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When Microsoft was developing Windows 95, developers discovered that SimCity had a severe memory bug that caused it to crash on the new operating system—but instead of forcing the game studio to fix it, Microsoft engineers actually rewrote the core Windows 95 source code to detect if SimCity was running and safely allocate memory for it.

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This AI Assistant Makes the Linux Desktop Much Smarter

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The Myth of Linux Optimization Tools, and Why You Really Don’t Need Them At All

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Apple’s original 1984 Macintosh keyboard had no arrow keys, no function keys, and no numeric pad because Steve Jobs wanted users to reach for the mouse first. Then Apple quietly sold the missing keys as an accessory.

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You Can Now Share Your Chromebook Screen With Others

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How to Make Your Server Invisible with Knockd

To prevent hackers from accessing the open ports in your Linux server, you can use Knockd to hide running services.

By Michael Aboagye – Jun 27, 2018

Best Git GUIs for Linux

5 of the Most Useful Graphical Git Clients for Linux

These are several graphical Git clients that you can use to make your git usage an easier and better one.

By Nick Congleton – Jun 26, 2018

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How to Get Mojave Dynamic Desktop on Your Mac Now

It is possible to simulate Dynamic Desktop on your existing Mac, by using a few tricks.

By Chris Spera – Jun 25, 2018

The Beginner’s Guide to pstree Command on Linux

pstree is a useful command for displaying running processes in Linux. Find out how it works in this article.

By Alexander Fox – Jun 25, 2018

5 of the Best Microsoft Project Alternatives

While Microsoft Project is very useful, it can be very complex at times. These alternatives are simpler, and they are free.

By Robert Zak – Jun 23, 2018

Getting Started with Awk Command

If you need to process text based on certain conditions, awk will almost always get the job done quickly. Here’s how to get started.

By Alexander Fox – Jun 21, 2018

Five Common Chromebook Myths Debunked

Some prior facts about Chromebook and Chrome OS are no longer true today.

By Andrew Braun – Jun 20, 2018

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How to Easily Install Windows Games on Linux with Winepak

Installing Windows games on Linux has always been a tricky endeavor. Winepak changes all that.

By Nick Congleton – Jun 20, 2018

How to Change the Arrow Shortcut Icon on Windows 10

If you don’t like how the default shortcut icon looks on Windows Desktop, you can replace the shortcut icon with a custom one.

By Vamsi Krishna – Jun 20, 2018

Install Gitlab on Ubuntu

How to Install Gitlab on an Ubuntu Server

Looking to get away from Github? Gitlab is a great self-hosted alternative.

By Nick Congleton – Jun 18, 2018

How to Repair Your Micro SD Card and Recover Erased Data

When you see the “SD card is damaged. Try reformatting it.” message, all is not lost yet. You could still retrieve your data.

By Tracey Rosenberger – Jun 16, 2018

Apple vs. Online Tracking: How and Why iOS 12 and macOS Mojave Are Adding More Privacy Controls

Learn how Apple is tackling online tracking and giving privacy control back to the users.

By Andrew Braun – Jun 13, 2018

Enable Firefox CSD On Linux

How to Enable CSD Support in Firefox for Linux

Learn how to make Firefox blend in with your Linux desktop.

By Nick Congleton – Jun 13, 2018

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The Complete Guide to PlayStation Emulation on Ubuntu

Learn how you can play Playstation 1 games on Ubuntu with PCSXR.

By Nick Congleton – Jun 12, 2018

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How to Manage the Apps Using Your Network Connection on macOS

There aren’t that many system tools for analyzing network activity on macOS. Here are some options you can use to manage apps using your network connection on Mac.

By Alexander Fox – Jun 5, 2018

The Biggest Changes Apple Announced at the 2018 WWDC

It was hard not to notice that at the keynote for Apple’s 2018 WWDC, there was no new hardware released. It was all about the software and the apps.

By Laura Tucker – Jun 5, 2018

How to Create Screencasts in Windows 10

If you are looking to create a screencast, this article will show how you can do it in Windows 10.

By Nicholas Godwin – Jun 4, 2018

How to Change Network from Public to Private on Windows

If you have set the network profile the wrong way, this will show how you can change the network profile from public to private on Windows.

By Vamsi Krishna – May 31, 2018

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How to Make an App Open in Full Screen Mode Automatically on Mac

The full-screen mode on Mac allows you to make full use of the maximum working space. Here’s how to make Mac apps always open in full-screen mode.

By Alexander Fox – May 28, 2018

How to Disable the Timeline Features in Windows 10

For those who are paranoid about the security of the new Timeline feature in Windows 10, this will show how to disable the Timeline features in Windows 10.

By Vamsi Krishna – May 27, 2018

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When Sony shipped the first Walkman in 1979, chairman Akio Morita insisted on a second headphone jack and a “hotline” talk button, convinced it would be rude for one person to listen to music alone — and within a few years buyers had ignored the sociable features so completely that Sony quietly dropped them

Jun 15, 2026

Russia still custom-builds the Soyuz return seats for ISS crew members using plaster casts taken weeks before launch, because astronauts grow as much as five centimetres taller during a long-duration stay and a seat moulded to their Earth-shaped spine would no longer fit the body that comes home

Jun 12, 2026

Mycorrhizal fungi colonised plant roots roughly 450 million years ago and biologists now suspect plants could never have moved out of the oceans onto bare rock without them, meaning every forest on Earth — including the redwoods, the Amazon, and the boreal belt — is still running on a partnership older than trees themselves

Jun 11, 2026

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The “CrackBerry” nickname stuck for a reason — and the variable-reward psychology that hooked early-2000s executives on their BlackBerrys is the exact same machinery now running every push notification on every smartphone in your pocket

Jun 11, 2026

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Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots

Jun 10, 2026

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A species of jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii can revert its adult cells back to a juvenile polyp stage when injured or starving, effectively restarting its life cycle, and biologists have so far failed to identify any natural limit to how many times it can do this.

Jun 10, 2026

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