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Did You Know? The animated character Yogi Bear’s style of speaking and mannerisms were modeled after The Honeymooners character Ed Norton, played by Art Carney. Today's Featured Articles The Best Free Video Converters If you watch videos on a variety of devices, its likely that you've run into compatibility issues. Your iPhone might record 4K video, but can your PlayStation or your smart TV play that video seamlessly? Luckily, there are many free video converters available that will help you convert and watch your favorite videos on the device of your choice. Here are our top picks.   Read More » What Is a Checksum (and Why Should You Care)? A checksum is a sequence of numbers and letters used to check data for errors. If you know the checksum of an original file, you can use a checksum utility to confirm your copy is identical.   Read More » Do You Need Fast Internet Speeds for Your Smarthome Devices? 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Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Advertisement Try The New and Improved CleanMyPC 1.8.9 with Smart Uninstaller If you want to clean up your PC the easy way, CleanMyPC is a great tool to get the job done easily, and it will even keep your computer clean automatically. The Uninstaller module can find and erase any app completely with no leftovers. The improved module includes the Safety Database to make uninstallation more accurate and safe. Free Download Tuesday, August 28, 2018 How to Protect Yourself From Public USB Charging Ports Did You Know? The iconic 1950s era claymation character Gumby was the inspired result of a 1953 three-minute student film called Gumbasia created by Art Clokey while he attended the University of Southern California. Later, in 1955, the pilot episode of Gumby was seen by an NBC executive, which quickly led to it being picked up and turned into a popular children’s television show. Advertisement The Best Firewall Software for Windows (Try it Free) How-to Geek calls GlassWire "The best firewall software for Windows" and says "it's an absolutely amazing piece of software that we use". GlassWire has extremely detailed network monitoring and threat monitoring. Use GlassWire to see all your PCs hidden network connections from all your apps, and see exactly where those apps are connecting in real-time. Try GlassWire FREE today! Today's Featured Articles How to Protect Yourself From Public USB Charging Ports USB charging ports in public places are convenient but possibly risky. Data is transferrable over a USB connection, so plugging your phone into an unknown charging port puts it at risk.   Read More » Security Cameras Are Useless If They Can't Identify Anyone It’s important to consider the location of your security cameras carefully. While you might think you have every area covered, you’ll also want to make sure your cameras are close enough to the potential action to capture shots that let you identify people and vehicles.   Read More » What is Code Injection on Windows? Code injection is common on Windows. Applications “inject” pieces of their own code into another running process to modify its behavior. This technique can be used for good or evil, but either way it can cause problems.   Read More » FYI / Useful Tips and Headlines This new section contains our commentary on what we're reading from around the web. It's like a daily digest of the things we found interesting in the world of technology. Vintage Nickelodeon Offered on Yet Another $10 a Month Streaming Service Classic Nickelodeon cartoons are now offered on VRV, a $10 a month streaming service from AT&T.   Read More » Free Download: Write is a Word Processor for Handwriting Windows/Mac/Linux/Android: Love the feel of writing by hand, but wish you could use features like copy/paste and undo? Write is a free tool that lets you do just that.   Read More » Amazon’s Fights With Apple and Google Annoy Pretty Much Everyone Apple wants a 30 percent cut of all in-app purchases. Amazon doesn’t want to give Apple a 30 percent cut of Kindle book sales.   Read More » Disney’s Streaming Service Will Be Cheaper Than Netflix, Possibly Named “Disney Play” Disney’s top priority for 2019 is launching a streaming service. 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