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But Valve, the company behind Steam (and Half-life, Dota, Counter-Strike, and other great things), tends to stay strangely quiet about some of its finest features. So I’m here to brag on its behalf. Here are five of my favourite Steam features. 1. Move Games Between Hard Drives One of the most recently-added perks of Steam is the option to move games between hard drives (which kind of negates a piece I wrote just before that about ways to move games between drives)....

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of cryptocurrency exchanges out there and new ones are emerging almost daily. Needless to say, they are not equal. The main factors to consider when choosing a cryptocurrency exchange are its level of security, exchange rates, currencies they trade, payment options, and their reputation in the community. Here are five bitcoin exchanges worth trying. 1. Coinbase Coinbase is one of the most popular exchanges for bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin....

Android Pro Widgets Android Pro Widgets provides a bunch of widgets to choose from, and if you just want a big helping of assorted doodads to play with on your homescreen, it’s a great place to start. Options range from large visual calendars and web browser bookmarks to widgets for keeping up with Facebook and Twitter. The app is free to try out, but the license key goes for $2.50....

1. sh (or the Bourne Shell) The Bourne shell, named after its creator Stephen Bourne, was one of the first shells ever. You could say it was used as the basis on which Bash is created. Sometimes users confuse both and think they are the same while they are not. It’s true many .sh scripts will run on Bash, too, because Bash includes a lot from Sh, but the opposite isn’t true....

In Google Chrome, there are several useful extensions that you can use to spy on others. Here is it: 1. Web developer toolbar This is most useful for Web developer. It used to be available only for Firefox, but now has been ported over to Google Chrome. Basically if you love the design of your competitor’s site and you want the same design for your site, you can use this toolbar to analyze the html element of the site....

While Winamp itself is currently in the midst of a makeover by its new owners, there are many other free music players out there right now that rise to the challenge of delivering music to our ears and pretty visuals to our eyes. Here is our list of favorite free music players for Windows. 1. MediaMonkey The first thing to hit us about MediaMonkey is how you can chuck a shambolic, disorganised music collection at it, and it’ll know right away what to do – recognising tracks, scouring the internet for metadata and organising your tunes in a logical, malleable way....

Here are some of our favorite office suites that we’ve found on Android. 1. SmartOffice Making an excellent effort of looking, feeling and sounding like Microsoft Office (its constituent parts are even called Word, PowerPoint and Excel), SmartOffice is a great option for those looking to leave Microsoft’s eco-system while still using something familiar. SmartOffice works with all of Microsoft’s proprietary formats, offers password protection, and lets you seamlessly save to the big cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox and Box....

Various applications have come into existence that have been designed to sit in the menu bar and let you perform various tasks. Just one click on these apps’ icons and you will be able to get the thing done. Here are six menu bar apps for your Mac that will help you utilize that precious area on your screen: 1. Loading Loading lets you see what apps are accessing your network connection....

Taking a good picture at night is possible. You just have to know when to use HDR, flash, and how to make use of backlighting. Getting great night pictures is easy, but make sure to remember the following tips when you’re ready to snap a still at night on an Android phone. 1. Turn on HDR Mode HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, and it can tell you how different the darkest parts are from the brightest parts of the scene....

How ISPs Block Websites All websites can be blocked by your ISP or government. As an end user, you have no control over it. Censoring a site’s URL is very easy. Because all your web traffic passes through a single port on your network, ISPs only have to introduce a middlebox facing consumer Wi-Fi routers/MiFi devices. It can easily change the DNS addresses of banned IP addresses. When you try to access those sites on a browser window, all you see is a “Can’t reach this page” error....

Note: apart from Windows, all these light web browsers are available with Mac and Linux as well. What Is a Lightweight Browser? Without going into the technical aspect, we consider a browser “lightweight” if it can run smoothly on an old PC with a little amount of RAM: no freezing on startup, quick rendering of websites and graphics, and it doesn’t cause the CPU fan to become noisy. Although lightweight, you can use all of them as regular browsers without sacrificing essential functions....

1. Nmap Nmap, or Network Mapper, has been the leading port scanner tool for decades. From cybersecurity professionals to network admins, everybody uses Nmap – even the bad guys. Nmap’s vast feature set makes it a suitable choice for reconnaissance. You can use Nmap to check open ports, discover host information, version messages, network assets, and so on. Moreover, the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) makes it very customizable. Veteran users can craft sophisticated scripts tailored to meet custom requirements using NSE....

1. TextNow Available for: iOS | Android | Windows TextNow has become one of the biggest players when it comes to free calling apps. Between what’s offered completely free and the low-cost add-ons, it’s hard to beat. Currently, it’s only available in the US and Canada. Enjoy completely free calling and texting with a free local number you can use as much as you want. For international calls, you’ll need to pay extra....

Introduction Gaming PCs are often the most outrageous and expensive systems on sale at any retailer, and the Acer Predator Orion 7000 stays true to type with a bold design and loads of powerful components. Graphical grunt in this rig comes from an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, and Intel Core i7 and Core i9 processors bolster the high-end GPU. The model I’ve reviewed pairs the RTX 3080 with a Core i9 processor and costs £2499 in the UK and €3499 in Europe....

Getting started In order to get the most out of My Facebook Theme, you actually have to install two extensions: My Facebook Theme and Facebook Theme Creator. They are both by the same developer and work well with one another to give you the most pre-made themes, along with the ones you create yourself. Once both are installed, you can open the extensions to either utilize a pre-made theme or create your own....

Songs featured on studio albums and compilations introduce another discrepancy, with one version having many more plays than another. Adjusting the number of plays yourself can resolve any such discrepancies. Luckily, it’s not nearly as advanced as it may appear. The entire process can be carried out in a matter of minutes. Note: the following trick will only work in Windows. Directions Begin by downloading the archive containing the script, and extract it to a position you find convenient....

The output will look something like this: In the first part, we looked at how to scan a range of addresses. There is one more way to perform the scan but this time by specifying the number of bits from the subnet mask: The above command will scan all the hosts from 192.168.1.0 to 192.168.1.255 on a network that has a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Although larger subnet masks are possible (e....

Performance-wise, these two speakers are the trailblazers but not equal. When one speaker is superior in one aspect, its competitor is stronger in another. As such, making a choice between the two can be a daunting task. Google Home, on the other hand, comes with a broadcast feature that can send recorded messages to all the speakers in your home. Though not as handy as the calling feature for Echo, it’s more secure....

This is already the second price cut we’ve seen for these headphones, and they’re now even more tempting. This is no fire sale of outgoing or underwhelming headphones either; the Sony WH-1000XM5 only shipped towards the end of May this year, and we continue to rate them as the best wireless headphones on the market so a major price cut is headline news. However, if you’re looking for something slightly different, whether that be a cheaper option, in-ear headphones or even a non-audio product, then check out our constantly-updated hub of the very best early Black Friday deals....

Starting next month Apple planned to implement new rules for children’s apps: they would be banned from external analytics software and prevented from adding ads. But this has app developers asking how they’ll make money if they can’t collect information on kids and can’t advertise to them. Apple’s Rule Changes Apple was pushed into this change by children viewing inappropriate ads and because they want to protect them by shielding them from data trackers....