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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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8 of the Best Games to Play on Your Chromebook at School

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How to Change the Default Search Engine from Bing to Google in Microsoft Edge

How to Change the Default Search Engine to Google in Microsoft Edge

Not everyone is a fan of the Bing search engine. If you want to change the default search engine in Microsoft Edge to Google, here’s how it’s done.

By Vamsi Krishna – Apr 25, 2016

Customize the Look of Windows 10 Command Prompt

Customize the Look of the Windows 10 Command Prompt

If you’re bored with the Windows 10 Command Prompt and desperately want to change up the look, this tutorial will show you how to customize it.

By Karrar Haider – Apr 24, 2016

Convert Between Several File Formats on Linux with FF Multi Converter

Convert Between Several File Formats on Linux with FF Multi Converter

FF Multi Converter is an app that allows you to convert video, audio, image and document files between several file formats on Linux. Here’s how it works.

By Ayo Isaiah – Apr 23, 2016

How to Hide the Device Icons on the Desktop of Your Mac

How to Hide the Device Icons on a Mac Desktop

Looking to keep your Mac desktop uncluttered? One option is to hide the device icons. Here are two ways to hide them, allowing you to get them back when desired.

By Mahesh Makvana – Apr 23, 2016

Transferring Files in Terminal on Linux with Transfer.sh

Transferring Big Files in Terminal on Linux with Transfer.sh

Transferring files is nothing new. However, Transfer.sh is an exciting tool that lets you do so via the terminal. It works on any system that has bash and curl.

By Derrik Diener – Apr 22, 2016

How to Record the Screen of Your iPhone Using QuickTime on Your Mac

How to Record Your iPhone Screen Using QuickTime on Your Mac

If you’re looking to record your iPhone screen without using third-party apps, here’s how to do so using QuickTime on your Mac.

By Mahesh Makvana – Apr 22, 2016

Delete Windows 10 Update Cache to Reclaim Space

Delete Windows 10 Update Cache to Reclaim Space

When you update Windows it caches the installation files. However, they can take up valuable space. Here’s how to delete the Windows 10 update cache.

By Vamsi Krishna – Apr 22, 2016

9 Add-Ons for Excel To Make Your Spreadsheeting Easier

9 Add-Ons for Excel to Make Spreadsheets Easier

Excel is already powerful, but if you want to extend its functionality, here are some add-ons for Excel to help make spreadsheets easier.

By Vamsi Krishna – Apr 21, 2016

How to Use Google Hangouts on Pidgin with the Purple Hangouts Plugin

Love Google Hangouts but wish you could use something other than the official client? You can now use Google Hangouts on Pidgin with Purple Hangouts.

By Derrik Diener – Apr 20, 2016

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The Beginner’s Guide to Recording Audio in Audacity

Audacity is a free open source software for recording and editing sounds. This beginner’s guide will get you up and running with Audacity on Linux.

By Logen Kain – Apr 19, 2016

How to Rebuild Broken Icon Cache in Windows

How to Rebuild Broken Icon Cache in Windows

Windows icon cache speeds up the appearance of icons on your computer. Sometimes the cache can get corrupted. Here’s how to repair a broken icon cache.

By Vamsi Krishna – Apr 18, 2016

How to Transfer Notes From Evernote to Apple Notes

How to Transfer Notes from Evernote to Apple Notes

If you’re an Evernote user wanting to switch to Apple Notes, you’re in luck. Apple has made it easy to migrate from Evernote to Apple Notes. Here’s how.

By Mahesh Makvana – Apr 16, 2016

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Xombrero: A Minimalist Browser with Focus on Security

Looking for a more secure browser for Linux? Check out Xombrero web browser, a minimalist browser with sophisticated built-in security features. It has a familiar interface similar to Firefox.

By Logen Kain – Apr 15, 2016

Fruho: A User Friendly VPN Tool for Linux

Fruho: A User Friendly VPN Tool for Linux

Looking for a lightweight VPN tool for Linux? Meet Fruho. It’s built with OpenVPN and makes use of various encryption standards by default. Check it out.

By Derrik Diener – Apr 14, 2016

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How to Easily Set a Time Limit for a Windows 10 User

Tired of your kids spending too much time on the computer? If it’s a Windows computer, here’s how you can set a time limit for a Windows 10 user account.

By Judy Sanhz – Apr 13, 2016

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Emulating the Sega Dreamcast on the Mac

Feeling a little nostalgic and looking to play Sega Dreamcast games on your Mac? This article shares different ways to emulate this retro system on the Mac.

By Phil South – Apr 13, 2016

How to Use Bash on Windows 10

Microsoft has recently announced the support of Bash on Windows 10. Here is how you can install and use Bash on Windows 10.

By Derrik Diener – Apr 12, 2016

MTE Explains: Overtype, What It Is and How to Use It

MTE Explains: Overtype – What It Is and How to Use It

Overtype allows you to write a word, move the cursor into the middle of the word, and replace the characters previously typed. Here are some of its benefits.

By Paul Ferson – Apr 12, 2016

How to Make Animated GIFs With Right-Click on Your Mac

How to Make Animated GIFs with Right-Click on Your Mac

Did you know that you can create animated gifs on a Mac without a third-party app? All it takes is an Automator service and the right-click button.

By Mahesh Makvana – Apr 12, 2016

Search Subtitles for Your Movies with FlixTools Lite

Search Subtitles for Your Movies with FlixTools Lite [Mac]

Watching movies in a language other than your native one is possible but hard to understand. Here’s how to search subtitles for movies so you’ll enjoy them.

By Jeffry Thurana – Apr 11, 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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