- Customizing Your iPad
- Sep 25, 2012
- In this chapter, you learn how to change some of the settings on your iPad such as your background images, sounds, password, and how some apps behave.
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- Catching Up with PC Backup in 2012
- Sep 12, 2012
- What's the best backup regimen for your systems, now that online backup is dirt cheap, and disk drives even cheaper? Quick answer: Multiple backups.
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- Working with SSDs in Windows 7 and 8
- Aug 23, 2012
- Follow Ed Tittel's guidelines and dig into the various optimization guides he notes to make the most of your SSD switching experience.
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- Is 8-12 GB the "New Normal" for RAM Size, or Should You Go Bigger?
- Aug 16, 2012
- Upping the memory ceiling on Windows PCs is mostly a matter of choosing 8, 12, 16, or more GB. Find out about some important considerations and the uses to which this RAM will support.
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- Understanding iOS Location Services
- Jul 24, 2012
- This article untangles the mysterious nature of location services in Apple iOS.
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- My Kindle Fire: Using ES File Explorer (Video)
- Apr 17, 2012
- Jim Cheshire teaches you how to control of your Kindle Fire's file management using ES File Explorer; a handy utility lets you cut and copy, rename, search through, delete, and explore the properties of your Kindle's files and folders.
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- My Kindle Fire: Using LastPass (Video)
- Apr 16, 2012
- Jim Cheshire teaches you how to use LastPass, a convenient utility is a password manager that makes web browsing on your Kindle Fire easier and more secure.
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- How to Create a Wi-Fi Hotspot in Your Car (or Anywhere Around You) to Better Surf the Web
- Mar 22, 2012
- Jason R. Rich explains how to create a 4G mobile hotspot that can be accessed by any Apple iPhone or iPad to achieve Internet connectivity at speeds up to 10 times faster than a typical 3G wireless data connection.
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- Protecting Your Network from the Wi-Fi Protected Setup Security Hole
- Mar 12, 2012
- Even if you’ve encrypted and secured your wireless network with Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA or WPA2), a security hole affecting most wireless routers may make it fairly easy for those with the right tools to hack your network and connect. Eric Geier shows how to prevent this and protect your network.
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- A Look at the 64-Bit ARMv8 Architecture
- Feb 28, 2012
- ARM is the most popular 32-bit architecture in the world, but has only just begun the transition to 64-bit. David Chisnall discusses what we can expect from the upcoming 64-bit version of the architecture.
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- Reading on the Kindle Fire
- Feb 13, 2012
- In this chapter, you learn about ways that you can find content for your Kindle Fire and how to read and interact with that content. You also find out how you can search your Kindle Fire libraries.
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- Reading on Your NOOK Tablet and Beyond
- Feb 2, 2012
- This chapter shows how to read books and other e-content on your NOOK Tablet or Nook app on other platforms.
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- Rooting Your NOOK Simple Touch
- Jan 18, 2012
- Patrick Kanouse tells you how to install games, productivity, and thousands more apps that extend the features of your NOOK Simple Touch but also work with the E Ink touch interface.
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- Rooting Your NOOK Tablet
- Jan 18, 2012
- Patrick Kanouse describes the rooting process, with which you can turn your NOOK Tablet into a true tablet that unleashes more games, productivity, and entertainment apps.
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- Working with Photos and Video on your iPod Touch
- Jan 16, 2012
- In this chapter, you’ll explore all the photo and video functionality that the iPod touch has to offer.
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- Playing Music and Video on the Samsung Galaxy Tab
- Jan 12, 2012
- In this chapter, you learn how to get the most out of the media and entertainment capabilities of the Galaxy Tab.
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- My HTC Evo 3D: Audio and Video
- Jan 11, 2012
- In this chapter, you learn how to get the most out of the media and entertainment capabilities of the EVO 3D.
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- My iPhone: Connecting to the Internet, Bluetooth Devices, and iPhones/iPods/iPads
- Jan 5, 2012
- In this chapter, you explore how to connect your iPhone to the Internet and to other iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads.
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- Transform Your iPhone into a Personal Trainer and Weight Loss Coach
- Jan 4, 2012
- Jason R. Rich explores a handful of apps that can be used to help people enhance and track their workout routines, count calories, and/or monitor their diets.
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- Ten Tricks for Using Siri on Your iPhone 4S
- Jan 2, 2012
- Jason R. Rich discusses 10 functions that Siri can handle, such as adding punctuation while in dictation mode, performing mathematical calculations, calling relatives by their titles, and searching for information on the web.
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