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3 Tech Concepts From CES 2014 You Might Actually Use
By Tom's Guide Staff published
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Tom's Guide's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The massive Consumer Electronics Show (CES), hosted annually in Las Vegas, showcases the latest disc

Watches, Glasses and Super-Tablets: Tech Predictions for 2014 (Op-Ed)
By Tom's Guide Staff published
So what were the hits of 2013, and what will this year hold?

Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts
By Tom's Guide Staff, Elaine J. Hom published
This list of keyboard shortcuts will help you become a more efficient user of Gmail.

Street Photography Lessons: How to Get the Best Shot
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Aspiring to be the next Henri Cartier-Bresson or Bill Cunningham street photographer? Fashion photographer Marcy Swingle offers her pro tips.

What Are No-Contract Phones?
By Kelly Ohannessian, Tom's Guide Staff published
Learn about no-contract phones and whether it makes more financial sense to buy a phone at full price and pay for month-to-month service.

Super Mario 3D World Review: A Challenge at Every Angle
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Nintendo's "Super Mario 3D World" wows with a brilliant multiplayer design and a fresh set of challenges, but some perspective issues almost spoil the fun.

Two-Factor Authentication: An Extra Layer of Security
By Tom's Guide Staff, Elaine J. Hom published
Two-factor authentication is a security measure that requires users to provide two means of verification to access a service.

Blackhole Exploit Kit: Popular Malware Among Cybercriminals
By Tom's Guide Staff, Elaine J. Hom published
The Blackhole Exploit Kit is a malicious code that can be illegally injected on legitimate but hacked websites.

Piq Kickstarter Aims to 3D Print Custom Chocolates
By Tom's Guide Staff published
A 3D-printer guru dreams of a giant, chocolate grandfather clock — but settles for candy bars with custom designs for now.

What is a Smartwatch?
By Tom's Guide Staff, Elaine J. Hom published
A smartwatch is a wearable device that gives users access to their email, messages, news alerts and more.

Beat the FBI: How to Send Anonymous Email Without Getting Caught
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Anonymity is never certain, but you can stack the odds in your favor.

6 Things You Might Not Know About Cord-Cutting (Op-Ed)
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Is cord-cutting a realistic prospect?

The Not-So-Secret Recipe to Disrupt TV (Op-Ed)
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Want to "kill" the traditional TV industry and replace it with a startup alternative? You'll have to come up with a cash flow of roughly $70 billion a year, and that's just the beginning.

How 3D Printing Will Transform Chinese Manufacturing (Op-Ed)
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Why has China's manufacturing-heavy economy not widely adopted 3D printing?

Moga Power Android Game Controller Hands-on
By Marcus Yam, Tom's Guide Staff published
These Android gaming controllers will charge your phone while you play.

How 3D Printing Will Save You Money
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Printing household items can already save you money. As technology improves, 3D printing may offer more goods made locally or even at home.

EA Shutters Pet Society, The Sims Social and SimCity Social
By Tom's Guide Staff published
On June 14 2013, EA will be taking Pet Society, Sim City Social and The Sims Social offline.

5 Free Online Photo Editing Tools
By Tom's Guide Staff published
A surprising spectrum--from stupidly easy to Photoshop-savvy--of Web-based photo editing tools can be found for free. We checked out 5 of the most interesting options: FotoFlexer, Pixlr, Phixr, iPiccy and Lunapic

FAQs of (Web) Life: Managing Your Online Identity
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Advice for making a blog relevant, dealing with hacked email accounts, managing LinkedIn location privacy, and figuring out the meaning of Facebook.

10 New, Noteworthy iOS Apps for Making Music
By Tom's Guide Staff published
The iTunes store just exploded with music-making apps. Banjo or theremin, anybody? Complex or lightweight synthesizers? Read on, and rock on.

5 Good WYSIWYG Editors for Coders
By Tom's Guide Staff published
There are codemonkeys, and there are codemonkeys who see the world like Neo from The Matrix.

PowerShell ISE vs cmd.exe
By Tom's Guide Staff published
The more tasks that you delegate to PowerShell, the greater the chance that you will truly embrace this wonderful command-line technology.

How to Salvage Photos Gone Horribly Wrong
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Not everybody has time to learn photography 101. Here’s how to make the best of bad images after the damage has been done, with software.

Google to Help Users Detect Internet Filtering
By Tom's Guide Staff published
Internet filtering of any kind is nothing new or shocking. That doesn't make it any less popular with the majority of users though. On Wednesday, Google disclosed a plan that will eventually allow the end user to detect filters on different traffic types.
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