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How to stream Major League Baseball games to all your favorite devices
Major League Baseball has an impressive streaming package, but make sure you're aware of its pesky blackout rules.
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Everything you need to know about DLNA: The de facto home-entertainment network standard
If you've ever wished for a way to stream media from your PC to another device, you should know about this technology.How-To
How to stream NCAA March Madness to your favorite devices, mobile or otherwise
Whether you have an Apple TV, Chromecast, or some other streaming hardware, we lay out the best scenarios for catching all the March Madness.
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How to keep your connected home safe: 7 steps you can take to boost home security
Making your home smart could also make it insecure. We'll show you how to avoid the most common pitfalls.
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How to DJ your New Year’s Eve Party using a Chromecast and Google Play Music
Be the expert mixmaster all with a few taps of your phone and Google's streaming dongle.
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How to pick the right sound bar to go with your flat-screen TV
Sound bars are a great way to get better sound in your living room, as long as you buy the right one.
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How to stream the 2014 World Cup
Thirty-two countries are headed to Brazil to find out who is soccer's world champion. We'll show you how to not miss a minute of the action this summer.App Guide
How to stream the Olympic Winter Games
Keep up with all of the games from Sochi with these streaming tools.Everything Mobile
Use your smartphone to check your remote control batteries
Are the batteries in that remote really dead? Your smartphone can help you find out.Social Scene
Social media lockdown: 4 privacy features you won’t find in your settings
Remove geotags, revoke app permissions, and send encrypted messages to keep your life story on a need-to-know basis.How-To
FAQ: What is 4K exactly, and do I have to buy a new TV now?
4K TVs were all the rage at this year's CES. Does that mean the TV you just bought is obsolete?How-To
Create a digital Yule log on your HDTV
The weather outside may be frightful, but a fire is so delightful, especially when it's a Yule log. We'll show you how to get one streaming on your HD television set.Updated
Giving the gift of digital downloads
Whether it's a last-minute gift or something you've been planning to give for a while, online stores are a great source for digital presents during the holidays — if you know where to look.Connected Home
How to use a cloud camera to secure your home during holiday travel
While you're away, the thieves might play. Here's how to catch them.How-To
Traveling with your camera: What to take with you
Planning to do some holiday shooting with your camera or iPhone? Here are some tips on what to pack.How-To
7 killer tips for editing photos in Android
It turns out that Android's forlorn, overlooked Gallery app is a pretty powerful editor.How-To
Travel tips: what you can’t leave behind
Planning on traveling during the holidays? Then you'll need to decide which of your tech gadgets you need to bring along. Here's how to figure that out.How-To
How to keep your camera clean
A clean camera means better pictures, and luckily the techniques are easy and the tools are cheap.
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Demystifying digital camera sensors once and for all
Forget megapixels. A camera's soul is its sensor, and not all are created equal.How-To
Frozen in time: Tips and tricks for photographing waterfalls
Slow down your shutter speed to capture the beauty of flowing water.How-To
Turn a photo mistake into a great shot
How to salvage badly lit, exposed, or composed photos and make them frame-worthy keepers.How-To
Make panoramas the easy way
Photographic panoramas are now easy to make with a bit of camera or software help.How-To
How to perfect your photo’s colors by adjusting white balance
Setting your camera's white balance properly will fix all the other colors in the scene as well.How-To
How to use IFTTT to automate your online life
The quietly powerful If This, Then That fetches and carries Web content from one service to another so you don't have to. Learn how it works and check out some of its best 'recipes.'How-To
Getting the best bokeh in your background
Learn how to shoot a photo with shallow depth of field so that the subject is sharp and the background is out of focus.How-To
Sony Dev-50 digital binoculars fill a double bill as a still or video camera
Instead of a pair of metal tubes packed with lenses, the DEV-50 binoculars is a pair of 1080p HD camcorders joined together. Andy Ihnatko took them for a spin.How-To
Essential photo composition tips and tricks
Photographic composition can spell the difference between an inspired image and one that is dull and flat.How-To
How to photograph the moon
We've collected some basic, all-around tips for getting the best shots of the moon.How-To
How to capture a sense of speed with panning
Panning is a technique that lets you capture the essence of motion in a photo. By shooting with a somewhat slow shutter speed and tracking the action as you take the picture, you blur the background while freezing the subject. Here's how to do it.How-To
Protect your camera with rain covers
Get a waterproof cover to protect your camera from spring showers.How-To
How to work through the Camera Raw dilemma
Should you shoot compressed or uncompressed photos? Here's how to decide which format is best for your image.How-To
How to shoot macros of flowers and bugs
Everything you need to know about getting some really nice close-up photos with almost any camera.How-To
How to minimize noise in digital photos
Though the days of grainy photos are far behind us, digital photos have a similar problem, called digital noise. Here's how to get rid of it.How-To
Shoot now, focus later: Change the focus after you take a photo
The new Lytro camera has introduced not only new technology but the urge to alter focus after the fact. Here's how to do this on your own camera without a Lytro.How-To
What are your rights as a photographer?
Where and when do you have a right to take pictures? Mostly anywhere, most of the time. Here are some pointers.How-To
Action! Capturing motion with shutter speed
Let's take a look at how to use shutter speed to capture action with your digital camera.How-To
Find free, cool music on SoundCloud
The Internet has no shortage of places offering streaming music these days. But few digital music destinations offer the unique selections you can find on SoundCloud.How-To
Get the most from your smartphone camera
These handy tips help make your smartphone the one camera you'll need in most situations.How-To
Eliminate red eye in your photo portraits
When your camera flash fires, the light bounces off the retina and appears in your photo a dot of red. Here's how to avoid it.How-To
Take a better backlit portrait
If your primary light source (the sun) is behind your subject, the camera will underexpose it. Here's how to counteract that problem.The Game Room
How to sync media to Windows Phone 8
Here's our starting guide to getting all your stuff on your new Windows Phone 8 handset.How-To
Pregame calibration: Get your HDTV ready for the Super Bowl
We recommend getting your HDTV calibrated by a professional, but if you'd rather do it yourself, here are a few quick tweaks that you can perform to improve your picture in time for kickoff.How-To
Cool night photos with long exposures
You can get some great photos by exploring shutter speeds from 2 seconds to 16 seconds.How-To
Master of channels: Finding the best Roku has to offer
Roku devices offer hundreds of entertainment channels. Here are some of the best; plus, how to find and install unofficial channels to extend your viewing pleasure.How-To
Outsmart your camera by turning off the autofocus
Autofocus is like magic, and it's often done well even by simple, inexpensive cameras. But sometimes it's better to turn off your autofocus control and do it the old fashioned way.Connected Home
Microphones: What you need to know before you buy
Everything you need to know about choosing a microphone for recording music at home.How-To