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AOL’s most legendary hacker built his seminal app through trial and error—the same way he rebuilt his life.

If a website needs you to log in, you can do that securely through a special browser view, which lets the agent dig deeper ...

Newly published research shows that the domain name system—a fundamental part of the web—can be exploited to hide malicious ...

Researchers have known for almost a decade that threat actors sometimes use DNS records to host malicious PowerShell scripts.

Not happy with your Linux distro's default file manager? Stop struggling and try something different. Considering that these are all free, what do you have to lose?

If you want to use your USB flash drive with both Macs and Windows computers, you have two file formats to choose from: exFAT ...

Are you tired of that persistent “These files might be harmful to your computer” warning popping up every time you transfer files across your network in Windows 11? This can seriously disrupt your ...

Computer passwords were a "way for users to hide away the files and programs they were working on from others on the same machine" and are widely credited to MIT's Fernando Corbato, said BBC.

A popular option is Everything. Unlike File Explorer, which scans directories in real time, Everything creates an index of all files on your PC so it can deliver near-instant search results. It also ...

Downloads (Your Downloaded Files)/Applications (Installed Apps Folder)/System (Critical macOS Files – Do Not Touch!)/Library ...

Our veteran productivity expert details her method for managing digital files: It's simple to implement, and since it's foundational, it will help you organize practically everything in your life.