Have you ever noticed that it’s C:\Windows\ in Windows, http://howtogeek.com/ on the web, and /home/user/ on Linux, OS X, and Android? Windows uses backslashes for paths, while everything else seems to use forward slashes. Modern software tries to automatically correct you when you type the wrong type of slash, so it doesn’t matter which type of slash you use most of the time. But, sometimes, the difference still matters....

Google’s Chrome OS includes a shell environment known as Chrome Shell, or “crosh” for short. Crosh includes several terminal commands that you can use on all Chromebooks, even if you don’t have developer mode enabled. RELATED: Living With a Chromebook: Can You Survive With Just a Chrome Browser? Crosh includes commands for connecting to SSH servers, monitoring resource usage, debugging network problems, tweaking hidden hardware settings, performing hardware tests, and other debugging purposes....

Vi is a powerful text editor included with most Linux systems, even embedded ones. Sometimes you’ll have to edit a text file on a system that doesn’t include a friendlier text editor, so knowing Vi is essential. Unlike Nano, an easy-to-use terminal text editor, Vi doesn’t hold your hand and provide a list of keyboard shortcuts on the screen. It’s a modal text editor, and it has both an insert and command mode....

Just when you thought talking toys couldn’t get more annoying, new internet-connected toys like the Furby Connect and i-Que Intelligent Robot are smarter than their predecessors, allowing your child to ask questions, get answers, send audio messages, and more. And thanks to unpatched security holes, they’re more dangerous, too. Not only are many of these toys collecting information that can be stolen, but some of them can even allow attackers to talk to your child through the toys....

Samsung just revealed the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, and now the company’s lower-end (but still excellent) Galaxy Buds 2 are on sale for $99.99. That’s one of the lowest prices we’ve seen yet, at $50 below MSRP. The Galaxy Buds 2 was originally priced at $149.99, but more recently has fluctuated around $105-130. For that price, you get true wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation (ANC), Bluetooth 5.2, touch controls, and quick switching between different devices (but not Multipoint)....

The idea behind a conventional surround sound setup is simple: the speakers surround you, and thus, so does the sound. But a new generation of soundbars, the all-in-one devices that sit below your TV and house multiple drivers in a horizontal layout, also claim to have surround sound capabilities. How can that be possible if the only speaker is directly in front of you? The simplest answer: most of them don’t....

Update: The porn block has been delayed by six months. Second Update: The porn block is now dead. Surprised? Britons Shouldn’t Be Many people seem surprised by this news. In fact, a recent YouGov poll found that 76% of Britons didn’t know a “porn block” was in the works. Despite the surprise of some, this plan has been slowly forming for years. The Conservative party promised to introduce age verification for online pornography back in 2015 if it formed the government and subsequently won the election....

There are multiple ways to add line breaks in Excel, though none of them are obvious solutions. As with most problems in Excel, there are actually multiple ways to accomplish this. We’ll look at three different ways to add line breaks. Adding a Line Break To add a line break, first click inside the cell (or cells) where you want to add a break. Click once more in the precise location where you want to insert the break....

Since Windows Vista, Windows has allowed you to change the volume for individual apps using its Volume Mixer. This can be useful if you have apps that always seem to play too loud or soft compared to everything else. Though Windows offers several ways to configure sound settings and normalize sound volume, sometimes, you just need to quickly adjust the volume for a video that’s playing way too loud or a Skype call you can’t quite hear....

VPNs can be useful tools for keeping you secure online. A VPN encrypts your traffic, useful when you’re using a public Wi-Fi hotspot or any network you don’t trust. There are many different third party VPN services to choose from, but ultimately using a VPN means trusting the service will keep your browsing data private. RELATED: What Is a VPN, and Why Would I Need One? Unless, of course, you build your own VPN....

Creating a PowerPoint presentation in a different language? You can change the text language (used for spelling corrections) or the interface language (used for menus). Here’s how. The instructions below will work for all recent versions of Microsoft PowerPoint. This includes the version of PowerPoint included with a Microsoft 365 subscription. How to Change Text Language in PowerPoint By default, PowerPoint will use the same language to check your presentation’s text and grammar as your Office installation’s default language....

Email templates in Microsoft Outlook are easy to create, but not so easy to navigate to whenever you actually want to use one. Fortunately, you can create a template and pin it to the ribbon for easier access. Templates are really useful for repetitive emails that use boilerplate text. In Outlook, it’s easy to create and save a template. Opening one, however, requires a ton of menu clicks. It’s easier to just save the email in your “Drafts” folder, and then copy and paste the contents into a new email....

NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience software now displays notification advertisements for free-to-play games. If you don’t want notification popups for games you’ve never played appearing when you’re just trying to use your computer, here’s how to disable them. This is one of the many increasingly annoying features in GeForce Experience, including the Alt+Z notification and in-game overlay icons you can also disable. How to Disable the Notification Ads RELATED: How to Hide NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience In-Game Overlay Icons and Alt+Z Notification...

Want to enable the root account on your Mac? You can, but the functionality is a little buried in System Preferences. Here’s how to find it. If you’re the primary user of your Mac, odds are you use an administrator account. This grants a level of permission required to do things like install software and change system settings, but it doesn’t give you permission to access everything. You can’t make changes to other users’ files, for example, or even see most of them....

Nothing is quite as dreadful as seeing that fateful “Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped” message…every time you open the Store. Here’s what to do if the Play Store on your phone or tablet just keeps crashing. Clear the Play Store’s Cache and/or Data When any app force closes as soon as you open it (or shortly thereafter), the first thing you’ll want to try is clearing that app’s cache....

Microsoft’s stripped-down Windows 10 S is now shipping on PCs like the Surface Laptop. If you want to try it before you buy, you can install it yourself in a virtual machine or a PC you have lying around. Update: “Windows 10 S” as its own edition of Windows is no more. Now, any edition of Windows 10 can be put into “S Mode.” You can install Windows 10 in S Mode by creating an unattend....

Thanks to the GNOME Shell desktop in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, it’s now possible to get a single, Windows-style taskbar on Ubuntu. You can make the theme look more like Windows, too, if you’re tired of Ubuntu’s orange theme. We’re not trying to create a perfect imitation of Windows here—where’s the fun in that? Instead, we’re just looking for an interface that looks and functions more like Windows. Get a Windows-Style Taskbar The GNOME Shell desktop supports extensions, which can dramatically change the layout of the desktop and add various other features....

How Blood Oxygen Monitoring on Apple Watch Works Apple states that the blood oxygen monitoring feature isn’t intended for medical use. Rather, it was designed for “general fitness and wellness purposes.” Unlike the EKG feature, the blood oxygen monitor didn’t go through rigorous FDA testing and certification. RELATED: What Is An EKG, and How Does It Work In The New Apple Watch? There’s a reason why Apple puts this warning upfront....

You just bought Animal Crossing: New Horizons and can’t wait to play local multiplayer with two to four other players using a single Nintendo Switch console. Unfortunately, the process of setting up a couch co-op game is not immediately obvious. Here’s how to do it. Understanding The Three Types of New Horizons Multiplayer Modes New Horizons’ multiplayer options can be very confusing because there are three different ways to do it, and they are not all unlocked immediately at the beginning of the game....

Sometimes, you’d like to share a video with others, but the accompanying audio track is distracting or perhaps introduces privacy concerns. Luckily, there’s a quick way to silence a video using Photos on iPhone and iPad. Here’s how. First, open the “Photos” app on your iPhone or iPad. In Photos, locate the video you’d like to silence and tap its thumbnail. With the video open, tap “Edit” in the upper-right corner of the screen....