The 5 Best Media Streamers | PCMag.com

The 5 Best Media Streamers | PCMag.com: "There are many ways to watch online content on your HDTV. Your television itself might have apps, or you might have a Blu-ray player or game system connected with built-in streaming services. If neither case applies, or if your HDTV, Blu-ray player, or game system doesn't have the exact media features you want, you can get a dedicated media hub. For $100 or less, you can set up your HDTV with any online or local media streaming services you need."



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What Is Net Neutrality & Why Should I Care?

What Is Net Neutrality & Why Should I Care?: "Let’s imagine something. Let’s say that you’re a town planner, working for the city where you live.
Your city has an issue with congestion. Large, 18-wheeler trucks drive in, and they get stuck. Lanes get blocked up, and eventually, all motor vehicles are moving at a pace as slow as cold molasses."



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Multiple Ways To Capture Or Print What You See On Your Screen

Multiple Ways To Capture Or Print What You See On Your Screen: "Print Screen is a term that lost its original meaning decades ago. Back in the MS-DOS era, before computers had graphical user interfaces, the Print Screen key would indeed send the contents of the current screen to the printer. Today, the Print Screen button triggers a screenshot, meaning it captures a still of your screen and temporarily stores it in the clipboard."



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Beyond Heartbleed: Why you need a password manager - CNET

Beyond Heartbleed: Why you need a password manager - CNET: "RoboForm, LastPass, and other password managers would not have defended your individual passwords from the Heartbleed bug. But they make the cleanup process a whole lot easier.

Revealed last week, Heartbleed is a flaw discovered in certain versions of OpenSSL, open-source software that uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layers) to encrypt and protect your private information as it connects from one place to another across the Internet. CNET offers an FAQ with more details about the Heartbleed flaw and advice on how to protect yourself from the bug."



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The $99 Amazon Prime arrives, with questions in tow - CNET

The $99 Amazon Prime arrives, with questions in tow - CNET: "Amazon Prime's US members will have to swallow a $20 increase, starting Thursday, that will push their membership fees to $99 a year -- a price hike that raises questions about the real value of the two-day shipping program.

The assumption has been that in addition to predictable, two-day shipping, Prime customers end up saving money vs. non-Prime members, with the membership fees often compared to the fees customers pay to join warehouse clubs that offer bulk discounts. But CNET took a look at a number of products and found that isn't always the case."



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Windows 8.1 Update tip: Clean up that disk space now | PCWorld

Windows 8.1 Update tip: Clean up that disk space now | PCWorld: "Now that you've had about a week to play around with the update—which brings the taskbar to the modern UI, among other welcome additions—the next few days present a good time to clear up extra space on your hard drive by getting rid of some Windows Update files"



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Windows XP lives on: Avast survey shows 27 percent of its XP users don't plan to switch | PCWorld

Windows XP lives on: Avast survey shows 27 percent of its XP users don't plan to switch | PCWorld: "Microsoft may have ended support for Windows XP, but free antivirus software vendor Avast projects that for millions of users, that won’t mean squat."



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Microsoft Office Online Apps are Now Available in the Chrome Store

Microsoft Office Online Apps are Now Available in the Chrome Store: "Microsoft has been on a roll as of late with their Office Online suite, so this week’s announcement about Office Online apps for Chrome just sweetens the deal even more. Now you can pick and choose from Word Online, Excel Online, PowerPoint Online, and OneNote Online apps to make your Chrome browser more productive than ever before!"



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Warning: Anyone Can Recover Deleted Files From Your USB Drives and External SSDs

Warning: Anyone Can Recover Deleted Files From Your USB Drives and External SSDs: "It’s common wisdom that deleted files can’t be recovered from solid-state media, only from traditional mechanical hard drives. But this only applies to internal drives — USB flash drives and external solid-state drives are vulnerable to file-recovery attacks."



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Windows Networking: How to Share Devices With Others On the Network

Windows Networking: How to Share Devices With Others On the Network: "We will start by teaching you how to share a printer with the Homegroup and then how to share it with the network. As you will see, the process is different and using the Homegroup makes things easier and faster."



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