Upgrading to Windows 8 was rather different to previous versions of the operating system – this time it could be done entirely online. You may well have decided to keep upgrade costs as low as possible by not buying a backup DVD. Here’s how you can create your own.
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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The Horsehead Nebula is well known for its beautiful and distinctive look, making it a favorite subject among the many nebulae images taken over the years. As part of the celebration for the Hubble Space Telescope’s 23rd anniversary, a new image of the Horsehead Nebula has been captured in infrared and released. The new image is simply breath-taking with the amount of detail that can be seen…
By default when you open the Modern Music app it open a dashboard that shows you all the latest music releases on XBOX Live. This is just another hoop to jump through, here’s how to change that.
A cheap power strip might protect equipment from power surges, but it does nothing to help when the power goes out and your system comes to a halting crash. Read on as we show you how to buy the right battery backup device for your needs.
Windows allows desktop apps to remain running whether they’re visible or not, while Apple’s iOS only allows apps to perform a few limited tasks in the background. Android sits somewhere in between — apps running in the foreground are prioritized, but apps have much more freedom to run in the background than they do on iOS.
Are you ready for some gravity-defying fun? Then join Gravity Duck as he works his way through 100 levels of gravity-flipping adventure to retrieve all the golden eggs and return them to his deity.
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In the past if we interacted with others, then it was done in-person, but the technology and online services available to us today have changed that. Now we simply grab our mobile phone and interact with others through texting, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Convenient? Yes, but not necessarily good for us though. Sherry Turkle discusses how new technology is affecting our ability to relate to others as well as ourselves in this terrific TedEd video.
Sharing your Wi-Fi with guests is just the polite thing to do, but that doesn’t mean you want to give them wide open access to your entire LAN. Read on as we show you how to set up your router for dual SSIDs and create a separate (and secured) access point for your guests.
There are times, when working on an Office document, that you might forget where you saved the file. If you need to find out where the currently open document is located, you can use Save As to find out. However, there is a quicker way.
The Digital Millennium Contract is a US law passed in 1998 in an attempt to modernize copyright law to deal with the Internet. The DMCA has a number of provisions, but we’ll be focusing on the ones that have most affected the web we have today.
One of the many ways you can customize your Android home screen is by replacing it entirely. Android developers can create their own software to replace your home screen — Facebook Home is just one of many options.
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Cloud gaming has much in common with streaming videos. Essentially, the cloud-gaming server runs a game and streams a video of the gameplay to you. Your keyboard, mouse, and controller input actions are sent over the network to the cloud gaming server.
This week’s edition of WIG is filled with news link coverage on topics such as Microsoft has released an ISO image to repair Windows systems affected by security update 2823324, U.S. Windows computers are among most vulnerable in the world, a former Hostgator employee has been arrested & charged with rooting 2,700 servers, and more.
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Hackers aren’t inherently bad — the word “hacker” doesn’t mean “criminal” or “bad guy.” Geeks and tech writers often refer to “black hat,” “white hat,” and “gray hat” hackers. These terms define different groups of hackers based on their behavior.
Looking at maps lets us dream of places that we would like to go and explore, think of adventures we might have, and people we could meet along the way. Fill your desktop with dreams of world travel with the second in our series of World Maps Wallpaper collections.
Snapshots are a massive time saver when you are testing settings and configuration for your Geek School testing. Read on to see how you can take advantage of them while following along with our articles.
Do’h! Homer has really gone and done it this time! Because he was playing games on his tablet instead of focusing on his work at the power plant, Homer has caused Springfield to literally be blown off the map. Now you get to help Homer, Lisa, and the rest of the town’s citizens rebuild Springfield.
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Did you know that people are taller on average now than they were 150 years ago? What do you think the causes or reasons for that are? Just how tall do you think a person could become? Vsauce discusses the answers to these questions and more in this fascinating video about our bodies and DNA.
Out of the box, Office 2013 is designed to integrate seamlessly with the cloud – just as long as it’s Microsoft’s SkyDrive service.
