Over the years, Google's voice assistant has become significantly more powerful than it has been ever before, but it's unfortunately still not for everyone. For some it simply doesn't work well enough, for others the drain on battery life is unacceptable, and for some...
If you recently purchased or built a new PC, or upgraded an older PC, the most important thing to do aside from stress testing is to benchmark. Whereas stress testing helps ensure the PC is completely stable not only during idle but also during heavy load,...
As prices of last generation servers continue to decrease, internet speeds continue to increase, and NAS systems become much more feature rich, many people are now opting to setup their own home servers or NAS systems. If you don't own your own home server or NAS...
For anyone using a Windows PC, malware infections are simply a fact of life. Nefarious programmers have figured out ways to make money, destroy systems and make your life a living hell, and while it's difficult to completely prevent malware infections, it's important...
For many people, one of the biggest frustrations about setting up or configuring a router is simply finding the IP address of where it's located. While accompanying mobile apps in newer routers and mesh Wi-Fi systems have made this process significantly easier,...
It's an unfortunate yet inescapable fact of life that if you're on the internet, chances are you're being monitored in some way shape or form. While many websites have made the transition to HTTPS which has greatly improved security, HTTPS still allows anyone snooping...
Generally speaking, Steam download speeds are pretty good. Steam was originally built as a game distribution platform, so by design they're supposed to have a lot of capacity. For the most part, you should be able to max out your internet connection without any...
Using VLC Media Player Have you ever come across a great interview or a great gym soundtrack and want an easy way to separate the audio file into a MP3 to load onto your music player? Yup. We know you have and today we'll teach you how to do it with free open source...
When it comes to Wi-Fi, we don't really demand all that much. All we want is a good Wi-Fi signal with reasonable performance to watch funny cat videos in 4K. However, as you may know, in practice that's not always how things work. If poor Wi-Fi signals and slow speeds...
If you have an old router lying around and you have no idea what to do with it, one option is to turn it into a powerful wireless adapter, or wireless bridge, for your PC, home entertainment center, or anything else that requires a physical connection. This is...
