5 Signs You Have Computer Eye Strain (And How to Relieve and Prevent It)

If you regularly spend long hours in front of the computer, your days might follow a pattern. You may feel pretty good in the morning (after you’ve shaken off residual sleepiness), but by the end of the day, you have a headache and sore eyes and you feel worn down. One reason for this could
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How to Record Vinyl to Your Computer With Audacity

Creating digital copies of cherished analog recordings is a useful skill to have. Not only does it make listening to your collection easier, but you’re preserving the original medium by causing less wear over time. Many modern turntables are already equipped with digital interfaces for this precise reason. Other setups will require some additional hardware,
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How to Transfer Data From Your Computer to Phone Quickly

Your desktop computer and phone are two things you use every day. The latter is smaller and portable compared to the other but can’t hold everything your computer does. So, what do you do to transfer stuff from your computer to your phone? Here are six ways you can take your computer files with you
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How to Cleanly Extract Text From Images on Your Computer Screen

If you have any experience with computers, you’ve probably heard of Optical Character Recognition (OCR). This important procedure takes images that have text in them and extracts that text into an editable form. For instance, Google uses OCR to scan old books and make them available digitally through Google Books. But OCR can be useful
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The Best Computer Security and Antivirus Tools

Malware is on the rise. And phishing attacks. How about ransomware, data theft, and data breaches? Yup — all on the rise. Not only are cybersecurity attacks and vulnerabilities on the rise, but their impact also costs more, takes longer to recover from, and can be extremely damaging. With that bleak outlook in mind, it
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13 DIY Fixes for Common Computer and Laptop Problems

What’s wrong with your computer? Has your PC stopped booting, or does your laptop crash after an hour or so every single time you switch it on? Perhaps there’s a problem with the power cable, or maybe your mouse isn’t working properly — or worse, you’ve spilt coffee on the keyboard. The default option for
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