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How to Protect your Laptop from a Theft

When you’re on the go, the last thing you want to think about is losing your laptop and its data to a thief or a hacker. Your laptop’s data can be hacked from a variety of sources if left unprotected, and the physical equipment may not be totally secured in a hotel room. This gives you no choice except to carry your laptop around with you at all times. According to studies, lost or…
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How to Care for Your Laptop's Battery

In the past, the laptops usually came with a removable battery that could be easily replaced in the case of failure. However, with time, things have changed, and more and more laptops come with a built-in battery that can only be replaced with the assistance of the computer repair shops, which ultimately makes this change much more expensive, and keeping your battery alive and well more important…
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How to Improve Gaming Performance on a Laptop

Generally speaking, laptops are not the best tools for gaming. However, we are aware that many (if not most) of our readers use laptops for “daily driving”, hence today’s article is about how to improve gaming performance on a laptop. When we say that laptops should not be your weapon of choice if you’re a “ride or die” gamer, we refer to the fact that heat is pretty difficult to…
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How to Clean a Laptop Keyboard

According to so-called experts who never played World of Warcraft for 16 hours straight, a computer keyboard is one of the filthiest things on Earth, and the same goes for a laptop keyboard. And by filthy, we mean dirtier than the toilet seat; now, that would make sense if you’re the type of person who takes his laptop to the bathroom on a regular basis, but we’re not judging here. Today’s…
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How to Clean a Laptop Screen. Everything You Need to Know

If you’re reading this article, it’s very probable you’re already having a problem with your filthy laptop. The good news is that today’s “how to” also works for TV owners, i.e. the same theory/practice goes to laptops and TV sets, as both are LCD screens (the vast majority of them anyway). So, what you have here is a “two for the price of one” kind of a deal. Tips and Tricks for…
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How to Improve CPU Performance

The Central Processing Unit, or CPU, is undeniably the heart of the computer. Knowing how to improve CPU performance is thus useful no matter what problems you might be having with your computer, and to avert problems that are building up in the pipeline. While all manufacturers claim their product is the best, even the best specific-purpose products need to be tailored to your needs. Even the…
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How to Build a Laptop

When it comes to laptops, you can either buy a pre-configured laptop or build a custom one. Pre-configured laptops come with specifications that are meant to appeal to a large segment of the market. They are manufactured in bulk and are the ones you’ll see on most store shelves. You can buy these quickly and start using them immediately. Custom-built laptops are a different story. Can you build…
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