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Why Your Laptop Battery Never Lasts as Long as Advertised

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Today's Featured Articles

What's the Difference Between a Blower and an Open-Air GPU Cooler?

If you're shopping for a new graphics card for your desktop, you might have seen different models with different descriptions on the cooler units attached to the card—like "blower" or "open-air" cooler. Let’s take a look at what those terms mean for your GPU.   Read More »


Why Your Laptop Battery Never Lasts as Long as Advertised

Laptops promise anywhere from 15 to 24 hours of battery life, but you’ll be lucky to get 10 hours. Those estimates aren’t wrong, and there’s no mistake: Manufacturers choose the most unrealistic benchmark with the highest numbers.   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.

Adware Doctor, a Top Seller on the Mac App Store, Was Grabbing Users’ Web History
The Mac App Store is supposed to be a safe way to download software, but a prominent malware scanner sold there until recently was grabbing users’ browsing history.   Read More »


No, You Can’t Download a 32GB SD Card From Google Play
Someone is claiming to sell a 32GB SD card on Google Play. Seriously.   Read More »


Valve Says It Can’t Remove Those Annoying Steam Age Prompts
You know how Steam constantly asks you to confirm your age, even though did that a few days ago? That’s not stopping any time soon.   Read More »


Subsrv Is a Fast, Columned Alternative to Reddit’s Homepage
Love Reddit but hate the hompage? Subsrv is a clean alternative you can set up quickly.   Read More »




Everything Else We Published Today
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How to Set Up Craigslist Alerts (for Email or SMS)
What Your Function Keys Do in Microsoft Word
No, AppleCare+ Doesn’t Cover a Lost or Stolen iPhone
How to Cut, Copy, and Paste in Microsoft Word
How to Connect Your Discord Server to Your Twitch Stream or YouTube Channel
Nokia Has (Allegedly) Put Entirely Too Many Cameras On This Unreleased Phone
The Best Whole Home Audio System
Best Coding Kits for Curious Kids
The Best Bluetooth Headphones to Use With Your Headphone Jack-Less Phone
This New Roomba Empties Itself Into a Charging Dock You Still Have to Empty
The Best Graphics Tablets For Beginners to Pros




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Today's Tech Term

Concurrent Use License

A Concurrent Use License is a specific type of software license that is based on the number of simultaneous users accessing the software in question.

For example, with a twenty-user Concurrent Use License, twenty users could log in and use the software at the same time, but a twenty-first user attempting to log in would be blocked from accessing the software until one or more of the original twenty had logged out.



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