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Parental Controls: How to Lock Down Your Kids' iOS Devices
I'm the father of a very curious 9-year-old daughter. As such, it's a headache trying to make sure s...
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Working From Home Effectively: Dos and Don'ts
In the span of just a few weeks, daily life as we know it has taken a 180-degree turn due to the Cov...
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Guide to HEVC/H.265 Encoding and Playback
For years, H.264 has been the go-to video compression standard. Whenever you download a film or TV s...
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E3 2017 Trailer Roundup: Upcoming PC Games
Although E3 doesn't start until June 13, many developers have already released new trailers for thei...
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How CPUs are Designed and Built
We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is goi...
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How to: Taking Pictures of PCBs
I've been taking pictures of circuits as part of the (now defunct) Omzlo One Kickstarter and the new...
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An Android User's Perspective: Two Weeks with the iPhone 6s, Part 2
It's now been two weeks since I started using the iPhone 6s as my daily driver, and so far the devic...
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Getting Started with Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts
I'm a sucker for motivational quote and proverbs, especially those which encourage or add value to m...
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When SSD Performance Goes Awry
An unfortunate tale about Samsung's SSD 840 read performance degradationAn avalanche of reports emer...
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The Best Strategy Games on PC
The PC is home to just about every type of video game under the sun, but few are as quintessentially...
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A Year Later, You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free
Although Microsoft concluded its free Windows 10 upgrade program on July 29, 2016, the company has y...
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I Played 3 Hours of Dragon Age: Inquisition and It's Awesome
Since I joined TechSpot, I haven't done a whole ton of gaming content. But when EA and BioWare invit...