Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch review: Third time's the charm | TechHive

Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch review: Third time's the charm | TechHive: "Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX is magnificently focused on content. When critics describe other tablets as “content focused,” the term is intended to be slightly demeaning, as though the device were good for little more than turning pages and watching videos. When applied to the HDX, however, the term is indicative of a design that targets a specific kind of tablet user and is eager to make them very, very happy."

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Beginner Geek: Everything You Need to Know About Disabling Startup Programs on Windows

Beginner Geek: Everything You Need to Know About Disabling Startup Programs on Windows: "Programs that automatically start with Windows can slow down your computer’s boot time, making you wait to get a useful desktop while icon after icon loads into your system tray. Fortunately, it’s possible to prevent these programs from automatically starting."

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How to Run Windows Software on a Chromebook

How to Run Windows Software on a Chromebook: "Chromebooks don’t normally run Windows software — that’s the best and worst thing about them. You don’t need antivirus or other Windows desktop junk, but you can’t install Skype, full Microsoft Office, or other Windows desktop applications."

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How to See Which Browser Extensions Are Slowing Down Your Browser

How to See Which Browser Extensions Are Slowing Down Your Browser: "Browser extensions are useful, but they can increase your browser’s memory consumption, make it take longer to open, and slow it down in general. But how do you measure the impact a browser extension has on your system?

Each browser offers its own ways to pin down an extension’s memory consumption, CPU usage, or startup delay. The exact information you’ll get depends on your browser."

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How to e-mail more than five photos at once in iOS 7 | How To - CNET

How to e-mail more than five photos at once in iOS 7 | How To - CNET: "For all the changes and improvements (some would say "improvements") iOS 7 brought to the iDevice-verse, there's one curious limitation that Apple didn't address:
If you want to e-mail someone more than five photos, you can't."

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