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Kingston XS2000 portable SSD review: Fast and reliable!

Kingston XS2000 portable SSD review: Fast and reliable!

  • review
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 05.01.2022
Nowadays, there are more and more portable solid-state drives coming out on the market. And Kingston is one of the major players in this niche. Recently, they launched a fast model called the XS2000, an external SSD that promises speeds of up to 2000MBps, small...
How to change the Windows 11 theme

How to change the Windows 11 theme

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 04.01.2022
A Windows theme is a collection of settings that alters visual and sound aspects of your operating system. When you change the Windows 11 theme, you can modify several elements (background, color, sound, and mouse cursor) simultaneously, so this is an easy and impactful way...
18 ways to open Settings in Windows 11

18 ways to open Settings in Windows 11

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 03.01.2022
The Windows 11 Settings app is the go-to place if you want to control how your operating system looks and works. While many of the methods to open Settings in Windows 11 are the same as in Windows 10, the app is quite different, offering...
ASUS VivoWatch 5 review: a health tracker with personality

ASUS VivoWatch 5 review: a health tracker with personality

  • review
  • Tudor Dan
  • 03.01.2022
ASUS has recently released its latest health-and fitness-oriented smartwatch, the VivoWatch 5. It’s a feature-rich device, with excellent battery life and a good-looking, stainless steel body. I was lucky enough to be one of the first to test it, and after two weeks of use,...
How to play music with the Groove Music app for Windows

How to play music with the Groove Music app for Windows

  • tutorial
  • Tudor Dan
  • 30.12.2021
Groove Music is a music player app that was first introduced in Windows 10. The Groove Music app is useful for many users: it is one of the best Windows apps ever created and, with it, you can play your locally stored mp3 library, or...
How to set app permissions in Windows 10

How to set app permissions in Windows 10

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 29.12.2021
Just like Android and iOS, Windows 10 has a built-in feature called App permissions. Maybe you’ve heard about permissions and have an idea of what they do, but do you know exactly how to get to them and how to set app permissions in Windows...
9 ways to open PowerShell in Windows (including as administrator)

9 ways to open PowerShell in Windows (including as administrator)

  • tutorial
  • Tudor Dan
  • 22.12.2021
Many IT professionals use PowerShell to manage Windows computers and devices and to execute administrative tasks of all kinds. Before you can use PowerShell in Windows 11 and Windows 10, you first need to know how to start it. That's why we made a list...
How to buy and redeem Xbox Gift Cards and games from Amazon

How to buy and redeem Xbox Gift Cards and games from Amazon

  • misc
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 21.12.2021
Do you want to buy an Xbox Gift Card from Amazon and redeem it on your Xbox account to purchase games from Microsoft Store? Or maybe you wish to purchase digital Xbox games from Amazon and redeem them on your Xbox console? You can also...
How to Run as administrator in Windows 11: 11 ways

How to Run as administrator in Windows 11: 11 ways

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 20.12.2021
To run as administrator in Windows 11 means launching an application with elevated privileges. To prevent unauthorized changes to the operating system, Windows 11 apps and games start, by default, with standard permissions, but there are certain programs, like security software, that require admin rights...
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 review: Ultra graphics quality

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 review: Ultra graphics quality

  • review
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 17.12.2021
The best graphics cards for gamers today are based on Nvidia’s RTX 3090 GPU, and one of the finest implementations is ASUS’ TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090. We got it a few weeks ago, and since then, we’ve tested it, benchmarked it, and played some...
How to save your EU Digital COVID Certificate on Android devices

How to save your EU Digital COVID Certificate on Android devices

  • tutorial
  • Tudor Dan
  • 16.12.2021
The EU Digital COVID Certificate is your digital proof that either you’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, received a negative test result, or recently recovered from COVID-19. All EU states provide you with such a certificate as a PDF file, which you can print and carry...
3 ways to change the wallpaper on your Android smartphone

3 ways to change the wallpaper on your Android smartphone

  • tutorial
  • Tudor Dan
  • 15.12.2021
While you might not realize it, you see the wallpaper on your Android smartphone more often than any other image. So it makes sense to be picky about it and change it when you get bored with the old one, when you see something more...
Windows 11 vs. Windows 10 on 12th Gen Intel Core processors

Windows 11 vs. Windows 10 on 12th Gen Intel Core processors

  • misc
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 14.12.2021
The Intel Core processors from the 12th generation (Alder Lake) are looking like some of the best CPUs released by Intel in the last couple of years. The new architecture brews together powerful performance cores with slower but more efficient cores, promising to deliver top-notch...
How to change the background on Windows 11: 6 ways

How to change the background on Windows 11: 6 ways

  • tutorial
  • Diana Ann Roe
  • 13.12.2021
Are you wondering how to change the wallpaper on Windows 11? Microsoft’s default choice for the Windows 11 background is beautiful and elegant. However, changing the wallpaper in Windows 11 is what makes your computer or device truly unique. And you see the Windows 11...
Xiaomi Mi Watch review: a sturdy fitness smartwatch

Xiaomi Mi Watch review: a sturdy fitness smartwatch

  • review
  • Tudor Dan
  • 13.12.2021
The Xiaomi Mi Watch is an interesting device: it’s advertised as a smartwatch, but it has a lot of features and tools usually available on fitness bands. The price of this smartwatch is great, around 100 USD at the time of the review, and the...