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5 niche Windows 11 apps that you should install on day one

Microsoft PowerToys is an official power-user toolkit from Microsoft that adds a ton of advanced functionality to Windows 11. It serves as a one-stop solution for adding many useful features to the ...

Breathe New Life Into Your Old Laptops With This DIY Solution

Older laptops can easily be converted to DIY Chromebooks via the use of ChromeOS Flex. The OS is free and easy to install, ...
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How to run almost any Windows app on Linux

Most Windows programs don't run on Linux, and those that do usually have special versions that are compiled specifically for ...

I refuse to use a new Android phone without installing this free app first

Thankfully, a free Android app solves this problem, and it's the first app I install on any new Android phone that I set up.

One UI 8.5 internal testing goes live for a long list of Galaxy devices

Samsung has started internal One UI 8.5 testing for the following models: Galaxy S26 Ultra Galaxy S25 Ultra Galaxy S25 Edge Galaxy S24 Ultra ...
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Secure Offline: A Hardware-Bound Cryptographic Framework for Software License Validation in Internet Constrained Educational Environments ()

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...