When it comes to the pursuit of true geekdom, there’s no question too arcane. Today we take a look at whether or not the color of a heat sink matters (and if the performance hit or bonus is even worth considering). Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader Bob Freaking wants to know if the color of his heatsink matters:...

If you’re tired of looking up the IP addresses of devices you frequently access via remote login, SSH, and other means on your home network, you can save yourself a lot of time by assigning an easy to remember .local address to the device. Read on as we demonstrate by assigning an easy to remember name to our Raspberry Pi. Why Do I Want to Do This? Most likely your home network uses DHCP IP assignments, which means that each time a device leaves the network and returns a new IP address is assigned to it....

If you are the only one using Google Chrome on your computer, then you hardly need to be ‘reminded’ that you are the one currently logged into the browser. Today’s SuperUser Q&A post provides a quick and easy fix to hide the button for a frustrated reader. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

Apple tries to stop it, but there are ways to change your default apps on iOS. You can use your favorite browser, email client, and mapping app instead of Apple’s own apps. You can forcibly change your default apps by jailbreaking your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, but that’s not the only way. In fact, it’s not even the recommended way — unless you really want to jailbreak for another reason....

The Chromecast is arguably How-to Geek’s streaming stick of choice. It literally allows any device with the Chromecast app installed, to be a remote control. You’re probably aware by now what the Chromecast can do, which is some really cool stuff like mirror your phone screen, or cast content from any Chrome tab or even the entire desktop. This means you’ve got many options with regard to stuff you can display on your big beautiful HDTV – games, videos, slide shows, presentations – all in a $35-stick about the size of a Zippo....

A drop cap is a decorative element typically used in documents at the start of a section or chapter. It’s a large capital letter at the beginning or a paragraph or text block that has the depth of two or more lines of normal text. Drop caps are easy to apply in Word. First, select the first letter in the paragraph to which you want to add a drop cap....

The Apple TV+ channel in the TV app comes with original shows, movies, and documentaries. If you have a subscription, you might want to download a flick or two on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to binge during your commute. How to Download Apple TV+ Shows and Movies on iPhone or iPad To stream and download shows from Apple TV+, you’ll need a subscription. It costs $4.99/month, but if you’ve bought an Apple device recently, you’ll get one year of Apple TV+ subscription for free....

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An extension is an add-on to the browser that adds functionality. Extensions can be tools that extend the abilities of the Mozilla Firefox browser. Other types of extensions add integration with services, making them more convenient to use in the browser. Firefox classifies extensions as a type of “Add-On” along with Themes. Unlike with some other browsers, such as Google Chrome, Firefox not only supports add-ons on your desktop, but also in the Android app....

Although mobile devices have more storage space than ever before it’s so easy to fill up, wouldn’t it be nice if you could just pop a flash drive right into your device and expand your storage on the fly? Read on as we show you how mount a flash drive on your Android device. Why Do I Want To Do This? Even if your Android device has a micro SD slot, and not all devices do unfortunately, it’s still inconvenient to remove the SD card to load it up with content or transfer files (especially if you have apps that rely on SD card storage)....

Finding a specific song in a 150-song Spotify playlist can be tedious, but we’re going to show you how to search within playlists easily on iPhone, Android, Windows, and Mac. This feature is available on Spotify’s apps, but unfortunately not on its web player. Spotify doesn’t show this option in certain algorithm-based playlists such as Uniquely Yours, but it works for almost all other playlists on the service. Search for Songs in Spotify Playlists on iPhone Spotify for iPhone hides the playlist search option, but we’ll show you how to find it easily....

Just like when checking that a downloaded file is safe, there are several tests you can perform, and below we’ll go over the simplest. We’ll start with a few things you can do yourself before moving on to some sites that can check links for you. Check a Link Yourself When presented with a link in your browser, there’s a simple way to check if it’s bonafide or not. On a desktop computer, simply mouse over the link—meaning to hold your cursor over it without clicking—and then in most browsers you’ll see some text pop up in the lower left corner....

Autocorrect is one of those smartphone features people love to hate. As handy as it can be, it can also be a huge annoyance. We’ll show you how to turn it off for good on your Android device. Even if you’re somehow unfamiliar with the term “autocorrect,” you’ve probably experienced it. When you’re typing on your phone or tablet and the keyboard automatically makes a correction without your input, that’s autocorrect....

The Windows 8 Start screen. It’s a very divisive feature of the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system, and the widespread dislike for the way it looks and works is demonstrated by the staggering number of tools for tweaking it that sprang up almost immediately. If you’re not happy with the way the Start screen works, there are plenty of ways you can customize it, and here we take a look at some of the best tools....

Android has a permissions system for individual apps, but so do iPhones and iPads. Android gives you a single prompt when you install an app, but iOS allows you to make more decisions. Many geeks have long believed that Android’s permission system is an advantage over the lack of one on iOS. This may be shocking to suggest for many Android geeks, but iOS’ permission system is arguably much more practical....

It’s time to upgrade to an SSD if you’re still using a mechanical hard drive in your computer. An SSD is the single biggest upgrade you can give your computer, and prices have come down dramatically. Solid-state drives are so much faster because they don’t have a spinning magnetic platter and moving head. After upgrading, you’ll be amazed at the performance improvements and wondering why you waited so long....

RELATED: The Best Halloween Movies on Peacock in 2022 Crimson Peak Play Video Guillermo del Toro lovingly channels the tone and style of vintage gothic novels in Crimson Peak. Influenced by classic books like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, as well as movies like Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca, Crimson Peak stars Mia Wasikowska as a 19th-century heiress who marries a dashing British baronet (Tom Hiddleston). He whisks her away to his crumbling estate, where she meets his cruel sister (Jessica Chastain) and discovers horrible family secrets....

What They Mean IMO stands for “in my opinion,” and IMHO stands for “in my humble opinion” or “in my honest opinion.” For the most part, IMO and IMHO are interchangeable. They’re typically used as a disclaimer to indicate someone’s words shouldn’t be taken as fact or as the basis for making an important decision. Both can also be used at the beginning or end of a sentence, as follows:...

If you’ve been down to your local Best Buy lately, you might have noticed that a whole new class of wireless routers are on the market on the premium end of the product scale, emblazoned with an “802.11ac” label in bright letters on the front of the box. But what does 802.11ac mean, and is it really necessary for you to get the most out of your daily WiFi browsing experience?...

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader the.midget wants to know why Linux and Windows treat in-use files differently: So what’s happening behind the scenes and preventing him from wantonly deleting things in Windows like he can in Linux? The Answer SuperUser contributors shed some light on the situation for the....