PDFs are a popular format for eBooks since they render the same on any device and can preserve the exact layout of the print book. However, this benefit is their major disadvantage on mobile devices, as you often have to zoom and pan back and forth to see everything on the page. ePub files, on the other hand, are an increasingly popular option. They can reflow to fill your screen instead of sticking to a strict layout style....
Open up Internet Explorer and click on Tools then select Internet Options… Under Internet Properties click on the Advanced tab and under Settings scroll down and uncheck Enable third-party browser extensions and click Ok. Now restart IE and the extensions will be disabled. You can then re-enable them when you know a site can be trusted and you want to be able to use its services. This will help avoid malware when you visit a site that wants to install an extension and you’re not sure about it....
Why Do Set-Top Boxes Consume So Much Power? Way back in 2016, we answered a reader’s question about cable box power use, and while things have improved since then, cable and satellite boxes are still significant sources of phantom loads in the home. It would be easy to assume that the set-top boxes millions of people use for their satellite and cable service have been so power-inefficient over the years because the manufacturers just didn’t care about power consumption....
Preme for Windows 7 is a new beta application that lets you add a variety of effects to Windows 7. It lets you minimize windows with your scroll wheel, open the Start menu by hovering over it, activate Flip 3D by hovering over a corner of your desktop, dock windows to the side of your desktop, and more. It contains a grab-bag of features, so all of the new tricks may not appeal to all users, but you can choose the ones you like and turn off the rest....
The solution isn’t perfect, in fact it will pretty much wipe the slate clean, and remove all of your pinned items—but hopefully just the ones for Windows Explorer and not the rest of your applications. The Problem: Stuck Items You can actually usually duplicate this problem by pinning a folder on a mapped drive or external USB drive. Then disconnect the drive, and you will find that you simply can’t get rid of it....
Installation Color Detector is quick and easy to install and once you have finished the installation you are ready to go. Color Detector has everything that you need to use it built right into the main window. Notice that there are three specific “Keyboard Keys” associated with Color Detector to enhance ease-of-use. Color Detector in Action Getting the color codes that you need is very easy…simply move your mouse over the desired color and watch the “Hex & RGB Values” display in the main window....
Apple and Google are popular for different reasons. However, Google doesn’t seem to understand that. The Pixel Watch is yet another example of Google thinking it can sell hardware the same way Apple does, but has that ever worked? It’s no mystery why Google wants to do things the Apple way—in Q3 2022, Apple recorded $83.0 billion in revenue. The problem is not everyone can play the same game as Apple, and Google should stop trying to copy the playbook....
What is Endpoint Security and How Does it Work? Endpoint security is the process of securing a network’s endpoints, such as user devices and online accounts. Endpoints are entryways to the network, connecting it to the open internet and other devices. In theory, by adequately securing physical and digital endpoints, your entire network should be safe from outside threats. By monitoring the data entering and exiting the network through its endpoints looking for threats, endpoint security software can protect numerous access points simultaneously, intercepting threats in real-time....
What Is BIMI? BIMI stands for Brand Indicator for Message Identification, a provider-neutral email specification developed by a body called the AuthIndicators Working Group. BIMI is designed to make email more trustworthy. Once implemented correctly, BIMI allows brands to show a logo alongside email messages in supported services and email clients. This logo verifies that an email is genuine, providing an easy visual indicator that the message isn’t spam or fraud....
Like jotting down notes when you’re composing a document, you can use notes in Excel for a spreadsheet. You might use a note as a reminder, to add a reference, or include a detail that should stay outside of the cell data. Notes are different than comments in Excel. Comments are normally used when collaborating with others on your spreadsheet. You can communicate regarding additions or changes to the data and mark comments as resolved when tasks are complete....
What’s The Difference Between All These Distros? When you’re running Linux on a cloud server, you’re likely accessing it over SSH, and not a GUI, so differences in the desktop environment don’t matter much (if at all). While you can technically run any flavor of Linux on a server, it’s best to choose a distro optimized for server use. One way to solve this issue altogether is to use a containerization service like Docker....
Columnar formats, such as Apache Parquet, offer great compression savings and are much easier to scan, process, and analyze than other formats such as CSV. In this article, we show you how to convert your CSV data to Parquet using AWS Glue. What Is A Columnar Format? CSV files, log files, and any other character-delimited file all effectively store data in columns. Each row of data has a certain number of columns all separated by the delimiter, such as commas or spaces....
Signing your own SSL certificates is usually done as an easy alternative to certificate authorities for internal communications or non-user facing sites that need still encryption. Here’s how to set one up with Apache. Generate and Self Sign an SSL Certificate We’ll use the openssl utility to generate the certificate and corresponding private key. You likely have this installed already, as it’s a dependency of Apache, but if it’s somehow missing you can install it from your distro’s package manager....
All About Environment Variables Our various test computers have an average of 50 environment variables on each of them. An environment variable, like any other variable, is a combination of a name and a value. The name is unique, set when the variable is created, and it last for the lifetime of the environment variable. Variables hold values for us. When a process needs to know what the value is, it looks up the variable by name in a list, and reads the value from it....
A scatter plot, sometimes referred to as a scatter chart or XY chart, compares the relationship between two different data sets. This makes it easier to visualize two sets of values in your Excel spreadsheet. Here’s how it works. Create a Scatter Plot To create a scatter plot, open your Excel spreadsheet that contains the two data sets, and then highlight the data you want to add to the scatter plot....
If you’ve built a Docker image on your development machine, and want to deploy it on a server, you could use a Docker registry, but Docker also has tools for saving images to files, and loading them on a different server. You Don’t Need A Container Registry Usually, to transfer a build of a container (called an image) to a remote server, you use a Docker container registry. This is by far the best method—it’s a single point of authority, making it easy to distribute updates across multiple servers....
Windows Vista and 7 have a few different options for recovering your computer in case of a catastrophe. System protection will allow you to keep a restore point and backup to an existing known good state, and a system image will allow you to reproduce every bit on your hard drive in case of total failure. A system image is more completed but there is no easy way to recover a single file from a system image....
Export Bookmarks from Firefox First we need to export the Firefox Bookmarks. From the menu bar go to Bookmarks \ Organize Bookmarks. Then click on Import and Backup and select Export HTML. Then select a convenient location to store the bookmarks file. Import into Safari 5 If you don’t have the Menu Bar showing click on the Settings icon in the upper left corner of Safari and select Show menu Bar....
Using your Left Hand the Right Way It’s easy to switch your mouse to left-handed mode. Enter “mouse” in your Start menu search, and select the first entry. Check the “Switch primary and secondary buttons” box to make your mouse more left-hand friendly. Now your primary select button is your right button, and the secondary button (commonly referred to as right-click) is the left button. But, it can still be awkward to select items on screen with your left hand using the default cursors....
Let’s be real here. Digital picture frames are a niche product category that has just never taken off like you’d expect it to. On paper, it’s a great gift, especially for older and distant relatives. You buy this thing, you set it up for them, and keep them updated with baby pictures and all that good stuff. In reality, they often end up left in the box, set up but forgotten about, or sitting on a side table, perpetually turned off....
