Tuesday, January 1, 2019

How To Thoroughly Clean Your Dirty Desktop Computer

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Alfred Hitchcock anonymously purchased the rights to Robert Bloch’s novel, Psycho, and then quietly bought up as many copies of the freshly published book as possible to avoid anyone reading the novel and spoiling the ending of the movie.

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Today's Featured Articles

How to Clean the Dust Out of Your Laptop

If you’ve had your laptop for a year or two, it may be full of dust. Dust clogs fans, vents, and heat sinks, preventing your PC from cooling down properly. You can remove a good amount of this dust, even if you can’t open your laptop.   Read More »


How To Thoroughly Clean Your Dirty Desktop Computer

Just like your car, your house, and even your body, your computer needs a good cleaning every once and a while to prevent dust build up and overheating.  Cleaning a PC is easy to do and only takes about 20 minutes, so today we're going to cover how to effectively clean the inside of your desktop computer.   Read More »


How to Take Photos of Fireworks

There's nothing like a loud bang and a bright flash of light to really make an occasion feel special. New Year's Eve, Halloween, and of course, the Fourth of July are all celebrated with fireworks. They're a pretty tricky subject to photograph, though, so let's break down what you need to know.   Read More »


Lock Down Your Tech in 2019 With These Resolutions

If you’re a human person who occasionally engages in commerce, hackers are probably targeting you. This year, resolve to do something about it.   Read More »


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Why You Shouldn’t Buy A 5G Phone In 2019

5G is coming! It’s the future! It will speed up your phone, make your house connected, and finally bring you the fulfillment no other wireless standard could bring you. Or not.   Read More »






FYI / Useful Tips and Headlines


How to Disable Ad Banners on Firefox’s New Tab Page
Mozilla just “experimented” with advertisement banners for Booking.com, a hotel reservation website, on Firefox’s New Tab page. Here’s how to disable all those banners so you never see any of these ads in the future.   Read More »


RetroArch is Bringing Game Emulation to Xbox One Next Year
As it turns out, the best emulator console you can buy may soon be the Xbox One. Libretro announced on Twitter recently that the emulator will be coming to Xbox One in “early 2019.”   Read More »




Everything Else We Published Today
How to Convert HEIC Images to JPG on a Mac the Easy Way
Why You Shouldn’t Buy A 5G Phone In 2019
The Best Wi-Fi Cams For Your Google Home




Geek Trivia

Who Is The Only Person To Have Played Themselves In The Star Trek Universe?
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Today's Tech Term

Faceslam

Faceslam is a slang term for ignoring a friend request on Facebook. The term can also be used “generically” in the same manner for ignoring friend requests on other social networking websites.



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