| Island gigantism (also called insular gigantism) is a biological phenomenon wherein the size of an animal on an island increases significantly compared to its relatives on the mainland. The primary theory for this phenomenon is that smaller animals can more easily travel to islands, and by escaping the larger mainland predators who cannot easily follow them, they also escape the evolutionary pressure to remain small and agile.  | |
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| E-Nag is a slang term used to describe individuals who persistently annoy/torment others with a constant stream of email, instant messages, etc. without giving the recipients adequate time to properly respond. | |
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| ClearType is font-smoothing technology built into Windows to help make text more readable on LCD monitors. If your text is looking a little blurry, tweaking your ClearType settings can definitely help. | |
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| Whether you want to document a family holiday or aspire to shoot for National Geographic, there are some simple things you can do to take better travel photos. | |
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| How many times have you migrated to a new computer, or reinstalled Windows, and lost all the little settings in your Windows programs that you had finally tweaked perfectly? | |
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| Windows 10’s Cortana virtual assistant allows you to set reminders with your voice, by typing them into the Cortana box on your taskbar, or from the Sticky Notes app. But these reminders will normally only pop up when you’re at your computer, making them easy to miss. | |
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| Geeks love keyboard shortcuts—they’re often faster than clicking everything with your mouse. We've previously covered Chrome and other browsers support many keyboard shortcuts, and Chrome lets you assign your own keyboard shortcuts to extensions you’ve installed. | |
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| Are there particular Terminal commands you find yourself running several time a day? Do you wish you could trigger them quickly, with just a keystroke? | |
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| Apple’s TV app, which recently appeared on iOS devices and Apple TV, is meant to help users discover and watch shows across an increasingly expanding lineup of television channels, as well as iTunes movies and shows, in one central app. | |
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| Hidden features are cool. If you like to mod, tweak, or otherwise personalize your device, hidden menus and settings are like a playground—all sorts of neat stuff can be found behind a door that you may not even realize is there! Android’s fantastic Nova Launcher has one of those doors. | |
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| Fields in LibreOffice Writer allow you to add data that changes to a document, such as the current date or total number of pages in a document, and to insert and calculate formulas. By default, fields are highlighted in gray. | |
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| If you use a company-owned PC, you may have seen a legal notice displayed before you sign in to Windows. Here’s how you can do the same thing on your own PC and display a message with any text you want. | |
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| Snapchat is a chat app and social network that's super popular with millennials and teens. It's main feature is that every "Snap" (aka photo or video) is automatically deleted after a certain amount of time. | |
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| Windows PCs have historically had worse touchpads than Macs. Microsoft is trying to fix this problem with “precision touchpads”, but not every PC manufacturer is on board. Some PCs ship with precision touchpads, but others include older, traditional technology instead. | |
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