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How to Improve Battery Life on Any Gadget
Popular Mechanics — The quickest way to make a gadget run longer: Dim the screen, turn off the GPS and cut wireless connections (such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G) when they aren't in use. (Illustration by Jonathan Ball) For just about any lithium-ion-powered gadget, ...More…
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How to Make Your Computer Boot Faster
Popular Mechanics — You would think that the march of technological progress would have reduced boot times over the years, but newer operating systems can take longer-Microsoft Vista actually tends to boot more slowly than its predecessor, Windows XP. (Microsoft ...More…
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The 5 Best iPod Car Adapters, and How to Install Them
Popular Mechanics — FM transmitters are the most popular and convenient way of playing an MP3 device through a car stereo. They typically plug into an iPod's dock or headphone jack to create what is essentially a low-wattage pirate radio station-powerful enough to ...More…
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How to Make Your Webmail Secure
Popular Mechanics — It's easy to understand the appeal of Web-based e-mail services such as Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo Mail. They are free, offer several gigabytes of storage and are accessible from virtually any computer or smartphone with a link to the ...More…
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* EARLIER: Practicing Cybersecurity at Home
Popular Mechanics — Conficker is a piece of malicious software that is able to install itself without the user's consent or notice on many Windows personal computers. The people behind Conficker are able to control the computers Conficker is installed on. If, for ...More…
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How to Ditch Your Cable Provider Without Giving Up on TV
Popular Mechanics — As a matter of fact, they do. And yet the average monthly cable bill in the U.S. is $58.80-more than $700 per year. Satellite TV generally offers a mild savings compared to cable, depending on what equipment and channels you select. But is there ...More…
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How to Digitize Your Videos, Records and 8mm Films
Popular Mechanics — But before you go about the tedious task of digitizing a massive record or VHS collection, ask yourself whether it's worth it. In many cases, it's impossible to digitize media in faster-than-real time. If you have hundreds of LPs, this can take .. ...More…
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How to Download Free Books onto the Amazon Kindle
Popular Mechanics — screens don't flicker like an LCD, E Ink e-book readers such as the Amazon Kindle (check out our coverage of the just-announced second-gen Kindle here) and Sony Reader are easy on your eyes and easy on their own batteries. They draw power only to ...More…
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Make Sure It Looks Good on Paper
Popular Mechanics — If science is the dispassionate pursuit of objective truth, then it stands to reason that mad science is the completely irrational pursuit of a nutty project that the rest of the world will never completely understand. Popular Mechanics has a ...More…
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Mission Guide
Popular Mechanics — Boosted by 7.5 million pounds of thrust, the Saturn V rocket thunders into the sky over Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969. Five F-1 rocket engines fire 0.3 seconds apart to lessen astronaut-debilitating acoustic vibrations, and the Saturn launch ...More…
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Photo Gallery
Popular Mechanics — The capable Icon makes short work of Imogene Pass. The trusty companion took us on a four-day adventure in Colorado's Rockies. If you've got five days to spend in a single state, and you want to experience the best roads, the best views and the .. ...More…
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CONTINUED: High-Speed Rail, Roads and Bridges >>>
Popular Mechanics — In addition to roads and bridges, initiatives such as smart electric grids and high-speed rail received funding-along with attention from politicians and pundits quick to seize on a new set of buzzwords. There's just one problem: While the law ...More…