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Silent mod for Intel NUC, Haswell and more

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Care for a silent fanless NUC? Very doable! UPDATE: Thanks to commenter KW for letting me know about Logic Supply’s offering of Intel’s latest and greatest i5 NUC motherboard. They are also preparing a new fanless case, model ML300, for the NUC. Woot! šŸ™‚ Silent build recommendations? – Ars Technica OpenForumhttp://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1197169&p=24244795&hilit=nuc+case#p24244795I was just taking a gander over at Puget Systems and their super-silent systems. I love the promise of near silence, but the pricepoint seems pretty dang steep considering I’m

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How to close a tab on Chromebook? Press Ctrl + W

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Q. How do I close the current tab on my Chromebook?Ā There is no F4 key on my Chromebook and that means I cannot press CTRL+F4 like I do on Windows to close a tab. šŸ™ A. PressĀ Ctrl+WĀ to close the current tab šŸ™‚ Top Search Terms:current tab chrome (2)how to close tabs on a samsung cromebook (1)how to close a tab on samsung chromebook (1)how to close a chromebook tab (1)f4 on a chromebook? (1)ctrl alt del samsung chromebook (1)control w

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GIGABYTE BRIX specs, similar to NUC but even faster

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With Intel’s NUC you are stuck choosing between Gigabit Ethernet -or- Thunderbolt, and you get zero USB 3.0 ports šŸ™ GIGABYTE arrives on the scene with their BRIX small form factor PC and it appears to improve upon the NUC by offering a fasterĀ CPU (up to 2GHz [w/3.1GHz turbo] on the BRIX vs 1.8GHz on the NUC) and (2) USB 3.0 ports. Photos courtesy of GIGABYTE One of the only drawbacks on the BRIX is that lack of Thunderbolt support.

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Downloading torrents on a Chromebook? YES

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Google’s Chrome OS is not known for having extensive app support. However, somewhatĀ surprisingly,Ā thereĀ is a way to download legitimate torrents on your Chromebook by using a packaged app called jstorrent. I intend to writeup a full review of the jstorrentĀ but for now here are some relevant links to get you started: Google Groupshttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromebook-central/DXJmD1ZUK2Q+YouSearchImagesMapsPlayYouTubeNewsGmailDriveCalendarMoreTranslateMobileBooksOffersWalletShoppingBloggerFinancePhotosVideos uTorrent for Chromebook | About Chromebookhttp://aboutchromebook.com/utorrent-for-chromebook/jstorrent is a Chrome packaged app for downloading torrents. Although not completely stable, it does appear to be functional, and (as of writing)

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Samsung Chromebook Review

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My Samsung Chromebook arrived recently and I have been enjoying putting it through its paces. Thoughts so far… Cons: Bottom of the laptop gets pretty hot Keyboard is not backlit Pros: Performance, suprisingly good Simplicity, everything is very easy to find/use Weight, nice and light… comfortable on lap Wifi range is good and it supports 5GHz connections Different: Right-click is by tapping with two fingers (Google) Rating so far: 4 out of 5 stars Top Search Terms:d (2)samsung chromebook review

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How to take a screenshot on Chromebook? [answered]

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Q. How do you take a screenshot on a Samsung Chromebook running Google’s Chrome OS? A. Easy! Press the CTRL + Page Flipper Key (the ‘Page Flipper’ Key is right above the 6 and 7 key on the keyboard) To view the resulting screen captures, simply press CTRL + M to open the File Mananger. šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ Top Search Terms:how do u take a screen shot on a chromebook (35)how to screenshot on chromebook (7)how to screenshot on samsung chromebook

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Shipping something large via USPS/eBay

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Q. I need to ship a monitor that I sold on eBay. It is pretty big and I am shipping it via USPS, any recommendations on what exact method to use? (media mail? parcel? first class? priority? flat rate?) -Grace S. Laurio A. Priority mail or parcel select are probably going to be your best bet. Here is why: –Media mail is limited to ‘media’ as as such it is notĀ appropriateĀ for computer hardware. Specifically,Ā media mail is for books and recorded

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Acer Aspire One AO756 memory upgrade and SSD swap

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The Acer Aspire One AO756 is a nice little laptop that is available for a quite reasonable price (usually around $270 USD). As an added perk, with a few easy upgrades it can be even better! The AO756 allows for easy access to the RAM (memory) and unlike many of its brethren, it actually has two memory slots allowing for up to 16GB of memory to be installed! The hard drive is also easily accessible in case you want to

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