| Between 1949 and early 1952 The White House was completely renovated from the inside out; the entire internal structure was removed and for a period of time the building was simply a shell supported by steel beams.  | |
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We’ve had some issues with email servers not always delivering our newsletter. To make certain that you always get our newsletter, make sure that you add newsletter@howtogeek.com to your contacts. If you’re using Gmail’s web client, you can simply click the drop-down menu and choose “Add How-To Geek to Contacts list” like this: 
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Today's Tech Term
Drill Down | |
| Drill Down refers to the process of moving from an initial summary of information to the more intricate details ‘behind’ the summary. For example, you may start off with the total number of page views for a particular website during a given month, then Drill Down to find out which articles (or categories of articles) were viewed the most during the month. | |
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| Connecting a PC to your TV is dead simple. All you’ll usually need is an HDMI cable, and then you can access every media service, streaming site, and PC game — on your TV. | |
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| You don’t need any specialized hardware to record a phone call, Skype conversation, or any sort of other voice chat. All you need is the right software and a few minutes setting it up ahead of time. | |
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| When you hover your mouse pointer over a button in the taskbar, Windows shows you a preview of that window by default, but that preview is usually really small. Luckily with a quick registry hack, we can make those thumbnails bigger. | |
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| OS X has excellent visual clarity and is pretty kind on the eyes right out of the box. But, if you have trouble making out the small typefaces or simply want to make stuff bigger, then there are a few things you can do. | |
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| Application-specific passwords are more dangerous than they sound. Despite their name, they’re anything but application-specific. Each application-specific password is more like a skeleton key that provides unrestricted access to your account. | |
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| Do you fill your phone or tablet with stuff to watch before a big trip? If you do, then you know your device can fill up quickly. Wouldn't it be nice if you could do batch conversions of your favorite videos to the ideal size? | |
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| Game-streaming solutions have evolved from the “cloud gaming” services we examined last year. Many new solutions allow you to stream a game from a computer in your house to a device in another room. | |
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| Many companies want to sell you “memory optimizers,” often as part of “PC optimization” programs. These programs are worse than useless — not only will they not speed up your computer, they’ll slow it down. | |
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| Ever hear a quote or piece of dialog in a movie or favorite TV show and wish you could set it as a ringtone or notification on your smartphone? You can actually, with the free, open-source application Avidemux. | |
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| Microsoft just released a new version of Outlook for Mac, although this one is only available to Office 365 customers. Since the first thing most geeks will want to do is add their Gmail account, here are the quick instructions on how to do that. | |
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