Everything You Need to Know About Using iCloud Drive and iCloud Photo Library

Everything You Need to Know About Using iCloud Drive and iCloud Photo Library: "Apple introduced iCloud Drive in iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite. It’s designed to be a more easily understandable cloud storage location, working more like Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive.

Previous versions of iCloud could sync your “documents and data,” but iCloud Drive now exposes a sort of file system to you. You can sync any file you like and browse your saved files."



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Don’t Panic, But All USB Devices Have a Massive Security Problem

Don’t Panic, But All USB Devices Have a Massive Security Problem: "USB devices are apparently more dangerous than we’ve ever imagined. This isn’t about malware that uses the AutoPlay mechanism in Windows — this time, it’s a fundamental design flaw in USB itself.

Now you really shouldn’t pick up and use suspicious USB flash drives you find lying around. Even if you ensured they were free of malicious software, they could have malicious firmware."



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Stop Trying to Clean Your Infected Computer! Just Nuke it and Reinstall Windows

Stop Trying to Clean Your Infected Computer! Just Nuke it and Reinstall Windows: "Some people spend hours — maybe even days — trying to clean an infected Windows system and ensuring it’s actually clean and safe afterward. It’s usually not a good idea to do this — just reinstall Windows and start over."



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How to get the most free online storage - CNET

How to get the most free online storage - CNET: "With the market for cloud storage services starting to get crowded, we take a look at how to get as much storage from the different providers as possible."



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Your complete guide to Apple's iCloud Drive - CNET

Your complete guide to Apple's iCloud Drive - CNET: "iCloud Drive will store and sync your files across all of your devices. It's a good idea to learn as much as you can about it."



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What’s the Difference Between Chromium and Chrome?

What’s the Difference Between Chromium and Chrome?: "Chromium is the open-source project that forms the basis for Google Chrome. Because it’s completely open source, Chromium is available in many Linux distributions’ software repositories for easier installation."



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HTG Reviews the Amazon Fire TV Stick: The Most Powerful HDMI Dongle on the Block

HTG Reviews the Amazon Fire TV Stick: The Most Powerful HDMI Dongle on the Block: "With the skyrocketing popularity of the Google Chromecast and to a lesser degree the Roku Streaming Stick, 2014 sure shaped up to be the year of the HDMI dongle. Read on as we put Amazon’s brand new entry into the market, the Fire TV Stick, through the paces."



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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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