Windows 8 categorizes network connections into “private” and “public” to help users easily set appropriate security and sharing settings for each type of connection. But there’s no clear way to change a network’s location setting after the initial setup. Here are two ways to change the location for both Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro.
Quick Look in OS X is a great feature that lets users quickly preview files without having to open the corresponding application. Everyone knows you can activate Quick Look by pressing the spacebar, but a helpful tip reveals the little known role that your Mac’s trackpad can play as well.
Parallels Desktop 9 is the latest version of the virtualization software that lets users run Windows inside OS X, but does it offer a noticeable performance improvement? We teamed up with The Mac Observer to run a series of benchmarks and find out for ourselves.
So you’ve acquired an alleged iPhone 5S rear shell. What’s there to do? Stick a bunch of iPhone 5 components into it, of course! A tech site did exactly this yesterday, and the resulting “franken-iPhone” hints at what Apple has planned for the real iPhone 5S next month.
The tablet market has seen explosive growth since Apple launched the first iPad in 2010, but new data from research firm IDC suggests that the market’s growth may finally be starting to slow as it reaches maturity and competing devices attract consumer attention.
Parallels has just announced Parallels Desktop 9, the latest version of the company’s virtualization software that lets Mac users run Windows, Linux, and OS X virtual machines on their Macs. The new version focuses primarily on integrating OS X features such as Power Nap and Dictionary into Windows.
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