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Windows comes pre-configured for Internet access via Ethernet. If your computer includes an Ethernet adapter as many do, connecting your computer to the Internet is as simple as connecting a cable.

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USB has been on our desktops and laptops since about 1997 or so, and since then it has been the mainstay of computer peripherals. No other connector is as useful for connecting mice, keyboards, ...

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At the start of the month we wrote about Benson Leung, a tenacious Google engineer who had made it his life mission to test various USB Type-C cables and adapters, to check whether they actually ...

Harness the power of your smartphone to connect any PC to Wi-Fi seamlessly using an easy USB tethering method. Reviewed by Michael Barton Heine Jr Use your smartphone and a USB cable to give your ...

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