Really Private Browsing: An Unofficial User’s Guide to Tor — www.makeuseof.com — Readability

Really Private Browsing: An Unofficial User’s Guide to Tor — www.makeuseof.com — Readability: "The issue of privacy on the Internet has long been a difficult one: there are a lot of good reasons that you might be leery of strangers reading your emails or spying on the websites you visit – and there are equally compelling reasons that various unscrupulous people, corporations, and governments might want to do just that. The whole issue has come to a head recently with the revelation that the NSA has been illicitly spying on American citizens and others through Facebook, Google, and Skype – including, probably, you."

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Up, up and away with HGST's 6 TB helium-filled HDD — www.gizmag.com — Readability

Up, up and away with HGST's 6 TB helium-filled HDD — www.gizmag.com — Readability: "Last year, Western Digital subsidiary HGST announced the development of a helium-filled hard drive that would offer increased storage capacity and a reduction in power consumption compared to its air-filled cousins. The company has now delivered on its promise of a 2013 release by beginning shipments of what the company is trumpeting as the world's highest capacity HDD, the 6 TB Ultrastar He6."

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Why Are Minimized Programs Often Slow to Open Again? — www.howtogeek.com — Readability

Why Are Minimized Programs Often Slow to Open Again? — www.howtogeek.com — Readability: "It seems particularly counterintuitive: you minimize an application because you plan on returning to it later and wish to skip shutting the application down and restarting it later, but sometimes maximizing it takes even longer than launching it fresh. What gives?"

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How to Transpose Rows and Columns in Excel 2013 — www.howtogeek.com — Readability

How to Transpose Rows and Columns in Excel 2013 — www.howtogeek.com — Readability: "You’ve setup your worksheet with all your row and column headings and you’ve entered all your data. Then, you discover that it would look better if the rows were the columns and the columns were the rows. How do you accomplish this easily?

There is an easy way to convert your rows to columns and vice versa using the Transpose feature in Excel. We’ll show you how."

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Spend 20 bucks, build yourself an adjustable standing desk in 20 minutes — www.pcworld.com — Readability

Spend 20 bucks, build yourself an adjustable standing desk in 20 minutes — www.pcworld.com — Readability: "You probably know that sitting on your butt all day isn’t good for you, but you might not realize just how bad it is. According to one frightening study, people who spent more than 11 hours per day in a chair were 40 percent more likely to die within the next three years, compared with those who sat for 4 hours."

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When Windows breaks: How to fix it, piece by piece — www.pcworld.com — Readability

When Windows breaks: How to fix it, piece by piece — www.pcworld.com — Readability: "Windows is so customizable, it’s tempting to tinker. Don’t like Internet Explorer’s default feel? There are settings for that! Hate the way Windows 8’s Ribbon UI looks? Tweak away! And if you’re feeling truly adventurous, a veritable universe of change awaits within the easy-to-bork Windows registry."

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When Windows breaks: How to fix it, piece by piece — www.pcworld.com — Readability

When Windows breaks: How to fix it, piece by piece — www.pcworld.com — Readability: "Windows is so customizable, it’s tempting to tinker. Don’t like Internet Explorer’s default feel? There are settings for that! Hate the way Windows 8’s Ribbon UI looks? Tweak away! And if you’re feeling truly adventurous, a veritable universe of change awaits within the easy-to-bork Windows registry."

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Speed up a slow PC without buying new hardware — www.pcworld.com — Readability

Speed up a slow PC without buying new hardware — www.pcworld.com — Readability: "Gamersim17 complains that his PC is "moving extremely slowly and not performing like it should." He asked the Desktops forum for advice.

If a once-fast computer has slowed to a crawl, you can't really blame the hardware. Sure, you may be able to improve speed by adding RAM, upgrading the CPU, or replacing the hard drive with an SSD. But none of those solutions--all of which cost money--address the underlying problem. Your hardware isn't underpowered. It's overloaded."

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Amazon Prime announces new original comedy series, really wants to be Netflix — www.techhive.com — Readability

Amazon Prime announces new original comedy series, really wants to be Netflix — www.techhive.com — Readability: "Last minute mom gift facilitator Amazon has just announced that it will debut two new original comedy series this month: political satire Alpha House and Silicon Valley start-up send-up Betas.

Alpha House features John Goodman and is written by Doonesbury cartoonist Gary Trudeau. The series follows the adventures of a group of Republican senators who rent a house together in Washington, DC. Betas follows four young friends as they attempt to launch a new social networking app. Alpha House will debut on November 15 and Betas will follow on November 22."

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How The Internet Has Revitalized Legitimate Work At Home Jobs — www.makeuseof.com — Readability

How The Internet Has Revitalized Legitimate Work At Home Jobs — www.makeuseof.com — Readability: "Do  you think that earning money online is just a scam? Think that people who say they “work online” are just making up an excuse to stay home all day? Well we’ve found two professionals who work exclusively online, and make a comfortable living doing it."

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