How to Install Windows 95 in a Virtual Machine and Relive the Glory Days

Did You Know? The 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie is regarded as the first appearance of Mickey Mouse, but the iconic mouse technically made his first appearance in a cartoon short called Plane Crazy earlier in the year. The short never made it beyond the screening phase, however, as not only did audiences not care for it, but Walt Disney failed to secure a distributor. Geek Trivia The Loudest Frog In The World Is The? Coquí Frog → American Bullfrog → Mexican Spadefoot → Southern Chorus Frog → Advertisement How-To Geek Recommends Running Malwarebytes Alongside Your Antivirus for Maximum Protection Running antivirus is still important, but these days the really active threats are from spyware, adware, crapware, and the worst of all: ransomware. That's where Malwarebytes comes in. Malwarebytes not only protects your computer from malware, but does a better job of cleaning up an infected computer than anything else on the market. 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Somehow, in the age of Spotify, radio is more popular than ever Video killed the radio star, but then internet brought radio back. [Quartz] Bitcoin price soars above $5,000 to record high That seems sustainable. Then again, that's been said before... [The Guardian] 5 Vital Things You Can't Do Properly When You're on Your Phone Driving while using your phone is stupid. Don't do it. Here's some other things you can't do. [Scientific American] How to Convert a PDF File Into an Editable Text Document Adobe’s PDF standard is handy whenever you need to distribute some information and be sure that it’s seen the same way by all recipients. But PDF files are also infamously tough to edit. Read This Article → How to Create Custom Ringtones for Your Android Phone So you got a shiny new Android phone. You changed the wallpaper, bought a case that you like, arranged your home screens…you know, made it yours. Then someone calls. Why on earth are you still using a stock ringtone? Get that out of here—it's time to not only make it look like yours, but sound like it too. Read This Article → How to Take Polls With Your Instagram Story Instagram, in their continuing quest to eat Snapchat's lunch, has recently added a way to take simple polls through your Story. Here's how. Read This Article → How to Install Windows 95 in a Virtual Machine Microsoft’s Windows 95 was a huge leap from Windows 3.1. It was the first release of Windows with the Start menu, taskbar, and typical Windows desktop interface we still use today. Windows 95 won’t work on modern PC hardware, but you can still install it in a virtual machine and relive those glory days. Read This Article → How to Safely Use a Table Saw, the Most Fearsome Power Tool of All If you’ve decided to upgrade your power tool game and get a table saw, there are several things you should know before you crank it on and slide your first pieces of wood through. Read This Article → How to Disable Notifications During Video Playback on a PlayStation 4 PlayStation 4 notifications always pop up over whatever you’re doing, which is particularly obnoxious when you’re watching videos over Netflix, YouTube, or your local library. With the PS4’s 5.0 system firmware update, it’s now possible to disable notifications while watching videos in any app. Read This Article → The Beginner’s Guide to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (aka PUBG) So you want  to try out the new Battle Royale sensation that’s sweeping the nation, but you don’t know how to get started. That’s understandable: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is a full game based on an old ARMA mod, and it’s still in early access. The game is missing a lot of features, chief among them any kind of tutorial or player guide for people just getting started. but if you’re ready to jump into the deep end of this winner-take-all online multiplayer arena, here are a few tips to get you on your feet…so someone else can blow you off them. Read This Article → How to Enable a “Night Mode” in Android to Reduce Eyestrain They say that blue spectrums of light are bad for your eyes, especially at night when you're more likely to be looking at your phone in a dark environment. This also supposedly leads to poor sleep, which leads to poor health. Here’s how to combat that on your Android phone. Read This Article → How to Control Both Ringer and System Volume with the iPhone’s Volume Buttons By default, the volume buttons on the side change the “system volume”, which affects things like music and video playback. But the volume of your ringer volume, which controls the ringer and notifications, stays the same unless you change it from the settings. Read This Article → How to Get the Most Out of Your Roku: Six Things You Should Do You finally worked out which Roku to buy, and set up the basics: Netflix, Amazon, and whatever other services you’re subscribed to. What next? Read This Article → Advertisement How-To Geek Recommends Running Malwarebytes Alongside Your Antivirus for Maximum Protection Running antivirus is still important, but these days the really active threats are from spyware, adware, crapware, and the worst of all: ransomware. That's where Malwarebytes comes in. Malwarebytes not only protects your computer from malware, but does a better job of cleaning up an infected computer than anything else on the market. And it doesn't just work on PCs — they have a Mac version too. Click here to download