Our Opinion Trevor says he uses haptics as it’s “super hard for me not to have some sort of notifications while typing.” He notes he’s from the “old school of actual keys” such as phones with slide-open keyboards and Blackberry. Haptics helped him ease into the transition of a touchscreen. Ayo is exactly the opposite. He explains, “I turn it off immediately when setting up a new device because I find it very distracting....
Black Friday may have come and gone but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still some amazing deals on offer. The bargain we’ve come across is perfect for anyone looking to upgrade their bed, as the Emma Premium Memory Foam Mattress has plummeted in price, going from £1,319 to a mere £593.35, making this a truly unmissable bargain. If this deal isn’t piquing your interest as much as you may have hoped, make sure you check out our best Black Friday deals roundup....
We’ve been finding some fantastic deals on a wide variety of products this Black Friday, and now we’ve stumbled upon this amazing deal on the Huawei MateView GT monitor. It’s had its price slashed by £100, bringing it down from £449 to the more affordable £349. And if you’re after something a little different, make sure you take a gander at our best Black Friday deals. This list will be continually updated as more fantastic deals come in, and we recommend bookmarking the page if you want to truly stay in the loop on all our favourite bargains....
With the Mute Inactive Tabs extension for Chrome, you can auto-mute all background tabs automatically so that you don’t get distracted from your task by noisy unwanted auto-playing videos. This article with help you set up the extension in your Chrome web browser. Installation and Setup Simply head over to the Chrome Web Store and search for the Mute Inactive Tabs extension or follow this link. When you see the extension pop up, click “Add to Chrome” and then confirm the installation....
Simple VHD Manager Simple VHD Manager is a free portable lightweight application that makes it really easy to create, mount and manage any and all VHDs in your system. To start, download the application from the official site, extract the contents, and place it somewhere you can easily access it. Now, execute the file “VhdManager.exe,” and you will be greeted with a simple user interface. This is where Simple VHD Manager lists all your VHDs to easily manage them without messing around in the File Explorer....
Manage StartUp Items Using Autorun Organizer You can download Autorun Organizer from its official website and install it like any other Windows software. The good thing about Autorun organizer is that it doesn’t come with any bundled crapware. Once installed, launch the application. The user interface is minimal and only displays some of the important information like all the startup applications, recent system load times, etc. Using Autorun Organizer, you can temporarily disable a startup application or remove it completely from the startup list....
This password-saving feature is available in all modern browsers, but some websites, maybe for security reasons, disable this option for their login forms. For example, Paypal won’t allow any browser to remember your password, for security reasons. Hence, you’re forced to enter the password every time you open PayPal. Some bank websites do the same. This can be a real problem, especially for those who frequently log in to these sites....
Ceph and Gluster are both systems used for managing distributed storage. Both are considered software-defined storage, meaning they’re largely hardware-agnostic. They organize the bits that make up your data using their own underlying infrastructure, which is what defines this choice: what underlying framework do you want supporting your data? That’s a decision you want to make based on the type of data you’re storing, how that data is accessed, and where that data lives....
Do You Need to Upgrade? First, let’s look at why you may want to upgrade and if that’s even necessary to do. There are many individuals out there who may have been putting off the upgrade because they thought Final Cut Pro was too difficult to use. If this was you, then you may be in luck. Apple has made the latest version of Final Cut Pro X very easy to use, some have even called it iMovie Pro due to the ease of use for previous users....
Sometimes it seems like the only email we seem to be getting is spam and other promotional mailings, and it fills up our inbox. There are also assorted other emails that we’ve been meaning to get to, and until we do they just sit there masking all our other important email. At some point “Zero Inbox” seems like something unachievable. We asked a few of our writers about their experiences with Zero Inbox....
How Does Audio Compression Work? The goal in audio compression is to reduce the number of bits required to accurately reproduce an analog sound. The first process we’ll look at is called “lossy.” Lossy compression is a one-way technique that throws away non-critical data to save space. These techniques are the most common methods used to compress audio files, showing up in MP3, AAC and WMA files alike. There are two places that lossy codecs look to save bits: bit rate and psychoacoustics....
What We’ve Learned From History The number of DDoS attacks, at the time of this article’s publishing, is rising. With such easy access to the tools that allow people to perform these attacks, the problem is probably going to get worse. The ripple effect of this increase in attacks can be felt with many high-profile attacks such as the downtime experienced by the Sony PlayStation Network in 2014 which caused panic for millions of people who were attempting to access the network....
Exploring /etc/passwd file When a user enters a username and password, Linux checks the password entered against an an entry in several files in the “/etc” directory. The “/etc/passwd” is one of the most important files that stores user details. The last entry in this file corresponds to “carbon” users. There are multiple fields of information separated by colons (:). carbon : name of the user for whom this entry corresponds to....
It’s received so much attention in recent years that on 18 August 2017, Facebook awarded its annual Internet Defense Prize to a group of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, that managed to create an automated spear phishing detection project. They’ve published a helpful paper on the subject which will help us get to the brass tacks of how spear phishing detection should work in a corporate environment....
The good news is that Chrome allows you to add more languages and words to the dictionaries. The process may sound simple, but sometimes it can be frustrating if you’re not sure where you need to click to add those extra language packs. How to Add Dictionaries to Google Chrome To add another dictionary to Chrome, you’ll need to go to Settings and scroll all the way until you find “Advanced Settings....
How to add language packs in Windows 8 From the Start screen, search for “Language,” then click “Add a language.” Click “Add a language.” Windows will give you a vast list of languages that it supports. You can go through the list to find the language you want and change the way languages are grouped to find them more quickly. 3. Once you pick a base language, it will give you a variety of sub-languages within that primary language....
1. Add a New Repository and Branch Even if you have never used GitHub before, you can use the below steps to get started as a developer. Currently, you only need an email for GitHub account creation. This makes getting started with GitHub much easier than before. 2. Create Screenshots for GitHub To add screenshots in GitHub, you need a good screen capture software. In Windows 11, the Snipping Tool is a Microsoft app best suited for this purpose....
How to restore the Aurora screen saver in Windows 8 The first step to adding the Aurora screensaver in Windows 8 is to install it on your computer. Download and unzip the Aurora screensaver. Right-click the “Aurora.scr” file and select “Properties”. Click “Unblock” to allow Windows to utilize the file. By unblocking the screensaver file this way, you will not have to worry about having security permissions to move it into the proper area of the Windows system folders to install it....
Installation In Ubuntu, open a terminal and type the following: Note: Cuttlefish is supported in Ubuntu Precise only. Usage The concept behind Cuttlefish is very simple. You first create a basic profile (known as reflexes) that will be triggered by an action (known as stimulus), such as “When Firefox Opens”. Next, you associate an action for the profile to perform when it is activated, like “Close Google Chrome”. Connecting them together, for this example, you will be able to get the system to close Google Chrome automatically when Firefox is launched....
Avoid getting locked out of your precious data; learn this valuable skill – back up your data without booting Windows at all. 1. Prepare Your Tool Before we can do the backup, we need a set of programs that will help you access your old files. One of these programs is an operating system that you can boot from the USB drive. Any lightweight and simple Linux distro will do the job here....
