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How to Change the Screen Saver on the Chromecast with Google TV

The Chromecast with Google TV blends the concepts of Chromecast dongles and Android TV devices. That means they have both “Ambient Modeâ€� and screen savers. We’ll show you how to use both, which requires some digging. In order to merge Chromecast and Android TV, Google shifted a lot of stuff around. However, Google TV is […]

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Ekster’s Aluminum Cardholder Takes “Minimalist� to the Extreme – Review Geek

Rating: 9/10 ? 1 – Absolute Hot Garbage 2 – Sorta Lukewarm Garbage 3 – Strongly Flawed Design 4 – Some Pros, Lots Of Cons 5 – Acceptably Imperfect 6 – Good Enough to Buy On Sale 7 – Great, But Not Best-In-Class 8 – Fantastic, with Some Footnotes 9 – Shut Up And Take […]

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How to Create a Gantt Chart in Microsoft PowerPoint

A Gantt chart is a bar chart that shows the schedule of a project. Thankfully, Microsoft PowerPoint provides several Gantt chart templates for you to choose from. Here’s how to select a template and customize your Gantt chart. To get started, open the Microsoft PowerPoint application and select the “Newâ€� tab in the left-hand pane. […]

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How to Hide or Remove System Preference Panes on Mac

If you use a Mac, you’ve probably configured your machine with System Preferences, which includes individual configuration sections called “preference panes.â€� But few people know that you can easily hide or even remove those panes. Here’s how to do it. How to Hide Built-In System Preference Panes You can’t permanently remove macOS’s built-in System Preference […]

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Roku, Fire TV, or Chromecast? – Review Geek

At this point, the set top box market has settled on three major choices—or rather, two major choices and a dark horse. For most consumers who want something besides their smart TV’s built-in interface, or who are shopping for a new TV and want a widely supported UI baked in, you’ve got a choice between […]

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Calculated Properties in PowerShell Functions – CloudSavvy IT

Many times a returned property from an object in PowerShell may not be ideally named, or the value is not quite in the necessary format. For those instances, PowerShell has the calculated properties construct. This useful feature allows for modifying the returned value easily during select operations and quickly and easily return what’s needed in […]

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How to Make Calls from Windows 10 Using an Android Phone

Microsoft If your computer runs Windows 10 and you also have an Android phone, you should probably be using Microsoft’s Your Phone app. You can do a lot with it, including making and receiving phone calls on your PC. Let’s do it! What You’ll Need The Your Phone app is preinstalled on Windows 10 PCs. […]

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What Is “Binning� for Computer Components?

Vania Zhukevych/Shutterstock You might not realize it, but every time you purchase a new desktop CPU, you also get a ticket for a giveaway called the “silicon lottery.â€� Two CPUs of the same model can perform differently when pushed to their limits thanks to something called “CPU binning.â€� What Is Binning? Binning is a sorting […]

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