Sometimes we all need is to put the little screen on the big screen. Here’s how to do it. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll show you how to connect your laptop to a TV so you can watch Netflix, view your vacation photos, and display other content on the bigContinue Reading
USB, or — Universal Serial Bus to give it its full title — has been around since 1996. The now ubiquitous technology is built into innumerable electronic devices, including smartphones, computers, game consoles, and eBook readers, to name just a few. It wasn’t always like this; those of us longContinue Reading
SSDs don’t live forever. Just like a hard drive, an SSD has a limited lifespan, denoted (most commonly) by the number of terabytes of data that can be written to it (TBW). Most SSDs have TBW ratings that will take you 5 to 6 years to reach, even with unrealistic amountsContinue Reading
Make sure you recognize the devices with active access to your email, photos, and other files. If you live in a more populated area, you likely check your doors before bed to make sure they’re locked. The same idea is worthwhile to apply to your vital online accounts, too—verifying thatContinue Reading
Consumer confidence in Intel’s processor lineup is at an all-time low due to the well-publicized issues with the long-term reliability of the chipmaker’s 13th and 14th-generation Core processors. Unless you’re a hardcore PC hardware enthusiast who keeps close tabs on new CPU tech, it’s not easy making the jump fromContinue Reading
If you’ve ever needed to store your work or personal documents, then you’re probably familiar with a USB flash drive. However, these devices can do a lot more than what the majority of people use them for. As technology for these devices continues to evolve, they’ve gotten more use cases. IfContinue Reading
Dell and HP are two of the biggest laptop brands for good reason. They both make plenty of great PCs, and whether you’re buying a laptop for school, work, gaming, everyday productivity, or all of the above, you’ll find lots of good machines from both brands. Seriously, no brand isContinue Reading
Google is testing a new feature in Chrome on Android called ‘Tab Strip Group Drag Drop Android,’ which allows users to drag and drop entire tab groups, not just reorder them within the same tab strip. This experimental feature, available behind a flag, makes it possible to move tab groups betweenContinue Reading
When looking for a new laptop, there is a seemingly never-ending sea of acronyms and jargon terms to contend with to find the right computer for your needs. Along with the processor (CPU) and graphics card (GPU), you also need to ensure you have enough random-access memory (RAM) to comfortably runContinue Reading
With Google’s Android platform, what’s old is about to be new again — numerous times over. Credit: OpenClipart-Vectors/Google/JR Raphael As we look ahead to a whole new year of green-tinted Googley goodness, I’m feeling both guardedly excited — and curiously like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day. Google’s got someContinue Reading