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20 Nifty Gadgets, Devices, and Tech for College Students

Your college years will be some of the best years in your entire life, but they can also be quite stressful. Not only do you have coursework to deal with, you also need to juggle activities, relationships, and the whole process of growing up into a responsible adult. For the most part, you can do… read more »

Take Ownership of Any Windows File With This Nifty Shortcut

Have you ever tried to open a file or folder on your computer and received an “Access Denied” error? Even if you’re the only user on your PC, this error still pops up at times and is frustrating to deal with. Taking ownership of the file in question solves the issue, but takes a few… read more »

This Nifty Windows 10 Trick Frees Up Disk Space

One perk of Windows 10 is the easy ability to save apps and media to an external hard drive or SD card. If you’re running short of space on your main drive, you can shift apps and media to an external storage device and free up some much needed space. Prepare Your External Drive Before… read more »

Windows 10 Tablet Users: Enable This Nifty New Feature Right Now

While the mouse was the dominant form of cursor control on a computer for years, it’s not the only option anymore. Laptops include touchpads in lieu of a mouse, and many Windows devices ship with touchscreens as well. If you’re using Windows 10 on a tablet device, you can get the best of both methods… read more »

5 Nifty Ways to Use DNS to Your Advantage

With the internet getting ever faster it can be easy to forget about the structure behind it. Away from the physical infrastructure of cables, telephone lines, and routers, a digital structure exists that directs all your traffic around the web. One of the most underappreciated parts of that digital infrastructure is the Domain Name System (DNS)…. read more »

A Nifty Way to Discover New Content on YouTube

With hundreds of hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, there’s a lot of great content you might be missing out on. You can subscribe to specific users to make sure you don’t miss out on their content, but what about users you aren’t even aware of? YouTube actually makes it possible to subscribe… read more »

Google Search Has a Nifty New Trick for Artists

One of the cool things about Google is that they’re always adding small tricks and features to their services, especially to the search engine. We’ve even written an entire guide to all of these Google tricks. And not long ago, they added yet another one: a color converter that you can use for web design,… read more »

8 Nifty Windows Folder Tricks You Have to Know

Look after your folders and they’ll look after you — use these tips to get a head start! Anyone who uses a computer will likely have to use folders on a daily basis. They’re meant to keep the many files we store on our systems organized, but they can only accomplish that task if they’re… read more »

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