| The 1982 hit “It’s Raining Men” by the Weather Girls was co-written by long-time David Letterman band-leader Paul Shaffer.  | |
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| Octal is a base-8 number system (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7) that is a shorthand method for representing binary characters that use six bits. | |
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| Fraps is best known as an easy and lightweight way to see an active readout of your PC games’ frames per second—that’s where the name comes from. But it’s also a surprisingly flexible way to record game footage for posting to YouTube, Twitch, and other web video services. The relatively low resource usage and easy activation make it ideal for quickly starting and stopping the record function. Here’s how it’s done. | |
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| Android Wear watches aren't necessarily like your phone: they're more of an auxiliary device than a standalone unit, so most of the time you don't install a bunch of stuff directly onto the watch itself (though with Android Wear 2.0, this is possible). But you can store music on it for freedom from the phone, so sometimes you just need to know how much storage is left on the watch so you don't run out. Here's how to check it. | |
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| Windows hides many files and folders by default, preventing users from deleting or modifying files they shouldn’t touch. But you can make Windows show these hidden files by changing a single setting. | |
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| Smartphones have been around for almost a decade, but even now, when I'm browsing the web on my iPhone, I run into websites that don't work very well. Sometimes the problems are with the technologies used in the websites, but sometimes they lie with the apps I have installed on my phone. So with this in mind, let's look at some of the reasons websites might not work properly on your mobile device. | |
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| Sometimes you may end up with unexpected results when running commands, so learning the “why” behind the results can be very interesting. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. | |
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| Most of the steps in building your own desktop PC are fairly self-explanatory: thanks to the modular nature of PC parts, it’s actually hard to mess up. But there’s one exception, and it can get messy. | |
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| Tired of your kids or roommate posting dumb things to your Facebook account every time you leave the room? All you have to do lock your Mac to keep them out. | |
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| The Chromecast is already a solid deal on its own. As if that weren’t enough, it can pay for itself in free movie rentals and other cool rewards. Here’s where you can find free movie rentals and other sweet deals just for owning a Chromecast. | |
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| In the immortal words of Jacobim Mugatu, mini-ITX gaming PCs are “so hot right now.” While home-assembled gaming computers have generally been focused on the larger mid-tower ATX standard for decades, a recent wellspring of tiny, powerful components have made more compact builds worth considering. | |
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| In photography, the aperture is the hole in a lens that lets light into your camera. | |
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| How important are the specs under your smartphone's hood, really? That may seem like a silly question, but honestly: are specs what define phone’s worth? | |
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