Note: though I am showing the procedure in Windows 8.1, the same applies to Windows 7 and Vista. Uninstall Windows Update In Windows, uninstalling a Windows Update is just like uninstalling any other program or software. To do that, press “Win + X” to open the power user menu and select the option “Control Panel” from the list. If you are using Windows 7, you can search for it in the start menu....
Note: To thoroughly grasp how access control lists work, we’re first setting up some users and groups on a working Linux system. The following exercise is carried out on a virtual machine running Kali operating system. The root user has the power to add new users to the system and allot them to groups. Creating users and groups Firstly, we will log in as root, create users and put them in respective groups as shown in the table below....
Get Billions of Text and Binary Files, Over 110,000 Newsgroups. Save 58% on NewsHosting now! What Is gnus? Despite USENET’s decline in recent years, there are still people who use it to harbor discussions and share news. Most of USENET users these days interface with the network through the Google Groups website. If you are using Emacs, however, there is a way to view USENET newsgroups through it. Gnus is an Emacs package designed to read newsgroups....
Tip: Download our Emacs keyboard shortcuts cheatsheet to increase your productivity. Modern Email Clients and Emacs While there are offline email clients such as Thunderbird and Evolution, these programs are often large, don’t have everything you might need, or don’t combine well with other applications. For example, Evolution can accept email and your calendar but doesn’t deal with document processing, newsgroups, and to-do lists. This creates a disjointed user experience that can potentially lead to more issues in the future....
Before Mac OS X 10.7, you could only use emoji characters by installing an app. Luckily, with Mac OS X 10.7 and higher, emoji can be used without an app. If you haven’t found out where emoji is hidden, it’s because Apple has done a pretty good job of hiding it. So, here’s how to use emoji on a Mac: Go to your app of choice – wherever you want to use emoji characters....
With Continued Conversation enabled, you only need to say “Hey, Google” one time to activate the device. Afterward, you can continue to ask the assistant to complete tasks without repeating the phrase. The app will continue listening for eight seconds before turning off completely. To avoid unwanted listening, say “Thank you,” “Thanks, Google,” or “I’m done.” Those phrases will shut it down immediately. If you forget to do that, after the eight seconds have elapsed, the app deletes any recording it may have made....
IFTTT may be a web-based service, but it’s available for Android, and it integrates with smart home services. This puts a host of functionality literally in the palm of your hand. You can create your own applets, but we’ve put together a list of some of the best pre-existing examples for Android. Turn Hue Lights on with Your Alarm If you use your Android device for your morning wakeup routine, this is a great IFTTT applet for you....
For a limited time only, get an extra 3 months when you sign up with ExpressVPN for only $6.67/mo. Get this special VPN deal. Using a VPN One way to reduce the chances of your information getting into the hands of someone shady is to use a VPN to redirect your traffic. A Virtual Private Network hides your IP address and encrypts all the data that travels over the network....
Set Up Facebook Videos You first need to run the update for RealPlayer if you haven’t already done so. When the Library opens, click the “Facebook Videos Library” in the sidebar. Login with Facebook and allow access to your account. Note that if you have security features enabled on your Facebook account, you’ll need to disable them to allow RealPlayer to search you and your friend’s Facebook feeds to collect the videos....
Once you check out an ad, both Facebook and Instagram will save your activity so you can view it later. This comes in handy if you viewed an ad some time ago and now want to find the product again but can’t remember its name or the company that made it. Follow us in this guide, as we demonstrate how you can easily view your recent ad activity on the two social apps....
Well, given that most Americans unwittingly commit potential felonies on the regular, you probably are a criminal. Even if you weren’t, though, you’d still have something to hide — and you should have the right to do that if you want to. How would you feel about having security cameras in a store’s changing room? What if someone posted all your financial information on Facebook? What if someone released a list of every single online account you’ve ever had?...
Introduction Part air fryer, part pressure cooker, the Instant Pot Duo Crisp with Ultimate Lid is built to be a single cooking appliance for all of your kitchen needs. It largely gets things right, with a huge number of cooking modes and relatively simple controls. However, a lack of accessories and a somewhat more fiddly lid than its main competition do limit its appeal slightly. Design and Features Thirteen cooking functionsIntegrated pressure cooker lidOnly one basket in the box...
There are many software, like Adobe Photoshop and GIMP, that can accomplish this task, but they may slow down your computer. These days, majority of people prefer to use online tools to perform these simple task rather then installing different softwares to edit images. To solve this problem, we came across an excellent online tool called iPiccy. Introduction iPiccy is an excellent online photo editor which can be used to edit images online without installing any software....
Our Opinion Ada couldn’t think of a single technology or device, but she does consider Windows Vista to be a blunder. At the same time, she has to be thankful for it, as “it made me ditch Windows completely and switch to Linux for everything.” Ryan feels fitness trackers “lull people into a false sense of security when it comes to their overall fitness, diet, and health.” He sees people feeling because they walked 10,000 steps in a day that it means they can eat whatever they want....
This tip relies on the “Properties” window in the Bookmarks sidebar, and specifically, the Keyword field. At first it appears the field has no purpose whatsoever – and you’d be absolutely right. With some alteration to the URL being bookmarked, it becomes powerful. However, there are a number of search engines inside Firefox already that are also worth adding, such as YouTube. Creating your own search shortcuts Open either the bookmark sidebar by pressing “Ctrl + B” or the bookmark window by pressing “Ctrl + Shift + B....
While there are quite a few stock-monitoring applications available for Linux, most of them are GUI-based. What if you’re a Linux professional who spends a lot (or all) of your time working on machines that do not have any GUI installed? Are you out of luck? Well, no, there are some command line stock-tracking tools, including Mop, which we’ll be discussing in this article. Mop Mop, as already mentioned in the introduction above, is a command line tool that displays continuous and updated information about the US stock markets and individual stocks....
If this deal isn’t as interesting as you may have hoped, feel free to check out our best Black Friday deals. We have been updating this throughout the week and will continue to do so until all the deals are gone, so give it a look if you want to see the best bargains on the market. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb does not require any set up and works straight out of the box with the free Philips Hue Bluetooth app, so you can control your lighting straight from your devices without any fuss....
Go to “System Preferences -> Spotlight”. Click the “Privacy” tab. Click the “+” button to add the folder that you don’t want Spotlight to index. (You can drag a folder or disk to add it to the list as well) That’s it.
Well, you use a free tool like CleanPrint to remove the parts of a Web page that you don’t want or need to print. CleanPrint lets you edit your printable content before printing or saving (to Dropbox, Google Drive, etc). You can also use CleanPrint to add notes to your pages (before printing) and use it to save printer ink and paper by removing unnecessary elements. Here’s how it works:...
The Probox2 AVA comes with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and also runs OpenWRT (NAS) simultaneously. This allows you to access Samba, DMS, FTP, AFP, and DAAP services. For those with 4K televisions or monitors, you’ll be happy to know that the box fully supports “Premium 4K UHD contents [thanks to the] powerful 64 bit CPU and Mali-T820 GPU combination.” While I did not get to reap the benefits of this yet, it’s nice to know that once I do upgrade to a 4k display, the Probox2 AVA has full support for it....
