Customize Text Let’s start with something everyone really needs to know about. One of the advantages of using an eReader over a physical book is you can customize the size and look of the text. It’s a simple feature, but can make a world of difference. Open a book and tap anywhere near the top of the screen to bring up the menu, then tap the “Aa” icon to see the text options....
Artemis 1: November 16, 2022 Artemis 1 might be the most important mission for NASA in at least the past decade. It’s the first full test of the Space Launch System, a massive multi-stage rocket intended to serve the same purpose as the Saturn V from the 1960s — sending humans to the Moon. Modified versions could be used to send heavy cargo into space (like parts for new space stations) or to take humans to Mars and beyond....
Unfortunately, the notification situation on the iPhone is a bit messy. There are a lot of settings and options, but Apple doesn’t explain a lot of it well. We’ll show you the things you should tweak to get the best notification experience on your iPhone. RELATED: Android Notifications Are Still Miles Ahead of the iPhone Adjust Notifications as They Come In The best way to make notifications better is to tweak them as they come in....
Leaving Your ISP’s Combo Modem/Router On This is a common mistake for both mesh networks and traditional routers. If you have a combination unit provided by your Internet service provider (ISP) that handles both the modem function and the Wi-Fi/routing functions, you need to make adjustments. If you leave the Wi-Fi functionality of the combo unit enabled, then you clutter up the airspace of your home with a signal you’re not even using....
The company is swapping its previous design for a new, smart speaker-like design. It still works the same, though, so if you were expecting a touch screen like an Android Auto head unit, you’ll be sorely disappointed. You can mount it to your dashboard using an adhesive mount, and you’re supposed to control it entirely using your voice. You can ask Alexa things while you’re behind the wheel. It has five microphones, and you can ask it to change the music, make and receive calls, or turn on the air conditioner....
Deception Technologies Some cyberattacks happen in a very short time. For example, someone receives a phishing email. They don’t recognize it as a cyberattack. They try to open the malicious attachment. The attachment contains a small downloader program that installs itself on their computer. Living up to its name, the downloader retrieves the actual malware from the threat actor’s server and installs it. The downloaded malware may be ransomware, adware, a cryptojacker, a remote access trojan (RAT), or any other malicious software that will benefit the threat actor at the victim’s expense....
Continuous Delivery in Containers Containers are a bit more complicated than traditional applications. Many containerized applications will actually make use of two container images. The first, called the base image, is essentially a custom AMI preloaded with dependencies and other applications. This is done to speed up build times, because if you’re just updating your application code, you don’t need to go reinstalling NGINX and every other bit of software on the container....
In this final article in our three part Bash automation and scripting basics series, we will explore script debugging, running scripts as a background process, and importing other scripts using the source command. Bash Automation and Scripting Basics If you would like to start at the beginning, please read our Bash Automation and Scripting Basics Part 1 article. This final article in our three part series on Bash automation and scripting basics will look at running scripts as a background process....
Before Here is a look at the “Add-ons Manager Window” for our Firefox install. Not much in the way of details and certainly no easy way to determine if all of the extensions will be compatible with an upcoming release. A person could check for compatibility issues the hard way by going to the Mozilla Add-ons page for each… After As soon as you have installed the extension there is a very important bit of information added to each entry....
Download the Pazera Free 3GP to AVI Converter. You’ll have to unzip the download folder, but there is no need to install the application. Just double-click the 3gptoavi.exe file to run the application. To add your 3GP or 3G2 files to the queue to be converted, click on the Add files button at the top left. Browse for your file, and click Open. Your video will be added to the Queue....
Note: Unfortunately, DVD43 runs only on Windows 32-bit systems. Installation and Setup Download and install DVD43. You can find the installation below. When the install is finished you’ll be prompted to restart your PC. DVD43 runs in the system tray at startup. When idle, the DVD43 icon is yellow with a straight face. Insert your DVD into your optical drive. While DVD43 is searching for the encryption keys, the system tray icon will appear as a devilish smiley face....
Turn on Media Streaming on WHS To enable Media Streaming from Windows Home Server, open the Windows Home Server Console and click on Settings. Now in the Setting screen select Media Sharing, then in the right column under Media Library Sharing turn on Library Sharing for the folders you want to stream. If you have a Windows 7 machine on your network make sure media streaming is enabled. You should then see the server under Other Libraries and can start streaming your media collection....
We start with one of the first popular version of Windows – Windows 3.11. Many of us can remember using Windows 3.11, but may be surprised to go back and see how many things still function similar in today’s versions. Here’s some screenshots of Windows 3.11 running in VMware Player on Windows 7 x64. Yes, that’s a 16 bit OS running on top of a 64 bit OS. Windows 3....
This is not a simple question to answer. The internet is called the “world wide web” for a reason. Businesses, organizations, and individuals around the world are creating websites all the time. The number is constantly changing. RELATED: How Does the Internet Work? The Best Guess: Nearly 2 Billion It’s impossible to get a truly accurate answer, but we can get pretty close to an estimate. Internet Live Stats is a website that uses an algorithm tied into a few different data sources to display a running count on the number of websites....
We’ve already shown you how to create shortcuts to create new Google Docs easily, but what if you want total Windows integration? Here’s how to add them to the Windows Explorer “New” menu for easier access. This should work for all versions of Windows, and you can modify it to work with Google Apps for your Domain as well. Keep reading for the full instructions. Import the Registry Hack The first step is to download and extract the package we’ve provided at the end of the article....
No Transparency Effect You may have run into this problem, where Aero is enabled but transparency isn’t working (As shown in the examples below). It seems I’ve found this happening after running games, watching video, or updating a video card driver. Troubleshoot and Fix No Transparency To get everything working again, right-click an empty area on the the desktop and select Personalize. Now in the Personalization window underneath the Aero Themes, click on the link Troubleshoot problems with transparency and other Aero effects....
PowerShell 7 is a versatile shell and programming language. Now that it is cross-platform, most system admins need a way to deploy the language to multiple systems automatically. To that end, Ansible is a perfect system to create easy to use playbooks to deploy PowerShell 7 to as many systems as may be needed. In this article, we are going to explore how to create a simple Ansible playbook to install PowerShell 7 to multiple systems....
Welcome to Terminator, an interesting name for the world’s most advanced and fully featured terminal multiplexer. A terminal multiplexer allows you to run one-to-many terminal sessions from within one or more windows, in an organized way. Read all about it. What Is Terminator? Terminator is a graphical Linux software program, running seamlessly under Python 3, which lets system administrators and other users use multiple terminal (shell) windows at the same time....
Evernote has limited their free plans, increased the prices of paid plans, and introduced a privacy policy that allows its employees to read your notes (Update: they’ve backtracked a bit on this, but they’ve still lost some good faith with many, including us). If you’ve ever thought about switching to Microsoft’s OneNote instead, now is probably a good time. Thankfully, Microsoft has released an official tool for migrating your Evernote data into OneNote....
Introduced in iOS 16, “Live Captions” enable you to see captions for nearly anything that plays audio on your iPhone. That includes videos, music, podcasts, and even phone calls and FaceTime calls. First, open the Settings app on your iPhone. Next, go to the “Accessibility” section. Now select “Live Captions.” The first thing to do is simply toggle on “Live Captions” at the top of the screen. Alternatively, you can choose to only use Live Captions in certain apps....
