The Galaxy Z Fold 4, which doesn’t have the ‘Z’ in some regions, isn’t a radical redesign from the previous model. It’s still a folding phone with a large screen on the outside (6.2 inches), which opens like a book to reveal an even larger display (7.6 inches). Despite rumors of an in-display fingerprint sensor, there’s still a side-mounted reader like the Z Fold 3. The phone also has the same IPX8 water resistance rating, meaning the phone should survive a drop in fresh water (up to 1....

SpywareBlaster is unique in the way it works, by disabling a known list of spyware related to Active X controls and integrating with both Internet Explorer and Firefox. It flags items in the registry and an associated spy process will not be able to run on the system. Using SpywareBlaster Installation is fast and easy… after a few setup selections you can close SpywareBlaster and go about your web surfing....

The typical modern smartphone has three buttons—Volume Up, Volume Down, and Power. There are some exceptions, of course—like the iPhone SE—but the vast majority of phones follow this design. There are some practical reasons for this, but I miss buttons. RELATED: You Can Still Use Wired Headphones Without a Headphone Jack Where Did the Buttons Go? Smartphones used to have a lot more moving parts. There were slide-out keyboards, swiveling displays, trackballs, and, of course, buttons....

Some of the main factors to consider when selecting your perfect tripod are weight, size, what kind of head it has, and any extra features it may come with. Most people can get away with lightweight aluminum tripods, especially in the higher-end price range, but if you’re knocking it around a lot you want a more expensive (but more durable) carbon fiber build. Some tripods sell the legs by themselves and require a separate head or mounting plate to attach your camera, so watch for that when you calculate the price....

Here’s what file browser looks like when browsing the root file system normally: As you can see, all of the hidden/system folders are not shown. If you hit Ctrl+H at this screen, you will immediately see all the hidden files: Fairly useful shortcut key. If you would just prefer to make this be the default setting when using file browser, go to the Edit menu and select Preferences: Check the “Show hidden and backup files” checkbox, and you should now see the hidden files all of the time....

It’s very easy to get swept up in Prime Day and buy things you don’t need for the sole reason of it being a “great deal.” Retailers are well aware of that fact and will use it at every turn. The trick is to find out which deals are truly great and which ones are hiding behind the “deal” label. Check the Price History Let’s say an item is marked down from $50 to $25....

What Is an AirDrop? An airdrop deposits free cryptocurrency into wallets of early adopters. Investors that purchase a cryptocurrency in the beginning stages are rewarded for their loyalty. Everyone loves free money, and as a result, awareness and excitement are generated around a project. Types of Airdrops Proactive airdrops provide free cryptocurrency from the beginning. Investors can use websites like airdrops.io to find projects that promote free cryptocurrency at a specified launch date....

Google’s speedy release cycle for the Chrome browser continues with version 103 on June 21, 2022. This release includes faster page load times, fonts for web apps, and more tools to block annoying notification prompts. Faster Page Load Times Google is constantly working on making Chrome faster and version 103 makes further improvements in this quest. Chrome 103 includes support for the 103 Early Hints HTTP response code (the “103” part is not related to Chrome 103)....

It’s a Reference to Computers From Long Ago In a 2012 interview with TechSpot, Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton described the origin of the “Raspberry Pi” name in multiple parts. First, there’s the fruit: “Raspberry is a reference to a fruit naming tradition in the old days of microcomputers. A lot of computer companies were named after fruit.” Obviously, there’s Apple, which is the most famous—and likely the firm that originated the fruit-naming trend....

Currently, when you run a Shortcuts automation, iOS will notify you every time and confirm that you want to run it. There are creative ways to disable the notification, but it still doesn’t feel as automatic as you might like. However, in iOS 15.4, developer Florian Bürger discovered that you could turn off the notification and confirm that you want to run a Shortcuts automation, making them automatically work. Gone is the extra step of confirming each time....

To add a folder to the taskbar, just right-click on the taskbar and choose the Toolbars menu, and then click on New Toolbar. Just find the folder that you want… in this instance we’ll select the Computer icon and then click on Select Folder. Now you can see the Computer folder right there on the taskbar. If you click the little arrows it will pop up and let you browse through all your drives....

You can’t manually make the registry tweak yourself using regedit.exe because there’s no way to add a default item of type REG_EXPAND_SZ, but I’ve provided a registry hack download for you. Please note that this does not work with the Home editions of either Vista or XP because they don’t come with Group Policy Editor. Windows Vista After installation, you will find the new item by first choosing Additional Options in Control Panel....

Qubit posted a report breaking down what happened, and the company was rapid to get it out. The event took place around 5 pm ET on January 27, 2022. The report on Medium was posted at around 3 am ET, which means it took the firm around 10 hours to acknowledge the hack completely. However, as good as the response time is, Qubit didn’t mention that it would return lost funds to its users, which is what Crypto....

After installation, open the iColorFolder Skin Selector dialog to see a number of built-in skins to choose from. If you want to apply the look across all regular folders automatically, you’ll need to choose the option for “Use generic folder icon defined in the skin”. Note that you’ll need to install the additional skin pack from the download page to see this particular icon. By right-clicking on a folder in Windows Explorer, you can choose a different color from the new Color Label menu....

Open your Control Panel, and then click on “Play CDs or other media automatically” to open the AutoPlay dialog. Disable AutoPlay Globally The quickest way to disable AutoPlay entirely is to just uncheck the box for “Use AutoPlay for all media and devices”, which should usually work. Disable for a Single Type You can choose a setting in the drop-down menu for a single type of drive, for instance Audio CD in this example....

Just open up Windows Update, and you might see something like this: But when you click on View available updates, you see this: I have this sneaky suspicion that I will never ever need the Finnish Language Pack, being in the US and all. All you have to do to hide these updates, is to right-click on an item in the list, and choose “Hide update” from the menu....

Using a VPN for Wi-Fi Security The short answer is that for most people, most of the time, VPNs are still a pretty good idea when using public Wi-Fi. While this type of network has indeed become a lot safer—almost perfectly safe thanks to upgrading to HTTPS—you need a certain level of awareness to tell if you’ve accidentally wandered onto a site that doesn’t use HTTPS. As such, it’s better to be safe than sorry and we recommend you still have a VPN engaged when using public Wi-Fi....

The system format string works like this: {0:C} For example, the following code example: Outputs the following: Order Total: $1,921.39 It’s worth noting that you must pass in a numeric value to the String.Format statement. If you pass in a string value, it won’t format correctly. If your currency value is in a string, you need to convert it into a double first.

It’s also useful if you are a command line junkie and have cygwin installed… you can just pipe the command through grep and quickly see exactly what you are looking for. Running the command with no parameters will give you the default output: To get verbose output you can use the /v parameter: Or to output in list or csv format instead of the default table format, you can use the /FO switch...

How to Change the Language on Samsung Galaxy To get started on a Samsung Galaxy phone, swipe down from the top of the screen to reveal the Quick Settings tiles. Tap the gear icon to go to the Settings. Next, select “General Management.” Now go to “Language” at the top. Tap “Add Language” to add a new language to your device. Scroll through the list of languages and select the one you want....