Hands-on: Any.do's Cal is a clever, sleek little calendar app | Macworld

Hands-on: Any.do's Cal is a clever, sleek little calendar app | Macworld: "When it comes to third-party calendar and to-do apps, the App Store is flush with possibilities. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement or experimentation. Cal, Any.do’s new calendaring app, attempts to show you your schedule in a way that lets you maximize your free time during a day. I took the app for a brief spin on Wednesday; here are some of my initial impressions."

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Are Short Passwords Really That Insecure?

Are Short Passwords Really That Insecure?: "You know the drill: use a long and varied password, don’t use the same password twice, use a different password for every site. Is using a short password really that dangerous?
Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites."

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Which Game Consoles Can You Use as a Media Center?

Which Game Consoles Can You Use as a Media Center?: "Flicking through the specs for the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 recently, I was struck by how much the concept of a game console has changed in the past 15 years. Back in the late 1990s I lodged in an attic, with plenty of opportunity for gaming on a Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which I later upgraded to an original PlayStation to take advantage of the CD playing multimedia magic."

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How to Easily Transfer Files Between Nearby Smartphones

How to Easily Transfer Files Between Nearby Smartphones: "Transferring photos and other files between nearby smartphones should be simple, but it’s not. There are a variety of different ways you can do this, and which is best depends on which types of smartphones you’re transferring files between."

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