Remote Desktop Roundup: TeamViewer vs. Splashtop vs. Windows RDP

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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 Human Fear of Total Knowledge Why infinite libraries are treated skeptically in the annals of science fiction and fantasy [The Atlantic] No Escape From Black Holes? Stephen Hawking Points to a Possible Exit New calculations by Dr. Hawking and other researchers suggest that essential properties of whatever falls into these cosmic pits may survive. [The New York Times] Protecting your PC from ransomware gets harder with EMET-evading exploit Bad guys score a victory in their never-ending arms race with defenders. [ArsTechnica] You May Soon Binge Books Just Like You Binge Netflix Authors and publishers are looking to revive interest in stories by publishing at a vary and serialized pace, mimicking the sort of quick turn around you see in TV shows. [Wired] Get over it: Language evolves whether you like it or not When it comes to language, some users are more peevish than others [The Economist] How to Stop Pages from Breaking After the First Line of a Paragraph in Microsoft Word In typesetting terms, “widows” and “orphans” are lines at the end or beginning of a paragraph that are separated from the rest of the paragraph by a page break. If you think widows and orphans in your Word document are distracting, you can enable a setting that prevents them. Read This Article → How to Easily Mirror Your Android Phone's Screen on Your PC with Vysor for Chrome Smartphones are convenient, but sometimes it's more trouble than it's worth to pick up your phone when you're already sitting at a computer. It would be nice to do whatever it is you want to do from the comfort of your PC—especially if you work at a desk. Thankfully, there's a simple (and brilliant) way to completely mirror your Android device's screen over USB with a Chrome app called Vysor. Read This Article → Remote Desktop Roundup: TeamViewer vs. Splashtop vs. Windows RDP There is a plethora of remote desktop solutions on the market, and it can be tricky to pick the right one for your needs. Don’t worry though, we’ve done the legwork for you, cataloging and comparing the most popular remote desktop solutions so you can easily pick the right one. Read This Article → How to Check if TRIM Is Enabled for Your SSD (and Enable It if It Isn’t) Windows 7 and above are set to automatically enable TRIM on solid-state drives. You shouldn’t need to worry about enabling TRIM yourself. But, if you want to double-check that Windows has enabled TRIM, you can. Read This Article → How to Locate Your Lost Phone with the Amazon Echo It’s all too easy to lose your phone around the house, especially if you’re prone to losing things in general. However, your Amazon Echo can help you find it using a neat third-party service. Read This Article → How to Painlessly Move Your Steam Library to Another Folder or Hard Drive If you have a large Steam library, then you may be running out of space, or maybe you have it located on an old, slower spinning hard drive. Whatever the case, you can painlessly move your Steam collection to a new location. Read This Article → How to Restore the Old Clock, Calendar, and Battery on the Windows 10 Taskbar Windows 10 changed the interface for the clock, calendar, and battery pretty dramatically from previous versions. While the new style is attractive and fits in well with the Windows 10 look, you can still restore the old interface used in Windows 7 and 8 for these features if you prefer them. Changing back to the old battery interface also gives you a quicker way to toggle between power plans. You’ll need to make a couple of edits in the Registry to make these changes happen, but it’s a pretty easy hack. Here’s how to do it. Read This Article → How to Protect Documents and PDF Files with Owner and User Passwords in LibreOffice There are two ways to protect a PDF file: an owner password and a user password. We'll explain the purpose of each and show you how to apply them to your PDF files. Read This Article → How to Free Up Space on Your Samsung Device with "Smart Manager" When your phone's internal storage starts to get full, it can be frustrating. Things slow down, apps won't install, and in some cases, you can't even download anything. Fortunately, Samsung has a built-in way to help users see detailed information about what is taking up space, and also provides a simple way of deleting unwanted items. Read This Article → How to Stream Live TV from an Xbox One to a Windows PC, iPhone, or Android Phone Set up your Xbox One’s TV integration and you can do more than just watch TV on your Xbox: you can also stream that live TV from your Xbox to a Windows 10 PC, Windows phone, iPhone, iPad, or Android device over your home network. Read This Article → How to Stop Animated GIFs From Playing in Your Web Browser Animated GIFs can be a fun way to spice up reactions on social media, or get a point across in an article–but they can also be annoying, and take forever to load if you have a slow connection. If you’d rather not see them, here’s how to stop them from automatically animating. Read This Article → Advertisement Download 2016 Top Trending IT Security Resources 2016 Top Trending IT Security Resources brings together the latest in information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help with your IT Security related decisions. Click here to download