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Master VLC With These 23+ Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are a crucial way to do almost anything on your computer faster, whether it's browsing the web, working with text, or just getting around your desktop.
Defend Your Windows PC From Junkware: 5 Lines of Defense
Every Windows user is fighting a constant war against junkware that legitimate application installers try to sneak onto our systems.
How Big Should Your Page File or Swap Partition Be?
According to an old rule of thumb, your page file or swap should be "double your RAM" or "1.
How to Find Free Wi-Fi Hotspots When Travelling
Free, public Wi-Fi access points are popping up in more and more places around the world.
How to Create and Run Virtual Machines With Hyper-V
Hyper-V is a virtual machine feature built into Windows.
How, When, and Why to Repair Disk Permissions on Your Mac
“Try repairing your disk permissions” is a standard Mac troubleshooting tip that’s been going around forever.
How to Quickly and Cheaply Upgrade a Laptop or Tablet's Storage
Many new laptops, tablets, and devices in between are coming with an ever-smaller amount of storage.
VLC Has Extensions, Too: Here's What You Can Do With Them
VLC has many hidden features you might not have noticed.
What Exactly Is "Windows 8.1 with Bing"? Do I Have to Use Bing?
Some laptops and tablets now ship with Microsoft's "Windows 8.
Unlock Virtual Desktops on Windows 7 or 8 With This Microsoft Tool
Windows 9 looks like it will finally include virtual desktops, a feature Linux and Mac users have been enjoying for years.
How to Convert a Mac-Formatted Drive to a Windows Drive
Macs format drives with Apple's HFS+ file system, which Windows won't recognize or access without third-party software.
10 Tips and Tricks for Google Docs
Google Docs doesn't have the cluttered ribbon full of features you'll find in Microsoft Office, but it does have quite a few useful tricks up its sleeve.
You Can't Use Them: 8 Features Only Available in Windows 8 Enterprise
You can upgrade to the Professional edition of Windows 8 to get advanced features like BitLocker encryption, but other features aren't available to normal Windows users.
Ensure a Windows PC Never Gets Malware By Whitelisting Applications
A whitelist should be a foolproof way to secure a relative's PC.
A Short History of Netbooks, a Technology Before Their Time
Once, people seemed to love netbooks and were buying them in droves.
Hybrid Hard Drives Explained: Why You Might Want One Instead of an SSD
Hybrid hard drives promise some of the performance of a solid-state drive with the capacity of a mechanical drive.
Macs Are PCs! Can We Stop Pretending They Aren't?
There was a time when Macs and PCs were very different, but they're now basically the same.
Use Tab Completion to Type Commands Faster on Any Operating System
Tab completion is an extremely helpful feature in nearly any command-line environment, whether you're using the Bash shell on Linux, Command Prompt or PowerShell on Windows, or a terminal window on Mac OS X.