After taking several dozen large, multi-megapixel photos, the last thing I want to do before uploading is manually shrink them. Rather than deal with long upload times, freeware application XnView comes to the rescue, batching resizes in a few easy steps. Install XnView and navigate to your folder with your group of images. Select each one you intend to resize. Once you have them selected, right-click and choose “Batch Processing” from the contextual menu....

Before word processors had a spell check function, you had to run your own spell check against a document. And in the very early Unix days, systems didn’t have a dedicated “spell check” program, but instead required a set of commands to do it yourself. Let’s take a look at how to check spelling the “old school Unix” way. Checking Spelling On The Command Line These days, we don’t think about the spell checker in our word processor....

Here’s how to delete the cached blog theme so that Windows Live Writer will use the default non-themed view, which maximizes the amount of space you have to write. Downloaded Theme Gone Wrong Here’s an example of a blog theme that just didn’t work right—look at all that space over there on the left side of the screen. Awful! The Default Non-Themed View This is the default view without a blog theme applied, and it maximizes the amount of space that you have to write....

S3 comes with some basic analytics for bucket size and number of objects, which are free and calculated automatically. However, if you want to view more detailed analytics for S3 requests, you’ll need to turn on request metrics. Enabling Metrics In order to see request metrics, you’ll need to enable them for each bucket. These aren’t free like the default metrics — CloudWatch’s Paid Tier costs $0.30 per metric. Unfortunately, each S3 bucket can add up to 16 different request metrics, and they’re all on all the time....

When you have a spreadsheet packed with data, finding the number you need can be tedious. Yet, whether you’re looking for the lowest product sales amount or the highest test score, Excel’s SMALL and LARGE functions can help. Using these two Excel functions, you aren’t limited to only finding the smallest or largest number in a cell range. You can also locate the second smallest, third smallest, or fifth largest....

This is the error that you keep getting: Here’s the way to fix it, noting that this will wipe your drive. Start up fdisk for the appropriate drive (may not be /dev/sde for you) Then use the “o” option, which according to the menu is: Now write the changes to disk with “w”, and then open up fdisk again. Now you can create your partition. Don’t forget to actually create the filesystem for your new partition, which can be done with “mkfs”....

Note that this is a specific guide to getting rid of a specific virus, and was tested by a specific reader. We’ve not tested these steps personally. Symptoms of the wmpscfgs.exe Virus If you have Malwarebytes or Superantispyware software, these guys will detect it on every scan and will try to remove this virus. But the virus will just come back after a reboot. Even a safe mode boot (with or without network) will not work....

Open up the shortcut for Chrome (if Pinned on Windows 7, Shift+Right-Click for the context menu), and then add the following—note that there should be two dashes there. Now you can right-click on the title bar, or use the Shift+Esc shortcut key to bring up Chrome’s Task Manager. Hit the Purge Memory button, and it should clean up some of the memory (though not all of it).

Many desktop Linux systems save screenshots with names like Screenshot from 2020-11-29 18-57-51.png. Often, what you really needed was to rename the files to something more obvious like webinar1.png, webinar2.png, and so on. Fortunately, renaming a bunch of files is really easy to do on the Linux command line. The Bash shell is very versatile, and provides different ways to evaluate values and expand variables. One neat evaluation is arithmetic evaluation....

Docker is a containerization service, used for running applications in isolated environments packaged with all the dependencies and code it needs to function. It can run all kinds of applications, including .NET-based programs using Microsoft-provided runtime images. Dockerizing .NET Microsoft provides prebuilt base images for running .NET applications. You won’t need to handle installing the .NET runtime or SDK in your Docker container, as you can simply extend from Microsoft’s base image for the version of ....

Flameshot is a powerful screenshot tool for the Linux desktop. You can capture and annotate screenshots using intuitive tools. Finished images are copied to the clipboard, saved to your filesystem or uploaded to Imgur. Getting Started Flameshot can be found in the package repositories of most popular Linux distributions. There’s also a portable AppInage available for direct download. Flameshot’s v0.8 release series, launched last year, added support for Windows and MacOS systems....

Off-the-Record is a great plugin to keep your conversations private. For it to work both parties need to have the plugin installed. It works by encrypting your conversations so no one can read the IMs. The messages you sent don’t include digital signatures that can be checked by third parties. It also includes an authentication feature so you can be assured the person you’re talking to is the right one....

If you’ve been following our coverage of the Matter smart home standard, you’ve surely seen the shoutouts we’ve given to various lights in Nanoleaf’s Elements lighting lineup. Nanoleaf was an early supporter of the Matter standard. From the beginning, it pledged support with many of the Elements components ready to support Matter thanks to an integrated Thread radio. Now that same Matter support is coming to the more economical options in the Nanoleaf stable in the form of new Essential bulbs and light strips....

4K video quality is all the rage right now as more people move towards making money through streaming and content creation. However, some 4K web cameras will set you back $400 or more. Yet, at just $249.99, the NexiGo Iris 4K UHD webcam not only claims to offer high-quality audio and video, but says it will beat out most of its top competitors. I know what you’re thinking because I thought it too—all of that sounds far too good to be true....

Qualcomm has announced a couple of budget chips geared towards mid-range and entry-level phones, the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1. These are successors to the Snapdragon 600 and Snapdragon 400 chip ranges, as part of Qualcomm’s ongoing rebranding efforts (which have seen the Snapdragon 8/8+ Gen 1 for flagships and the 7 Gen 1 for upper mid-range phones). Both chips take over from where the Snapdragon 695 5G and Snapdragon 480 5G left off....

Hide Media Strips There is no install for Hide Menu Strips. Simply download it and double-click the .exe file to run it. (You’ll find the download link below) Hide any of the Native menu strips by simply deselecting the corresponding check box. As you can see in the example below, we’ve chosen to hide the Music, Sports, Pictures + Videos, and Tasks menu strips. Only Movies, TV , and Extras will be visible....

A court in The Netherlands recently ruled that a U.S. company violated a remote Dutch worker’s rights by firing him for not leaving his webcam on. He was subsequently awarded 75,000 euros ($73,300 U.S.) for wrongful termination. Sometimes it’s best for companies to let these things go. The remote employee of Florida software firm Chetu began working there in 2019, and last August was ordered to take part in a totally fun-sounding virtual training session called “Corrective Action Program....

There are plenty of noise canceling earbuds on the market these days, and while you may pick up a pair or two to keep at home, in the office, or wherever you like to hang out, you can only use so many at a time. Why not make sure you’ve got the top-tier option in your ears? When our review team ranked the Sony WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds among the best buds of the year—and crowned them as the best option with noise cancelation technology that you can get—they had quite a few positive things to say....

Note: You may occasionally encounter a website where the extension will not work. This may be due to the particular website’s coding. Using ScrollyFox Once you have the extension installed you may want to have a quick look at the preferences. The default scroll speed is set at “50” and the reverse scrolling setting is enabled. You can easily adjust the settings for speed to suit your needs. Note: For our examples we left the reverse scrolling setting enabled....

Passwords and Human Nature Passwords may be children of the flower-power era, but we can’t be dippy-hippy and free-spirited with them. Ever since Fernando J. Corbató invented the password to provide some privacy and security for users of the Compatible Time-Sharing System multi-user computer in the early 1960s, people have had problems with picking strong, unique passwords. Human nature means many people prefer convenience to security. It’s called security friction. It’s the push-back you get when a security enhancement requires a change of workflow, an additional step, or some thought and effort on the part of the user....