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Note: this probably won’t work on HTC phones with a customized interface, because they often have a completely different Alarms application. But… you can probably use the same technique to create a shortcut to the HTC Alarms panel. Just so we’re all on the same page, this is the Alarms screen that we’re talking about: Create the Shortcut to the Alarms Panel To create the shortcut, you’re going to have to install an application called LauncherPro, which is actually a really excellent Home screen replacement—you should definitely check it out....

As you use Windows 7 and keep more programs pinned to your taskbar, you may start noticing that your icons clash with each other. From bright colored icons to more modern icons with text, seldom do your app icons truly go together. So, instead of dealing with clashing colors and designs, let’s create new taskbar icons. You technically can change icons directly from the taskbar. Simply right-click on the icon in the taskbar or click and drag up to open the jumplist, then right-click on the program icon near the bottom of the jumplist and select Properties to change the icon....

Getting Started First, you’ll need to have the Android Emulator setup on your computer. If you don’t already have it installed, check out our article about Installing and Running Android on Your PC with the Android Emulator. Now, download the new Android Virtual Machine that has the Android Market installed. Select the Android 1.5 link, as this is the simplest to setup. Once the download is finished, you can open the file in your favorite archival program....

It’s an edge case, but if someone types in your IP address instead of your domain name, you’ll want your server to handle that request properly, and redirect them to the actual site. We’ll show how to set it up in NGINX and Apache. Why Is This Necessary? For nearly every request, users are likely coming in using your domain name, so you won’t really see this issue in practice....

iSH is an active project to run a Linux shell on iOS. It offers an Alpine Linux environment, complete with the apk package manager. The app relies on usermode x86 emulation. You can download iSH from the App Store. New installations include a fully functioning apk by default. Existing app users may need to manually install apk following the steps in the documentation. Getting Started Begin by installing iSH from the App Store....

The Web of Compliance Requirements If your organization gathers, processes, or transmits personal data you have to comply with data privacy legislation. That might be legislation put in place by your own government or it might be legislation from overseas, depending on where the data subjects—the people whose data you’re processing—have citizenship. It’s the citizenship of the data subjects that dictates which external data protection rules and regulations come into play, not where your business is located....

Gitlab Issues is a free tool built into Gitlab Cloud and Community Editions that makes it easier to track software development progress. It supports many of the same features as competitors like Jira, while being easier to use. Getting Started If you’ve used Jira, Trello, or other Kanban-based organization software, you’ll find Gitlab Issues to be quite familiar. However, it has a lot of features that set it apart from Jira....

PHP allows you to create iterable objects. These can be used within loops instead of scalar arrays. Iterables are commonly used as object collections. They allow you to typehint that object while retaining support for looping. Simple Iteration To iterate over an array in PHP, you use a foreach loop: This example would emit 1 2 3. You can also iterate over an object: This example would emit bar....

Setup Once you have installed the extension the first thing that you will need to do is open the “Customize Toolbar Window” and grab the “External Applications Toolbar”. Place it into your browser’s UI in a location that best suits your needs. Once you have placed it where you want it and closed the “Customise Toolbar Window” you will see a “blank spot” in that location. Do not worry…the toolbar is still there…it is just empty for the moment....

With thousands of options available, it’s hard to know which computer mice are the best ones out there and which simply don’t stack up to the rest. However, as any PC gamer will tell you, you need a vastly different type of mouse when playing a computer game versus simply checking your email. As a result, there’s a whole industry of gaming peripherals, and they typically cost much more than a basic wired mouse....

Show Messenger Icon in Notification Area When you close out or minimize Messenger it will reside in the new Taskbar. To make it act like it did in previous versions of Windows, right-click on the Windows Live Messenger icon and go to Properties. In the example above I created an icon on the desktop but you can also do the same thing with the icon in the start menu....

As geeks that use the computer way too much, we often find ourselves using more and more keyboard shortcuts to work faster and switch to the mouse less. The web has evolved to work with an increasing array of keyboard shortcuts, as apps such as Google Reader integrate keyboard shortcuts that make them much easier to use. Still, there’s many times you have to waste a second and grab your mouse to click an important link or button on a page....

We previously looked at method to make Windows 7 Media Player and WMC play FLAC files, but that method takes a bit longer. Here we take a look at Open Codecs which is a free download that lets you play Flac and other formats in WMP easier. Windows 7 Media Player Windows Media Player doesn’t include support for Ogg, Flac, and other music file formats natively. If you try to open a Flac or Ogg file in WMP, you’ll get errors such as this....

Samsung announced today that it has reached a deal with several other TV manufacturers to license the Tizen TV software, marking the first time that Samsung’s TV experience will be available on TVs sold by other companies. The license deal includes the Tizen platform and all available apps, as well as Samsung TV Plus, Universal Guide, and the Bixby voice assistant. So, why does all this matter? Well, you might have more choices for software when it comes to your next smart TV, now that companies can theoretically sell TVs with identical hardware but several different software experiences....

Seagate has announced three more 2TB external hard drives in its FireCuda lineup, each with a different Star Wars design — one with Luke Skywalker, another with Darth Vader, and one more with Han Solo. Each drive has the name of the character along the bottom, as well as RGB lights. The Seagate Toolkit desktop application is used to change the light pattern and colors. Seagate didn’t share much technical information about the drives, except that the cable connection uses USB 3....

Open up Windows Home Server Console from a machine on your network and click on Settings. Then click the Shut Down button. The Shut Down screen appears and the rest of the console fades in the background. Now you can shutdown or Restart the server. A message pops up indicating your connection has been lost, and you’ll be able to reconnect after it starts back up. Windows Home Server is designed so you can accomplish pretty much everything from the Home Server Console, including a Shutdown or Restart....

The Oryx Pro has the specifications of a high-end gaming laptop, and even though you can play games on it, the laptop is primarily intended for productivity work that requires a lot of graphics power. It has a 12th-generation Intel Core i7-12700H processor that runs at up to 4.7 GHz, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or 3080 Ti graphics card, up to 64 GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6, USB Type-A and Type-C ports, Thunderbolt 4 support, Gigabit Ethernet, and a backlit keyboard....

One of everyone’s favorite parts of Photoshop is the filters menu—it’s a big box of weird, fun effects. Read on and learn what filters are,and what they can’t do, and effective ways to use them. This is part 8 of the How-To Geek Guide to Learning Photoshop. If you’ve missed any part, you can start at the beginning with Part 1: The Toolbox, Learn Basic Photo Editing in Part 5, or simply continue reading to learn about the filters menu and how it works....

The Aero Peek Tabs If you simply hover your mouse over the Firefox button in the Windows 7 taskbar, you’ll see a list of all the open tabs. This works best if you only have a few tabs open—too many, and it’ll just stop showing them. Enhanced Ctrl+Tab (optional) The really awesome new feature is an enhanced Ctrl+Tab, but you’ll have to turn it on with a simple tweak if you want to use it....

Online operating systems are a good solution if you have say a Mac at home and PC at work. Or maybe certain features of Windows aren’t available on different machines you work on during the day. There are a lot of different scenarios where an online operating system could come in handy. Here we take a look at two such apps which have a lot of functionality and are free to use....