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  • 24 May 2013

  • Opinion: With an SSD, backups are more important than ever

    Welcome to the dawn of the SSD age. Solid-state drives now offer great performance at affordable prices, which is why more and more users are choosing them in new PCs and adding them to older ones.

  • 23 May 2013

  • Opinion: All about About This Mac

    In this week's tip, I'll discuss a cool feature that you may be wholly unaware of--even if you're a long-time Mac user.

  • 22 May 2013

  • Opinion: $99 Linux stick turns any HDMI display into a virtual desktop

    Hard on the heels of the news that Dell's "Project Ophelia" thumb PC is expected to ship this summer, thin client vendor Devon IT on Tuesday rolled out a similar contender of its own called the Ceptor.

  • 21 May 2013

  • Opinion: Mageia Linux 3 brings a raft of key updates

    Mageia has long been what you might call a "best-kept secret" of the Linux world, consistently residing among the top five distributions in DistroWatch's page-hit rankings despite minimal marketing and hoopla.

  • Opinion: Lightpack protects your precious eyesight while watching TV

    Your eye can clearly see only a small part of your screen any given time. The rest of your field of view is some measure of blurry--a smearing of color your brain pulls, along with the sharp central focus, into a coherent image. That makes it relatively simple to extend the perceived breadth of a scene on your TV screen or monitor. Woodenshark aims to capitalize on this with its Lightpack (funding through May 31), an inexpensive back lighting system that extends your visual experience beyond the borders of your box.

  • 17 May 2013

  • Opinion: New tablet boots Ubuntu Linux, Android, and Windows 8

    We've seen several Linux tablets emerge over the past year or so, but examples with triple-boot capabilities are much less common.

  • 16 May 2013

  • Opinion: Three simple ways to get a speedy PC

    There are three ways to get a faster PC or laptop: buy a new one, upgrade the hardware, or upgrade the software. We can show you how to do them all.

  • Opinion: Five Dictionary tricks I can't live without

    You've probably ditched your paper dictionary, but do you know how to use OS X's built-in one? This week's video shows you how.

  • 15 May 2013

  • Opinion: Seeking a simple movie editor? Try QuickTime Pro 7

    Reader Cameron Chang seeks a simple movie editor. He writes:

  • 13 May 2013

  • Opinion: Blurring objects you want to hide in iMovie '11

    Reader Fred Hendricks wishes to be respectful of others' privacy but isn't quite sure how to go about it. He writes:

  • 10 May 2013

  • Opinion: Korora Linux 18 aims to deliver a friendlier Fedora

    There's no doubt that desktop Linux has become increasingly user-friendly over the years, but it's equally true that some distributions focus more on ease of use than others do.

  • Opinion: How to undo accidental browser zoom

    Earlier today my dad called the Hassle-Free Hotline (also known as my home phone number). The poor guy seems to encounter more than his fair share of inadvertant computer problems.

  • Opinion: Bugs & Fixes: When TextEdit won't save

    Occasionally, maybe once every few weeks, TextEdit refuses to save any documents I currently have open in the application. Any changes I have made to these documents appear in danger of being lost. When this symptom appears, any new documents that I open in TextEdit will similarly refuse to save. It's as if TextEdit decided to go on strike. I've seen this happen with a couple of other applications, but most often it's TextEdit. as well.

  • 09 May 2013

  • Opinion: Linux code is the 'benchmark of quality,' study concludes

    Fans of free and open source software (FOSS) may recall a report from Coverity last year that found open source code typically has fewer defects per thousand lines of code than proprietary software code does.

  • 08 May 2013

  • Opinion: How to automate FTP uploads

    Forum member DeathRobot (who is probably nicer than his or her name implies) is interested in FTP and Automator. It writes:

  • 07 May 2013

  • Opinion: Five things to like About Debian 7.0 'Wheezy'

    After more than two years of development, the Debian project on Saturday released the long-awaited version 7.0 of its venerable Linux distribution.

  • 02 May 2013

  • Opinion: Introducing Contacts

    In weeks past we've talked about configuring the Mail and Calendar applications. Without the third leg of this personal information trio--Contacts--using the first two could be a lonely proposition. In this lesson we'll look at the cans and can'ts of Contacts.

  • Opinion: Leave early on Friday: time-saving PC tips and tricks

    What's the best way to tell an expert PC user apart from a bumbling amateur? The expert doesn't waste time. Time is money, after all, and there are tons of ways to speed up even the most basic computing tasks.

  • 29 April 2013

  • Opinion: Cure for the uncommon vertical signature

    Reader Michael Burke dutifully accepted my counsel but came up with unexpected results. He writes:

  • Opinion: Ten improvements we'd like to see in iOS

    Like clockwork, Apple has released a new major version of its iOS mobile operating system every summer since 2008, and we expect 2013 to be no different. iOS 7 seems likely to take its bow at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, which will be held June 10 through 14 in San Francisco.

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