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A nifty set of computer hardware tools

If you’ve ever done any work with repairing or installing computer hardware, you know how important it is to have the right tools. This is especially true if you want to work with small form factors...

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How To Enter The BIOS On Your ComputerAt MakeUseOf, Tina Sieber explains how to access the BIOS settings in a number of different PCs A collection of default router passwordsIf you ever need to find...

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Wednesday links

The Internet Is BurningOnline security is a horrifying nightmare. Heartbleed. Target. Apple. Linux. Microsoft. Yahoo. eBay. X.509. Whatever security cataclysm erupts next, probably in weeks or even...

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Quote of the week

Tablets aren’t PCs. Indeed, iPads and Android-based tablets have succeeded precisely because they ditched the complexity of traditional PCs. Microsoft’s determination to make “tablet PCs” is a sign...

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Quote of the week

Microsoft’s tablet vision was bold, and beautiful. But with the introduction of Surface 3, it’s dead.—Matt Baxter-Reynolds at ZDNet Related posts: Quote of the week Quote of the week Quote of the week...

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Best Free PC GamesDo you like computer games? Here are the 10 best free ones from 2013 as chosen by TechSupportAlert The ABCs of the Internet of ThingsYou’ve heard the term and probably read stories...

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The Ultimate Guide to Solving iOS Battery DrainAt Overthought, Scotty Loveless gives eight steps to getting longer life from iPad and iPhone batteries 7 Ways To Improve Battery Life on Windows 8...

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Everything You Need To Know About Ethernet CablesAt MakeUseOf, James Bruce explains about different kinds of cables Free downloads from the Metropolitan Museum of ArtNearly 400,000 images from the...

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Ad injection and you – how adware gets on your computerMicrosoft discussion of how you get tricked into downloading adware How to Erase Yourself From the InternetIf your growing weariness of being...

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8 Great Places To Find Articles Worth Reading On The WebMakeUseOf has a list and description of sites that collect good articles History of supercomputers — fast, faster, fastestAt ZDNet, Steven J....

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Things you always wanted to know

All You Wanted to Know About Social EngineeringSocial engineering is manipulating people into doing something, rather than using technical means. It is the art of gaining access to buildings, systems,...

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Internet FraudThe best way to fight internet fraud is to learn how to avoid becoming a victim. However, if you become a victim, there is help available. Below is a list of official government web...

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Electronic Frontier FoundationThe Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free...

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This was a bargain in 1979

Hard drives just get bigger and bigger. Four terabyte drives are now common. As the graphic below illustrates, we’ve come a long way in storage capacity. Source: MakeUseOf Related posts: Big external...

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