How to Install and Use the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10

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How to Add Your Gmail, Contacts, and Google Calendar to Your iPhone or iPad How to Fix a Stuck Download in the Windows Store Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Reverse Proxy Server A Reverse Proxy Server is a type of proxy server that manages connections or specific requests from its “external” network location to an “internal” network (i.e. internal Intranet, web server(s), or private network). Reverse Proxy Servers are capable of encryption, compression, image caching, and/or storing dynamic pages generated by the web server. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. The ancient Peruvian mystery solved from space These puzzling holes in the arid valleys of southern Peru tell us there was once a flourishing, sophisticated society here. [BBC] Experts crack nasty ransomware that took crypto-extortion to new heights Freely available tool derives password used to corrupt master boot record. [ArsTechnica] Amazon's new Kindle Oasis has leaked: cool battery case, but not waterproof It's got a sharp screen and crazy battery life, but won't survive a swim [The Verge] Is High-Speed Internet a Basic Right? Canada Is Debating That Now Internet access is still spotty in rural and Northern Canada. [Motherboard] How to Send Web Pages from Your Smartphone or Tablet to Evernote Evernote is an awesome tool for collecting all the information you care about in one place. On the desktop, you can “clip” web pages to Evernote using the app’s browser extension, but what if you’re browsing on your phone? It’s actually even simpler. Read This Article → How to Set Time Limits for a Regular Account in Windows 10 Parental controls in Windows 10 are pretty solid, but to use them you have to set the whole family up with Microsoft accounts and you have to create specific child accounts for your kids. If you prefer to use regular local accounts, you can still set time limits for how long any non-administrative user can use a computer. Read This Article → How to Convert a Windows Desktop App to a Universal Windows App With Windows 10’s Anniversary Update, Microsoft is making it possible for developers to convert traditional Windows desktop applications to Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications. But anyone can do this with any app–not just developers. Read This Article → How to Install and Use the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10 Windows 10’s Anniversary Update offers a big new feature for developers: A full, Ubuntu-based Bash shell that can run Linux software directly on Windows. This is made possibly by the new “Linux Subsystem for Windows” Microsoft is adding to Windows 10. Read This Article → How To Easily Access Your Home Network From Anywhere With Dynamic DNS We all have things on our home network we want to access from the outside: music collections, game servers, file stores, and more. Dynamic DNS makes it easy to give your home network a memorable and easy to use address. Read This Article → How to Save Money When Buying the Nest Thermostat The Nest Thermostat isn’t exactly cheap, but if you’ve been in the market for a smart thermostat for a while now and just don’t want to pay full price for one, here’s how you can save money when buying the Nest Thermostat. Read This Article → How to Add OS X’s “Quick Look” Feature to Windows Windows users may not want for much, but when it comes to OS X, there are still some items one might put on their feature wish list. Among these is the ability to get a “quick look” at images, PDFs, and other documents by pressing the spacebar. Read This Article → What Does “Who Owns This PC?” Mean in Windows 10’s Setup? The Professional version of Windows 10 asks you who owns your PC during its first-time setup process. It’s not completely clear what this setting does, though. Read This Article → How to Add Your Gmail, Contacts, and Google Calendar to Your iPhone or iPad Gmail is one of the most popular email services on Earth, and the iPhone is the most popular phone. If you have all your email, contacts, and calendars stored in your Gmail account, you can easily add it to iOS and get the best of both worlds. Read This Article → How to Fix a Stuck Download in the Windows Store Though it’s had its share of flaky behavior since being introduced in Windows 8, the Windows Store has gotten more reliable over time. It still has the occasional problems, though. One of the more irritating issues is when an app update (or install) gets stuck. Here’s how to fix that. Read This Article → Advertisement Download 2016 IT Management Kit (a $17.99 value) FREE for a limited time! Kit includes "Windows 10 at Work for Dummies" plus 3 other resources to help you with IT management. Click here to download