For Big Hands or Extended Play Sessions The Nintendo-licensed HORI Split Pad Pro replaces your Joy-Con entirely by sliding into the rails on either side of the Switch console. The controller features a much larger, ergonomic design that fills your palms and makes your humble Switch look and feel more like Valve’s Steam Deck. It features two full-sized analog sticks with a much greater range of motion, a real directional pad, bigger and less “clicky” face buttons, and elongated bumpers and triggers....

After using Vista and now Windows 7, when you go back and look at the original XP appearance it definitely shows its age. ** Editor Note: Major modifications like these should be attempted with caution because it can create instability in XP. ** Vista Transformation Pack You can easily add new life to the user interface of XP with the Vista Transformation Pack. In Express Mode you can choose the features for your user account where they show the amount of system resources required....

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 goes virtual with Hyper-V Multiple Servers. One Box. Lots of RAM. Hyper-V is a type-1 (native) hypervisor, meaning it runs at the root level with direct control over the server’s hardware. Virtual operating systems run independently of each other as partitions just above the Hyper-V stack. With server virtualization, you are essentially running multiple servers on one physical box. Previously, the only server virtualization product available from Microsoft was Virtual Server 2005 which ran as a type-2 (hosted) hypervisor over a macro operating system like Windows Server 2003....

The Vitruvian Trainer+ isn’t the only smart workout machine, but it does have some impressive features that make it stand out, such as support for up to 400lbs of weight. In addition, it’ll adapt the resistance to your workout, so if you can’t lift 400lbs (most can’t), this machine will still work out perfectly for you. The system uses a platform on the ground with two weight handles (unlike Mirror or Tonal, which mount to the wall)....

Episode 1: The Phantom Sense When you’re in VR and you can “feel” a sensation that’s not actually produced by the hardware, it’s referred to as “phantom sense“, which may sound like the “phantom pain” that amputees experience you’ve probably heard about before. Still, it’s quite different once you consider how phantom sense likely works. Phantom sense in VR isn’t a new discovery, but now that VR headsets are going mainstream members of the public are discovering this phenomenon for themselves....

What Is Auto-Framing? In short, auto-framing is a method used to keep the primary subject of a video in focus and at the center of the shot. It functions in different ways for different devices, but no matter what’s going on behind the lens, you can rest assured the camera is putting you front and center. Aside from tracking a primary subject, auto-framing can also be used to properly focus and center large groups....

I’ve been using the beta for a couple of weeks, and yesterday I got my hands on the official Beta 1 release, which is good enough to use on a regular basis if it wasn’t for the hard cut-off date… yes, the beta release has an expiration date on August 1st 2009, after which it will stop working. If you wanted to sum up Windows 7 in a few words: it’s Windows Vista with a few new features and almost all the annoyances and bugs removed… and a really shiny coat of paint....

Larger SSDs Have More Data Channels and DRAM An SSD consists of NAND memory chips arranged in clusters, connected to an SSD controller. The controller is an intelligent device that decides where to physically store data on the SSD. With more clusters of memory chips, each connected to the controller by a dedicated data bus, the controller can read and write data in parallel. The more clusters you have, the more independent paths there are to move data back and forth....

The New York Times is partnering with Hasbro to release Wordle: The Party Game, which is more or less a physical version of the online game. If you’ve never played it, Wordle tasks you with guessing a random five-letter word in six tries, and correctly-guessed letters are highlighted as you try again. The board game version requires the ‘Wordle Host’ to pick a five-letter word, and the other players use the included dry-erase boards to guess the word....

Performance It’s no secret that Apple Silicon (all of it, not just the M1-derived chips) are significantly faster than anything in an Android tablet. At least if we’re comparing each iPad to its nearest price competitor. Apple simply has bigger, faster, and more ambitious CPU and GPU technology in their tablets. This is at least partly due to Apple’s total control of its hardware production. They might take a loss on some components, but since they make a profit on the unit as a whole it doesn’t matter....

You can easily change the interval when data is saved to have it save more often. This is useful if you’ve been having problems with your system recently. We’ll be using Microsoft Word for this example, but the options exist in all of the Office applications. Just click on the Office button in the top left corner, and choose “Word Options”. Click on Save in the left menu of the Options dialog box, making sure to check the “Save AutoRecover information” checkbox....

Create Separate Profile for Web Development Installing all of these development tools will make Firefox into a very heavy browser, so we should first create a new profile for Firefox. You can launch a separate profile at the same time as your regular profile by creating a new shortcut with these arguments, replacing WebDev with the name of your profile. There’s also a more detailed explanation of how to do this....

What you can do instead is add your pictures to the list of default pictures, and delete pictures you’ll never use. In case you don’t remember, you open Control Panel \ User Accounts \ Change Your Picture to get to the list of pictures. All of the pictures are stored in a hidden folder buried deep within your program data directory. All you have to do is just remove the pictures you don’t want, and add the pictures you do want....

The main feature of DuckDuckGo Browser is that it blocks tracking scripts and most online advertising, in an effort to keep as few servers from collecting data about your behavior as possible. Tracking protection is never 100% effective, since it relies on people to keep adding sites and domains to blocklists (like NoTracking). However, DuckDuckGo Browser has a defined exception for Microsoft-owned ad networks and tracking scripts, allowing them to load even when they are known to compromise privacy....

The problem is that Synergy is getting “locked out” while your admin mode application has the foreground focus. The workaround is to just run Synergy in administrator mode as well. What is Synergy Again? Synergy is an open source utility that allows you to share a single keyboard and mouse across multiple computers running different operating systems. This differs from remote desktop or VNC in that you continue to use separate monitors for each computer....

So how does it work, and can it really solve the problem of long charge times? We’ll explore that here. How Electric Car Battery Swapping Works Charging an EV’s battery can take hours, and even fast charging can take around 30 minutes—much longer than an average gas fillup. Battery swapping attempts to solve that problem with a system that changes out the battery pack in your EV for one that’s already charged....

Ubuntu provides a little utility to help you accomplish the same thing, but it’s not named quite what you’d think, so you may not have found this. And yes, for the more technical users, you can modify the startup script and accomplish the same thing. You’ll find the tool on the System \ Preferences\ Sessions menu item: Click the Add button, and type in the full path to the executable you are trying to start if it’s not in your path already....

With the Word document open go to Page Layout and in the Page Background section click on Watermark. Now you can choose one of the included watermarks to fit the type of document or add a custom image. To add a custom image click on Custom Watermark as the bottom of the menu. Notice this is where you can remove a watermark as well. Now you can add your own custom text watermark or browse for an image such as a company logo....

Google Assistant’s Family Bell feature makes it easy to schedule announcements on Google Nest speakers and displays, along with Android devices. It can be annoying to get to the Family Bell settings. We’ll show you how to make a shortcut. There isn’t really a direct way to access the plethora of Google Assistant settings. Thankfully, Google has made it possible to create shortcuts to many Assistant features, including Family Bell....

Interactive stories are popular for both kids and adults these days. Whether a game or a book, you determine the journey and the outcome with the choices you make. With Google Slides, you can make your own interactive story. You may want to create an educational story for your elementary school students, a fun adventure for your group of friends, or even as a teaching tool for training new employees....