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No, Closing Background Apps on Your iPhone or iPad Won't Make It Faster

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If you ever wondered why the Power Rangers always seemed slightly different in their suits versus their street clothes, wonder no more; the U.S.-based show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers featured U.S. actors for voice acting and unmasked scenes, but extensive footage from the Japanese shows Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, Gosei Sentai Dairanger, and Ninja Sentai Kakuranger for the battle scenes.

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rmdir is a Windows, Linux, Unix, and DOS command that will remove an empty directory (folder).

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No, Closing Background Apps on Your iPhone or iPad Won’t Make It Faster

Despite what you may have heard, closing apps on your iPhone or iPad won’t speed it up. But iOS does allow apps to run in the background sometimes, and you can manage that in a different way.

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How to Use Rules to Manage Your Outlook.com Email

If you are an Outlook.com user, you may be interested to know that setting up rules to manage your incoming and outgoing emails can make your life a whole lot simpler.

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Does Keeping Windows 7 Updated Make Anti-Virus Software Unnecesary?

If you are new to computing, you may wonder if having anti-virus software is really necessary if you keep your system updated. Are updates alone enough to keep a system secure? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post discusses the situation to help a new computer user make the right decision.

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How to Make Text Larger and More Readable on Android

Let’s face it, no matter how good the screens are on our phones and tablets, the text is just too darn tiny if you have weak eyesight.

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How to Enable Automatic Security Updates on Ubuntu Server

There’s nothing more tedious as a system administrator than running security updates on a dozen servers every single day. Luckily Ubuntu will let you automate stable security updates so you’re never at risk.

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Why You Shouldn't Use MAC Address Filtering On Your Wi-Fi Router

MAC address filtering allows you to define a list of devices and only allow those devices on your Wi-Fi network. That’s the theory, anyway. In practice, this protection is tedious to set up and easy to breach.

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