You might miss this if you look solely at software performance on your PC.
And its 6-foot cable gives you freedom to roam a few steps away from your PC.
Put a MakerBot on your desk and connect it to your PC with a USB cable.
Y2K Test : Check your PC's real-time clock to make sure that it is year-2000 compliant.
Installing antivirus software, for instance, is the most common sense rule for protecting your PC.
Note: Your PC must be connected to the Internet to download and install IE5.
Connect your device to your PC and follow the instructions on Samsung Kies to get the update.
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The point of each is to simply move the electricity from the wall, or through your PC.
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Most important, list the programs you plan to use and make sure your PC can run them.
In order to take full advantage of this unit, it's best to have one on your PC.
For times when your PC just won't boot, you need to have a working boot disk stowed away.
After all, they stay true to the spirit of keeping a little piece of your PC with you.
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In contrast, Cool-er sucks up just about anything you can get onto your PC via a USB port.
The spreadsheet files (Lotus and Excel) can be downloaded to your PC by clicking on the desired file.
The Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant will also check your PC to make sure it is ready for Windows 8.
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NeuLion built a service that let the league charge a subscription to watch live hockey games on your PC.
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The program streams online video from your PC to your console so that it can be displayed on TV.
It's hardly an ideal experience, and we recommend you drag and drop needed content from your PC whenever possible.
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Y2K Test examines your PC's system, BIOS, and real-time clocks, and tells you if your system passes or fails.
It boasts a touchscreen and 5-10 hour battery life and can stream games from your PC to your TV.
You've downloaded tunes to your PC and put them on your portable player.
Away from home and need to pull Transformers 3 off of your PC?
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In addition, it allows your PC to speak the text as you scan it, and can also read hand-written numerals.
An easier way to get your PC content on your TV might be the ZvBox, which we reviewed this week.
I'm sure that if you rigged something up you could do something similar with special software that runs on your PC.
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As far as connectivity goes, you've got three USB ports, as well as micro-HDMI for hooking this up to your PC.
It comes with various buttons and LEDs, a serial interface to your PC and numerous digital and analog ins and outs.
Update your PC once a month as soon as Microsoft releases the patches (on Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of every month).
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Microprocessors in your PC, Mac or BlackBerry can pack more than 1, 000 transistors into a space the width of a human hair.
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