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Recently Microsoft has been indecisive with it’s Live Mesh / Sync cloud based services. After introducing Live Mesh Public Beta and some renaming, it’s now called Live Mesh 2011, and we’ll show you how to get started with it. Microsoft Live Mesh 2011 allows you to use “the cloud” to sync, store, and share you files between PCs and Macs. If you were testing the Live Mesh Beta, you should have recently received an email from Microsoft letting you know the Beta will stop working March, 31st 2011....

Google Docs is one of the most popular ways to create and share text documents, but up until now, sharing code samples has been a bit cumbersome. That’s finally changing. Google said in a blog post today, “currently, when working in Google Docs, collaborators who want to present code have to paste it in the document and then manually apply styles by highlighting syntax. We’re adding a new smart canvas feature that makes this process much easier by enabling you to format and display code in Docs with code blocks....

Google first teased the Pixel 7 lineup at this year’s I/O 2022 keynote, alongside the Pixel 6a‘s launch. Those phones didn’t officially launch then, but Google finally showed off its new flagship phones in detail during its Made by Google hardware conference — and they’re sure to gain a spot among the best Android phones out there. In terms of looks, they’re both quite similar to last year’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro....

Video Chat can be complicated to setup, especially if you want to video chat with multiple people. There are numerous web apps that offer free, limited plans for group video chat, but they are almost all aimed at the enterprise market and are fairly complicated to use. Whether you’re a geek or have never setup a webcam, complicated tools never make the job easier. We were excited to find that Tokbox is very simple to use for group video chats, and worked great....

Even with the recent release of iTunes 10, speed and performance hasn’t been addressed in any meaningful way. We have covered some tips to make iTunes run faster, but if you’re a geek who wants as as little to do with iTunes as possible, we’ll look at some quality alternatives. CopyTrans Manager This is a free app that will let you transfer your songs from your computer to an iPod, iPod Touch, or iPhone out of the box....

Here’s How to Estimate TV Power Consumption While we’d love to tell you exactly how much energy your particular television uses, as much as we strive to offer extremely precise insights for our readers that would require a house call and a manual measurement (more on how you can be your own energy consultant in a moment). How much power a TV uses in both standby mode and while you’re watching it can vary wildly by the manufacturer, screen size, whether or not the TV is a smart TV, and by age....

Create a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) The first thing we need to do is create a VHD. In this article we are concentrating on how to backup your data to a VHD, we’ll briefly cover how to create one, but make sure and check out our full tutorial on how to create a VHD in Windows 7. In this example we’re creating a 2GB VHD, but you can make it whatever size you think you’ll need for your data....

What is tar and How Do I Install it? As per the tar manual (which you can access by typing man tar once it is installed), tar is an archiving utility. It supports many features, including compressing and decompressing files on the fly when archiving them. Let’s get started by installing tar: To install tar on your Debian/Apt based Linux distribution (Like Ubuntu and Mint), execute the following command in your terminal:...

How to Enable Apple Watch Mirroring To use Apple Watch Mirroring, you’ll need an Apple Watch Series 6, Series 7, Series 8, or Ultra running watchOS 9. Unfortunately, this feature doesn’t work on the second-generation Apple Watch SE. You’ll also need an iPhone running iOS 16. To use the feature, ensure your Apple Watch is on, unlocked, and connected to your iPhone. Make sure that Airplane Mode is off and that both devices are within range....

Find Your Duplicate Contacts Duplicate contacts are now listed in your main contacts list, accessible using the Phone app or the Contacts app. When you view your contacts list, you might see a notice at the top of the screen notifying you that duplicates have been found. If you don’t see the notice, scroll to the bottom of your contacts list. Here, you’ll see the total number of contacts on your list and any duplicates....

If you do have an application freeze, your best bet will be to try and force quit the application first. It that doesn’t work, or your device is completely frozen, you can force reboot your device instead. Force Quit Apps Using Task Switcher (iOS4 Only) There are two ways to quit apps on iOS devices: the manual method, and the software method, which only works on newer devices able to run iOS4 with multi-tasking enabled....

If you want a graph in your report, proposal, or research paper, you can create one directly in Google Docs. There’s no need to worry about making one elsewhere and embedding it. Simply insert your graph and add your data. When you make a chart in Google Docs, you’re directed to a Google Sheet to replace the sample data with your own. Then, you can customize the chart for the look and feel you want....

Microsoft introduced PowerShell as a replacement shell, but it has far more functionality than that and is a complex and capable language. Let’s look in this article on how you can utilize PowerShell to deal with locked files. The Locked File Problem How exactly does a file get locked? During normal use, a process creates many handles to resources such as a file. By doing so, the processes often lock the file to prevent unintended configuration changes or other corruption from taking place....

For instance, if you wanted to search for a word with a tab character in front of it, you could use ^tWord or something similar. Here’s a few of the entries from the table: Hit the link for the full list of special characters. 20 Helpful Search Strings for Finding Special Characters in Word [Technet Magazine Blog]

Visual Studio “Solutions” are able to store multiple projects and assemblies. Usually, they’re fairly separate, but what if you need to share code among them? One of the simplest ways to do this properly is with symlinks. Linking Files Across Projects First, you should ask yourself if symlinks is really the best method to handle this. Sharing code between projects sounds like a great use case for just using an external class library....

API Gateway is a fully managed service for building, testing, and hosting production APIs. Rather than renting an EC2 server and managing your API server yourself, API Gateway can handle it for you and streamline the whole process. What Is API Gateway? API Gateway is essentially a reverse proxy, fetching data from other services and returning it in a structured manner. Rather than running it yourself though, the burden of handling the traffic and infrastructure is passed off to AWS, who can get it done for much cheaper....

Adobe Reader is the de-facto PDF viewer, but it only lets you view PDFs and not much else. Additionally, it doesn’t fully integrate with 64-bit editions of Vista and Windows 7. There are many alternate PDF readers, but Nitro PDF Reader is a new entry into this field that offers more features than most PDF readers. From the creators of the popular free PrimoPDF printer, the new Reader lets you create PDFs from a variety of file formats and markup existing PDFs with notes, highlights, stamps, and more in addition to viewing PDFs....

Intel has shared the hardware specifications for four of its upcoming GPUs. There are four different GPUs meant for four different tiers: the A380, the A580, the A750, and the A770. You can sum them up in the Arc 3, Arc 5, and Arc 7 lineups, similar to Intel’s Core i3, i5, and i7 lineups of CPUs. For starters, the A380 is the entry-level model that comes with eight processing cores, 6GB of GDDR6 memory, and a 2,000 MHz clock speed....

Magnifier was available in previous versions of Windows, but the Windows 7 version comes with some notable improvements. There are now three screen modes in Magnifier. Full Screen and Lens mode, however, require Windows Aero to be enabled. If your computer doesn’t support Aero, or if you’re not using am Aero theme, Magnifier will only work in Docked mode. Using Magnifier in Windows 7 You can find the Magnifier by going to Start > All Programs > Accessories > Ease of Access > Magnifier....

Mastodon has been around for years as an open-source social media platform, and it’s back in the spotlight, thanks to ongoing turmoil at Twitter. I’ve been on Mastodon for years, and it’s a great platform. You may have seen more people talk about Mastodon in the past few weeks, as Elon Musk worked to complete his purchase of the social media platform Twitter (after he tried to back out and Twitter sued to keep the deal)....