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Windows 10 Quick Tips – Snipping Tool

  Snipping Tool In my line of work a proper screenshot grabber is a necessary tool of the trade. Many people, however, only need to take a screenshot once in a while. And they don’t need all the bells and whistles that come along with a …

Quick Tip: No Sound from HDMI Display / TV

My laptop display was broken last night by accident. Now I connect my Ubuntu laptop to home TV using a HDMI cable for temporary use. However, there’s no sound output from HDMI device (TV in my case) by default. So here’s the quick tutorial show you …

Windows 10 Quick Tips – Schedule System Restore

  Schedule System Restore Points At Start Up System Restore Points are basically little snapshots of your current system state. Windows takes these snapshots on a regular basis and also when a big change is made to your computer, such as installing MS Office, for example. …

Windows 10 Quick Tips – Data Usage

  Data Usage Sometimes it is useful to know how much internet bandwidth you are using. This would be especially true if your ISP host is imposing a data cap. It might also come in handy if you suspect a rogue piece of software is misbehaving. …

A Quick Look at Elvish Shell

Everyone who comes to this site has some knowledge (no matter how slight) of the Bash shell that comes default of so many systems. There have been several attempts to create shells that solve some of the shortcomings of Bash that have appeared over the years. …

Fix: Quick Access Not Showing Recent Files In Windows 10

  Quick Access is a handy feature in Windows 10. It enables you quickly access recently opened files and frequently opened folders. Quick Access, with default settings, displays up to 10 frequent folders and 20 recently opened files. Recently, I noticed that the Quick Access window …

Qualcomm’s Quick Charge tech comes to wireless charging

Qualcomm expands fast charging tech to include wireless charging with Xiaomi among the first to adopt Almost all smartphones come with some kind of fast charging these days, whether it’s Motorola’s Turbo Charge or Oppo’s lightning quick SuperVOOC system. But thus far little attempt has been …