NFC, or Near-Field Communication , is useful for all sorts of things , but you can also use it to lock or unlock your PC when you sit down to work. The Electrodog Show , over at Instructables, shows us how do set it up. Read more…
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Use NFC Tags to Unlock Your Computer
If you’re a PC gamer, you know that upgrading your computer’s video card will give you the best gaming performance boost . PCWorld argues, however, that a discrete graphics card belongs in most people’s desktop PCs—not just gamers. Read more…
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The Performance Benefits of Discrete Video Cards (Even for Non-Gamers)
As you may have heard, DynDNS is shutting down its free plans , which is a bit of a bummer. Still, they’re not the only option if you need a hostname to use to access your home computers from anywhere, and you don’t want to spend money for it. Here are some alternatives. Read more…
Today, Dropbox announced that it will allow for collaborative editing in Microsoft Office. While not as seamless as editing a Google doc, it will help users avoid overwriting each others changes and sync those changes more quickly. Read more…
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Dropbox Adds Collaborative Editing for Microsoft Office
Your music library is precious. It’s full of hard-to-find tracks, ripped CDs, and rare downloads. It might also be a mess. It can be easier to look up those songs on Spotify than enjoy the high-quality audio files you own. Luckily, there are some great free tools to clean it up and make sure that never happens again. Let’s check out the best. Read more…
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The Best Apps for Automatically Cleaning Up Your Music Library
Sesame Workshop has launched Sesame GO , which is basically an all-you-can-Elmo web-based Netflix for Sesame Street for $4/month or $30/year. This message has been brought to you by the letter A for adorable. Read more…
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Sesame Workshop has launched Sesame GO, which is basically an all-you-can-Elmo web-based Netflix for
Anyone who’s ever torn a muscle will be grateful for that fact that the fibers can repair themselves. But now, researchers have developed lab-grown muscle that can achieve the exact same thing . Read more…
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First Ever Lab-Grown Muscle That Can Heal Itself in Living Creatures
We’re well into the lifecycle of the iOS 7 jailbreak, and that means jailbreakers are treated with a ton of more advanced tweaks and apps. We’ve already covered the first and second waves of apps, but here are a bunch more of our favorites. Read more…
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Your Quarterly Jailbreak Roundup, April 2014
Windows 8.1 is getting some upgrades really soon , but Microsoft also announced a future upgrade to Windows 8 that everyone’s been asking for: the return of the desktop Start menu. Read more…
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Microsoft Is Bringing the Start Menu Back to Windows 8
Chances are, when you’re listening to Pandora on your stereo, you just plug in your phone and start playing. However, if you have Pandora One, you get significantly higher quality music if you use your computer instead. Read more…
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Stream Pandora One from Your PC Instead of Your Phone for Quality