Use Cheap USB-C Adapters to Convert USB-A Devices By far the easiest and cheapest way of using older USB-A cables and devices on a notebook that only has USB-C ports (like the M1 or M2 MacBook Air) is to use adapters. These sit on the USB-A plug, whether it’s a cable or flash drive, and make it possible to connect it to a USB-C port directly. The most compact adapters are small and add no additional cable clutter to your desk....
NVIDIA announced back in January that it was working on GeForce NOW support for some Samsung smart TVs, and today it’s finally rolling out. GeForce NOW will be accessible in the TV Gaming Hub, alongside services like Xbox Game Streaming and Google Stadia, but only on Samsung’s 2022 lineup. NVIDIA says there will be a GeForce NOW app in the app store for older Samsung TVs, or you can plug in a streaming device that runs Android TV or Google TV....
Most of the guides out there will tell you that you have to open the second form with ShowDialog(), which blocks the user from doing anything else until they’ve closed the second form window. This won’t work very well for a find/replace dialog, for instance. It also won’t work very well for custom drawn popup forms. The quick way to pass variables between the forms is using Delegates. You can set an eventhandler for the Closing event of the second form, and handle the event in the first form....
If you work on a team or when you are dealing with your customers you might want to make sure that you distribute your documents the right way so that the information in the document reaches the right audience and the confidentiality of the information is respected. Word 2007 has a feature with which you can formally prepare your Word document for proper distribution to a group of people or even to any individuals with certain credibility factor....
Once you install the extension, you’ll need to add the button to the toolbar. Right-click where the buttons are, choose Customize, and then add the icon you can see here. This icon will let you open the sidebar, where you can open multiple conversations in separate tabs. Just keep in mind that if you close the sidebar, it will close the client as well. This extension is also extremely useful for sending somebody a quick email....
This is a clear case of “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Once you power up and connect the headset to your console or PC, you’re in for a customizable and full-bodied audio experience. With multiple audio settings and haptic feedback, the Kaira Pro allows users to adjust the intensity of booming audio like gunfire and explosions. Is all of this enough to make up for the surprisingly low mic quality?...
If you aren’t quite sure what we’re talking about, I’m referring to this screen that shows up when you view an WSJ article directly: Note: We aren’t trying to get you to steal any content – if you really like WSJ you should subscribe. How to Read the Article For Free The solution is simple… if you read the article via Google News, you will be taken directly to the real thing....
In case you aren’t sure what we’re talking about, if you select an icon with the keyboard’s arrow keys and then click somewhere else, you’ll see a dotted line show up around the icon: The same thing will sometimes happen in other areas, like tree controls. Note that this picture is from the original author over at Neowin. To solve this problem, we’ll use a small utility called the Universal Focus Rectangle Remover, which unfortunately only works on 32-bit Windows (XP or Vista)....
In XP go to Start Control Panel Power Options This is where you can make the necessary changes. I usually will set these options in accordance with how the end user works with their PC. For people who use the PC only in the morning and then later in the day … I set the system to go into standby after an hour. If they still have an old CRT power hog I set the monitor to turn off after 20 minutes of inactivity....
Reader Sergio turned us on to this great application geared towards programmers, but it could be useful for any hard-core geek, especially since it’s a nice little standalone package. Installation for Debian/Ubuntu The great thing about this utility is that you can step through and confirm whether to replace or skip for each file that is found. Just enter your regular expression or keyword into the search box and hit the Find button....
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably noticed loads of changes around the site lately, so today we’re going to give you all the details and clear up some confusion. Meet the Geek Writers Over the last few years, there’s been plenty of confusion about who the articles are written by, and who the personalities behind the site actually are. We’ll settle it once and for all with some fun comic drawings of the Two of us… that’s right, there are two writers that come up with the articles you read each day:...
After the last time I accidentally clicked this stupid button when I just wanted to enter sleep mode, I decided to look for a solution. Update: Windows 7 does the same thing to my Shutdown button, and this same registry hack fixes the problem. Manual Registry Hack If you’d like to manually create this hack, you can open up regedit.exe using the start menu search box and then browse down to the following key, creating the key if it doesn’t exist....
Wyze, Google Nest, Simplicity, Arlo, and more are creating smart products that offer the same functionality as Ring—and some are even available at much more attractive price points. There are a few things to keep in mind when hunting for Ring alternatives. The first is price. If you don’t mind spending a similar amount on a replacement, consider checking out products from Arlo or Google Nest. For affordable alternatives, Wyze is typically your best bet, though be sure to keep some things in mind if you go with that company....
Features Built-in support for cool graphics effects. (compiz-fusion) Display configuration utility that supports multiple monitors. Built-in desktop search. Better printing support, along with a PDF printer. Fast User Switching, similar to Windows. New Gnome and Xorg, with an easier theme tool. Lots of new stuff under the hood. Upgrade Use the Alt+F2 key combination to bring up the Run Application dialog, where you’ll want to enter the following command:...
While the images contained in the document may be an important aspect in the information, sometimes it is just nice to quickly get to the text. First click on the Office button and go to Word Options. Next, click on Advanced and scroll down to Show document content. Now place a check next to the box “Show picture placeholders” then OK to close out of Word Options. Now when Word documents are opened there will be a placeholder where the image would be....
Sure, you can head over to google, but don’t you always wonder how those people know? It’s simple, install the dlocate utility, which is a faster alternative to dpkg for this type of query. You can use the command with the syntax ‘dlocate ’, which will give you this output: That’s a lot of output! You can see that there are a lot of filenames that partially match. Better to pass the full path to the filename....
To access this report again go to Control Panel and click on “Set up Parental Controls for any user”. Now click on the the user account you want to administer. Ok, now we want to choose View Activity reports under their profile, it may take a few moments for the report to generate. This report will cover several items, some of which may surprise you or not. Either way this is a great tool for determining which functionality to add or disable....
What Are Simultaneous Connections? In the case of VPNs, simultaneous connections are when you have more than one device active (the connection) in your VPN subscription at the same time (that’s the “simultaneous” part). The more of these that your provider allows, the more connections you can have open at the same time. They’re not to be confused with split tunneling, which is when a VPN lets you decide which programs do and which do not use the VPN....
The new security platform is an extension of work that started with Xbox consoles in 2013, as well as Azure Sphere for connected devices. Microsoft announced Pluton for PCs in late 2020, but it took until the 2022 crop of processors to bring Pluton to actual devices. In addition to AMD, Qualcomm also announced support for Pluton with its Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 SoC. Intel is also signed on to the Pluton effort....
Move over JPEG, there’s a new image file format in town that wants to be king. Powered by the latest media compression techniques, AVIF is finding its way into browsers, software, and operating systems. So what is it, and do you need to do anything? What is AVIF? AVIF is an image file format developed by the Alliance for Open Media that can be used by anyone. It can store both still and animated images with the “....
