Microsoft released a new beta version of OneNote for Windows on Friday, with a build number of 15227.20000. The new version adds a ‘Dictate’ button, which uses your computer’s microphone to type out notes. Microsoft added the voice dictation feature to other versions of OneNote years ago. The Windows 10/Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version of OneNote received a Dictate button in June 2018, at the same time as the normal Windows versions of Word and PowerPoint....

Using Security Essentials Installation is quick and easy following the installation wizard. The download file is less than 8MB and is light on system resources compared to other Antivirus utilities out there. You will need to validate your copy of Windows when installing. After validation and installing the program you can check for updates and scan your system right away. You will get a progress update screen while running the database updates....

Now for the more knowledgeable user let’s look at some other configuration scenarios. This is not to be intended as a “Greatest Ever” list you would see on Digg. These are simply the tools I use and have proven effective. Now, in using these utilities, you’re not necessarily be able to “set it and forget it”. I set a day either Saturday or Sunday when I go through my system and update and/or run scans with each of these programs....

This new version also supports some really great options, including auto-reconnect, transparency and hyperlinking support. If you open up the settings window and go to Window \ Behaviour, you can change some interesting settings. The first setting I’d recommend is to check the box for “Accept single-click to restore from tray”, which makes it much easier to restore the PuTTY window. If you change “Show tray icon” to Always, PuTTY will only minimize to the tray while holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the Minimize button....

More Frames Per Second Are Always Better When it comes to first-person shooters, you should always prioritize performance over quality. To that end, you can never go wrong with getting as many frames per second as possible. The more frames you get, the better gaming experience and competitive edge you’ll receive. The higher your frames, the smoother and more playable the game will be. This is especially important in first-person shooters as you need to be able to react quickly to your opponents....

What makes a myth a myth? A myth is typically a story or belief that has been around for a long time. It gets repeated over and over until people assume it’s true. Many myths have followed Android’s explosion in popularity. Let’s debunk some of them. Android Phones Are Cheap One of the most common myths about Android is that it’s cheap. This is often said as an insult to Android users, especially from those who use iPhones....

Mastering Your Aim Settings When it comes to aiming in first-person shooters, there are two settings to worry about–your mouse sensitivity and in-game crosshair. Mastering one sensitivity dramatically improves your aim because it affects your mouse precision. The more you practice aiming at a specific sensitivity, the better your accuracy gets. Moving your mouse to certain distances becomes second nature. A crosshair is simply a mark on your screen that points to where the middle of your screen is–the spot you’re aiming....

Warner Bros Discovery is hyping up the release of House of the Dragon, a prequel series for Game of Thrones that premiers in a few days on HBO Max. Streaming device manufacturer Roku is getting in on the excitement with an officially-licensed Roku Ultra. Roku has released an onslaught of promotional marketing for House of the Dragon, with a dedicated page on the home screen menu that links to trailers, information, and the show itself on HBO Max....

Transactions Cost Money Ethereum is a cryptocurrency, which means that people can buy and sell things with it. It’s also possible to run complex code on the Ethereum “blockchain,” which is how NFTs and smart contracts are possible. However, all of these transactions and operations need computer hardware to process them. That computer hardware costs money. Unlike a centralized bank, there is no data center full of computers dedicated to crunching the numbers....

In 2017, Apple introduced the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X but skipped over the iPhone 9. In the following years, no iPhone 9 ever appeared. Why didn’t Apple release iPhone 9? We’re on the case to find out. The Big Jump to “X” During its September 2017 iPhone event, Apple unveiled the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, which were the expected incremental upgrades to the existing form factor set in motion by the iPhone 6 and 7 before it....

The Integrated GPU Bottleneck Most modern gaming laptops have two graphics processors or GPUs—-integrated GPU (iGPU) and discrete GPU (dGPU). The iGPU is a part of the CPU, whereas the dGPU is an additional graphics chip that is more powerful than iGPU but consumes far more power. So to balance battery life and graphics performance, the gaming laptops switch between the iGPU and dGPU on the fly. This switching is performed by Optimus (also known as MSHybrid) on laptops with NVIDIA GPU and by Switchable Graphics feature on laptops with AMD GPU....

GrapheneOS is a privacy and security-hardened version of the Android OS you know and love. If you’d like to try out this custom ROM, it’s probably easier than you think. Here’s what you’ll need to get started. If you’re unfamiliar with GrapheneOS, imagine a version of Android without Google services and all the other privacy and security trade-offs that come with using a modern smartphone. That’s essentially what the GrapheneOS folks have created....

This is very annoying when you are expecting Firefox to behave the same on OS X as it does on Windows. Thankfully Apple made this into a very easy system preference. Open up the System Preferences tool and then select Keyboard & Mouse, and then Keyboard Shortcuts. You’ll see the section at the bottom that says “Full keyboard access”. Here’s where you can change the setting to “All controls” instead of the default....

Singapore-based Glance was founded in 2019, and currently develops a lock screen advertisement platform with the same name. Glance is already installed on over 400 million smartphones, primarily in India and southeast Asia, where it shows various recommended content and advertisements on the lock screen. There are even some integrated games and livestreams — Glance said streams for Battlegrounds Mobile India (a regional version of PUBG: Battlegrounds) had 11.9 million viewers in 2022....

Using Jump lists To access jump lists Right-click a program icon on the Taskbar, like in this example of Internet Explorer. Notice too that you can pin those items to the Taskbar if you wish. When you have the jump list open click the first letter of an item to jump between them. Here is an example of the Jump List feature in the Start Menu. This makes it easy to access recently opened items as well....

All you have to do is hold down the shift key, and right-click the file: Choose the Copy as Path from the menu. Here’s an example of what’s on the clipboard after clicking that: “C:\Users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures\Creek.jpg” Note: This will also allow you to copy the path of a folder to the clipboard.

Note: SimplyIcon requires the .NET Framework (version 2.0 or higher). Setup The is no install required with SimplyIcon. All that you need to do is unzip the two files (SimplyIcon.exe & FreeImage.dll), place them in a folder location of your choice, and create a shortcut for the program. This is the window that you will see once you start SimplyIcon. To create custom icons, just drag-and-drop the image into SimplyIcon’s window area....

Of course, Windows 7 makes the shutdown menu a lot better, but if you want a shortcut elsewhere or to assign a hotkey, this should help you out. This tip is nothing new, and probably very old hat to most of the advanced geeks reading this feed. I’ve been asked this question so many times in the last month that I decided to finally just write it up for everybody....

Installation is quick and easy following the installation wizard. You will be up and ready to roll in a few seconds. When first starting up Defraggler you get an overview of the different drives on your computer. Before starting a defrag session you can click on the Analyze button and see the amount of fragmented space. Under Help there is a legend so you can identify what the colored blocks represent....

Dish announced today that its 5G network, currently branded as ‘Project Genesis’, now covers “over 20 percent of the U.S. population” and over 120 cities. The full list of locations is available on the Project Genesis site, including Dallas, TX, Nashville, TN, Columbus, OH, and other metro areas. However, only two devices are currently compatible with Dish’s nationwide network, and only if you purchase them from Dish: the Samsung Galaxy S22 and Netgear Nighthawk M6 Pro Hotspot....