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Should You Buy a Smart Smoke Alarm?

If your house is already decked out with a ton of smarthome products, your next addition might be some smart smoke alarms, but are they worth buying in the first place? Here are some things to keep in mind.   Read More »




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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 »


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 Does File Compression Work?

Software engineers have always developed new ways of fitting a lot of data into a small space. It was true when our hard drives were tiny, and the advent of the internet has just made it more critical. File compression plays a big part in connecting us, letting us send less data down the line so we can have faster downloads and fit more connections onto busy networks.   Read More »




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Power Cycling

Power Cycling refers to turning an electronic device’s power off by manually pressing the power button or unplugging the power adaptor, then turning it back on or plugging the power adapter back in. This can cure a myriad of problems such as an operating system freeze, old/invalid settings in memory, low battery issues affecting restarts, etc.



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