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Read This Article → Watch Out For These Dirty Tricks From Discounted Software Resellers Low-price listings for expensive software like Microsoft Office or Adobe Creative Suite are usually too good to be true—especially on secondary markets like Craigslist or eBay. Let's take a look at some of the ways scammers try to rip you off. Read This Article → How to FaceTime on Your Apple TV FaceTime is a great way to video chat with long-distance friends and family, but if you’d rather keep your hands free while you chill on the couch, you can FaceTime on your Apple TV instead of your iPhone or iPad. Read This Article → How to Change Your User Account in Windows 10’s Ubuntu Bash Shell When you first install Ubuntu or another Linux distribution on Windows 10, you’re asked to create a UNIX username and password. Bash automatically signs into that user account when you launch the shell, but you can change those credentials if you need to. 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