How-To Geek

Overclocking enthusiasts are always pushing the envelope. Which means they'll often try some pretty out-there solutions to cool down their overworked processors.

I was looking at the cameras on my Samsung S25 Ultra, as you do, and wondered to myself, "Could you use two of these cameras to take 3D photos or videos?" After all, I can take 3D photos with my old Nintendo 3DS, so maybe someone's made an app for that.

With memory prices flying through the roof, becoming a growing concern for smartphone manufacturers, I wouldn't be surprised if virtual RAM becomes the next big marketing gimmick. Different OEMs call this feature by different names; Samsung calls it RAM Plus, while others refer to it as virtual RAM, extended RAM, and more.

November is packed with new movies on Netflix in the U.S. Even though we're only about a week into the new month, two of our top picks have already been released, including A Dog's Perfect Christmas and Possible Love. Stick around the service, and you'll see more movies coming your way, including Heartland and The Mosquito Bowl.

Adding another node to a Proxmox cluster comes with a few hardware considerations. When I added my fifth node, a Lenovo ThinkCentre M910s, I also needed more USB connectivity. The machine had limited USB ports available, and I wanted a straightforward way to connect external storage and other peripherals.

Running a homelab gives you plenty of freedom to host your own applications, websites, and services. However, before exposing your homelab to the internet, take a few steps to avoid security problems and unnecessary headaches down the road.

Fire OS limits Amazon’s Fire tablets to the Amazon Appstore. In about 30 minutes, you can add the Google Play Store for free and, with some optional tweaks, make the interface look closer to standard Android.

Ask any film fan, and they'll tell you some classic movies they've never seen. I've never seen Gone with the Wind. It's frequently ranked among the highest-grossing movies of all time when adjusted for inflation. That's probably one I need to check off of my list sooner rather than later.

Fixing your Windows laptop has never been easier, thanks to the boom in LLMs and their ability to read logs and provide commands for investigation and repair. If you open the Windows Event Viewer on a perfectly healthy PC right now, you will almost certainly see a terrifying wall of red error icons. Windows quietly logs (right-click on the Windows icon to open Event Viewer) every minor background timeout and permission glitch.

I enjoy planning trips, but turning my rough notes into a proper itinerary is a different story. For my upcoming trip to Finland, I’ve scribbled down places to visit, train times, hotel check-ins, and activities on paper. Earlier, I could ask Gemini to create a PDF, but if I wanted to fix something or change a section, I’d have to download the file and edit it elsewhere. I wanted a way to make those changes without leaving Gemini.

As someone who has been trying to get into camping and hiking a lot more recently, I have very quickly learned how important it is to be prepared. When you're exploring places where there is no mobile service, let alone a Wi-Fi connection, you need to make sure that you have all the information that you need ready and on hand.

I plugged my NAS into the first open port on the back, watched the lights blink, and assumed the job was done. The shares mounted, nothing threw an error, and I moved on. However, I later found out the connection was crawling at a fraction of what the hardware could do, and nothing ever warned me. That's what makes this mistake so annoying. Any server or storage can look perfectly healthy while running slowly.

DVDs are a phenomenal piece of technology. I remember the very first DVDs I ever bought: Oingo Boingo: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre and Ghostbusters. One of those is pretty rare now. The other has been re-released so many times I lost count. But they were truly astonishing tech at the time.

I use OneNote for everything from saving article ideas to keeping track of things I need to do later. The problem? My brain treats half of these things like temporary files. I save a useful webpage, forget where I put it, and then waste time searching for it again. Brilliant system, right?

Ever used hidden developer options on your Android phone to unleash its true potential? You can do the same on your Google TV. These hidden settings unlock additional options that can significantly improve your smart TV experience. Since many smart TVs come with relatively limited RAM and internal storage, their interfaces can become sluggish over time.

Against my better judgment, I have spent a lot of time with Google's "ambitious" new computing platform, even outside my Lenovo Googlebook 15 review. Before I stepped away completely, a conversation with my colleague revealed that you can already find returned Googlebooks for hundreds of dollars off, and the poor critical and consumer reception indicates further discounts are inevitable. Each first-generation Googlebook actually boasts excellent hardware, making these laptops potentially unbeatable deals—if only they didn't run the buggy and incomplete Googlebook OS.

Everyone loves the look and feel of autumn, and what kid doesn't love jumping into a pile of leaves? But what about the poor person who had to rake all that leaf litter up in the first place? Outdoor maintenance in the fall is expensive, and often in ways that aren't immediately apparent.

Did you know that you can run a desktop-sized graphics card on a mini PC with a USB port? Well, you can. It’s actually easier than you might think with an eGPU. I took my RTX 3080 out of my desktop and plugged it into my mini PC and the performance improvement was pretty crazy. Here’s what it takes to plug a desktop graphics card into a USB port, and why you might want to do it.

Once you finally pick something to watch on Netflix after sifting through its extensive catalog, the last thing you want is to stream in low quality.

Every weekday morning I wake up to a daily brief prepared for me by Claude with what that day will hold. Tasks, calendar appointments, upcoming todos, even what emails need my attention, all waiting at my desk before I ever step into the office. This has changed how I work and improved my productivity, and here's exactly how you can steal it.