| The first patented roller skates were introduced in 1760 by Dutch-Belgian inventor John Joseph Merlin; his invention closely resembled modern in-line skates as he essentially took ice skates and put small wheels where the blades would go.  | |
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| In the context of data centers, Free Cooling refers to the use of naturally cool air (or water in some cases) found in some geographical locations to aid in cooling the interior of the buildings and help reduce energy consumption. | |
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| Snapchat’s “Lenses” feature can make all kinds of silly alterations to your Snaps. If you've ever seen a photo of a friend with cute, cartoon-esque dog ears or "face-swapping" with someone else, it was a Snapchat Lens. | |
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| Windows HomeGroups are great for setting up quick and easy sharing on home and small business networks. Here’s what you need to know to use them. | |
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| If you are new to using Linux, then many of the commands and variations thereof may seem a bit confusing. Take the “echo” command, for example. Why do people use it when installing software? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a new Linux user’s question. | |
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| If using a remote to turn on your TV is too old school for you, here's how to use the Amazon Echo to turn on your television using your voice with a little help from Logitech's Harmony Hub. | |
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| The Roku Channel Store offers hundreds of video sources, not to mention the hidden channels you can find around the web. Keep adding things, and eventually you’ll have way more channels than you can navigate quickly. Isn’t there some way to move your favorites, like Netflix and PBS, toward the top? | |
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| Getting hands-on time with apps, games, and other software before they’re technically ready for prime time can be fun. And it’s not only cool for you, but your feedback also helps the developers fine tune the experience on multiple devices and under varying sets of circumstances. Google gets this, so it actually has a special section of the Play Store just for early release software. | |
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| Word processing programs have rulers that help you position elements in your documents, such as text, graphics, and tables. LibreOffice displays the horizontal ruler by default and has a vertical ruler available for display. We’ll show you how to show and hide both rulers. | |
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| In the Windows XP days, changing the icon for a specific file type—such as TXT or PNG—was easy. But since Windows 7, you’ve actually had to do some Registry hacking to make it happen. Here’s a great little freeware utility that makes it much faster and easier. | |
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| Apple's top end MacBook Pros come with two graphics chips: an integrated Intel Iris Pro chip and a discrete graphics card with more power. That way, you can use the integrated chip when you need better battery life, and the more powerful graphics card when you’re editing video or playing games. | |
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| The Windows 10 Creators Update–also known as Redstone 2–is due to hit PCs in April, 2017. Like other updates to Windows 10, it’s free, and includes a host of new features. | |
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