Encrypting your computer is basic security hygiene. Here's how to encrypt your hard drive on both Mac and Windows computers.

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3DMark Basic gives you pretty much one button to push, and then your gaming PC is benchmarked. 3DMark Basic offers very few options. Screen resolution is fixed; so is the suite of tests.

PCMark 7 Basic is a free benchmarking tool intended for systems running Windows 7. It tests many aspects of performance, including video, Web speed, and disk access, and turns the results into a ...