The death of Windows XP will impact 95 percent of the world’s ATMs — www.theverge.com

The death of Windows XP will impact 95 percent of the world’s ATMs — www.theverge.com: "Microsoft’s 12-year-old Windows XP operating system powers 95 percent of the world’s automated teller machines, according to NCR, the largest ATM supplier in the US. While the idea of Windows powering ATMs may surprise consumers, XP runs in the background powering the software that bank customers interact with to withdraw money. An upcoming Windows XP support change from Microsoft means ATMs will need to be upgraded and modified throughout 2014"



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How to Restart the Start Screen and Taskbar (Explorer.exe) in Windows 8.x — www.howtogeek.com

How to Restart the Start Screen and Taskbar (Explorer.exe) in Windows 8.x — www.howtogeek.com: "If your Taskbar, System Tray, or even the Start Screen starts acting up, you don’t have to power off or reboot your computer. You can usually just restart the Explorer process, and Windows 8.x makes that really easy.

Back in the Windows Vista or Windows 7 days, you could CTRL + SHIFT and then right-click on the taskbar to pull up a hidden option to close Explorer without loading Task Manager… but that doesn’t really help that much since you’ll have to re-open the process anyway."



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How to Troubleshoot Wireless Router Problems — www.howtogeek.com

How to Troubleshoot Wireless Router Problems — www.howtogeek.com: "Are you having a problem with your Internet connection or Wi-Fi? Whatever the problem — from a flaky connection to Wi-Fi troubles or even no access to the Internet at all — some router troubleshooting could fix things."



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Warning: Your Browser Extensions Are Spying On You — www.howtogeek.com

Warning: Your Browser Extensions Are Spying On You — www.howtogeek.com: "The internet exploded Friday with the news that Google Chrome extensions are being sold and injected with adware. But the little-known and much more important fact is that your extensions are spying on you and selling your browsing history to shady corporations. HTG investigates."



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Beginner Geek: How to Connect a Laptop to a Television — www.howtogeek.com

Beginner Geek: How to Connect a Laptop to a Television — www.howtogeek.com: "Hooking up a desktop computer to a monitor is simple, you just plug it in and it works.  Connecting a laptop to a television should be just as easy, right?  Well, not always.  Read on as we explain several ways to hook up a laptop to your TV."



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Why it’s time for the U.S. to get serious about its broadband problem — gigaom.com

Why it’s time for the U.S. to get serious about its broadband problem — gigaom.com: "A recent international ranking placing the United States 35th in bandwidth has generated another round of commentary about how our broadband offerings compare to others. Unmentioned was that a year earlier, the then FCC Chairman gave a speech advocating the need for much faster, gigabit broadband networks throughout the United States."

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10 Things You Need to Know About Windows 8.1 — www.howtogeek.com

10 Things You Need to Know About Windows 8.1 — www.howtogeek.com: "Windows 8 was very different from Windows 7, but change is only speeding up — Windows 8.1 has seen quite a few changes since Windows 8. You’ll have new things to learn. whichever which version of Windows you’re upgrading from."

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How to End and Prioritize Processes to Make Your Windows PC Run More Smoothly — www.howtogeek.com

How to End and Prioritize Processes to Make Your Windows PC Run More Smoothly — www.howtogeek.com: "What does every geek do when their computer starts to run slow or give them trouble?  They open the task manager and look at the running processes.  This guide will teach you what to look for and how to prioritize running processes to make your computer run more smoothly."

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Aereo's Supreme Court battle may change how you watch TV | Internet & Media - CNET News

Aereo's Supreme Court battle may change how you watch TV | Internet & Media - CNET News: "A tiny startup you've probably never heard of is heading to the US Supreme Court, and it could change how the entire country watches TV.
The top court in the country on Friday agreed to hear the case pitting television broadcasters against Aereo, an online subscription service with arrays of miniature antennas that grab over-the-air programming, stream it online to paying members, and store it for them in a remote DVR."

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How to Use the Chrome OS Desktop on Windows 8 (and Why It Exists)

How to Use the Chrome OS Desktop on Windows 8 (and Why It Exists): "Chrome 32 now offers a new feature on Windows 8: A full-screen, Chrome OS-style desktop mode. The Chrome app launcher can bring Chrome OS to the Windows desktop, but Chrome can now replace the Windows desktop entirely.

Rather than create native Windows 8 apps, Google is choosing to shoehorn the a Chromebook-style desktop into Windows 8. Of course, you can continue to use Chrome on the desktop just like before."

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