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Variety and 4K Filme report that hundreds of movies from French film distributor Studiocanal, as well as some Lionsgate films, will be removed from the libraries of anyone who purchased them in the past. The change only affects people in two countries — Germany and Austria — but it’s never good to see digital purchases suddenly disappear for buyers. The list of affected content includes Paddington 1 & 2, Robocop, American Gods, Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, and The Hunger Games series....

Note: Open IT Online works with the following file types: Documents (. doc, . docx, . rtf, . odt, . sxw) Spreadsheets (. xls, . xlsx, . csv, . ods, . sxc) Presentations (. ppt, . pptx, . pps, . odp, . sxi) Images (. jpg, . gif, . png) Setup for Open IT Online Note: All screenshots shown are for the Firefox installation of Open IT Online. Once you have installed the extension and restarted Firefox, you will be presented with the Configuration Wizard....

The ZenFone 9 was announced in July, and it’s the perfect smartphone for small phone enthusiasts, coming with a small 5.9-inch display that’s roughly as big as the iPhone 13. It’s not as small as the Mini, but given how big Android phones have gotten in recent years, this is really as compact as it gets. The small size here doesn’t mean bad news, though. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC with up to 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage....

You can always manually right-click on the bookmark and choose Reload Live Bookmark, but that’s hardly efficient if you have dozens of feeds bookmarked. You can change the default interval for all live bookmarks with a config setting. Just type about:config into the address bar, and then filter by the following key: If it doesn’t exist, which is most likely the case, then right-click in the blank area and choose New \ Integer....

Here’s a good example of the problem… almost all of the folders under my picture library are showing the Windows Media Player icon. How does that even happen? Sometimes they start showing the right image, but then they’ll randomly revert back, and forget about using one of the other views. The problem is that all of the preview thumbnail images used in the icons are stored in a cache file, which sometimes goes all wacky and gets corrupted, and requires some cleanup....

If you use Outlook to store all of your contacts, you can also use it to quickly find maps and directions for your contacts by using the quick access Map button. This is a fairly simple tip, but useful if you aren’t aware that it’s there. Just open up one of your contacts… And click on the Map button on the Contact tab. MSN maps will immediately open in your default browser, centered on the address found in the contact information....

You’ll notice the new icon looks very similar to the ones in Vista, but the more interesting addition is the new bar under the icon that gives you a tiny graph of the current drive space. The graph will show up on most of the icon sizes other than the details view. When your drive is running low on space the graph will turn red to indicate that you should probably stop downloading so much....

9To5Google first spotted the difference, and it looks like it’s only coming to the desktop version of Google’s homepage. It actually has many widgets or cards on the bottom of the screen that provides you with some essential information along with the standard search box you’ve come to know and love. Google appears to be testing this new homepage out, as most people still see the standard search box with nothing else (myself included)....

The company explained the new feature on a Support page. The company says, “You can quickly dial emergency services while on your phone, even when it’s locked.” That’s useful for when you’re home, but the feature also works when you’re traveling, as it finds emergency numbers automatically based on your location. In the US, we’re accustomed to 911 being the number of emergencies, but as you travel around the world, that number isn’t always the same....

Why Calculate Rechargeable Battery Costs? You certainly don’t have to calculate the cost of using rechargeable batteries to use them. Perhaps the convenience of never running to the store to buy more batteries for your Xbox controllers is high enough that you don’t care if the rechargeable batteries save you any money and you’d use them regardless. But maybe you’re considering buying all lithium-ion-powered lawn and garden tools to replace your gas-powered devices, and you’re wondering if recharging them week-after-week in the summer will end up more expensive than you anticipate....

The Basic Rule: Assume the Worst To understand safe shipping, you need to understand the conditions under which shipping company employees work every day. They deal with millions of packages and don’t have time to gingerly handle your box to make sure nothing inside gets broken. Play Video Instead, in the rush to be productive, shipping carrier employees sometimes end up tossing boxes long distances, dropping them roughly, or perhaps even kicking them around....

First open up Thunderbird and go to Tools then Account Settings. In Account Settings click on Add Account located toward the bottom of the window. Next select Email Account. Now enter in your your name and the Hotmail or Live email account you want to add. Choose POP as the incoming server and enter pop3.live.com in the Incoming Server field. The outgoing server will not be correct but we will change it later....

If you and your team use versions of Excel in different languages, check out the Functions Translator. This Microsoft add-in can translate entire formulas or help you find the function you want in the language you need. Install the Functions Translator Add-In The Functions Translator is a Microsoft add-in available for free. You can install it by heading to the Insert tab and choosing “Get Add-ins” in the Add-ins section of the ribbon....

Signals and Processes Signals are short, fast, one-way messages sent to processes such as scripts, programs, and daemons. They let the process know about something that has happened. The user may have hit Ctrl+C, or the application may have tried to write to memory it doesn’t have access to. If the author of the process has anticipated that a certain signal might be sent to it, they can write a routine into the program or script to handle that signal....

Installing rainlendar on ubuntu is extremely simple. Just download the file and extract it wherever you feel like. Just double-click on the rainlendar file in the extracted directory to run it. Here’s what the calendar looks like: To make it start up automatically when you login to ubuntu, go to System \ Preferences \ Sessions Click on Startup Programs, and click the Add button. Use the browse button to find the directory that you installed rainlendar to, and click OK....

This ability has existed in Windows via the subst command for quite a while, so this will also work for you XP users as well. Map a Drive Letter the Easy Way The easiest way to assign a drive letter to a folder is to use a simple utility called Visual Subst, which gives you a nice graphical interface to assign drive letters, but also does something that the command line version can’t… you can set your virtual drives to apply again at startup....

Over the years I’ve experimented with having multiple copies of Outlook open or using desktop widgets, but nothing works quite as well as the Michael Scrivo’s Outlook Desktop tool. This great little application sits right on your desktop and gives you a fully operational Outlook view of any folder you’d like. You can directly interact with these windows, even add new items directly from the pinned views. To get into the settings, you’ll need to use the new tray icon, where you can select between Outlook views or open the preferences....

Both Services Provide a Library of Games PlayStation Plus is split into three tiers: Essential ($9.99/month), Extra ($14.99/month), and Premium ($17.99/month). Each includes access to Sony’s online services, plus cloud storage for saved games and limited discounts in the PlayStation Store. The latter two of these tiers include access to a library of around “400” games, including first-party PlayStation Studios titles and third-party games from other publishers. You can download these titles and play them locally on your device for as long as you are subscribed, with new titles appearing and old ones disappearing regularly....

Note: You can use the Firefox extension or directly access the website if you have a different favorite browser. Options Once you have the Spamavert extension installed, it is recommended to have a quick look at the options. You can choose a particular prefix and prefix separator (underscore, dash, dot, or plus sign), various options regarding Spamavert functions, and Alias Generation (very nice!). Using Spamavert Using the extension is as simple as right clicking in the e-mail address blank and then clicking on “Paste Spamavert address”....

Note: Q-Dir is available in regular install and portable versions. Installation The install process is extremely quick and easy with Q-Dir…there are only two windows to go through. The first window lets you choose the language version that you prefer by clicking on the appropriate flag symbol and has the EULA for Q-Dir. The second window asks if you would like to install for all users or just for the current account, the Program Group that you would like Q-Dir in, after-installation preferences, shortcut preferences, desired Target Directory, and an option to create a portable install (nice!...