| The soft drink company RC Cola was created when its founder Claud Hatcher was upset that he couldn’t get a bulk discount on large purchases of Coca-Cola syrup.  | |
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 If you have ever worked with a team on a project, you might be familiar with Slack, one of the better-known tools for group communication and collaboration. It’s not the only tool of its kind around, though, so let's take a look at some alternatives. Read More »
|  Windows 10 includes a new way to install and manage fonts right from the Settings app. You can even download fonts from the Store. The old Fonts tool in Control Panel is still available, but it isn’t your only option anymore. Read More »
|  You’ve heard the rhetoric: Google (or Facebook) knows too much about me! But it’s really not that big of a deal. Your data is safe, it’s not really about “you” anyway, and nothing is being sold. Read More »
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| Doping is the process of adding elements (dopants) such as arsenic, antimony, boron, bismuth, or phosphorous to semiconductor materials during the manufacturing process. These elements help increase a semiconductor’s conductivity and fall into two types: - N-Type – The current is conducted by an excess of free electrons
- P-Type – The current is conducted by a lack of electrons (vacancies)
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| The sound we make when we sneeze isn’t universal, but culturally conditioned. A person in the United States or Britain might make an “ah-choo!” sound when they sneeze, while a person in the Philippines might say “ha-ching!” when they sneeze. People who have been deaf since birth don’t add in any “extra” sounds at all, leaving only the sounds associated with the movement of air a sneeze represents.  | |
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| If you have a home office or specific space for your desktop PC, adding a TV to your monitor setup is a great way to add an incredible amount of versatility to your workflow (or play). Read More »
|  Social networks are fun, and even useful. But they’re a terrible primary tool for staying informed about the world. Here’s why—and what you should be using instead. Read More »
|  Game performance is measured in “frames per second,” or FPS. High FPS gives you smooth gameplay, while low FPS looks more like a slideshow. Here’s how to see any PC game’s FPS—and increase your FPS in your favorite games. Read More »
|  You’ve no doubt heard the terms gigabytes, terabytes, or petabytes thrown around before, but what exactly do they mean in terms of real-world storage? Let’s take a closer look at storage sizes. Read More »
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Collateral Hacking | |
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