The Ultimate Guide to Changing Your DNS Server

The Ultimate Guide to Changing Your DNS Server: "We recently looked at the many reasons you might want to use a third-party DNS server. You can change the DNS server for your entire network on your router or set it individually on a PC or other device.

Switching DNS servers back and forth can be tedious, so we have some tips for speeding it up — perfect if you use Tunlr to occasionally access geoblocked media sites."

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4 Ways to Set Up Parental Controls On Your Home Network

4 Ways to Set Up Parental Controls On Your Home Network: "Parental controls can filter the web, blocking inadvertent access to inappropriate websites. There are a variety of ways to do this, from configuring network-wide parental controls on your router to using the parental controls built into Windows or third-party software."

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Retina iPad mini "delayed" until 2014?

Retina iPad mini "delayed" until 2014?: "It was probably about three seconds after the original iPad mini launched, when the question was first asked: "How long until it gets a Retina Display?". For all of the current model's great features (premium build, light weight, compact form factor), its 163 PPI display isn't exactly cutting-edge. Rumors have been all over the place about the inevitable Retina upgrade, but a new report says that it may be showing up a little later than expected."

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How to Speed Up Windows 7 |Enable Prefetcher for Faster Windows 7 Performance.

How to Speed Up Windows 7 |Enable Prefetcher for Faster Windows 7 Performance.: "Can You speed up Windows 7? Of course! Windows 7 is a great operating system. Its fast and light. But there are ways to make it better. You can make Windows 7 faster with just a few simple tweaks."

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Stupid People - Bad Predictions

Stupid People - Bad Predictions: ""Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949"

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Cut the Cost of HDMI Cables -- Savings Experiment - DailyFinance

Cut the Cost of HDMI Cables -- Savings Experiment - DailyFinance: "The average price of an HDMI cable at a retail store is $30, while some establishments charge as much as $100. However, if you look online you can find them for $5.79. If you're worried about the brand or quality, tech publications say that there's no meaningful difference between HDMI cables. They all do the same thing."

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Show a hidden password

Show a hidden password: "This application allows to view the passwords which are hidden by asteriks. If you find a textbox where there are hidden passwords, which will be replaced with asterisks, these can be easily revealed with this program, only by executing it and moving the cursor over the textbox.

For example, you have the some program where you defined a password: your mail accounts, personal code to private folder, login in network or Window login.
In each these situations the passwords in MS Windows will be hidden and you haven't a standard way to view the values - you must remember (in memory or somewhere in papers). This is standard method for security."

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Hunch Blog | Mac vs. PC: A Hunch Rematch

Hunch Blog | Mac vs. PC: A Hunch Rematch: "Our latest data project was to analyze how self-described Mac and PC people are different. The infographic below, designed by the talented folks at Column Five Media, breaks it down. Keep reading after the Infographic for more background and analysis, including some comparisons to findings from 18 months ago when we first looked at this issue."

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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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