Jumping around, stomping squat bad guys, rescuing maidens–it’s all in a day’s work for members of the jumping platformer club. For the curious, the characters that make an appearance are Super Mario, Tim (from Braid), Shadow Boy (fro…
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Although batteries have become more robust and longer lived, some days the outlets are far and few between. How do you maximize the juice when you’re away from home? Laptops, smart phones, tablets, ereaders, and more require a steady supply of j…
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Command and Conquer, the popular real-time strategy game from the 1990s, is available as an HTML5 in-browser game. It’s not an official release from Electronic Arts, it’s actually a crazy bout of coding from Aditya Ravi Shankar–in a …
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If you’re looking to camouflage a wireless repeater in a radio (or any other suitably sized enclosure), this tutorial will show you how to rip apart a Linksys router and stash it in a hidden location. Why might you want to do this, you ask? The …
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If you’re underwhelmed by the reach of your wireless signal, follow along as we show you how to extend your wireless network using routers powered with Tomato firmware. Last year we showed you how to extend your network using DD-WRT powered routers….
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Who Created The Ubiquitous 
Emoticon?1) Vint Cerf2) Scott Fahlman3) Ray Tomlinson4) Tim Berners-LeeThink you know the answer?
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Windows: PomodoroApp combines the effectiveness of Pomodoro-style time management with task tracking and analysis for a well rounded time and task management experience. The Pomodoro Technique, developed by Fancesco Cirillo in the late 1980s, is a sim…
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If you’re curious what happens inside your DSLR when you click the shutter button, this high-speed video slows down the process so you can appreciate every millisecond of it. High Speed Video of Canon DSLR Shutter [via DIY Photography] How…
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In 1977 an Atari 2600 cost $200. Adjusted for inflation that’s $589–more than enough to buy an Xbox 360, Wii, and some accessories for both. Check out this infographic for comparisons between computers, cellphones, and more. Over all the c…
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Once a week we round up some of the reader emails that come flooding into the Ask HTG inbox and share them with the greater readership. Today we’re looking which files you should be backing up, using your scanner as a copier, and using the iPad as a …
What Is The Longest Running Sci-Fi TV Series?1) Dr. Who2) Star Trek3) Stargate4) The X-FilesThink you know the answer?
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This standing desk is little more than an shelf mounted at the appropriate height for the owner. The notable part is the removable panel that conceals the cable clutter and four hard drives. Mounted to the underside of the desk is a removable panel. A…
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