What Is Wireless Charging & How Exactly Does It Work? [MakeUseOf Explains]

What Is Wireless Charging & How Exactly Does It Work? [MakeUseOf Explains]: "We live in a wireless world. Except we don’t. Sure, we can send huge amounts of information across the airwaves, but the devices capable of sending and receiving it are tied down to power cords. Batteries allow some freedom but, eventually, we all have to come back around to the familiar face of the power outlet."

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HTG Explains: How System Restore Works in Windows - How-To Geek

HTG Explains: How System Restore Works in Windows - How-To Geek: "System Restore is a Windows feature that can help fix some crashes and other computer problems. To know when to use it, you’ll have to understand just how System Restore works."

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7 Ways To Free Up Hard Disk Space On Windows - How-To Geek

7 Ways To Free Up Hard Disk Space On Windows - How-To Geek: "Hard drives are getting larger and larger, but somehow they always seem to fill up. This is even more true if you’re using a solid-state drive (SSD), which offers much less hard drive space than traditional mechanical hard drives."

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Not Just Email: Your Voice Mail Can Be Hacked, Too – Here’s How To Secure It

Not Just Email: Your Voice Mail Can Be Hacked, Too – Here’s How To Secure It: "Much has been made throughout 2011 and 2012 of the dangers of phone hacking. While many of the victims of the practice – in this case sponsored by major news organizations – were celebrities, politicians and sportsmen, many more were real, regular people who may or may not have been involved with slightly more famous people, one way or another."

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Four ways to fix an unresponsive iPhone home button | How To - CNET

Four ways to fix an unresponsive iPhone home button | How To - CNET: "No matter how anal you are about keeping your iPhone safe and intact, there is still a chance your home button will eventually suffer the effects of normal wear and tear."

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Consumers Duped by Computer Virus Scam Targeted by U.S. Agency - Businessweek

Consumers Duped by Computer Virus Scam Targeted by U.S. Agency - Businessweek: "U.S. government regulators announced they won a court order to halt international telephone scams in which people posing as computer technicians called tens of thousands of consumers and duped them into buying unneeded anti- virus services."

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The Fastest ISPs in the U.S. 2012 | PCMag.com

The Fastest ISPs in the U.S. 2012 | PCMag.com: "When it comes to gauging the speed of your Internet connection, you can't always rely on what your Internet service provider tells you. "

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Is It Possible for My Internet Router to Wear Out? - How-To Geek

Is It Possible for My Internet Router to Wear Out? - How-To Geek: "Day after day your humble and hard working router holds your home network together and links it to the greater internet. Is it possible to work it to death?"

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Gmail Now Searches Inside PDF, Word, and PowerPoint Attachments - How-To Geek

Gmail Now Searches Inside PDF, Word, and PowerPoint Attachments - How-To Geek: "Gmail has long had a robust system for searching within the subjects and bodies of your emails, now you can search inside select attachments–PDF, Word, and PowerPoint attachments are all searchable."

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Infrared technology offers faster wireless data transfer than Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Infrared technology offers faster wireless data transfer than Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: "Back around the turn of the century, infrared ports for wireless data transfer over short distances were commonplace on many mobile devices. But it wasn't long before infrared communication technology was kicked to the curb in favor of the more versatile radio-based Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies. Fraunhofer researchers are looking to resurrect infrared wireless data transfer technology with the development of a “multi-gigabit communication module” that can wirelessly transfer data 46 times faster than Wi-Fi and 1,430 times faster than Bluetooth."

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