Keep your laptop battery healthy: Use it sparingly | PCWorld

Keep your laptop battery healthy: Use it sparingly | PCWorld: "Here's one of those sad facts of life that you just can't avoid: Like cars, clothing, and people, batteries wear out. You can't stop this process, but with proper care you can slow it down."

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Casetop "laptop" uses your smartphone as its brains

Casetop "laptop" uses your smartphone as its brains: "Packing powerful processors supported by a healthy amount of system memory and storage, modern smartphones are just like mini computers that can be carried around in your pocket. As a mobile office, however, such devices do have some practical limitations"

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Passwords: You're doing it wrong. Here's how to make them uncrackable. | PCWorld

Passwords: You're doing it wrong. Here's how to make them uncrackable. | PCWorld: "For years now I've harangued relatives about their shoddy password practices. Either they use easily-hacked passwords or forget the passwords they've created—sometimes both."

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You're a dirty, dirty, dusty PC | PCWorld

You're a dirty, dirty, dusty PC | PCWorld: "If you’ve had your PC for more than a few months, it’s probably lousy with dust, dirt, and worse. It’s time to do some spring cleaning on your PC—and I’m talking about the actual hardware here, not your operating system or data files"

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Review: Kindle for iOS remains a compelling iBooks alternative | Macworld

Review: Kindle for iOS remains a compelling iBooks alternative | Macworld: "The iPad is a great device for reading. And there are a variety of apps focused solely on reading ebooks with the device—almost all of which work on the iPhone, too. So how do you judge a reading app? What are the criteria?"

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The best set-top media streamer: Roku 3 | TechHive

The best set-top media streamer: Roku 3 | TechHive: "A media streamer set-top box is the missing link between your TV and the vast array of content available over the Internet. Whether or not you’ve cut the cord and severed that pricey cable or satellite subscription, a media streamer can give you access to endless hours of TV shows, videos, sporting events, music, and much more—in a way that no smart TV, with its built-in roster of apps, can promise. And no streamer provides more than the $100 Roku 3, my pick for best media streamer."

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Is There a Difference Between the Headphone and Speaker Ports?

Is There a Difference Between the Headphone and Speaker Ports?: "Your computer has a speaker port (perhaps even multiple ones) and a headphone port. You can plug your headphones into both of them and tunes come out, so what’s the real difference between the two?"

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Should You Use Ubuntu LTS or Upgrade to the Latest Release?

Should You Use Ubuntu LTS or Upgrade to the Latest Release?: "Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the recently-released Ubuntu 13.04 is that it isn’t remarkable at all. Ubuntu 13.04 contains the latest versions of software and additional polish, but there are no must-have features that will make you rush to upgrade."

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