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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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The Easiest Way to Manage Dotfiles Using GNU Stow

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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 Use Old Xorg Apps in Unity 8 on Ubuntu 16.10

While Unity 8 is new and shiny, it doesn’t work with some of the old Xorg apps because of the difference in the display server. Here’s how you can get these old Xorg apps working in Unity 8!

By Derrik Diener – Oct 24, 2016

How to Optimize Windows Index for Better and Faster Desktop Search

Windows 10 comes with an Indexing option for you to quickly search your files. Here are some of the ways to optimize Windows Index for better performance.

By Vamsi Krishna – Oct 22, 2016

How to Get your sudo Password to Show up as Asterisks in Ubuntu

If you are always mistyping your sudo password because nothing is shown on the screen, here’s a quick fix to get asterisks to show up as your sudo password in Ubuntu.

By Himanshu Arora – Oct 20, 2016

How to Set Up RAID in macOS Sierra

macOS Sierra restored the option to set up RAID with a GUI. Here’s how you can easily configure and set up RAID 1 or 0 in macOS Sierra.

By Alexander Fox – Oct 20, 2016

How to Secure Remote Desktop with Remote Credential Guard in Windows 10

For most system administrators, Remote Desktop is one of the most used features in Windows. Here is how you can secure the remote desktop with the credential guard in Windows 10

By Vamsi Krishna – Oct 19, 2016

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How to Completely Remove Programs from Windows

Uninstalling programs in Windows is usually more than just click the Uninstall button. Here we will show you how to completely remove programs in Windows, without any third party tool.

By Robert Zak – Oct 18, 2016

How to Easily Diagnose Connection Issues Using Traceroute in Windows

Are you having connection issues in Windows? Here is a quick way to diagnose connection issues with Traceroute in Windows.

By Simon Batt – Oct 18, 2016

6 Useful Linux Command Line Tools for System Administrators

The command line is seriously powerful. If you are a system administrator, here are some Linux command line tools you should know and use.

By Derrik Diener – Oct 18, 2016

How to Quickly Preview Files in Ubuntu Without Opening Them

Checking out a bunch of files and folders can be a tedious process. Here is a way to quickly preview files in Ubuntu without having to open them.

By Himanshu Arora – Oct 15, 2016

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Why and How to Encrypt Your Files on macOS

Encrypting files is something that all of us should be doing. Here are some useful software tools to encrypt your files on macOS.

By Alexander Fox – Oct 14, 2016

Quickly Restore Deleted Files with EaseUS Data Recovery Software

Quickly Restore Deleted Files with EaseUS Data Recovery Software

Delete the wrong file by accident or have an important document go missing? Have no fear, EaseUS Data Recovery Software will save the day by recovering it for you.

By Charnita Fance – Oct 13, 2016

How to Temporarily Prevent Unwanted Driver Installation in Windows 10

If you think Windows 10 is downloading an incompatible driver, here is how you can temporarily block Windows 10 from installing that specific driver.

By Vamsi Krishna – Oct 13, 2016

How to Fix Problem of Windows 10 Bluetooth Not Working

One of the few problem with Windows 10 is that Bluetooth does not work properly as it should. Here are some fixes if your Bluetooth is not working.

By Vamsi Krishna – Oct 12, 2016

How to Change Your Home Folder’s Name on macOS

If you buy a used Mac, chances are you’ll want to change the home folder’s name. Here is how you can do so, and the fixes for the problems it has caused.

By Alexander Fox – Oct 11, 2016

How to Disable the Lock Screen in Windows 10

The lock screen in Windows 10 is not very useful and requires more work to log in to your PC. Here are three ways to disable the lock screen in Windows 10.

By Mahesh Makvana – Oct 11, 2016

How to Add Weather Information to System Tray in Ubuntu

If you want to keep yourself updated with the current temperature, here is how you can add the weather information to the system tray in Ubuntu.

By Himanshu Arora – Oct 11, 2016

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10 of the Best KDE Plasma Applications You Should Try

The KDE Community have developed a ton of high-quality applications for different needs. Here are some of the best KDE Plasma applications you should try.

By Ayo Isaiah – Oct 9, 2016

How to Watch Twitch on Linux without a Web Browser

Have you ever wanted to watch Twitch outside of the browser on the Linux desktop? It is now possible with the help of Gnome Twitch. Check out how it works!

By Derrik Diener – Oct 8, 2016

4 Useful Tools to Easily Convert Windows 10 ISO to USB Disk

If you are looking to install Windows 10, here are four tools that let you convert Windows 10 ISO to a bootable USB drive.

By Vamsi Krishna – Oct 6, 2016

How to Set the Default Location for Your Windows 10 Computer

There are many apps in Windows 10 that need access to your location. Here is how to set a default location in Windows 10 so the system will always return a location to your app.

By Mahesh Makvana – Oct 5, 2016

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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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