10 unsung heroes of modern technology
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So we all know about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Enough already! If we hear one more salient detail about the leading CEOs of tech companies and what car they drive, the T-shirts they wear or what they ate for lunch in fourth grade, we’re going to blow a gasket. We just don’t care anymore.
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How to pick the perfect pair of headphones
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The headphone is a simple and obvious idea. If you want to simulate, in the listener’s eardum, the effect of a voice, an instrument or a vast orchestra, why bother shifting vast quantities of air in a room when you can simply put the transducer right up close to the ear and move a relatively [...]
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The pain-free guide to switching Linux distros
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The most recent official count of Linux distros put the number at ‘one hell of a lot’.This is good because it gives us plenty of choice, and choice provides freedom and freedom is good, right? Maybe it can feel as if there’s a little too much choice at times, but there’s no doubt that the [...]
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