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Google’s most adorable little smart hub, the Nest Mini, is currently on sale at Walmart. It’s a low-stakes, easy way to hook your smart home cluster of smart devices to Google’s ever-growing hardware, software, and services ecosystem. These won our ‘best splurge’ award in the best gaming headsets of 2021, and we stand by the near-perfect audio positioning that delivers an immersive soundscape. A great budget Chromebook, the Flex 3 offers convenient flexibility between tablet mode, a compatible Lenovo digital pen (though you’ll have to purchase it separately), and straightforward laptop mode....

“The first app you should look at…whether you’re looking to publish a book, magazine, poster, or a simple PDF report.” Runner-Up, Best Overall: QuarkXPress at Quark “Xpress offers modern publishing tools and can help you create physical and digital documents.” Best for Vector Graphics: Adobe Illustrator “Lets you create anything you can think of, including logos, icons, hand drawings, and more.” Runner-Up, Best for Vector Graphics: Affinity Designer at Affinity “A smart and fast app that can help you with concept art, icons, illustrations, patterns, and web graphics....

Every professional and hobby has its seemingly-dull essentials. These are the bits and bobs you may not have to buy, but that make things a lot easier. From the outside, these seem like the last things you’d want to waste money on, but in reality, countless gallons of virtual ink are spilled on internet forums discussing them. Think toolboxes, golf bags, clacky keyboards for writers, the perfect travel yoga mat, or mixers for electronic musicians—like OTO’s hot new Bébé Chérie analog mixer....

Case in point? The OnePlus Nord N20 5G launched as a T-Mobile exclusive in April, leaving those tied to other providers out in the cold. Fortunately, OnePlus has just rectified this issue, finally unlocking the phone so it works with most telecommunication carriers, as announced in an email to Lifewire. OnePlus notes that this new unlocked version of the phone is compatible with many of the major players in the space, including Mint Mobile, GoogleFi, Metro, Simple Mobile, and more....

These are basic terms that any web user should understand. They come into play when following some directions, troubleshooting network issues, choosing your internet speed, and more. Below, we’ll go over what these terms mean, as well as common peripheral terms and information that will help you have a firmer grasp of these common online processes. What Does It Mean to Upload Something? In the context of the web, upload = send....

The SCSI standard is no longer common in consumer hardware devices, but you’ll still find it used in some business and enterprise server environments. More recent versions include USB Attached SCSI (UAS) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). Most computer manufacturers have stopped using onboard SCSI completely and use much more popular standards like USB and FireWire for connecting external devices to computers. USB is much faster, with a maximum incoming speed approaching 40 Gbps....

Web 2.0 Definition Very simply, Web 2.0 is the second stage of internet development that involves the evolution from basic, static web pages to increasingly dynamic pages with user-generated content. It also includes the growth of social media as an important type of internet communication. Why It’s Hard to Define Web 2.0 It’s worth pointing out first that there’s no single clear definition of Web 2.0. Like many technological concepts that have seemingly spring out of nowhere, Web 2....

Knowing the version number is helpful so you don’t waste your time updating if you don’t need to. It’s also useful so you know which tutorials to follow when you’re trying to diagnose a problem, or maybe so you can communicate that version number to someone that’s helping you solve a problem with the browser. There are two ways to do this. The first is through Internet Explorer itself, and is much easier than the second method that uses the Command Prompt....

What Is a WMA File? A file with the WMA file extension is a Windows Media Audio file. Microsoft created this lossy format to compete with MP3, so it’s often used for streaming online music. There are multiple sub-formats of WMA, including WMA Pro, a lossy codec that supports high-res audio; WMA Lossless, a lossless codec that compresses the audio without losing quality; and WMA Voice, a lossy codec meant for applications that support voice playback....

When using the remote, slip the Wii remote wrist strap around your hand first. Sometimes when people are waving their remote around it slips out of their hand and breaks something. Read any onscreen text. This will be either a warning, in which case you can press the A button or a request for information, such as whether the sensor is above or below your TV and what the date is....