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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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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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Stop Windows from Installing the Same Update Over and Over

It can be annoying if Windows never stops installing the same update. Here is how you can stop Windows from installing the same update over and over again.

By Vamsi Krishna – Aug 16, 2016

Parrot Security OS: A Debian-Based Distribution for Security Research [Review]

Parrot Security OS: A Debian-Based Distribution for Security Research

Meet Parrot Security OS: a Linux distribution with loads of tools to accomplish your security research along with some useful cloud components. Read all about it!

By Derrik Diener – Aug 16, 2016

How to Set Notification Priorities for Apps in Windows 10 Action Center

How to Set Notification Priorities for Apps in Windows 10 Action Center

There are several improvements in the Windows 10 Anniversary update, one of which is Action Center and notification priorities. Here’s how to set it up.

By Vamsi Krishna – Aug 15, 2016

How to Install and Use EncryptPad, a Text Editor that Helps You Keep Your Files Secure

Use EncryptPad Text Editor to Edit and Encrypt Files in Ubuntu

EncryptPad is an open source text editor for Linux with the ability to encrypt files and encrypt/decrypt binary files. Here’s how to install and use it.

By Himanshu Arora – Aug 14, 2016

How to Completely Disable Cortana in Windows 10

Microsoft enabled Cortana by default in the Windows 10 anniversary update. If you don’t use Cortana, here is how to completely disable Cortana in Windows 10.

By Vamsi Krishna – Aug 13, 2016

How to Stream Local Media From the Command Line to ChromeCast with Stream2chromecast

Stream Local Media from the Command Line to ChromeCast with Stream2chromecast

Stream2chromecast lets you stream local media from your computer as well as from the Internet to your Chromecast. It works right from the command line. Here’s how.

By Derrik Diener – Aug 11, 2016

How to Download, Install, and Use Command Line-Based Web Browser Lynx in Ubuntu

Lynx is an open source Web browser that lets you access websites from the command line; it only displays the text part of a Web page. Here’s how it works.

By Himanshu Arora – Aug 10, 2016

5 Ways to Encrypt Email for Linux

Email is still important for business, and it is necessary to keep it encrypted. Here are 5 ways you can encrypt your email on Linux!

By Derrik Diener – Aug 9, 2016

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How to Disable Caps Lock on Your Mac [Quick Tips]

Want to get rid of the Caps Lock key entirely? Here’s your best option: disabling it. This quick tip will show you how to disable caps lock on your Mac.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 9, 2016

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Disable Sound Effects on Your Mac Using These Two Different Methods

Looking to disable sound effects on your Mac such as the screenshot sound, moving files to trash, emptying the trash, etc,? Here are two ways to do it.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 9, 2016

How to Copy Parental Controls From One Account to Another on Your Mac

How to Copy Parental Controls from One Account to Another on Your Mac

Have your parental controls set perfectly on one user account and want the same settings on another account? Here’s how to copy parental controls to another account.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 8, 2016

What is the windows.old Folder and How to Properly Remove It

After a system upgrade, you often find a windows.old folder that is taking up some space. Here is what the “windows.old” folder is and how to remove it.

By Vamsi Krishna – Aug 8, 2016

What’s New in Windows 10 Anniversary Update

The Windows 10 Anniversary update is finally here. Check out all the important changes and new features you get in this update.

By Vamsi Krishna – Aug 5, 2016

10 Best Gnome Applications from Third-Party Developers

10 of the Best Gnome Applications from Third-Party Developers

Thanks to the Ubuntu community there is a great deal of third-party software that integrates perfectly with Gnome Shell. Here are 10 of the best Gnome applications.

By Ayo Isaiah – Aug 4, 2016

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Setting Custom Resolutions for Displays in Mac OS X

Looking for settings for custom resolutions in Mac OS X? This article will show you where to find them and also includes useful facts relating to displays.

By Phil South – Aug 2, 2016

6 Best Terminal-Based CLI Games for Linux

6 of the Best Terminal-Based CLI Games for Linux

Linux geeks & system admins may prefer to play games in the terminal where they spend most of their time. Here are 6 of the best terminal-based CLI games for Linux.

By Ayo Isaiah – Aug 2, 2016

How to Disable the New App Installed Notification on Windows 10

How to Disable the New App Installed Notification in Windows 10

If you’re annoyed by or just want to get rid of the New App Installed notification in Windows 10, here’s how to disable it.

By Vamsi Krishna – Aug 1, 2016

QuiEdit Gives You a Distraction-Free Writing Experience in Ubuntu

QuiEdit Gives You a Distraction-Free Writing Experience in Ubuntu

If you’re looking for a distraction-free writing experience in Ubuntu, look no further. QuiEdit is a full-screen text editor focused on writing in Markdown.

By Himanshu Arora – Aug 1, 2016

How to Launch Apps in Low Resolution on Your Retina Mac

How to Launch Apps in Low Resolution on Your Retina Mac

While the retina display on a Mac is nice, you may sometimes want or need to launch apps in low resolution. If so, here’s how you can do that.

By Mahesh Makvana – Jul 31, 2016

CCleaner for Mac: As Good as Windows?

CCleaner for Mac: As Good as Windows?

CCleaner, a popular utility for Windows, is now available for Mac. Is CCleaner for Mac as good as the Windows version? Let’s find out.

By Phil South – Jul 31, 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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