Should you get involved in managing the page file?If you have more than one physical disk, moving the page file to a fast drive that doesn’t contain your Windows system files is a good idea. Using multiple page files split over two or more physical disks is an even better idea, becaus...
ExpressVPN is also consistently fast, with speeds boosted by its Lightway protocol, which also delivers future-proof post-quantum protection, cleanly blending performance and security. Using ExpressVPN's service is a breeze, reliably unblocking streaming content and offering useful security features wit...
iCloud Keychain is a secure and user-friendly way to store your passwords and credit card details across all your Apple devices. Apple Notes lets you create and access notes from all your Apple devices. It even supports advanced features like sharing and collaboration, adding tags, and attachin...
While this might be a great learning experience, if you want to get things done in a reasonable amount of time, using frameworks is definitely the way to go. A good example of this is the great work of Ascended Arcade who managed to release three very enjoyable (and somewhat acclaimed) ...
this provides relatively fast lookups and maintains items in a sorted order, but insertions will most likely be slower (and will vary based on the number of items in the collection). Alternatively, you can also use SortedList<Tkey,TValue>, which uses two separate arrays to maintain the ...
If you have a busy network with numerous clients vying for bandwidth, a tri-band router is the way to go. They use three radios—one that operates at 2.4GHz and two that operate at 5GHz—for load balancing. For example, you can dedicate one of the 5GHz bands to handle tasks like vide...
A Windows rival to the MacBook Air has arrived in the form of Microsoft's first Copilot Plus PC. Based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon X CPU, the Surface Laptop 7 offers strong application and AI performance and outstanding battery life. It's the first Windows laptop I've tested with a longer...
In the Microsoft® .NET Framework, a lot of effort went into creating collection classes that are powerful and that address a variety of needs and styles. These collections are simple to use, intuitive, and have adequate performance—all very important characteristics. In this month’s ...
Microsoft security researchers first started noticing an increase in QR-code based attacks in September 2023. We saw attackers quickly morphing their techniques in two keys ways: First by manipulating the way that the QR code rendered (such as different colors and tables), and second by manipulati...
❌ You want to use Steam directly: There's no way to currently install Steam on this Chromebook, so using a game streaming service is the only way to game on it. ❌ You need good sound quality: The sound quality is pretty bad, especially at louder volumes, which means you need a...