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Why You Need To Install Windows Updates Automatically

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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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Create a Web-Based Survey the Easy Way With Google Forms

There are many different websites for creating web-based surveys, but all you need is a Google account and Google Docs. Easily create a survey with Google Forms, sending the results directly to Google Sheets.

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Stupid Geek Tricks: Hide Data in a Secret Text File Compartment

In today’s edition of Stupid Geek Tricks (where we show off little-known tricks to impress your non-geek friends), we’ll learn how to hide data in a text file that can’t be seen by anybody else unless they know the name of the secret compartment.

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Google Wallet vs. Apple Pay: What You Need to Know

Apple Pay is shiny, new, and getting a lot of press. But Android users have had their own similar payment system for years: Google Wallet. Google Wallet isn’t limited to a small number of phones anymore.

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What Does “Free as in Speech” or “Free as in Beer” Really Mean?

In the open source community you’ll often hear the phrase “free as in speech” or “free as in beer” in reference to software products, but what do these phrases actually mean? Let's walk you through the meaning behind each.

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Ask HTG: How Do I Reset My Android Device’s Application Launcher to the Default?

Playing around with new application launchers on Android is pretty fun but when it comes time to switch them or you want to return to the default launcher, it can get a little cryptic. Read on as we show you how to switch between and reset them.

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Use Your Mac’s Preview App to Crop, Resize, Rotate, and Edit Images

Your Mac’s Preview app doesn’t just contain PDF-editing features. It’s a great little image editor, too. Preview offers basic tools for cropping, resizing, rotating, annotating, and otherwise tweaking images.

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Create Cool 8-Bit Style Pixel Art from Ordinary Images

I have to be honest. I love the look of pixelated graphics! If you're also a fan of jaggies or old school video game graphics, here is a simple trick to relive a little bit of that low pixel-depth goodness in any version of Photoshop.

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How to Import / Export Contacts Between Outlook and Gmail

You can use Microsoft Outlook with just about any e-mail account. If you use something like Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, you’ve probably amassed quite a few contacts, which will need to be imported into Outlook to make it immediately useful.

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Use Your Mac's QuickTime App to Edit Video and Audio Files

If you have a single media file you want to rearrange, you can also use QuickTime for that Open the media file, and then drag the “play head” on the playback bar to a location in the file. Click Edit > Split Clip and the currently selected clip (the full media file, by default) will be split into two halves. You can continue doing this to create multiple, smaller clips.

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