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How to Play H.265 Videos with Your Favorite Media Player

While H.265 is the world’s fastest video encoder, only a few media players have support for this format. With a few tweaks, you can run H.265 videos without any trouble.

By Sayak Boral – Mar 9, 2019

FreeNAS vs. Unraid: Which Is Best for Your Storage Needs?

FreeNAS and Unraid are two popular options for creating a Network Attached Storage. There are a few factors that make it easier to choose which one to use.

By Kris Wouk – Mar 8, 2019

How to Create the Perfect GIF in Photoshop

There are lots of quick-and-dirty ways to create a GIF on your PC. Here we show how you can create the perfect GIF using Photoshop.

By Robert Zak – Mar 2, 2019

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How to Edit Your Videos with Microsoft Photos App

Unknown to many, the Microsoft Photos app can also be used to edit videos. Learn how you can use Microsoft Photos as a video editor.

By Sayak Boral – Feb 27, 2019

Mattermost vs. Rocket Chat: Which Is the Best Self-Hosted Slack Alternative?

Mattermost and Rocket Chat are two of the most popular self-hosted Slack alternatives. Let’s compare both of them to see which one is more suitable for you.

By Tracey Rosenberger – Feb 3, 2019

Digital Nudges: Technologies that Help Us to Make Improved Decisions and Build Better Habits

Nudge is a change of environment to help make a different, better decision and build better habits. These apps and software will help create digital nudges.

By Andrew Braun – Jan 22, 2019

5 Best Python IDEs You Can Get in 2019

If you’re using Python for your project, you’ll need a good IDE. Here are some of the best Python IDEs that are feature-rich and add to your productivity.

By Sayak Boral – Jan 22, 2019

8 Useful Tricks to Make Managing Trello Cards Easier

Trello uses moveable cards to house each task that you need to complete. Here are some useful tricks to better manage your Trello cards.

By Tracey Rosenberger – Dec 28, 2018

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How to Encrypt Your Documents with LibreOffice

There are times when you need to protect a document with confidential data. Learn how you can use LibreOffice to create and encrypt your important documents.

By Nick Congleton – Dec 20, 2018

How to Merge Two Documents in Microsoft Word

When you’re collaborating on a document, it’s helpful to combine two separate documents together. Learn how to merge two documents in Microsoft Word.

By Chris Stobing – Dec 7, 2018

Add-ins for Microsoft Word

7 of the Best Add-ins for Microsoft Word to Improve Your Productivity

Add-ins for Microsoft Word provide a simple way to enhance its functionality. Here are the best add-ins for Word that you should be using.

By Kenneth Kimari – Dec 2, 2018

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How to Set Up Night Mode in Various Platforms (Windows/macOS/Linux/iOS/Android)

Across various mobile and desktop platforms there is a “night mode” option that will help you sleep better. Learn what it does exactly and how to set it up.

By Damien Oh – Nov 30, 2018

How to Easily Download Video from the Web with xVideoServiceThief

Downloading videos from the Internet can feel like a bit of a drag. This shows how you can use xVideoServiceThief to easily download video from the Web.

By Robert Zak – Nov 27, 2018

How to Copy and Paste Multiple Text Selections in Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word doesn’t offer the option to copy text from more than one selection at once. This shows how to copy and paste from multiple text selections in Word.

By Kenneth Kimari – Nov 26, 2018

Make GIMP More Like Photoshop

How to Make GIMP Look and Work Like Photoshop in Linux

If you are a Photoshop user, switching to GIMP can be difficult. Here are some tips that you can use to make Gimp look and work like Photoshop.

By Nick Congleton – Nov 19, 2018

How to Place Images in Microsoft Word the Way You Want

Placing images in Microsoft Word might seem impenetrable, but there are in fact rules you should follow. Here are some advanced options to place images in Word.

By Alexander Fox – Nov 12, 2018

How To Quickly Edit and Share Screenshots with ShareX

If you find yourself taking screenshots a lot in your daily life, ShareX is a powerful screen capture tool you should use. Dig into this program and see what it can achieve.

By Simon Batt – Nov 12, 2018

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Your One-Stop Troubleshooting Guide for Skype Call Issues

There are many factors that contribute to bad Skype call issues. Follow the simple steps in this troubleshooting guide to overcome all your Skype call woes.

By Sayak Boral – Nov 11, 2018

How to Recover a Lost Microsoft Word Document

Be it a power failure or software crash, you can lose your work if you are not careful. Here we’ll show you how to recover a Microsoft Word document if that situation occurs.

By Ryan Lynch – Oct 26, 2018

6 Useful Tricks to Get the Most Out of Google Photos

With Google Photos you can do things such as create movies, collages and animation GIFs. Here are 6 useful ways to get the most out of it.

By Fabio Buckell – Oct 18, 2018

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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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