While there are certainly better and more secure ways to have “secret” conversations on an iPhone, the Notes app has a few advantages. First, it’s not a messaging app—nobody is going to think to check the Notes app for conversations. Second, every iPhone has it pre-installed. RELATED: How (and Why) to Switch to Apple Notes This work’s through the iCloud collaboration feature in the Notes app. In order to use it, you’ll need to enable iCloud syncing for Notes....

If you store a lot of files in Google Drive, you’ve likely had to search for one at some point. But if you know your item is in a particular folder, you can save time by limiting your search to that folder. First, you can quickly search inside of a folder without opening the Google Drive search tool. If you don’t immediately find what you need, you can use advanced search techniques to narrow your search within that folder as well....

Do you ever just need to put your head down and work? You know how hard it can be to concentrate with distractions like meetings, phone calls, and the unexpected pop-in. Focus Time in Google Calendar can help. Using Focus Time, you can designate that time to dig into your report, answer those emails, or catch up on updates. So, anyone with visibility into your calendar can see your time blocked....

OK, here we go… Remove… Well, I did navigate my way to the Control Panel to remove it… tick tock… tick tock… Oh yes, the wonderful restart. Uh Oh … forgot about QuickTime. Here is a great free alternative! Windows again busy saving me from myself. Thanks Pal! waiting …. waiting …. is this almost done? No sir! We still need to get rid of Apple Software Update. Is this for real!...

The only problem with this application is that it’s not going to be free once it’s officially released. It is free while in beta mode, however, so you can check it out without paying a dime. The application itself is really slick looking, but don’t let that fool you… there’s loads of hotkey goodness to be found, starting with the Win+T shortcut key for XP users, which will bring the window out of the system tray....

This option comes in the form of a small utility called AeroBar which does nothing else other than add titles to your Explorer windows based on the current folder. You can see the utility in action here: All you need to do is download and run the executable, and if you like the effect then add the utility to your startup group. If you want to stop this application from running you will need to use Task Manager, find the Aerobar....

This is where the apachetop utility comes in. It’s a very simple command line utility that you can use to monitor traffic real-time. It accomplishes this by parsing the apache logfiles and displaying meaningful output to the screen. Using Apachetop Once you’ve installed the utility (instructions below), you can launch it by simply running apachetop from the command line. Since apachetop sometimes defaults to the wrong directory for the logfiles, you can pass in the -f parameter to specify the location of the logfile....

NVIDIA’s latest cards are designed to be unattractive to crypto miners thanks to a mining performance cap in the Lite Hash Rate. The Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker claimed it could modify the card’s firmware to bypass that cap. However, Hassan Mujtaba discovered that it actually infects the host system with malware. Specifically, it infects powershell.exe, which is a Windows service. Not only does it infect the system with malware, but it doesn’t do what it promises....

ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Graphics Card For $1,359.99 ($1,040.00 Off) Dedicated GPUs are getting easier to find, and now they’re more affordable too, thanks to Prime Day. This 8K-ready ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Graphics Card for $1,359.99 ($1,040 off) features PCIe 4.0 with 24GB of GDDR6X memory for quick data transfer speeds, three fans for optimal cooling, and both HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4a ports for connecting to a monitor or TV....

The KDE settings dialogs can be easily launched by entering in the path into Konqueror. Just type in settings:/ into the Konqueror address bar and you will see the different options pop up: You can also quickly access one of the panels by just typing in the full path into the Alt+F2 run dialog: Hit enter, and you will see the settings dialog for the Look And Feel panel pop right up:...

What is RingCentral? Play Video RingCentral is a full-featured VoIP service with a variety of tools to keep employees connected, collaborative, and productive, regardless of whether they’re working from home or at the office. This is made possible through the RingCentral app — which can be installed on Android, iPhone and iPad, Windows, and macOS devices — as well as dedicated desktop phones. One of RingCentral’s advantages is that you don’t have to completely reinvent your workflow to add it to your business....

Avast Home Edition offers great virus protection along with Spyware and Rootkit detection, and even has an interesting skinning ability. Using Avast The first time you run Avast after installing you will be greeted with a quick user guide to some features available. Remember to update the database right away after installing so everything is up to date. After the initial update I was prompted to restart Vista. I hope this isn’t the case with every update....

To start an application you have to pass the affinity flag to the start utility in the command prompt. For instance, if you wanted to start notepad assigned to CPU, you could use the following command: You can see in task manager that the process is only assigned to CPU 0 To start a process on CPU 0, use the following command switch: For CPU 1, use this switch:...

Start11 from Stardock is a popular application for customizing the start menu and taskbar, on either Windows 10 or Windows 11. There are multiple start menu layouts to choose from, including designs that mirror the menu on Windows 7 or Windows 10, and more customization options are available for the taskbar. Some of the taskbar features can also be accessed by modifying registry settings in Windows, such as moving the taskbar to the top of the screen, but the start menu designs are exclusive to Start11....

Certain mouse pads might be better at tracking the laser on your mouse for improved pointer accuracy, but they can be less comfortable to use long-term. On the other hand, you might be able to find the most comfortable mouse pad on the market, but that doesn’t mean it’ll increase the tracking performance over your bare desk. So before diving into the world of mouse pads, it’s always important to set your priorities....

The “default” iPhone keyboard layout does not have the period key next to the spacebar like many other virtual keyboards. You need to tap the “123” key to find the period key on the secondary layout. That’s pretty annoying for such a frequently used punctuation mark. Why does Apple do this? There’s actually a simple trick that makes the period key much less necessary. All you need to do is double-tap the spacebar to automatically enter a period....

Here’s the normal window border, that you are probably used to. The borders look even more ridiculously large if you aren’t using Aero. And here’s the window border after we’ve removed the padding. Much less wasted space! To make this change, we’ll need open the classic Appearance Settings dialog. Right click on the desktop and choose Personalize. Then click on Window Color and Appearance: If you have Aero enabled, you’ll have to click on “Open classic appearance properties for more color options

Out of the box, QuickTime (the backend for FrontRow’s movie playing capabilities) only supports a few video formats. I’m not going to try to list them here, but the really big and common ones are H.264 and MPEG-4. However, a lot of video files are still encoded using DivX or Xvid. Also, if you’re extremely unlucky you may have a few old WMV-encoded files which you would like to play....

Wi-Fi Is a Compromise First off, lest you think we’re crusading against Wi-Fi, let us assure you that we think Wi-Fi is pretty great. Breaking free from physically tethered networks makes it possible to do all sorts of useful and fun things. From backyard laptop use to wireless security cameras and, of course, goofing around on your smartphone with high-speed internet, it’s all possible over every inch of your home thanks to Wi-Fi....

Open Mobility Center Use the hotkey Win+X to quickly launch mobility center. You could also find it in the Start menu. Windows Mobility Center Features Mobility Center gives you access to features relevant to laptop users. This is a quick overview. Tips You can use the tab key to navigate through the items, or use the quick access hotkeys. For instance: Enjoy your mobile computing experience!