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Elite: Dangerous impressions: Finding home in the vast emptiness of space
Here I am, sitting in a tin can... in a mind bogglingly large space sim.
How to install Microsoft fonts in Linux office suites
If you open a Microsoft Office document in LibreOffice or OpenOffice, you’ll need Microsoft’s fonts installed on your Linux system to see the documents as they were intended to look.
AMD hopes to squeeze Carrizo into more laptops with a plug-and-play board design
AMD's barely present in the laptop market right now, but the company plans to change that with a new chip and components strategy
2014 in review: The year in Android
2014 was a heck of a year for the Android operating system. From the release of Lollipop to executive shakeups, we recount some of the year's biggest stories.
Turn your house into a smart home – on a budget
A fully functioning smart home isn't science fiction. From Nest to NAS, these are the tools that bring it within reach.
Nvidia GRID hands-on: Smooth-streaming PC games (under ideal conditions)
After years of prognostications about cloud gaming that have never quite panned out, GRID is an exciting proposition.
LG 55EC9300 curved OLED HDTV review: Stunning image quality, but no 4K
Despite the absence of 4K support, I found no trouble with this curve.
The top 10 memes, viral videos, and online goings-on that defined 2014
What was it for you—Kitten Jam? The Ice Bucket Challenge? Relive some of the hottest happenings on the Internet from the past year.
Helpdesk Skills: Not sounding phony on the phone
Over-scripting customer service calls can turn them into something a support session should never be: robotic. Here's how to keep the humanity in support calls.
These giant, missile-shaped devices carry the Internet across oceans
Optical submarine repeaters are big missile-shaped devices that lie along undersea cables carrying nearly all of the world's Internet traffic. We go inside the NEC plant that makes them.
Samsung tips its hand ahead of CES, announces new wireless speakers and sound bars
In addition to wider sound bars, we’ll see a pair of new table-top speakers.
Microsoft's reported 'Spartan' browser will be lighter, more flexible than Internet Explorer
'Spartan could spell the future of Microsoft's browser technology: fewer compatibility issues, more multi-platform friendliness. It will reportedly launch alongside Internet Explorer as part of Windows 10.
Amazon's three top-selling computers for the holidays were... Chromebooks
What shoppers seem to want is a cheap, sub-$300 laptop. Chromebooks fit the bill, but supercheap Windows PCs like HP's Stream are also selling very well.
Tor, TrueCrypt, Tails topped the NSA's 'most wanted' in 2012, per newly revealed Snowden leaks
Germany's Der Spiegel published the new cache, which also shows the NSA struggled to fit all its surveillance data into Excel spreadsheets.
Take precautions when using public Wi-Fi networks
When you take your laptop to a library or café, you take a risk. But if you know what you're doing, you can minimize that risk.
The best Android Wear apps of 2014
Google's wearable platform is off to a great start with apps like these.
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