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Clearing Your Cookies All the Time Makes the Web More Annoying

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Nanny Cam

A Nanny Cam is a wired or wireless surveillance camera system used to monitor young children in their bedrooms and/or the individuals who are taking care of the children while the parents are not home.

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How to Change the “Reply To” Address for Email Messages in Outlook

Sometimes, when sending an email, you want the replies to go to a different email address than you sent the original from. You can do this in Outlook for individual messages or for all messages sent from a specific email account.

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How to Adjust the Strength of Your Instagram Filters to Make The Less Overpowering

The secret to good photo editing is not knowing what to do, but knowing when to stop. Anyone can add tons of contrast and saturation and come away with a "stylized" image, but not everyone has the restraint to add just the right amount of contrast or saturation. The same is true with Instagram filters.

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Clearing Your Cookies All the Time Makes the Web More Annoying

Websites can store small files called “cookies” on your computer to remember your preferences and login state. Cookies can also be used to track you across websites to better target ads. But think twice before you just disable them.

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Why Is a Network Tunnel Called a "Tunnel"?

The terminology one encounters when getting into the computing world may seem odd or leave you puzzled at times, wondering how and why these terms are in use. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a confused reader’s questions.

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How to View Your Network’s Data Usage on Google Wi-Fi

If you ever want to know how much data you’re using on your home internet, you usually can’t find out without a bit of router hacking or use a third-party app on your computer. However, if you use the Google Wi-Fi router system, you can track this natively. Here’s how.

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How to Securely Wipe a Hard Drive on Your Mac

Thinking of giving an old hard drive to a friend, or taking it to be recycled? Be careful. When you delete a file on a mechanical drive, it’s not really gone—at least, not physically. Your file system marks the spot taken up by the file as “free space,” which is why you can sometimes recover deleted files.

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How to Stop Your Nintendo Switch From Taking Over the TV While Charging

With the Nintendo Switch, you can dock your console and go straight from handheld to TV in seconds. It’s a great feature, but if you just want to dock your console to charge it, it will interrupt anyone who’s watching TV. Here’s how to stop that from happening.

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How to Add Programs, Files, and Folders to System Startup in Windows

Some Windows apps configure themselves to automatically start whenever Windows boots. But you can make any app, file, or folder start with Windows by adding it to the Windows “Startup” folder.

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How to Enable Extensions in Chrome’s Incognito Mode

Chrome's Incognito mode prevents websites from tracking you when you're online. Because Chrome can't guarantee that extensions aren't tracking you, they are disabled in Incognito mode by default.

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How to Pair a Bluetooth Headset with Android Wear

Android Wear has the ability to store music on the watch for on-the-go listening away from your phone. But you don't have to use its tiny little speakers (if your watch even has speakers)—you can actually pair a Bluetooth headset with your watch and leave the phone at home.

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How to Post Multiple Photos to Instagram at Once

Instagram is changing. Gone is the simple filter app; in its place is one of the most popular social networks in the world. To support the needs of millions of users, Instagram has constantly innovated and added new features. In the latest update, you can now add multiple images to the same Instagram post. Let's look at how.

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What Is HTTPS, and Why Should I Care?

HTTPS, the lock icon in the address bar, an encrypted website connection—it’s known as many things. While it was once reserved primarily for passwords and other sensitive data, the entire web is gradually leaving HTTP behind and switching to HTTPS.

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