برچسب: Computing

  • This Asus Gaming Laptop Is Great, and It's on Sale for Prime Day

    We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Prime Day 2025 is here from Tuesday, July 8 to Friday, July 11, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools.  Follow our live blog to stay…

  • The Best Kindle for Most People Is at Its Lowest Price for Prime Day

    We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Prime Day 2025 is here from Tuesday, July 8 to Friday, July 11, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools.  Follow our live blog to stay…

  • Eight Ways to Use the Windows Recovery Environment to Rescue Your PC

    In an ideal world, nothing would ever go wrong with your Windows laptop or desktop—but as you know, the sun doesn’t always shine, your favorite sports team doesn’t always win, and you might occasionally run into problems with your PC. If that happens, Microsoft has provided a suite of troubleshooting tools called the Windows Recovery…

  • This Mac App Lets You Create As Many Virtual Desktops As You Want

    I like to use my computer’s desktop the way I use my physical desktop—somewhere to place documents and photos related to what I’m currently working on. The problem is that I’m usually working on multiple projects, meaning my computer desktop is a mess of unrelated things. Say I’m selling my old Macbook but also organizing…

  • The Blue Screen of Death Is Dead

    Microsoft’s iconic Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is dead after 40 years. RIP to the most panic-inducing screen a Windows user can encounter. Now, get ready to fear the Black Screen of Death. In a blog post on its website today, the company revealed it’s ready to go live with an error screen redesign it’s…

  • 'Screenbox' Is a Sleek and Capable VLC-Based Video Player for Windows

    Looking for a Windows video player that looks nice, is easy to use, and supports every media file you can imagine? Screenbox is a free and open source application that fits perfectly in Windows 11. It’s the media player Microsoft should have made for its own operating system. We’ve talked about IINA , a sleek…

  • This Site Brings Me Back to the Glory Days of 'Local on the 8s' Weather Channel Forecasts

    The Weather Channel, for the most part, looked like a normal TV station—until the local forecast would show up. Then it became a pixelated data dump of weather information served over a funky piano soundtrack. There’s nothing like it on the internet—well, until. now. WeatherStar 4000 is a free website that recreates the look and…

  • Use This Free App to Track Sports Scores in Your Mac’s Menu Bar

    It’s a sad fact of life: Sometimes you have to work when you’d rather be watching the game. I can’t fix that problem for you, sadly, but I can give you a way to keep track of the score on your Mac. Apple offers a great sports scores app for the iPhone, which is the…

  • Use This App to Add Windows-Style Auto Scrolling to macOS

    You just set up your brand new Mac and are about to scroll through a long document. You press the middle button on your mouse, expecting to be able to scroll by moving your cursor the way you can on Windows or Linux. Nothing happens. What gives? It turns out macOS doesn’t support this feature,…