Most of the security problems with passwords occur after an attacker has gained access to your server, and is able to view the database where you store passwords. While it’s definitely a good idea to lock down your server to prevent unauthorized access in the first place, you should still implement damage control for the worst case scenario. Use OAuth Instead, If You Can The best way to deal with passwords is not at all....
You’ll often want to deploy a web application to the root of your domain, as well as the “www” subdomain. This helps users discover your service. Nginx Ingress has built-in support for the procedure. Here’s how to deploy a workload with two ingress hosts, “www” and your bare domain. Anyone visiting “www” will proceed as normal. Visitors to the domain root will be redirected to the “www” subdomain. By using a redirect, you reduce the risk that both endpoints could show in search results....
You can reduce the time it takes to manage your files by selecting multiple files on your Windows PC. It’s easy using a keyboard shortcut or your mouse in File Explorer. We’ll show you the various methods here. RELATED: How to Batch Rename Multiple Files in Windows Select Multiple Individual Files on Windows To select multiple files that are not next to each other in a folder, use the method here....
For video and recorded TV playback, Media Center has a default skip forward time of 29 seconds and the replay (skip back) time of 7 seconds. These settings may be fine for some, but you might want to increase those intervals a bit to give yourself a few less clicks when skipping though commercial breaks. Since Microsoft doesn’t provide a setting for this in Media Center, we’re going to have to change the values in the registry....
Public Wi-Fi hotspots seem to be available in more locations than ever before. If you move between them a lot or are just getting started, following these security precautions can help keep your machine safe and secure. For this article we look at security steps in Windows 7, but most of these tips and suggestions will work in XP, Vista, and even other operating systems as well. Photo by Daquella Manera...
You can of course navigate the windows in Explorer to get them so you can see everything side by side, or use a free utility like Cubic Explorer. Getting Explorer Windows Side by Side The process is actually simple but quite useful when looking for a large amount of data. Right-click the Windows Explorer icon on the taskbar and click Windows Explorer. Our first window opens up and you can certainly drag it over the the right or left side of the screen but the quickest method we’re using is the “Windows Key+Right Arrow” key combo (make sure to hold the Windows key down)....
Flexible and easily administrable by both end-users and by system administrators alike, SharePoint is a powerful addition to any organization. With the ability to quickly share documents and information comes the need to easily manage permissions. SharePoint has a robust permission management system that can make securing either sections or entire sites easy to do. Accessing SharePoint Site Permissions Once you have navigated to a SharePoint site, click on the Gear icon in the upper right to access the Site permissions link....
Microsoft has already rolled out several improvements to WSA since the release of Windows 11, including updating the core system from Android 11 to 12.1, improving performance, and adding more integrations with Windows. The company has now published a GitHub repository for app developers to find information and file bug reports, which also contains a public roadmap for improvements coming to WSA. The roadmap states that Microsoft is working on updating the Subsystem to Android 13, which would bring many security improvements and bug fixes to Android apps — most of Google’s design improvements in Android 13 wouldn’t apply to the virtual machine version, since all you see are the apps....
We’ve shown you how to recover data like a forensics expert, but you can’t store recovered files back on your failed hard drive! There are lots of ways to transfer the files you access from an Ubuntu Live CD to a place that a stable Windows machine can access them. We’ll go through several methods, starting each section from the Ubuntu desktop – if you don’t yet have an Ubuntu Live CD, follow our guide to creating a bootable USB flash drive, and then our instructions for booting into Ubuntu....
AquaSnap is a great free utility that helps you use multiple windows at the same time easily and efficiently. One of Windows 7’s greatest new features is Aero Snap, which lets you easily view windows side by side by simply dragging windows to side of your screen. After using Windows 7 for the past year, Aero Snap is one of the features we really miss when using older versions of Windows....
The New Calculator in Windows 7 Calculator received a visual overhaul in Windows 7, but at first glance it doesn’t seem to have any new functionality. Here’s Windows 7’s Calculator on the left, with Vista’s calculator on the right. But, looks can be deceiving. Window’s 7’s calculator has lots of new exciting features. Let’s try them out. Simply type Calculator in the start menu search. To uncover the new features, click the View menu....
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 For $1,389.99 ($410 Off) Samsung’s latest and greatest Galaxy Z Fold 4 hit its lowest price yet, just in time for Prime Day. For $1,389.99 ($410 off), you get a superb folding display with Flex Mode that makes it more fun to watch your favorite content, multi-window capabilities unlike any other smartphone you’ve used before, S Pen support for doodling and taking notes, and more. On top of that, our sister site loved its great camera system and long battery life in their official review....
Update: This article was written 5 years ago, and as far as we know this process doesn’t work anymore on modern phones. It’s certainly possible that you can still run Android on a Windows mobile phone, but we don’t have a good solution to give you. We recommend asking about your specific phone model over on the XDA Developer forums. Installing Android To run Android you will need a microSD card that is not SDHC (typically a card less than 2GB) and a supported Windows Mobile phone (see below)....
First is the second-generation AirPods with MagSafe charging, which is now on sale for $79, down from the usual cost of $89-$119. That’s the lowest price yet, but keep in mind this isn’t the third-generation model that was released in October 2021. There’s no spatial audio or improved sweat/water resistance, like on the third-gen, but the second-gen AirPods still sound great. Also on sale is the newest AirPods Pro (second gen), which was priced at $249 when it was released earlier this year, but is now on sale for $199....
Apple has selected Globalstar Inc as its partner for the emergency SOS feature, which already operates a network of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), like SpaceX’s Starlink internet service. Globalstar says it has 24 ground stations, providing communications to over 120 countries and over 80% of the Earth’s surface. Apple is providing $450 million to Globalstar for network upgrades. Perhaps the most interesting detail is that Globalstar is setting aside most of its network exclusively for iPhone communications....
Evernote is one of the best notetaking solutions since it makes it simple to keep everything you need to remember stored on your PCs, mobile devices, and the cloud. While the desktop Evernote apps let you save all of your notes offline on your device for free, most of the Evernote mobile apps can only access your notes when you’re online. Evernote for iPhone actually does support syncing full notebooks offline on your device so you can access them from anywhere, but this feature is only available to Evernote Premium Subscribers....
If you’ve ever had problems with your PC starting up or shutting down slowly, there’s lots of different troubleshooting techniques that you can use—today we’ll talk about how to enable verbose messages. Enabling these verbose messages is not going to magically solve your problems, of course—the point is to use this to identify a problem, which you can then solve through other means, generally by uninstalling a problem application or upgrading a faulty driver....
CGI is one of the oldest components of internet infrastructure. It’s still widely used today, despite having been superseded by newer alternatives. Web server software was traditionally limited to serving static webpages. CGI scripts enabled the production of dynamic responses, created when a request is received. Standardising HTTP Servers CGI was designed to provide a standardised way for programming languages to access HTTP server information. Any HTTP server can be paired with any programming language, provided they both adhere to the CGI spec....
Can’t remember your Mac’s password? Don’t worry. With the default settings, you can simply try logging into your Mac. Fail enough times and you’ll be able to reset your password with your Apple ID. But this won’t always work. RELATED: How to Encrypt Your Mac’s System Drive, Removable Devices, and Individual Files If you haven’t enabled FileVault disk encryption, there’s an easy password-reset tool you can access. If you have enabled FileVault, you’ve got two potential options: your Apple ID can work if you have one, or you can use the passcode you were shown after starting the encryption process....
Google Photos has included “Memories” for a while now, which are automatically-generated slideshows of images and video from a specific event or date. Google is now updating them to include more photos and videos, and other features are on the way. Right now, Memories are mostly limited to photos and short videos, which play automatically one after the other when they are opened — in the same format as Stories on social media platforms....
