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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 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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New Chromebooks Aren’t That “New”

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How to Install Safari on Linux

Safari is an option, even if you’re on Linux.

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Stop Your PC from Making Random USB Noises

Tired of hearing the USB connect/disconnect sound out of the blue? Learn what it means and how you can stop random USB noises on Windows.

By Crystal Crowder – Jul 18, 2022

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How to Set Up WordPress Using Docker in Ubuntu

Save your time and maintenance effort by running WordPress in Docker container.

By Hrishikesh Pathak – Jul 18, 2022

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The Best Linux Desktops for a Touchscreen Monitor

A touch screen monitor is well supported by Linux now!

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – Jul 16, 2022

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How to Take Advantage of Windows 11’s Improved Accessibility Tools

Accessibility features help people with disability make the most out of Windows 11.

By Amy Yoder – Jul 15, 2022

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How to Use Emacs to Play Music with EMMS

This robust text editor can also play your music.

By Ramces Red – Jul 15, 2022

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How to Use Rm Command in Linux

Learn how to delete files from the Linux terminal.

By Prateek Jangid – Jul 13, 2022

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How to Fix the DistributedCOM Error in Windows

Turn DIstributedCOM errors in Windows into a thing of the past.

By Crystal Crowder – Jul 12, 2022

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How to Use IRC in Emacs with ERC

You can use Emacs even to chat with your friends online.

By Ramces Red – Jul 11, 2022

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How to Fix ‘Bad System Config Info’ Error in Windows

This common bug check error can be frustrating!

By Megan Glosson – Jul 4, 2022

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How to Resize and Optimize Images From the Linux Terminal

It is faster to edit your images using your keyboard.

By Prateek Jangid – Jul 4, 2022

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5 Useful Tips When Compiling Your Own Linux Kernel

Read this first before you started to compile your own Linux kernel.

By Ramces Red – Jul 1, 2022

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How to Sort Folders by Size in Windows

Want to sort folders by size in Windows? Try a third-party tool.

By Ojash Yadav – Jun 30, 2022

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Take the pain out of the app-searching process.

By Phil South – Jun 30, 2022

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How to Connect a Laptop Screen as External Monitor in Windows

Two screens are better than one!

By Sayak Boral – Jun 30, 2022

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How to Use vDos to Run Old DOS Programs on Windows

Breathe some life into your old DOS programs!

By Sayak Boral – Jun 29, 2022

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How to Use Stage Manager on Mac and iPad

Multitask like a pro on the iPad and Mac!

By Brahm Shank – Jun 29, 2022

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How to Create Beautiful Beamer Slides with Emacs

With Emacs and Beamer, you don’t need Powerpoint anymore.

By Ramces Red – Jun 28, 2022

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How to Add Your Own Custom Color in LibreOffice

Never let the lack of color ruins your creativity.

By Damien Oh – Jun 25, 2022

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How to Set up and Use a RAM Drive in Windows

Create a RAM drive for free.

By Sayak Boral – Jun 25, 2022

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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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