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I used an old gaming laptop as a home server, and it beats most entry-level mini-PCs

The United States launched a "large scale strike" by military forces in Venezuela on Saturday, capturing Venezuelan President ...
Hackaday

Low-Cost, Portable Streaming Server

Thanks to the Raspberry Pi, we have easy access to extremely inexpensive machines running Linux that have all kinds of GPIO ...
PCMagOpinion

The Best of Windows 11 in 2025: See the 12 New Features I Liked Most

Microsoft didn’t release a major new version of Windows in 2025, but it did deliver a lot of significant updates. Here's my ...
Hackaday

Microsoft’s WebTV Is Being Revived By Fans

During the 1990s, everyone wanted to surf the information super-highway — also known as the World Wide Web or just ‘Internet’ ...
PC Gamer

Windows used to secretly use green screens to render videos, which is how you could trick MS Paint into becoming a video player

Video playback on old computers was a whole lot of smoke and mirrors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred ...
HotHardware

Windows 11 Is Getting Native Video Wallpaper Support, See It In Action

Over the weekend, Twitter user @phantomofearth noticed that a classic Windows Vista Ultimate feature had been added back into the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build— video wallpapers. Video ...
TheServerSide

Host your own Bluesky Personal Data Server (PDS) tutorial

Personal Data Servers are the persistent data stores of the Bluesky network. It houses a user's data, stores credentials, and if a user is kicked off the Bluesky network the Personal Data Server admin ...
Hosted on MSN

How to Make the Perfect YouTube Tutorial with Just a Laptop and Webcam

Learn how to create high-quality YouTube tutorial videos using just a laptop and webcam. Get tips on lighting, audio, filming angles, and editing to make professional content on a budget. #YouTubeTips ...
The Verge

Windows 11 gets some much-needed HDR improvements

The latest Windows 11 update lets you stream HDR video even when HDR is turned off elsewhere. The latest Windows 11 update lets you stream HDR video even when HDR is turned off elsewhere. is a senior ...
Ars Technica

Windows 11 Video stutter/lag on second monitor

Recently, after upgrading to 24h2, I noticed that videos running either thru browser or browser-based apps (Netflix App specifically) playing back on my "secondary" monitor were visually choppy or ...
TheServerSide

Java, JDBC and SQL Server tutorial

In this Microsoft SQL Server and JDBC tutorial, you'll learn how to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server in Java using JDBC. The steps are relatively straightforward: Each database is different, so ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows Server 2025 released—here are the new features

Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2025, the latest version of its server operating system, is generally available starting Friday, November 1st. In January 2024, the company released the ...