The Unusual Case of “Computer User” The term “computer user” feels a little unusual if you stop and think about it. When we buy and use an automobile, we’re “car owners” or “car drivers,” not “car users.” When we use a hammer, we’re not called “hammer users.” Imagine purchasing a handbook on how to use a saw called “Handbook for Saw Users.” It might make sense, but it sounds odd....
The company announced the price bump in an email to subscribers (via The Verge). It said, “This price increase will help us cover rising costs, make the service more sustainable, and allow us to continue adding new features.” We can’t say we’re too surprised Wyze’s monitoring price is going up since $5 per month was absurdly cheap. Even $10 per month is quite a bit more affordable than most other security systems with monitoring....
If you ask Google to tell you the weather, and it starts going on about the upcoming predictions when you simply want to know the temperature outside currently, you can just say “Stop” in the middle of Google talking. This will save you from having to go through the entire process just to get Google to wrap it up so you can move on. — Google (@Google) January 25, 2022...
Research firm Symantec (Via Bleeping Computer) tested 40 digital vaccine passport apps and ten validation (scanners used by the people checking vaccine statuses) applications. The firm found that 27 suffer from some privacy and security risks, which should concern anyone using these apps to travel or gain access to places. Many of these COVID passport applications generate QR codes that are not encrypted but instead encoded. This leaves a gaping security hole....
RELATED: How (and Why) to Switch to Apple Notes Scan Documents and Text On an iPhone or iPad, Notes can function as a document scanner that automatically saves any captures to iCloud. This allows you to access them on just about any device shortly after you’ve completed a scan. To do this, open a new note and tap on the camera icon at the bottom of the screen. Choose “Scan Documents” from the menu that appears, then point your camera at whatever it is you’re trying to scan and wait....
Sometimes you get so caught up in checking and writing emails that you don’t have time to explore the rest of your inbox. Microsoft Outlook has several features that are underused by many but can be quite helpful for daily tasks. 1. Read Aloud for Listening to Emails Multitasking is much simpler when you can work on something else while listening to the emails you need to read. This is when the Read Aloud feature is a handy one....
Like Two M1 Max Chips Put Together Since the introduction of Apple Silicon chips in 2020, Apple keeps upping the ante when it comes to its powerful new system-on-a-chip (SoC) packages: First with the M1, then the M1 Pro and the M1 Max. These SoCs integrate CPU, GPU, neural network cores, and memory for blazing performance that stunned the industry when first announced. So far, the M1 series has increased performance primarily by increasing the die size of each chip....
First right click on the email message you want to move to automatically move to a folder and select Create Rule. This will open up the Create Rule screen so we can choose the conditions for this email. Depending upon how you have your mail set up (Exchange, Gmail, etc) will determine what to select for the conditions. Most of the time I set the rule by sender to one of my email addresses....
Using TubeRadio.fm This is an example of the service running in Firefox. You can create playlists just like you would an service like iTunes or Spotify. Search for a band or artist, then as you hover the pointer over each result you get a small thumbnail showing a part of the video. A closer look at the video section which has the same controls you know from YouTube including watching in HQ and Full Screen....
When you take a photo on an iPhone (6s or higher), by default you’re also capturing a small video with sound, called a “Live Photo.” When you share a photo with friends, the audio is included. Here’s how to not share the audio—and how to disable it completely. What’s the Deal? In 2015, Apple introduced a feature called Live Photo with the iPhone 6S (and iOS 9) that captures a brief video clip every time you take a photo....
If you have large amounts of storage space available you may want to keep the originals, but if you want to email these pictures and publish them on your blogs, having smaller file sizes is preferred. Today we will look at some free tools that will allow you to easily resize your photos in Vista and XP. Resize Photos on XP with Image Resizer PowerToy The Image Resizer PowerToy for XP has been around for several years and does a great job of resizing an image by right clicking it....
When first setting up Scramble On Click you will need to set up a password to protect the encryption keys. When creating the password you can select to show the password and a strength meter which comes in handy for 28 character strong passwords. There are a few options to set up here for Keyboard Ninja’s and also how timing of the combinations will work. The way it works is simple....
As many of you know I am a huge music fan and have covered several music applications and websites. Today we will take a tour of Amie Street, my favorite music site on the web… there are several things that make this such a great site, but most important is that all music starts out free! The prices are determined by the popularity of the music – the songs start off free, and then as more people download them they increase in price to a maximum of $0....
You can download the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor here. Download and start the install: Once you launch the application, click the Start Scan button. You’ll be sitting on this screen for at least a few minutes, while you get to read some of Microsoft’s marketing crap: Well, it looks like my computer can run Vista: But it also looks like I have a few recommended upgrades: It looks like my video card won’t support the Aero user interface… so even though I can run Vista, I won’t be able to use the cool new GUI:...
Since I’m a programmer, it would be easy for me to write a small application to do this, but it made me start thinking… why can’t I do this on the Linux command line? The first thing I figured out was that PNG images display the size data when you run the “file” command on them: Very useful since 99% of the picture on this site are in PNG format....
The one thing to watch out for during installation is unchecking the Crawler toolbar from being installed in Firefox and Internet Explorer. Before beginning a game you go into the Galaxy and choose a server and game to start in. You can also play as a single player. This includes cool fast game play where you collect different power ups, armor, and weapons to shoot other aliens with over 40 different levels....
The obvious choice to implement this functionality was to use AutoHotkey, but I simply didn’t have the time to figure it out myself… so I mentioned it to reader Shawn over instant message. About 15 minutes later, he’d come up with the solution, which I’m sharing for everybody. Usage To invoke: just use Win+Alt+H The Windows version won’t have a menu item like the OS X screenshot above, but it does work nearly the same… because Windows doesn’t have a good method for hiding windows the way OS X does, this script just simply minimizes all the windows on the screen apart from the current one....
Starting in later March 2023, Nintendo will stop everyone from buying new digital games on their Wii U and 3DS consoles. Of course, you’ll still be able to head to your local video game retailer to purchase physical games, which adds more value to buying physical media. Before you start panicking, you’ll still be able to download the games you have already purchased for either console, at least for the time being....
Windows 11, like its predecessors, integrates Bing search directly into the Start Menu. Any time you search for an application, file, or folder, you also search Bing. There isn’t even an option to disable it in the Settings app. Luckily, you can do it with a registry hack. You can edit the Registry manually, if you’re comfortable with that, or you can use our premade REG files that’ll handle it automatically....
Studies show that blueish light in the evening may affect your ability to easily get to sleep. Windows 11 includes a feature called “Night Light” that lets you switch your display to a more yellowish tint to counteract those potential effects. Here’s how to turn it on. How to Enable and Configure Night Light in Settings There are several ways to enable Night Light. If you want to enable it with an automatic schedule, it’s good to visit the Windows Settings app....
