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Android and Windows 10 work well enough together, but pairing a new Samsung Galaxy phone (or a Surface Duo) with a Windows 10 PC unlocks a set of additional features that rival the integration between a Mac and an iPhone.
Here's a list of the apps and services I use day in and day out. It's an eclectic mix of desktop apps and browser-based tools, with some essential media players thrown in for good measure.
You can buy a month's worth of quality web hosting from a well-established service provider for less than the price of a grande cappuccino. What's the catch? You'll have to research a bit to make accurate long-term comparisons of the competing offerings. That's where our Buyer's Guide can help.
First, choose your preferred backup strategy from our three options, based on your own personal preference and practicality. Then follow our step-by-step guide to achieving peace of mind. What do you have to lose?
You have plenty of choices for keeping your data safe from disasters, with options to save to local drives or the cloud. Some are even free, but beware of the upsells.
Everyone needs a password manager. It's the only way to maintain unique, hard-to-guess credentials for every secure site you and your team access daily. If you're willing to pay a monthly or annual fee, these six options are worth it.
A clean install is the ultimate troubleshooting technique, but it's also the best way to repurpose a device you no longer need or to get a fresh start. By my count, there are four ways to do a clean install. Here are the pros and cons of each.
Microsoft is about to release its next big semi-annual update. What's in it, how long will it take to install, and should you install it now? I've got some answers.
These small but powerful apps for Windows 10 are free and useful.
The rules for creating passwords are simple: Use a random combination of numbers, symbols, and mixed-case letters; never reuse passwords; turn on 2FA, and use a password manager. Here's why you can't afford not to. Plus: Answers to common objections.
Instead of replacing a big old tower PC with an equally massive new one, why not choose one of these four alternatives?
My very first post appeared on ZDNet 15 years ago this week. To mark the occasion, I fired up the Wayback Machine and traveled back in time to February 2006. It was a different world.
Steven Sinofsky, who ran the Windows division at the peak of the PC revolution, plans to use a popular newsletter platform to tell tales from his 20-year career in Redmond.
If you live in Gmail and other Google services, your Google account is one of your most valuable online assets. Follow these seven steps to establish a solid baseline of Google account security and protect that account from intruders.
Twitter thought they could wait out Trump's term in office. After putting the President on a 12-hour time-out earlier this week, the company has banned the President's account permanently.
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