How to Boost and Increase Your Internet Speed

How to Boost and Increase Your Internet Speed: "Looking for a way to increase your Internet speed without upgrading your ISP Internet plan? Well, Internet speed can depend on a several factors, both internal to the network and external. Starting from the operating system, you have the network card, network cable, wireless router, broadband modem, and possibly other devices before you even get out of your house."



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How to Move Files From One Cloud Storage Service to Another

How to Move Files From One Cloud Storage Service to Another: "You may want to switch to another cloud storage service — perhaps moving to Microsoft’s OneDrive to get that now-infinite cloud storage. Yes, you could just download and re-upload all your files, but you can also do this a faster way."



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How To Boot Into Safe Mode On Windows 8 or 8.1 (The Easy Way)

How To Boot Into Safe Mode On Windows 8 or 8.1 (The Easy Way): "One of the most common steps when troubleshooting a PC is to boot into safe mode. For a long time this has been achieved by pressing the F8 key, this all changes with Windows 8 and its Automatic Repair mode. But what if we want Safe Mode?"



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6 Customization Tricks Only Possible In Firefox

6 Customization Tricks Only Possible In Firefox: "Firefox is a great browsers for many reasons, but one of the most important reasons is how it can be customized. Mozilla has worked hard to ensure the latest versions provide options and features you won’t find without add-ons in other browsers. By making these available by default all users can have the same access without the hassle of installing extensions that may cause compatibility or security concerns. Here are a few important tricks that prove you should be using Firefox."



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Why Your Computer’s Hard Drive Lights Flash When You Aren’t Doing Anything

Why Your Computer’s Hard Drive Lights Flash When You Aren’t Doing Anything: "It’s happened to all of us. You step away from your computer and come back a few minutes later. While you were gone, your computer’s hard drive lights start flashing — but what exactly is it doing? It’s natural to be a bit suspicious."



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How Apps Can Help Any Freelancer Or Small Business Owner Be Productive

How Apps Can Help Any Freelancer Or Small Business Owner Be Productive: "If you’re running your own small business or making a living as a freelancer, then you already know quite a bit about getting things done on your own. You have to, otherwise everything falls apart. So I’m not about to tell you how to do your job."



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ASUS Chromebox M075U Review and Giveaway

ASUS Chromebox M075U Review and Giveaway: "We’ve lauded praise on Chromebooks before because they’re useful and cheap – but now Google is coming for your desktop. Today we’ll see if the ASUS Chromebox (starting at $159, but $379 as reviewed) is a competent desktop replacement."



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Fire TV Stick vs. Chromecast vs. Roku Streaming Stick: Measuring the sticks - CNET

Fire TV Stick vs. Chromecast vs. Roku Streaming Stick: Measuring the sticks - CNET: "Each device has its pluses and minuses. The Chromecast is cheapest but doesn't include a physical remote. The slightly more expensive Fire TV has a remote but worse app support than the others (cough, HBO Go, cough). The Roku stick has the best app support and a remote, but it costs the most."



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Why You Need To Install Windows Updates Automatically

Why You Need To Install Windows Updates Automatically: "Once again there are urgent security patches released for Windows, and this time the problems they fix are “potentially catastrophic” issues with the encryption stack. This is why you should have Windows install updates automatically."



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iPhone 6 Plus vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 4: A closer look

iPhone 6 Plus vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 4: A closer look: "Before this year, comparing the Galaxy Note to the iPhone was kinda like comparing Shaquille O'Neal to Rhea Perlman. But with Apple's first phablet arriving this year, the iPhone and Note are fighting in the same weight class. Join Gizmag, as we take a hands-on look at the iPhone 6 Plus and Galaxy Note 4."



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