How-to Tech
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Seniors May Be As Hooked to Smartphones As Their Grandkids
5 Ways Technology Has Negatively Affected Families
What life skills can video games teach kids?
New Technology Revives Tarnished Daguerreotype Ghosts
13 Iconic Photographs That Captured the World's Imagination
How Skycam Works
The Easiest Font to Read Is Already on Your Phone
How Geofencing Works: Pros, Cons and Privacy Concerns
10 Things That Didn't Exist 10 Years Ago That We Now Can't Live Without
8 Jobs AI Will Replace and 8 It Won't (Yet)
Times Science Fiction Movies Accurately Predicted Future Technology
We're Getting Closer to the Quantum Internet, But What Is It?
People Still Use Fax Machines, But, Um, Why?
How Rolex Came to Rule the Wrist
New MIT Headset Can 'Hear' Your Thoughts and Respond
Run, Jump & Climb Your Way Through Our Roblox Quiz
Can You Survive Our Minecraft Quiz?
How Tetris Went From Soviet Mind Game to Smash Hit
QLED vs. OLED: Weighing Different TV Options
How to Look and Sound Good on Your Videoconference Call
Can You Fix the Dirty Screen Effect?
How Walkie-talkies Work
Why weren't The Beatles on iTunes?
History of Radio Pictures
LTE Meaning: Understanding the Cell Phone Technology
How to Track a Phone When It's Lost or Stolen
What Is a Burner Phone and Are They Really Untraceable?
Does Your Home Need a Whole-house Surge Protector?
Inside an Electric Motor
LCD vs. LED: What's the Difference Between the Displays?
Can You Use Your Phone on a Plane? Furthermore, Should You?
5 Myths About Mark Zuckerberg
Top 5 Myths About Bill Gates
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Why do flight attendants instruct us to turn our mobile devices on airplane mode before takeoff? And what does airplane mode even do?
By Talon Homer
Casting lets you go from watching a movie or TV show on your mobile device and to watching it on your TV without ever skipping a beat. And Roku devices make it super simple.
By Talon Homer
Since many of your favorite songs are streamed online, you've surely wondered how to download music from YouTube. Want to learn how to download these files and play them offline? Let us explain!
By Talon Homer
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All that listening to podcasts and music can get your AirPods dirty! Here's an easy way to clean them.
By Alia Hoyt
We get it. You want to watch your favorite videos even when you're not connected to the internet. We'll walk you through the YouTube-sanctioned way to do it.
The internet has made it possible to have a side job — or a full-time one — within your four walls, or just beyond them. We look at 10 great gigs.
You need buy a new laptop, but you're not sure how to find the right one. Learn about how to find the right laptop in this article.
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When doing your spring cleaning, don't forget to clean your laptop. Here's how to clean a laptop so it's as spic and span as the rest of your house.
You need to change the battery of your Barnes and Noble Nook eReader, but you're not sure how to do this. This article will tell you how to change the battery of a Barnes and Noble Nook eReader.
It's easy to assume that no one knows who you really are online, but that's never been the case. However, surfing the Web anonymously has become so simple that anyone can conceal his or her identity with little trouble.
By Dave Roos
That old hard drive's been clicking for some time, and now your computer won't boot. Is there any way to restore that project you've been working on?
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Upgrading your computer's memory may sound like a lot of trouble and something you should pay a specialist for. But you can do it yourself.
Digital video recorders (DVRs) let you stay up-to-date on your favorite TV shows, but they can be expensive. They're essentially computers -- could you build one yourself for less?
Your computer is running more slowly than usual. Could it be infected with some kind of malware, or does it just need a reboot?
You just bought a brand-new computer. But what'll you do with the old machine? Is there something else it could be doing, instead of sitting in your closet?
By Peter May
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Broadband Internet access is great -- high-speed connections let us watch video, listen to music and more. But what happens when you can't get a signal?
Your wireless network's running slow again. It's time to get to the bottom of things. Yes, stealing WiFi still goes on. How can you tell if it's happening to you?
Spyware can track what you do on your computer and can even steal your passwords. But you can avoid it -- the trick is knowing how spyware programmers think.
By Peter May
Your computer's hard drive has all your stored music, pictures and everything you've worked on for the past few years. What would you do if your hard drive crashed?
By Josh Briggs
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Spyware may follow your every move on the Internet. Or it may record your passwords as you type them in to steal your identity. So how do you stop it?
Leaving your home network unsecure is like leaving your front door unlocked. How long will it be before someone finds that it's open and walks right in?
So you have a shiny new iPhone and loads of applications available through Apple. But the apps you really want aren't there. Can you jailbreak your phone?
Your computer is running slowly. You've checked it for viruses and spyware, but other than a few cookies, it's clean. So what's the problem and what can you do about it?
By Peter May
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So your computer got infected with a virus. It happens to the best of us. You've got to move on, but what do you need to do to get your computer back into shape?
Unlocking cellphones is not the problem it used to be. Here's how it changed.