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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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How to Prevent iTunes from Launching Automatically

It can be a nuisance when iTunes launches automatically whenever a media-related action is performed. Here is how to prevent iTunes from launching on Mac.

By Corbin Telligman – Mar 12, 2017

What You Need to Know and Do for the End of Windows Vista Support

Microsoft is putting an end to Windows Vista support after April 11th, 2017. If you are still using Vista, here is what you need to know and do to protect yourself.

By Simon Batt – Mar 12, 2017

How to Change Alt-Tab Transparency in Windows 10

The “Alt-Tab” window in Windows 10 comes with a transparency setting. Here is how you can change the Alt-Tab transparency in Windows 10.

By Vamsi Krishna – Mar 10, 2017

Microsoft Found a New Place to Display Ads in Windows 10. Here’s What You Need To Do

You may not know it, but Microsoft has been displaying ads all over in Windows 10. And now they found a new place to display ads. Here’s what you need to do.

By Christopher Harper – Mar 10, 2017

How to Use 4K and 5K Displays with Your Mac

macOS doesn’t play well with 4K and 5K displays. This article covers how to set up 4K and 5K displays with your Mac and how to adjust and recalibrate colors.

By Corbin Telligman – Mar 9, 2017

How to Enable or Disable Action Center App Icons in Windows 10

When there is a notification in Windows 10, the Action Center app icon will be temporarily overlapped by the actual app icon. Here’s how to disable it.

By Vamsi Krishna – Mar 8, 2017

How to Improve Font Rendering in Linux with Infinality

Font rendering is notoriously poor on some Linux distros. Here is how you can improve font rendering in Linux with Infinality and some other ways.

By Derrik Diener – Mar 8, 2017

How to Easily Hide Files and Folders in Linux

Have you ever wanted to hide files and folders in Linux but have no idea how to do it? This guide shows the simple ways to effectively hide files and folders in Linux.

By Derrik Diener – Mar 7, 2017

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How to Fix the Home and End Buttons for an External Keyboard in Mac

If you use an external keyboard for your Mac, you know that the Home and End buttons aren’t working. Here’s a quick tip to fix the Home and End buttons on Mac.

By Damien Oh – Mar 3, 2017

Adjust Hidden Mac Preferences with Onyx

If you need more options to fully customize your Mac to the max, you can use Onyx to adjust hidden preferences for macOS.

By Alexander Fox – Mar 2, 2017

4 of the Best Free YouTube Clients for Mac

There are plenty of Youtube apps for Mac in the AppStore, but only some are great. Here are 4 of the best YouTube clients for Mac.

By Corbin Telligman – Mar 2, 2017

How to Switch Between Linux Distros Without Losing your Data

Switching between Linux distributions can be hard when you’re preserving user data. A solution is to give your Home folder its own partition. Here’s how to do it.

By Derrik Diener – Feb 28, 2017

Choosing the Best Linux Filesystem for Your SSD

When setting up a new Linux install with an SSD, many don’t know what file system to go with. Here are some of the best Linux filesystems for SSD that you can use.

By Derrik Diener – Feb 27, 2017

How to Share Your Internet Connection Between Two Windows PCs

Tethering from a mobile phone is easy, but sharing an Internet connection between PCs will require more effort. Here’s how to share an Internet connection between 2 Windows PCs.

By Robert Zak – Feb 27, 2017

Safely Find and Install Custom Cursors for Windows 10

Installing custom cursors for Windows 10 is not as straightforward as it should be. Here’s how you can safely find and install custom cursors on Windows 10.

By Simon Batt – Feb 26, 2017

5 of the Best Screen Recording Software for Windows

There is a lot of screen recording software for Windows, but only a few of them are great. Here is some of the best screen recording software for Windows you should use.

By Ryan Lynch – Feb 25, 2017

How to Hide the Taskbar in Windows 10

The taskbar in Windows 10 is big and takes up a lot of screen real estate. Here’s how you can hide the taskbar in Windows 10 and other tips to customize it.

By Ryan Lynch – Feb 23, 2017

How to Get Notified of New App Version on Android without Play Store

Have you wanted to get away from Google Play Store yet still get notified when a new app version is available? APKUpdater can help you do so.

By Derrik Diener – Feb 22, 2017

Update Windows Drivers with a Single Click – IObit Driver Booster Review

Finding update for WIndows drivers can be a manual and troublesome task. iObit Driver Booster allows you to easily update Windows drivers with a single click.

By Vamsi Krishna – Feb 21, 2017

How to Enable Picture-in-Picture Mode for Netflix on macOS Sierra

The Picture-in-Picture mode in macOS Sierra only works in Safari. Here’s how to enable Picture-in-Picture mode for Netflix on macOS Sierra.

By Alexander Fox – Feb 19, 2017

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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

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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.

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