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Should You Leave Your Laptop Plugged in All the Time? Technology Explained | 2017-05-20
There are many things you can do to improve your laptop's battery life. But is there anything you can do to extend the actual lifespan of the battery? One often discussed question is whether it's better to keep your laptop plugged in, or if you shoul
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Should I Leave My Laptop Plugged In All The Time? other | 2015-06-03
Should you leave your laptop plugged in and charging when you’re not on-the-go? What’s best for the battery? What’s best for your user experience? Read on as we investigate. Image available as wallpaper-size download here. Today’s Question & Answ
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Pros and Cons of Leaving Your Computer Turned On All the Time Technology Explained | 2015-03-17
It has been one of the most long-running discussions in computing: is it better to leave your PC turned on when you’re not using it, or should you always turn it off? There are actually some pretty solid arguments for either approach, meaning the ans
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NOverflow for Firefox Makes Sure Your Tabs Stay Visible All The Time Firefox | 2012-02-03
Firefox, like other web browsers, can only display a certain amount of tabs at the same time. This is handled by minimum and maximum width parameters. Once the limit is reached, arrows are added to the right and left side of the tabbar that need to b
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Tools & Techniques For When You Must Leave Your Laptop Alone In Public The Internet | 2012-01-09
Ideally we would never leave our laptops from our sight, especially in public. And there are definitely areas like airports and public transit where you should never consider it an option. But since becoming a tech writer, I’ve found that public area
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Beginner Geek: Change What Windows Does When You Shut Your Laptop's Lid other | 2012-09-08
Are you tired of your laptop automatically going to sleep when you shut it’s lid? Here’s how you can make your laptop do what you want it to do when you’re ready to put it up. By default, most laptops automatically go into sleep mode when you close t
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Should You Quit Your Job? Use QuitOrNot To Help You Decide The Internet | 2012-06-29
Tell me if this sounds familiar. One day, after sending out numerous resumes and attending job interview after job interview, you finally land that job you so desperately need. You settle into the work environment, finish all of the tasks that are th
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10 Awesome OneNote Tips You Should Be Using All The Time [Windows] Windows | 2012-04-04
I am going to ruffle a few feathers here by saying that Microsoft OneNote is just as good as Evernote. Evernote is probably more barebones and easier to handle, while OneNote is the digital equivalent of a binder, giving you more organizational contr
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Should You Change Your Skype Password to Avoid a Spam Attack? Security Matters | 2012-07-16
For the past three weeks or so, complaints have been trickling in that some Skype accounts are messaging diet pill and pornographic spam to their contacts. It’s not clear how many are affected, although the complaint thread is now 24 pages long. Now,
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Should you watermark your photos? other | 2013-11-25
Recently our friends at Photoventure asked the question, ‘Should you watermark your photos?‘ Watermarking has long been seen as the best way of protecting your copyright – but is that actually correct? The question of how to protect your artistic wor
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How to Keep Your Laptop Powered Even When the Battery Dies Mac OS X | 2012-10-10
Have you ever had your work interrupted by a dead laptop battery? It’s really frustrating and can put a big damper on your productivity. Taking steps to maintain your battery only gets you so far, so what else can you do about it? You could buy an ad
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Runonce Setup Running all the time in IE? Internet Explorer | 2008-02-22
Microsoft thought it would be nice to present a configuration screen to users who have installed or upgraded to Internet Explorer 7. The user can change the default search provider in this initial setup or pick some additional plugins. This runonce p
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Why some Chrome extensions use memory all the time Google Chrome | 2014-09-11
You know probably that Google Chrome is supporting extensions just like Firefox or the Opera browser. Extensions add functionality to the browser or modify the default behavior which can be quite useful at times. From ad blocking to scanning web page
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HTG Explains: Should You Build Your Own PC? other | 2015-03-16
There was a time when every geek seemed to build their own PC. While the masses bought eMachines and Compaqs, geeks built their own more powerful and reliable desktop machines for cheaper. But does this still make sense? Building your own PC still of
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USB 2.0 vs. USB 3.0: Should You Upgrade Your Flash Drives? other | 2012-02-20
New computers have now been coming with USB 3.0 ports for years. But just how much faster is USB 3.0? Will you see a big speed improvement if you upgrade your old USB 2.0 flash drives? USB 3.0 devices are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports. They
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Should You Dump Your Loyalty Cards After the Starbucks Hack? Security Matters | 2012-12-01
Last month news broke about Starbucks’ loyalty cards having a security flaw. The flaw was discovered and exploited by Egor Homakov, a hacker who works for penetration testing, source code auditing, and vulnerability assessment firm Sakurity. The loop
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Did You Know Your iPhone Headphones Did All of This? [iOS] iPhone and iPad | 2013-03-06
The white earphones that come with your iPhone or other Apple mobile device may not be the best sound quality devices on the market, but if you have a pair with remote control buttons on them, you may not know how much you can actually do with them–f
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Should You Turn Your Screensaver Off? History & Modern Use of a Bug Fix Windows | 2013-12-29
Screensavers have long been a part of Windows, but they don’t play such a big role nowadays. Once an important feature to help prevent screen burn on CRT monitors, screensavers are mostly used now to look pretty. Let’s take a look at how screensavers
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Should You Protect Your Windows 8 PC with a Picture Instead of a Password? other | 2014-05-07
Password protecting access to Windows user accounts is now the norm, and a variety of other devices – mobiles and tablets, for example – offer other security features such as PIN protection and facial recognition unlocking. Windows 8 enables you to p
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Should you upgrade your Linux distribution? Linux | 2009-07-01
So you're working with Ubuntu 8.04 or Fedora 10 and you're jonesing over the new release of your distribution. You have always kept up with the most recent releases, but time is critical and your machine is working well. How do you know if you should
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