet connection, or just pulling their shows and movies from Netflix so you can only watch them on TV. [ReCode] - Somebody Just Claimed a $1 Million Bounty for Hacking the iPhone
This isn't a great development - a company had a $1 million contest to see if anybody could come up with a security hole in iOS, and somebody was able to find one. And they aren't sharing it with Apple so that they can fix it, instead they want to sell the security hole to the highest bidder. Seems like this would be illegal but nothing is illegal when big money is involved. [Motherboard] - Firefox 42 arrives with tracking protection, tab audio indicators, and background link opening on Android
Firefox is starting to step up their game. It will be good to see more user-centric features in web browsers. [Venturebeat ] - How to File a Complaint Against Your ISP and Finally Solve Your Problems
If you are tired of your ISP being a bunch of jerkwads, it's time to report them to the FCC. If everybody does this and spreads the word, even Comcast will be forced to change their awful policies. [Lifehacker] - NASA confirms that the 'impossible' EmDrive thruster really works, after new tests
It's still very confusing and uncertain but if this turns out to be true, the laws of physics will need to be rewritten. And space flight takes a huge step forwards. [Yahoo] - Microsoft needs to fit Windows 10 with a data collection 'off switch'
Why won't Microsoft simply let people opt out of sending data back to them? At this point they are basically trying to convince people to use OS X instead. [ZDNet] | |
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| OneDrive is a free online storage service that comes bundled with Windows or Office 365 — it’s deeply integrated into everything in Windows and Office. But what if you want to move the folder to a different drive? | |
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| Imagine a perfect world, where you can buy the thinnest, lightest, and sleekest laptop around, but still get the same amount of gaming horsepower out of it that you’d expect out of a full-tower desktop. For years, the idea of supercharging a regular old laptop by plugging in an external graphics card was stuck in the realm of fantasy, a task that only the most hardcore DIY-ers would take on after a weekend in their garage and enough circuit board soldering to make anyone’s head spin. | |
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| Antimalware programs like Malwarebytes pop up warnings when they detect “potentially unwanted programs” you might want to remove. People call PUPs many other names, including “adware” and “crapware.” You almost certainly don’t want these programs on your computer, but they’re categorized differently for legal reasons. | |
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| As the ‘Internet of Things’ continues to grow and come into its own, just how necessary is it for the ‘Internet of Things’ to have IPv6 addresses? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions. | |
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| With each new version of Windows, new and innovative features are improving the total user experience in different ways. Windows 10 is quickly growing in popularity due in part to its innovative security features, and among these security options are new sign in options like the PIN code. | |
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| Let’s face it, gaming with a TV remote is mostly a novelty and frustrating for anything more complex than simple games. If you want to unlock the gaming potential of your shiny new Apple TV you need to pair a real game controller. Read on as we show you how. | |
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| Automatic downloads in iOS allow apps, as well as other items, to be updated automatically. This may seem handy, but they can also be problematic because they may use your mobile data without you realizing it. If you have metered data, you probably want to disable automatic downloads. | |
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| Broadband is the lifeblood of the modern household and it’s incredibly frustrating when your Internet connection is flaky. Read on as we walk you through our tried and true troubleshooting techniques so you can pin down exactly where your connectivity problems are coming from. | |
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| Many online services offer two-step verification or two-factor authentication. Enable this for an account and it’ll require more than just your password to sign in. You’ll also need something else — and there are many different types of additional authentication methods you can use. | |
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