What Is a "Chipset", and Why Should I Care?

Did You Know? Owls incredible range of motion when turning their head is borne out of necessity, their eyes are tubular (instead of spherical), and they cannot move their eyes in their sockets like we can; in order to look far to the left or right, they need to turn their head completely in that direction. Geek Trivia Which Entire Family Of Plants, Save For A Sole Exception, Is Only Indigenous To The Americas? Redwood Trees → Ivy → Cacti → Orchids → Advertisement Free eBook: Crypto 101 Want to know how to exploit a common cryptographic flaw or forge administrator cookies, recover passwords? This is an introductory course on cryptography, freely available for programmers of all ages and skill levels. It comes with everything you need to understand complete systems such as SSL/TLS, block ciphers, stream ciphers, hash functions, message authentication codes, public key encryption, key agreement protocols, and signature algorithms.Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Make the Most of Your Sling TV Service Stop Fussing About Read Receipts What Is a “Chipset”, and Why Should I Care? Why Is Creating a Bootable USB Drive More Complex Than Creating Bootable CDs? 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Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe A UK, Canadian and Italian study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could be a vast and complex hologram. [Science Bulletin] SpaceX takes a key step toward a reusable rocket launch Launch of the used booster could come as early as March. [ArsTechnica] Netflix could learn a few things from cable television It took FX some time to learn this, too [Polygon] Why Frog Tongues Are So Sticky The key to their grip is their downy softness. [The Atlantic] How to Make the Most of Your Sling TV Service Sling TV has been a huge catalyst in allowing users to let go of traditional cable companies and move forward with an all-streaming-all-the-time model. If you’re one of the millions who have made the switch—or are one of the millions who are considering making said switch—then you’ll want to make the most of your new streaming service. Read This Article → Stop Fussing About Read Receipts Let's be real. As soon as you send a text message, your recipient has probably read it. So why does everyone care so much about whether an app tells them that you’ve read their messsage? Read This Article → What Is a “Chipset”, and Why Should I Care? You’ve probably heard the term “chipset” tossed around when talking about new computers, but what exactly is a chipset, and how does it affect your computer’s performance? Read This Article → Why Is Creating a Bootable USB Drive More Complex Than Creating Bootable CDs? Creating bootable CDs and DVDs tends to be a simple, straightforward process, but why is it more complex when creating bootable flash drives? Is there really that much difference between the two? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Read This Article → How to Crop an Image in Photoshop Cropping photos is one of the most basic, but important, photo editing skills. A crooked horizon or something distracting on the edge can ruin a great image. Read This Article → How to Add Any Card to the iPhone Wallet App, Even If It Isn’t Supported by Apple The Wallet app on the iPhone lets you store all of your loyalty cards, boarding passes, movie tickets, and more right on your device. Unfortunately, it only officially supports a handful of stores and brands. Thankfully, there’s a way to add anything with a barcode to these apps, whether it’s officially supported or not. Read This Article → How to Change Chrome’s Default Search Engine Google Chrome’s default search engine is, unsurprisingly, Google. For the vast majority of users, that’s just fine. There are those however, who might want to change the default search engine to Yahoo!, Bing, or even add something custom. Read This Article → How to Sell Your Steam Trading Cards the Lazy Way (and Get Free Steam Credit) Steam trading cards are basically free money. Assuming you own a few games on Steam, you’re probably generating Steam trading cards without even realizing it—and you can sell them on the community market for Steam Wallet credit, which you can use to purchase games. Read This Article → How to Remove Hyperlinks from Microsoft Word Documents If you copy text from the web and paste it into Word, it can be annoying when the hyperlinks transfer with it. Here’s how to easily paste text without the hyperlinks, or remove hyperlinks from text that’s already in Word. Read This Article → How-To Geek Is Hiring a Programmer How-To Geek has grown a ton in the last few years—we brought on a great new Editor-in-Chief, hired a bunch of new writers, and we've branched out into new areas. So why am I still doing the programming? Read This Article → How to Keep People From Knowing You Read Their Message on Facebook Facebook is the most popular social network on the internet, and as a result, its messaging service is a very common way for people to privately communicate with one another. However, Facebook also tells you when your recipient has read your message—something not everyone enjoys. Read This Article → Kodi Is Not a Piracy Application There’s a piracy app that lets users find any TV show, movie, or song you can imagine. Streams and downloads are both easy to find, and the software is already used by hundreds of millions of people. Read This Article → What Is a “Portable” App, and Why Does It Matter? Portable applications offer some definite advantages over their traditional counterparts. They’re lightweight and they allow you to move between computers while taking your applications and settings with you. Here’s why they’re different and why they’re sometimes—but not always—a good choice. Read This Article → Advertisement Free eBook: Crypto 101 Want to know how to exploit a common cryptographic flaw or forge administrator cookies, recover passwords? This is an introductory course on cryptography, freely available for programmers of all ages and skill levels. It comes with everything you need to understand complete systems such as SSL/TLS, block ciphers, stream ciphers, hash functions, message authentication codes, public key encryption, key agreement protocols, and signature algorithms.Click here to download