Sunday, November 16, 2014

5 New Articles on MakeUseOf

How To Have A Perfectly Productive Home Office
Hooked On Music: 20 Of The Catchiest Songs Ever On YouTube [Weird & Wonderful Web]
8 Email Security Tips You Can Share With Friends & Colleagues
What Is NVIDIA G-SYNC Technology And Will It Revolutionize Gaming?
How To Install New Windows 10 Preview Builds Without Issues

How To Have A Perfectly Productive Home Office

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 06:30 PM PST

Working from home can be a fantastic experience. It saves you money, and it allows you to be in control of your own work. Of course, in order to make working from home work for you, you need to make sure maximize productivity with a properly designed office. Think you can’t pull it off? The infographic here will show you how to work from home while actually gaining productivity. It’s a win-win! Via TinyPrints Click To Enlarge

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Hooked On Music: 20 Of The Catchiest Songs Ever On YouTube [Weird & Wonderful Web]

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 05:30 PM PST

Music is an essential part of most people’s lives. There have been millions of songs released over the years, many of which are utterly forgettable. However, there are a select few which remain forever memorable thanks to a catchy, instantly recognizable opening. These are the earworms that burrow their way into your head and refuse to leave. You may not like them living inside your head, but they will insist on remaining buried deep within your mushy gray matter just waiting for an opportunity to reassert themselves. Hooked On Music Hooked On Music is a science experiment masquerading as a...

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8 Email Security Tips You Can Share With Friends & Colleagues

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 11:00 AM PST

Email isn’t a secure medium—it comes with risks, both to your privacy and to your computer. Okay. Now that’s out of the way, we can get onto eight tips that anyone—no matter how tech savvy—can use for increasing their email security. Send them to your family, friends, colleagues, or anyone else who needs to increase their email security! Choose a Good Password This should be obvious, but there are a lot of people out there who still have their kids’ names or their birthdates as their passwords. If your password is this simple, it’s not going to be hard to...

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What Is NVIDIA G-SYNC Technology And Will It Revolutionize Gaming?

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 08:00 AM PST

When a company like NVIDIA announced that it was working on a technology called G-SYNC that would reside in computer monitors, we had to take notice. NVIDIA sits at the forefront of the graphics we see in video games. It designs the technology used in some of the most popular graphics processors, pushing gaming graphics to a higher level. So, it’s hard not to pay attention to NVIDIA’s G-SYNC technology. Of course, like any new technology, this one is a little confusing. We’re here to explain exactly what G-SYNC is, what you need to use it, and whether it’s something...

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How To Install New Windows 10 Preview Builds Without Issues

Posted: 15 Nov 2014 07:30 AM PST

A new Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9879 was released a few days ago. We’ll show you how to get new builds automatically, upgrade manually, prevent errors, and where to download new ISO images. Several new features in this Windows 10 build are based on direct user feedback. You can now disable the new Taskbar buttons Search and Task View, animations have been improved, Snap Assist works across multiple monitors, and OneDrive has selective sync. The Windows Blog covers the full changes in Build 9879 in detail. Apparently, this is also the last major update for 2014. How Do I...

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