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The Best GPS Devices
The death of the dedicated GPS device has been greatly exaggerated. Sure, today’s mobile devices integrate talented—and a lot of times, free—navigation apps, but not everyone wants to use a phone...
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Kickstarter Tech Project of the Week: Melon
Project Name: Melon: A Headband and Mobile App to Measure Your Focus Category: Product Design Goal: $100,000 Currently Funded: $109,397 Deadline for pledging: June 13, 2013 Are you more productive at...
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How to Buy a GPS
It’s a great time to buy a GPS device. The category has fully matured, and competition from nav-equipped smartphones has helped drive prices way, way down. As a result, you can...
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How to Create a Restore Point in Windows
I’ve run into it more times than I care to remember: A friend calls upon my aid because he’s bollixed his PC by unknowingly installing programs that, while they may not...
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7 Tips to Save iPhone Battery Life
As we rely on our smartphones more and more, battery life becomes an increasing concern. While the iPhone isn’t a horrible power hog, particularly in terms of standby time, there still...
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The Best Personal Finance Software
With the world in what seems to be a perpetual financial crisis these past few years, it’s tough to know where you, as an individual, actually stand with your money, unless...
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The Best Wireless Headphones
Thirty-four years. While stereo headphones were around before the first Sony Walkman, that’s roughly how long we’ve put up with tangled wires while listening to music on the go. That’s long...
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TV Broadcasters Embrace Mobility
As consumers go mobile and hunt for ways to take their favorite shows “on the go,” different players in the TV industry are approaching the problem (or opportunity) of mobility in...
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Star Trek: Your Favorites
This past week, PCMag ran a poll asking all the Trekkies out there to weigh in on their absolute favorite things about their favorite sci-fi franchise, Star Trek. Whatever the permutation,...
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The Best Free Antivirus Solutions
When it comes to viruses — and antivirus programs — the average computer user can’t really do much to defend against these threats. Antiviruses bundled with their computer usually don’t do...
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How to Delete Your YouTube Account
We get it. You want to get rid of YouTube and you want to do it right now. We’re not here to judge (although those videos from the company party you...
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Creating the Ultimate Gaming Lair
We know that there’s a heck of a lot more to PC gaming than just having a nice gaming rig. Surrounding your gaming PC is a small arsenal of accessories, designed...
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Shapeways Shifts Fashion
My name is Coco Rocha and I’m a high fashion model living in New York and working internationally. When I started modeling almost 10 years ago, very few of the top...
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How to Create a Windows 8 Backup Using File History
Everybody keeps harping on Windows 8 being only suitable for tablets, but, in truth, Microsoft’s latest desktop operating system brings some enticing new features for desktop users, too. My favorite is...
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Dear Microsoft: Windows 8 Is Great
Yes, you read that headline correctly and yes I wrote it. In this column I will extol the greatness of Windows 8 in an open letter to the company. You see,...
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Get Organized: Document Your Workflow
New employees and fresh faces in the workforce, including recent graduates, typically have extra time on their hands when they start a new job. Training might take weeks or months, and...
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Wireless Witch: DIY Wireless Extenders Put to the Test
Any time I review a wireless extender, some reader typically leaves a comment about just making a homemade extender to avoid paying for one. I finally decided to build my own...
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The Ultimate Star Trek Poll: The Captains, Cool Tech, and More
It’s been four long years since the last Star Trek film. The excitement is palpable now that we’re only one week away from re-entering the 23rd century in wunderkind JJ Abrams’...
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Kickstarter Tech Project of the Week: BRCK
Project Name: BRCK – your backup generator for the internet Category: Hardware Goal: $125,000 Currently Funded: $61,014 Deadline for pledging: June 4, 2013 Imagine a MiFi mobile hotspot that’s as tough...
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Trying Google Glass on for Size
Not long ago I called Google Glass a world-class hoax—though by hoax I never claimed they wouldn’t be manufactured. After trying them on for myself I can defend my initial theory...