Week in Geek: Microsoft Warns of First Critical Security Flaws in Windows 8 & RT - How-To Geek

Week in Geek: Microsoft Warns of First Critical Security Flaws in Windows 8 & RT - How-To Geek: "This week’s edition of WIG is filled with news link coverage on topics such as Mozilla Firefox turns 8 and Android turns 5, Windows (File) Explorer is the app that crashes most on Windows 8, Classic Mode (Session) will be dropped from GNOME 3.8, and more.



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HTG Explains: Why Screen Savers Are No Longer Necessary - How-To Geek

HTG Explains: Why Screen Savers Are No Longer Necessary - How-To Geek: "Screen savers are a left-over solution from a previous technology. In spite of their name, screen savers no longer “save” anything – all they do is waste electricity. Screen savers are not necessary on modern, flat-panel LCD displays."

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How To Run Chrome OS From a USB Drive and Use It On Any Computer - How-To Geek

How To Run Chrome OS From a USB Drive and Use It On Any Computer - How-To Geek: "Google only supports running Chrome OS on Chromebooks, but don’t let that stop you. You can put Chrome OS on a USB drive and boot it on any computer, just as you’d run a Linux distribution from a USB drive."

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How Easy Is It To Crack A Wifi Network? [MakeUseOf Explains]

How Easy Is It To Crack A Wifi Network? [MakeUseOf Explains]: "Whether you’re a computer novice or a pro-level geek, you probably have some idea about Wifi security. You know that you need to have some kind of password – preferably a long password, maybe even with some punctuation; and you also know that there’s a setting on your router to hide the network name so other people can’t see it."

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HTG Explains: Should You Shut Down, Sleep, or Hibernate Your Laptop? - How-To Geek

HTG Explains: Should You Shut Down, Sleep, or Hibernate Your Laptop? - How-To Geek: "Computers can sleep, hibernate, or shut down. Sleep allows you to quickly resume using your laptop at the cost of some electricity. Hibernate is like shutting down your computer, but you can still resume working where you left off."

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How much storage do I really need on my smartphone? | Mobile - CNET News

How much storage do I really need on my smartphone? | Mobile - CNET News: "n this Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon helps a reader figure out how much storage he really needs. And she offers some insights on the burgeoning "phablet" market."

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Does Hard Drive Orientation Affect Its Lifespan? - How-To Geek

Does Hard Drive Orientation Affect Its Lifespan? - How-To Geek: "Many cases allow you to mount drives in vertical or horizontal configurations and external drives can be easily repositioned. Does the orientation of the hard drive affect the performance and longevity of the drive?"

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Digital storage basics, Part 1: Internal storage vs. memory | Computer - CNET

Digital storage basics, Part 1: Internal storage vs. memory | Computer - CNET: "It's not the locker room type of storage we're talking about here. Instead it's something much more important and often underrated: the place where information is stored."

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How to enable Chrome's Do Not Track option | How To - CNET

How to enable Chrome's Do Not Track option | How To - CNET: "Many Web sites collect data about you on each visit. This data is used for serving ads that meet your interests, or finding out which demographic is frequenting a specific type of content. In an effort to help you protect your online privacy, Google has added a new feature to Chrome: Do Not Track."

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Thinking Of Upgrading Your Computer To Windows 8? Don't - Business Insider

Thinking Of Upgrading Your Computer To Windows 8? Don't - Business Insider: "Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- I’ve made a lot of computer blunders over the years. The biggest was taking a perfectly well- functioning Sony Vaio and upgrading it from Windows XP to Windows Vista, which left it so crash-prone as to be all but useless."

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