Thursday, September 12, 2013

How to download streaming media and watch it anywhere, anytime | PCWorld

How to download streaming media and watch it anywhere, anytime | PCWorld: "Subscribing to Hulu Plus or Netflix is a great deal—until you find yourself on a less-than-perfect Internet connection. Perversely, your streaming media library is most valuable in places where you can’t access the Internet: Watching a movie or burning through episodes of your favorite TV show is the best way to get through a long plane trip, a car ride, or a vacation in the middle of nowhere."

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Your Twitter account has been hacked! Here's what to do about it. | PCWorld

Your Twitter account has been hacked! Here's what to do about it. | PCWorld: "You have to fix this immediately. When someone else is sending out tweets and DMs under your name, you're in danger of losing your credibility.

The first thing you need to do is try to log onto Twitter. If you can do that, change your password. This will stop the Twitter thief in his or her tracks, and regain you control of your account--if the thief hasn't already changed the password and locked you out."

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How to make your Chrome extension icons visible again | PCWorld

How to make your Chrome extension icons visible again | PCWorld: "What is it with software developers making user-interface (UI) changes that serve no purpose other than to confuse users?

iTunes is perhaps the worst offender in this department--I think the current version (11) is perhaps the most unusable piece of software to date--but Google is giving it a run for the money with Chrome."

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RAM Is Cheap So Why Don’t We Run Everything From It?

RAM Is Cheap So Why Don’t We Run Everything From It?: "RAM modules are cheaper than ever before, so why aren’t we running our entire operating system off super speedy RAM banks?

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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