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Do you use Google’s Chrome web browser?
If so, you’ve probably noticed a new “Reading List” link over on the right side of Chrome’s Bookmarks Bar.
If you’re unfamiliar with it, “Reading List” is a place where you can store links to web pages that you want to read at a later date/time.
I’m sure there are plenty of people who like and use this new feature, but I don’t know any of them.
If you’ve been using Microsoft Windows for a while you’re probably quite familiar with Windows Updates.
These periodic updates to the Windows operating system do everything from patching newly-discovered security holes to adding entirely new features the OS.
Unfortunately, they also occasionally cause problems and one of the latest updates to Windows 10 is causing a big one.
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As you probably know by now, replacing the hard drive in your laptop with an SSD is an easy way to put your machine into overdrive.
Simply put, Solid State Drives are virtual speed demons when compared to even the fastest spinning hard drives.
But unfortunately, those wishing to make this awesome upgrade faced a problem…
Making the switch from a slow spinning hard drive to a speedy SSD meant giving up a ton of storage space.
Well, guess what? That problem has virtually disappeared.
I’ve been answering questions on here for several years now, and as you might expect some questions tend to get asked over and over on there.
For example, I recently answered the following question (for the third time) over there:
“How can I select text to copy using a Windows tablet?”
Recording screencasts from a computer is a lot easier today than it was in times past.
There are plenty of great tools you can use to get the job done, but many people still have issues with the quality of the screencasts they record.
The good news is recording high quality screencasts from a computer isn’t really all that difficult.
Here are six things to consider if you want to record the highest quality screencasts you can possibly produce: [Read more…]