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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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Latest Windows Update Problems and How to Fix Them

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OneCommander Is a Great File Explorer Alternative for Power Users

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Windows 11 Has a Settings Problem — God Mode Is Still the Best Fix in 2026

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Stop Chrome from Auto-Downloading Gemini Nano in Windows

Linux

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ShellGPT: Turn Your Words into Terminal Commands

A Complete Guide to Dotfile Management with GNU Stow

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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How to Manage Users from the Command Line in Linux

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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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Stop Forgetting Your Workday: This Mac App Tracks Everything Automatically

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Protect Yourself From the macOS Flaw that Bypasses Apple Privacy Controls

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Need to View Folder Size in macOS Finder? Use These Tricks

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You Can Finally Check Your Mac’s Clipboard History

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You Can Now Share Your Chromebook Screen With Others

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How to Control the Mouse Cursor Using Keyboard in Chromebook

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

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New Chromebooks Aren’t That “New”

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Chromebook Buying Guide 2024: What to Look for in Your Next Machine

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How to Share Files Between Mac and PC on Your Network

Do you have a Mac and a Windows PC on the same network? Here we show you how to share files between a Mac and your PC.

By Jessica Thornsby – Dec 22, 2020

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How to Control Your Wi-Fi Network in Linux

The open-source network-monitoring package evillimiter makes it very easy for Linux and Windows users to control their Wi-Fi network.

By Rubaiat Hossain – Dec 22, 2020

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MacKeeper Review: Keep Your Mac Private, Fast and Secure

MacKeeper is a cleaner app for Mac, which scans your Mac for security, cleaning, privacy and performance purposes. Let’s see how it performs.

By Phil South – Dec 21, 2020

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How to Install Microsoft Teams on Linux

As another video conferencing option, MIcrosoft Teams is available for Linux, too. Here’s how you can install Microsoft Teams on Linux.

By John Perkins – Dec 21, 2020

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4 Ways to Stop Windows 10 Forced Updates

One of the most-=hated features in Windows 10 is its forced update. Learn how you can stop the Windows 10 forced update with these methods.

By Mike Tee – Dec 19, 2020

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How to Set Alarms and Timers in Windows 10

Windows has a solid timer and alarm app, but it often goes overlooked by users. Learn the best ways to set up an alarm in Windows 10.

By Sayak Boral – Dec 18, 2020

4 Garageband Alternatives For Windows 10

4 GarageBand Alternatives for Windows 10

GarageBand makes recording and editing music easy, but only on Mac. No Mac? Try these 4 GarageBand alternatives for Windows 10 instead.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 17, 2020

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How to Back Up Files to Google Drive on Linux

Linux users can automatically back up files to Google drive using the open-source package google-drive-ocamlfuse and the cron utility

By Rubaiat Hossain – Dec 16, 2020

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How to Disable Automatic Workspaces in GNOME

Many people hate the way Gnome creates and destroys its workspaces. Here we show you how to disable automatic workspaces in Gnome.

By John Perkins – Dec 15, 2020

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How to Easily Create Cron jobs in Linux with Zeit

Zeit is a graphical app that makes managing your cron jobs very easy. Let’s see how it allows you to easily create cron jobs in Linux.

By Odysseas Kourafalos – Dec 14, 2020

Customizing The Windows 10 Taskbar With Taskbarx Feature

Customizing the Windows 10 Taskbar with TaskbarX

Do you wish you could do a little more with the Windows 10 taskbar? Learn how TaskbarX helps you customize the taskbar, including moving it.

By Crystal Crowder – Dec 11, 2020

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How to Find Broken Symlinks in Linux

Symlinks are essential for linking files and directories, but they can easily break without notice. Here’s how to find broken symlinks in Linux.

By John Perkins – Dec 10, 2020

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Best Holiday Tech Gift Ideas for Apple Users

Not all tech gifts have to cost a bomb. Here is our list of the best Apple tech gift ideas you can find for the Apple fan in your life.

By David Joz – Dec 9, 2020

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Everything You Need to Know About SFC/Scannow

sfc/scannow is a useful command-line utility to scan and repair protected system files in Windows. Learn how to make good use of it here.

By Sayak Boral – Dec 3, 2020

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How to Use an Animated GIF as the Wallpaper on Your Mac

Want to use an animated GIF as wallpaper on your Mac? It doesn’t work right out of the box, but this is a way you can get it done.

By Jessica Thornsby – Dec 2, 2020

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How to Show Seconds in the Windows 10 Taskbar Clock

If you just need that extra bit of precision in life, find out how you can get your PC to show seconds in the Windows taskbar clock.

By Robert Zak – Dec 1, 2020

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How to Install and Use Microsoft Defender in Linux

Learn how to install and use Microsoft Defender on Linux to make sure your IT department can scan your machine for threats.

By John Perkins – Nov 30, 2020

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GNOME Shell Review: Minimal Desktop with Great Performance

If you are using Linux, you have used Gnome Shell before. This GNOME Shell review goes through the pros and cons of GNOME and who is it for.

By John Perkins – Nov 27, 2020

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Best Free Clipboard Managers for Windows

Is the Windows clipboard manager not quite enough for you? Take control over copying and pasting with free clipboard managers for Windows.

By Crystal Crowder – Nov 24, 2020

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7 of the Best Text Expansion Tools for Windows

Using a text expansion tool is a productive way to send canned responses online. Here are some of the best text expansion tools for Windows.

By Sayak Boral – Nov 23, 2020

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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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