It’s a little difficult to showcase how well this thing works with a screenshot, but you can see the partially transparent Alt-Tab switcher window, complete with a massive preview window and the window titles easily readable. VistaSwitcher works on XP, Vista, and Windows 7… but it really works best on a system with Aero support, since the Compositing Desktop Window Manager (DWM) built into Windows Vista and Windows 7 makes it run silky smooth....

If you’re doing any sort of web development, you’re probably going to have to learn and write JavaScript at some point. Node is meant to simplify web application development by unifying the server and client side languages. What Is Node? Node.JS, commonly referred to simply as Node, is a JavaScript runtime that allows you to run JS code outside of a web browser. Node is built on Google’s V8 JavaScript engine, the same one used for processing in Chrome....

This guide will specifically cover the networking options found in VirtualBox, but the same concepts will apply to other virtualization programs as well. Network Address Translation (NAT) This network type is the default for new VirtualBox instances, and is fairly simple to understand. It simply enables the guest OS to access the internet, in the same way that your computer accesses it behind your home router. For example, your computer may have IP address 192....

Installation & Setup During the installation process you will have to click “Install” in the confirmation message window to finish adding the extension to Chrome. Once the installation process has finished you will see your new “ChromeMilk Toolbar Button” and a brief extension management message. There will be two ways that you can access the options for ChromeMilk. The first is through the “Chrome Extensions Page”… And the second is the small “Options Text” directly beneath the “Toolbar Button”....

Before When you take a look at your “Bookmarks Menu” you can see that there is access to everything except the “Unsorted Bookmarks”. Not a lot of fun if you have ever had bookmarks “get lost” in the unsorted section after saving them. To access the “Unsorted Bookmarks” you have to open the “Library Window” (click on “Organize Bookmarks”)…there are our “lost” bookmarks. There has to be an easier way to do this…...

Installation You will be prompted with the following message window asking you to confirm installation of the extension. Click “Install” to finish adding Chromepad to Google Chrome… Once installation is complete you will see this message displayed along with your new “Toolbar Button”. Options You can use one of three methods to access the options for Chromepad. The first is by right clicking on the “Toolbar Icon”, the second is using the “Chrome Extensions Page”, and the third is using the menu in the drop-down window itself....

Setup Rapportive on Your Gmail Browse to the Rapportive site (link below), and click install to add it to your browser. Rapportive currently only supports Firefox and Google Chrome. In this test, we installed it on Google Chrome. Notice that Chrome warns Rapportive may access your private data from Gmail, though Rapportive says that they only use this data securely on your computer or their servers. Next time you log into Gmail, open a message to see the new Rapportive sidebar....

Apple is slightly increasing prices on several subscriptions, starting with Apple Music, the company’s music streaming service. The monthly price is increasing from $9.99 per month to $10.99/mo ($1 increase), and the family plan is going from $14.99/mo to $16.99/mo ($2 increase). If you pay yearly for an individual plan, it’s going from $99 per year to $109 a year. Apple’s movie and TV streaming service, Apple TV+ (not to be confused with Apple TV the set-top box), is also affected....

SB Backup SBackup is a simple backup solution for the Ubuntu desktop. It allows you to backup selected files and directories, define the file size limit, use regular expressions to exclude files and folders, and much more. These backups can then be saved locally, on removal media or even on remote directory. Let’s see how to install and configure SBackup for creating a backup and restore solution for an Ubuntu machine....

Evernote is a great notetaking tool that can help you remember everything. It works on Windows and Mac, as a variety of mobile platforms, and on any browser with their Evernote webapp. You can jot down notes or upload images and files, and then quickly search and find it later. Evernote has made browser plugins for years that make it easy to clip web content into your Evernote account, but the latest version of the Chrome extension takes it further....

One Bitcoin is still worth around $17,000, as of when this article was published, but that’s a significant drop from where the currency was valued a year ago. The currency was at an all-time high of around $68,000 in November 2021, so if you bought some then, you would have lost over 70% of your money. Bitcoin’s value is based entirely on its algorithm of artificial scarcity (mining Bitcoin is designed to be more difficult as time goes on) and the perception of its worth to other people — the latter has certainly been damaged over the past year....

The latest and greatest Smart TVs may come with gorgeous high-resolution displays, but they often lack comparably brilliant speakers. With no good place to put them, built-in solutions are usually pointed in a way that obfuscates sound, or they’re too small and tinny to provide a robust audio experience. The only way to get theater-quality audio is to pick up a dedicated sound bar. The Klipsch Cinema 600 bundle is a great contender if you’re looking for rich, robust sound....

If your native language is not the one most spoken in your area, you’ve likely purchased a PC with Windows preinstalled with a language that is difficult or impossible for you to use. Windows 7 and Vista Ultimate include the ability to install multiple user interface languages and switch between them. However, all other editions are stuck with the language they shipped with. With the free Vistalizator app, you can add several different interface languages to any edition of Vista or Windows 7 and easily switch between them....

Note: This project is still in Beta stage so you might experience some quirkiness. During the install you can select to have just the Classic Start Menu, Classic Explorer, or both. Classic Start Menu No restart is required and after a successful installation, click on Start to see your new classic menu. Here is another look at the Classic Start Menu pulling up recent documents. To change the settings of the Classic Start Menu, right-click Start and choose Settings....

React’s declarative rendering approach lets you quickly write rich components combining layout, presentation, and logic. However, it can make it more complicated to conditionally render UI sections. Here’s a few methods you can use to show components on-demand. Understanding the Problem Traditional templating systems make it easy to implement conditional rendering. Here’s how you might do that in Handlebars, a JavaScript templating engine: When working in React, you’ll generally be writing JSX....

The other day we looked at how to convert DVDs, ISO, and AVI video files so you can watch them on your iOS device. In our continuing series we look at taking your WMC Live TV recordings, converting them, and syncing them to an iOS device. Convert WMC Files to .dvr-ms In Windows 7, the .wtv file format has replaced the dvr-ms file format used in previous versions of Media Center for Recorded TV....

Note: You can run doubleTwist on Windows or Mac, and here we take a look at the Windows version. Install & Setup doubleTwist Download and install doubleTwist using the defaults in the wizard… Installation takes several moments and you’ll see the progress while it finishes up. After installation is complete, sign up for an account if you don’t already have one. If you do have an account you can login right away....

Fixing Windows Update Errors The help files for errors like code 8024402F are of little help even when you click the link to “Get help with this error”. The real problem may be because you’re filtering ActiveX traffic. Even if you’ve disabled Internet Explorer 8, Windows Update needs some of the Internet Explorer 8 components to work – specifically ActiveX. Fortunately, even if you’ve disabled IE8, you can use Windows Update, as long as ActiveX traffic can reach your computer....

In software development, it seems that no matter where you go, no matter who you talk to, containers are the new normal. If you’re not developing them or migrating your application already, you’re building supporting systems that use them to support a legacy application. Containers are everywhere. However, this means that as an engineer, you will need to put your containers somewhere. In the old days, this meant building an artifact of some kind, whether a binary or an archive, then writing it to a disc or a file share and distributing it....

A hacking group going by the name of AgainstTheWest claimed in a hacking forum that they breached both TikTok and WeChat, an instant messaging app that’s popular in China. The post has screenshots of an alleged database that contains 2.05 billion records and 790GB of data from both TikTok and WeChat users, as well as auth tokens, user statistics, and even software code. According to the alleged hackers, the group targets countries and companies that are perceived as a “threat to western society,” saying that the group is going after China and Russia and will soon target North Korea, Belarus, and Iran....