You Can Still Get Windows 10 for Free from Microsoft’s Accessibility Site

The free Windows 10 upgrade offer may technically be over, but it isn’t 100% gone. Microsoft still provides a free Windows 10 upgrade to anyone who checks a box saying they use assistive technologies on their computer. This offer will end at some point, but Microsoft hasn’t announced when.

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Geek Trivia: The Best Selling PC Game Of All Time Is?

The Best Selling PC Game Of All Time Is?

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How to Browse and Play Terabytes of Retro Games From Your Couch With Kodi

Ever wish you could browse a massive collection of retro video games, from your couch, and start playing anything without getting up? If you’ve got a home theater PC with both Kodi and RetroArch installed, this dream setup could be yours.

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How to Mute Group Conversations on Facebook (Temporarily or Permanently)

It happens to the best of us. You’re minding your own business and then bam–somebody adds you to a group Facebook chat for planning the office potluck, spamming your inbox with constant nofications. Here’s how to put a lid on them.

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How to Order Almost Anything from Amazon Using the Amazon Echo

Recently Amazon added the functionality to order almost any product it offers through the Amazon Echo. Here’s how to set it up and begin doing some online shopping with nothing but your voice.

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Geek Trivia: The Only TV Show In US History To Be Canceled Mid-Broadcast Was?

The Only TV Show In US History To Be Canceled Mid-Broadcast Was?

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How to Create and Modify Signatures in Apple Mail on macOS

Among Apple Mail’s many and varied features is the ability to define and set signatures so that your email is appended with your favorite quote, out-of-office announcements, or contact information.

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How to Hook an External Drive Up to Android TV

Android TV is an excellent set-top box platform, but many of the units available on the market today have extremely limited storage. As the ATV catalog grows, users are going to want to install more apps than ever before, even if you don’t consider the newer, space-eating games. The good news is that you can actually expand the storage on your Android TV box.

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How to Open Google Chrome Settings in a Separate Window

When you access Chrome’s settings, they are opened in a new tab. If you tend to have a lot of tabs open and don’t want the settings to open on yet another tab, you can have the settings open in a new window instead. We’ll show you how.

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How to Transfer Contacts Between Google Accounts

Google provides no way to automatically sync contacts between two different Google accounts. Instead, you’ll have to perform a manual two-step process where you export your contacts from one account to a comma-separated values (CSV) file, then import contacts from that file into your second account. Here’s how to get it done.

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How to Easily Boost Your Cell Phone Signal at Home

Poor signal strength could be your carrier’s fault, or it could be because of signal-blocking materials in your home’s walls. Whatever the cause, you can boost that signal and get the maximum number of bars at home. Or, better yet, just use Wi-Fi calling on a modern phone.

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What Is the About:Blank Page in Web Browsers For?

While most people prefer to use a specific webpage as the home page in their web browser, others have chosen to use about:blank instead. Is about:blank simply a blank webpage or does it have a special purpose? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions.

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How to Automatically Start Recording with Manything Whenever a Door or Window Opens

With Manything, you can turn an old smartphone into a home security camera and have it start recording whenever motion is detected. However, if you have pets, the motion feature sort of goes out the window. By using sensors from SmartThings or Wink and pairing it with IFTTT, you can have Manything only record whenever a door or window opens.

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Geek Trivia: Cryptozoologists Are Focused On The Study Of What?

Cryptozoologists Are Focused On The Study Of What?

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How to Erase Your iOS Device After Too Many Failed Passcode Attempts

When someone tries to access your iPhone or iPad by guessing the passcode, it will initially lock them out, increasing each interval with each failed attempt. You can however, set it up so that it fully erases your device after 10 failed attempts.

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How to Transfer Bookmarks from Safrai to Chrome on iOS

Chrome for iOS may never outperform Safari, but it has still become a solid browser alternative with some nice extra features all its own. The trouble is, when you install Chrome for iOS, there’s no way to directly import bookmarks from Safari into Chrome. For that, you’ll have take a few steps and even get your desktop computer involved.

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How to Share a Google Calendar with Other People

We all lead busy lives, and keeping track of appointments and events is key to maintaining your sanity. Lots of people use Google Calendar to manage their schedules, which means it’s very useful to share some of your calendars with other people, like co-workers or family members.

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How to Change Themes on Samsung Galaxy Devices

With its modern handsets, Samsung has done a lot to remove the “ugly” stigma that has been attached to its Touchwiz user interface since…well, the dawn of Touchwiz. But if you still don’t like it, you can change it.

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One Year Later: Did Microsoft Listen to Windows 10 Complaints?

Windows 10 is an odd beast. It’s a worthy upgrade to Windows 7, and a big improvement from Windows 8. But Microsoft made quite a few decisions people weren’t happy about. So, a year into Windows 10, with a new update on the way, we ask: Did Microsoft listen to the complaints?

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How to Remove the Optical Drive from an Older 2007-2009 iMac

Whether you need to replace your optical drive or swap it out with a solid-state drive, here’s how to remove the DVD drive from an older iMac.

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Geek Trivia: People Suffering From Psychopathy Frequently Have Impairments in What Physical Sense?

People Suffering From Psychopathy Frequently Have Impairments in What Physical Sense?

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How to Create Time-Saving “Hot Corner” Shortcuts on Your Mac

Hot Corners are one of macOS’s unheralded features. You may use a Mac every day and not even know hot corners exist, but they’re handy: with them, you can mouse over any corner of your screen to instantly activate routine functions, like the screensaver, launchpad, or showing the desktop.

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How to Save Searches in Windows for Quick Access Later

If you regularly search for certain files in Windows, saving searches is a great way to access them more quickly than retyping the search every time. Saving searches is especially useful if you often perform more advanced searches, or search by combinations of date range, file type, or keywords.

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