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44 keyboard shortcuts for Command Prompt (Windows 10 & Windows 11)
Most power users love the Command Prompt because it’s a straightforward way to run text-based commands and administrative tasks. Fortunately, over time, Microsoft improved the Command Prompt by adding many handy keyboard shortcuts in both Windows 10 and Windows 11. In this article, I’ll show you some of the best keyboard shortcuts for CMD so that you can work faster…
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Microsoft Outlook Keyboard Shortcuts: Printable Cheat Sheet
Keyboard shortcuts can significantly increase your workflow efficiency, though the sheer number of them can make them difficult to prioritize and remember. This is why we’ve created a cheat sheet of some of the most useful keyboard shortcuts for the new Microsoft Outlook—specifically aimed at the email section of the app on Windows computers—which you can print and have to…
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How to Clean Your Mac’s Keyboard
I’ll confess: my MacBook’s keyboard has seen better days. I’ve been meaning to clean it for a while, but I always put it off because of how hard Apple makes disabling the keyboard in general: Whenever I switch off my MacBook, pressing literally any key powers it on again—not just the power button. That makes cleaning it tricky, since since…
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Qwertykeys halts keyboard shipments to US over tariff costs and confusion
The keyboard company Qwertykeys has temporaily halted all shipments to the United States in response to President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods going into effect. The company says it’s working on ways to mitigate shipping costs and that the tariffs have made it so that “all keyboards from China to the U.S. are now subject to 45% tariffs at full…
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Nokia Didn’t Think the iPhone’s Touch Keyboard Would Take Off
In an amazing piece of technology history, a Nokia internal presentation from after the iPhone’s 2007 unveiling shows what the company was thinking, and what Nokia got wrong in its analysis. Nokia recently unveiled an online repository of its designs at Aalto University in Finland, which opened to the public on January 15, 2025. The Nokia Design Archive is chock-full…
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How I Built a Silent Mechanical Keyboard
Summary Ditch your loud mechanical keyboard for a silent one to eliminate distraction. Silent mechanical keyboard switches provide a noiseless but solid typing experience. Get a gasket-mounted keyboard and consider modding it to build the quietest keyboard possible. Does your mechanical keyboard get a lot of flak for being too loud? I’ve been there, too. While the marbly click-clack is…
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This Gaming Keyboard From CES Was Made for Me
Summary Keychron Lemokey P1 HE is a mash-up of successful predecessors, offering smooth magnetic switches, a roomy layout, and improved shine-through keycaps. Magnetic switches and Hall effect sensors in the Lemokey P1 HE offer advantages when gaming and improved durability over mechanical switches. The Lemokey P1 HE also introduces changes like north-facing RGB, unique keycap color schemes, and an upgrade…
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Direction9 made a T9-based keyboard for better typing on TVs
Typing on a TV sucks. Those long and / or scrambled on-screen keyboards are both a nuisance to use, and a real problem for anyone wanting to make stuff for your TV. At CES 2025, I was just introduced to a better way. It’s made by a company called Direction9, which has been working on the system for about a…
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This Free App Will Turn You Into a Mac Keyboard Maestro
Summary Shortcat is a powerful app that lets you control almost every element of your Mac’s UI with the keyboard. It works by overlaying keyboard shortcut labels onto interface elements, providing quick access to controls within apps. Shortcat has a learning curve, may not consider existing keyboard shortcuts, and lacks extensive support for dragging. But it’s valuable for reducing mouse…
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This solid aluminum keyboard costs as much as a MacBook Pro
If statement keyboards are your thing and you have some serious cash to burn, you should check out this brutalist flagship offering from Serene Industries. The Icebreaker is a wedge-shaped mechanical keyboard constructed from a single block of CNC-machined aluminum, featuring hot-swappable aluminum keycaps with configurable RGB backlighting. Preorders are available now, with pricing starting at $1,500 for the wired…
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