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  • Is This the Best Way to Dice an Onion?

    Is This the Best Way to Dice an Onion?

    Working at Lifehacker means questioning everything, and being open to the fact that “the way we’ve always done it” isn’t always the best way to continue doing anything. But “best” is a relative term, particularly when we’re talking about food, as there are often multiple ways to arrive at the same end point; not to…


  • Share and Receive Files Anonymously with ‘OnionShare’

    Share and Receive Files Anonymously with ‘OnionShare’

    Whether you’re a spy or a geek, there are plenty of ways to share and receive files with others without revealing anyone’s identity. Whatever your reasons for needing this secrecy, whether as the host or the submitter, it’s easy to set up a virtual dumping ground for your data — top-secret or otherwise mundane.


  • Avid Brings Pro Level Video Editing For Free

    Avid is well known to those involved in video editing. It’s the preferred tool of many in Hollywood and has been used to edit many of the biggest movies made. While pro level tools aren’t very cheap, Avid is providing a new gateway to those looking to boost their video-editing power. Media Composer | First…


  • Microsoft Tools That Can Purge eDellRoot From Your Dell Computer

    Last week we reported that Dell computers were being shipped with a security flaw similar to Lenovo’s “Superfish”. It involved a root certificate called eDellRoot. While Dell itself has released instructions on how to remove the certificate from its computers, Microsoft has come to the rescue by providing tools that will get rid of eDellRoot…