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In a press release, Samsung said, “The new Neo QLED shows you impeccable visuals, from the brightest brights to the darkest darks—thanks to Samsung’s quantum mini-LED technology and our all-new Shape Adaptive Light Control.” The Shape Adaptive Light Control gives the TV better control over blooming (the halo effect). There’s also an upgrade to the QLED’s luminance scale. Previous models featured a 12-bit backlight, but the newest Neo QLED comes with a 14-bit backlight....

Heardle is a game where you are given the first second of a popular song, and if you can guess the song correctly, you win — if not, you have five more tries, with each attempt doubling the length of the preview. It’s the same core gameplay as Wordle, where you have six tries to guess a random five-letter word, but with segments of music instead of letters. Spotify announced in a press release, “we see Heardle as more than a trivia game: It’s also a tool for musical discovery....

But that’s not all… you can enable a number of fixed width fonts if you really want to. We’ll cover how this works, as well as one of my favorite “interesting” fonts for the command prompt. Changing the Default Command Prompt Font To change the font, you’ll want to right-click on the title bar and choose Properties from the menu. If you want to set the defaults for all command prompt windows you can choose the Defaults option instead....

For the most part, the SwitchBot Lock succeeds in its promise of being a smart, simple, keyless door lock. However, its excellent $99.99 price point may be a mirage for some owners as they’ll need to add a few optional accessories to help the SwitchBot Lock reach its full potential. Understanding the SwitchBot Lock The SwitchBot Lock is installed solely over the door lock on the interior of your home, so there’s no concern for things like weather or bad actors knowing about or having access to the device....

Why Video Game Soundtracks? Music in video games is used to set atmosphere and pace, just as it is in film and TV. But video game soundtracks usually go a little further in that they often underpin everything you do in the game. Whether you’re engaging in battle or just moving from point A to point B, your actions are usually accompanied by music. This music is often designed to motivate without being distracting....

So when it comes to getting the most out of those pixels you have two options: native 8K content, and lower resolution content that’s been upscaled. Streaming Services and 8K Content As of January 2022, the only real options for streaming 8K content are YouTube and Vimeo. YouTube is by far the best destination for this content, and true 8K videos are available thanks to the new AV1 codec (assuming your TV supports it)....

When you select “Sleep” in your Windows PC’s power options, what happens, exactly? We’ll explore what it means—and whether your PC has pleasant dreams. Sleep Is a Low-Power Mode Sleep mode is different from shutting down your computer, which powers off the computer completely. When you shut down your computer, it takes longer to start back up, and you have to close all your programs and files first. In contrast, sleep mode is a power-saving state that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power operation (usually within several seconds) when you want to start working again....

The Basics of Digital Signal Processing Explained For a term so casually used in marketing, DSP is a very complex subject. At a basic level, all digital signal processing does is take a signal—for our purposes, an audio signal—and digitally manipulate it to achieve some sort of desired result. That sounds simple, but the actual processing and algorithms used can be incredibly complex. A simple task like increasing volume a certain amount may be relatively simple, but something like adaptive noise cancellation is a much tougher task to handle....

This icon is a shell folder used to share files between your friends that also use Windows Live Messenger. Since I never use this feature, it’s good that there’s a simple registry hack to remove it, similar to the hack to remove the Web Folders icon. Manual Registry Hack Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key: Below that key you will find a key with the name {FC9FB64A-1EB2-4CCF-AF5E-1A497A9B5C2D}, and all you have to do is delete it, preferably after exporting a copy of the key just in case....

Wi-Fi Standards Choosing a router can feel somewhat overwhelming, especially when jargon gets thrown at you left, right, and center. One of the most important router specs to consider is the supported Wi-Fi standard. You’ve probably seen references to 802.11ac or 802.11ax when searching for a router. These are known as Wi-Fi standards. The first Wi-Fi standard, 802.11, was released in 1997, supporting radio frequencies of 2.4GHz. It supported mere megabits per second (Mbps), followed shortly by 802....

Before we jump into talking about why your router’s speed is less than what the box advertised, let’s narrow down the scope of this article immediately. We’re starting from the position that your internet connection is functioning as expected (speed tests look good, your Wi-Fi signal is strong, and you’ve used these tips to optimize your Wi-Fi) but you’re not getting the speed you expect based on your router’s specs....

First let’s take a look at ZOHO Show 2.0 … This is a PowerPoint clone which allows you to directly import your existing PowerPoint presentations or create a new one from scratch. As with Sheets and Writer I was easily able to import a PowerPoint presentation into ZOHO Show 2.0 … Also there are several objects including Clip Art included with Show 2.0 … ZOHO will periodically automatically save any document you are working on which is also very nice....

Want to keep an eye on the world’s events beyond the corporate eye of Twitter? Then the microblogging platform Mastodon might just be for you. Here’s a look at what it is, how it works, and how it compares to Twitter. What Is Mastodon? Mastodon is an open-source microblogging social network similar to Twitter where people can make profiles, post messages (up to 500 characters in a standard “toot,” which is Mastodon’s version of a “tweet”), share images or videos, and follow other people’s accounts....

“With a svelte design and a durable aluminum case, it’s the ideal Chromebook to take on the go for school, passion projects, work, and more,” said Acer in a press release. The Chromebook comes with a MediaTek Kompanio 1380 processor with eight cores, which should prove more than powerful enough to keep the Chromebook running smoothly. The real interesting thing about the Acer Chromebook Spin 513 is the 13.5-inch display with a 3:2 aspect ratio....

Open your Word 2007 document and click the Page Layout tab on the ribbon. Click on Line Numbers and then Line Numbering Options… You will now get The Page Setup dialog window. At the bottom of the page click on Line Numbers. In the Line Numbers dialog box place a check in the Add line numbering box. Here you can select spacing between the text and line numbers what number to start at and the counting sequence....

Open Excel and click on the Office Button and go to Excel Options and then Add-ins. In the View and Manage Office Add-ins window, near the bottom. make sure “Excel Add-ins” is selected in the drop down box and click Go. This will open up the Add-Ins window where you can select an appropriate package for your Excel tasks. If you highlight each Add-In you’re provided a quick description of what each one is....

Anyone in the United States can access the reasonably-large library of games on Fire TV, Fire tablets, Windows PCs, Chromebooks, Macs, iPhones, Android phones, and iPads. Most games are part of one of the monthly subscriptions. If the idea of streaming games interests you, there’s a good chance you own a device that’ll run the service. And because it’s from the cloud, it doesn’t matter how powerful the device is....

The Internet at Their Request If you have young kids, you probably don’t give them full unrestricted access to the internet. That makes perfect sense and it’s the smart thing to do. However, people don’t typically think of smart speakers in the same way. A smart speaker or smart display is not as different from a web browser as you might think. Rather than entering a search term with your keyboard, you’re using your voice....

VPN Ransomware Protection The answer is quite simply no, a VPN cannot help you with ransomware attacks, prevent them or solve them. Anybody claiming that they can is trying to sell you something. Untrustworthy VPN providers are guilty of marketing their products as cure-alls for every problem on the internet, and “ransomware” is just another keyword to them. Even a VPN isn’t a cure-all for internet privacy. You also need to change your browsing habits....

Our problem is solved by a free service called Jing that is designed to be extremely easy to use… and it’s free, at least for now. Not only that, but they give you free (but limited) account at Screencast.com, where you can share your images and videos, and access them online. If you prefer, you could also use FTP for your own server, or upload the images to Flickr instead....