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"Security Toolkit: Best 4 lesser-known malware programs Everyone knows to have good antivirus software and to run some standard anti-malware when they encounter problems. But what happens when you need a second opinion, or maybe a third?"

Record through your MacBook's headphone jack CNET's Donald Bell shows how to switch the headphone jack on a 13-inch MacBook Pro into an audio recording input suitable for stereo recording, instruments, or microphones.

Apple made mention of a standalone podcast app earlier this month, but most figured it would arrive with iOS 6 this fall. Not so. Earlier this week, Apple released Podcasts. It's free and universal, designed for both the iPhone and iPad.

Now you can stop spending 30 seconds watching an ad you've seen 10 times before, and start watching your video instead. direct link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/epbmnbdplhcomkedpjfceakddnbgfjmf?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

What do you use your USB flash drive for? Perhaps you store work documents, photos, music, or movies on them. If you think they're cool because you can store and transport files with them, wait till you see what else you can do with them.

What do you do when a virus or trojan horse cripples your system? Your favorite security app may have a bootable rescue CD you can use but could require you to enter a valid license key. Alternatively, you can use the free AVG Rescue CD.

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Opera Unite, an application platform that turns the user's PC into a Web server, was unveiled in an alpha version by the Norwegian company on Tuesday. Components of the browser-based service include file sharing, photo sharing, a shared media player, a chat lounge, and the ability to run Web sites hosted on the user's PC.

"25 fun things to do with a Raspberry Pi Time to get creative with your computing -- here are our favourite fun things you can do with your Raspberry Pi."

"Display resolution versus pixel resolution Those figures both refer to pixel resolution, a stat that until last year generally didn't differ from display resolution. The difference is important, and I continue to be annoyed that neither Apple nor Google make it easy to understand what display resolutions their screens show. The difference between the two can be summarized like this: Display Resolution: How much can you see on a screen Pixel Resolution: How clear or sharp the image is that you see Display resolution: how much you can see 

"How to enable iOS 5's hidden panorama camera"

"Apple iOS 5 users can now hack into a hidden autocorrect keyboard bar, courtesy of a few steps revealed by the folks at 9to5Mac."

The good: The Roku 2 XS is an ultrasmall Wi-Fi streaming-media box that offers dozens of Internet video and audio services, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, Crackle, Pandora, NHL, NBA, and MLB, among many others. It works with HD and standard TVs, and it includes a Wii-like motion controller for casual gaming (Angry Birds is included). The bottom line: Thanks to a varied range of content offerings--including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Pandora--that beats the Apple TV, the Roku 2 XS is the best all-around streaming-media box you can get for less than $100.

"At first glance, the winning images from the 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition--put on by the camera company's U.S. arm--look like distant worlds or psychedelic moon landscapes. But take a (much) closer look, and you'll see the images are of life science specimens that surround us every day: seeds, insects, plants, animals, and eyes... "

OnyX is a multifunction utility for Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel). It allows you to verify the Startup Disk and the structure of its System files, to run misc tasks of system maintenance, to configure the hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock and of some of Apple's own applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome and more.