RAID allows you to combine multiple physical hard drives into a single logical hard drive. This allows you to mirror your data across two hard drives, ensuring you always have your important data stored in multiple places.
It has been a long day and all Swampy wants is a nice hot shower, but horror of horrors his plumbing has been wrecked thanks to the other alligators! But there is hope for him as you step in to help Swampy get that relaxing shower he is longing for. With a bit of careful planning and execution you can avoid obstacles, water hungry plants, and more to help get the water flowing smoothly once again.
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After several centuries mankind has finally started to master the science of ornithopters. What are ornithopters you may ask? They are mechanical winged machines that work with the same kind of wing-flapping motion as birds, bats, and insects. SciShow takes a look at the first of this new breed of machines in their latest video.
Despite the “Hidden” box being checked in the Scheduled Task properties, tasks which would natively produce a interface box (regardless of whether user input is required) – such as a batch script – can still appear as a window on your desktop. For tasks where no user input is required, this can be quite annoying, but thankfully there is an easy fix for this.
If you snap photos with your DSLR long enough, it’s bound to happen: dust will find its way onto your camera’s sensor and begin marring your beautiful photos. Read on as we walk you through a safe multi-step process to return your camera sensor to a factory floor shine.
Wireless charging is one of many new features appearing in the latest smartphones, from Google’s Nexus 4 and Samsung’s Galaxy S4 to Nokia’s Lumia 920. There are even cases that add wireless charging capabilities to Apple’s iPhone 5.
QR codes are plastered on advertisements, billboards, business windows, and products. They appear to be very popular among marketers, although it’s rare to see anyone actually scanning one.
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ActiveX controls are Internet Explorer’s version of plug-ins. For example, Internet Explorer’s Flash player is an ActiveX control. Unfortunately, ActiveX controls have been a significant source of security problems.
Our first edition of WIG for May is filled with news link coverage on topics such as Adobe has confirmed a ‘leaky PDF’ flaw, Lotus Notes is suffering from a huge Java security hole, iOS 7 will possibly have a visually different (flat) look, and more.
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Microsoft recently launched Office 2013 as well as Office 365, a subscription service. Office 365 will cost you $9.99 per month or $99 a year, while Office 2013 will cost you $219.99 for the Home and Business edition, which can only be used on one PC at a time.
Last year we shared an awesome collection of ocean waves wallpapers with you and today we are back with more. Relax and enjoy the view as the waves roll across your desktop with the second in our series of Ocean Waves Wallpaper collections.
Disaster has struck the island nation of Camatuga and their bridge system now lies in ruin, but not all is lost! You get to come to the rescue by using your bridge building skills and expertise to help reconnect the island nation. The question is though, can you successfully rebuild Camatuga’s bridge system or will the challenge prove to be more than you can handle?
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On July 19, 2012 a power solar flare provided scientists a rare opportunity to record an awe-inspiring sight…coronal rain from the coronal mass ejection that occurred that day. So sit back and enjoy the view in this UHD video as you watch liquid fire reaching into the darkness of space only to rain back down upon the Sun’s surface.
Microsoft attempted to make typing appear smoother in Office 2013 by adding a typing animation feature. If you’re a slow typist, you probably won’t notice it. However, if you type upwards of 80+ words per minute, this feature can be distracting and annoying.
Chromebooks aren’t “just a browser” — they’re Linux laptops. You can easily install a full Linux desktop alongside Chrome OS and instantly switch between the two with a hotkey — no rebooting necessary.
Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.
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This week Google has officially unveiled its latest iteration in apps for Google Chrome and Chrome OS users…packaged apps. Now you can install this new brand of apps that provide native app goodness, will work offline, and can communicate with additional hardware that is hooked up to your computers.
Previous versions of Excel have had an option for viewing two spreadsheets side-by-side. However, Excel 2013 now makes it easier by allowing you to snap each spreadsheet (opened in separate windows) to each side of the screen.
The Great Firewall of China, officially known the Golden Shield project, employs a variety of tricks to censor China’s Internet and block access to various foreign websites. We’ll be looking at some of the technical tricks the firewall uses to censor China’s Internet.
What do you get when you mix machine parts, a touch of physics, obstacles to overcome, and your imagination together? Fantastic Contraption! With this game you get to build geeky machines to your heart’s content and send them on their way. But are you smart enough, geeky enough, to build the most fantastic contraptions ever or will your dreams of machine supremacy crash and burn?
