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How to Protect Your PC From the Intel Foreshadow Flaws

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How to Use Wildcards When Searching in Word 2016

Word has a powerful search feature that lets you search for text, numbers, formats, paragraphs, page breaks, wildcards, field codes, and more. By using wildcards, you can search for just about everything in your document. Let’s take a look.   Read More »


How to Protect Your PC From the Intel Foreshadow Flaws

Foreshadow, also known as L1 Terminal Fault, is another problem with speculative execution in Intel’s processors. It lets malicious software break into secure areas that even the Spectre and Meltdown flaws couldn’t crack.   Read More »


How To Organize Your Messy Windows Desktop (And Keep It That Way)

The desktop is a convenient place to store files and program shortcuts, but it can get messy fast. Here’s how to tidy your desktop up so you can quickly find everything you’re looking for—and make sure it stays nice and organized.   Read More »




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FYI / Useful Tips and Headlines
This new section contains our commentary on what we're reading from around the web. It's like a daily digest of the things we found interesting in the world of technology.

How SNES Games Made Beautiful Music With Only 64kb
The SNES only had 64 kilobytes of audio RAM, yet composers used it to create some of the most memorable soundtracks in history. How is that possible?   Read More »


Mozilla Recommend a Privacy Extension That Is Tracking Your Web History
Web Security, a Firefox extension with over 200,000 current users, tracks every website users visit and stores that information on a German web server.   Read More »


Facebook Bans Ads for Kodi Boxes Because Pirates Are Ruining Everything
Facebook banned all ads for Kodi boxes this week, the latest in a long run of similar crackdowns.   Read More »


You Can Now Talk to Alexa Using Cortana
You can now use Cortana to talk to Alexa, if you live in the US. Other countries are coming later.   Read More »


Yell “Enhance!” At Your Computer, Just Like on TV, In This Browser Game
In the movies clearing up fuzzy photos is easy: just yell “Enhance!” and “Zoom in!” Enhance, a browser game by programmer Nicole He, works just like that, and it’s hilarious.   Read More »




Everything Else We Published Today
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How to Set Up Parental Controls on Chromebooks
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How to Contact Gmail Support
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The Best Bias Lighting For Your TV Or Desktop PC
The Best Wall Outlets With USB Ports
The Best TV Wall Mounts
This Shoe is Corn
The Best Mice For Travelling




Geek Trivia

Which Of These Early Game Consoles Eschewed Raster Graphics For An Authentic Arcade Display?
The Vectrex →
The Bally Astrocade →
The Coleco Telestar →
The Magnavox Odyssey →


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Must-Carry refers to a government regulation stating that cable and satellite television service providers “must carry” local TV stations as part of their package offerings to consumers.



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