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Note: For those using browsers other than Firefox, you can directly access the ColorSuckr website (link at bottom of article). ColorSuckr in Action Once you have the extension installed you are ready to go. There are no options or settings to worry with…just click and go goodness. We decided to use ColorSuckr on a recent blog image and see what the results were. To use ColorSuckr on an image, “Right Click” on the image and select “Extract Image Colors”…...

Installation During the installation there are two install windows to watch for…the third and fourth ones. Here you can see the third one…notice that you are asked to select between the Pro and Lite versions. The default when you reach this window is set on “Install PRO-Edition”, so make certain that you select “Install LITE-Edition”. This is the fourth window…here you will have the option to install AM-Notebook Lite on your hard-disk or as a portable version on your USB Flash Drive (terrific!...

If your household doesn’t have a payment method set up, child accounts now have the option to ask their parent to approve or deny purchases on the Play Store. Your kids can send you an “approval request” for you to buy them paid apps or in-app purchases in games. If you approve a request, Google will ask you to pay for the item using your payment method, which will not be shared with any other family members....

When you collaborate on a Word document, you may want to keep certain portions of text from being edited. One way is to protect parts of the document, but another is to block authors from changing your text using the Block Authors feature. You can select a sentence or paragraph and stop collaborators from changing it. This feature isn’t necessarily hidden, but it’s not exactly obvious either. So, let’s look at how to block authors in Microsoft Word....

If you have ever wanted to cross-reference two actors or crew members to find out what they have worked on together, IMDb’s common search has you covered with an easy way to do just that. Whether you are trying to cheat at six degrees of Kevin Bacon or just trying to remember an actors name who was in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Hot Rod, IMDb common search can help....

Note: Spotify is not available in all countries or the United States. Here we look at installing Spotify on Ubuntu 9.10 using Wine 1.2. To begin with we’ll need to install Wine on Ubuntu. If you already have Wine you can easily skip this step. To install Wine on Ubuntu 9.10 first open synaptic package manager by going to System \ Administration \ Synaptic Package Manager. You’ll be prompted for your password....

Microsoft removed this feature to comply with all those murky legal battles they’ve had, and their alternate suggestion is to create a standard shortcut to iexplore.exe on the Desktop, but it’s not the same thing. We’ve got a registry hack to bring it back. This guest article was written by Ramesh from the WinHelpOnline blog, where he’s got loads of really geeky registry hacks. Bring Back the Internet Explorer Namespace Icon in Windows 7 the Easy Way...

If you’re one of those people who need to know what you need to do all the time, then putting a todo list on your desktop will help you immensely. Here’s how to create your own as a constant reminder. Today, we’ll be showing you how to put a todo list on your desktop in OS X, and also a couple of tweaks you can make with our initial setup....

These two tools built in to the IAM Management Console are very useful when conducting security reviews, allowing you to test your IAM policies, user specific access, and cross account access, and even sending you warnings issues are detected. Regular Security Reviews Are Important If you’ve got a lot of employees, and use IAM users for employee accounts, you should be doing regular security reviews to make sure your policies are kept in check....

Full-Text Search is a database technique which will retrieve records even if they don’t exactly match your search criteria. This enables rich natural language searching that feels more familiar. Searching for “database engine” using a full-text search will return results containing the phrases “database,” “engine” or “database engine”. This resolves possible ambiguities in your search criteria, so rows like “I have a database and an engine” still show up....

Which Mac Models Support HDR? The following Mac models support HDR video playback: MacBook Pro 2018 and later MacBook Air 2018 or later (external HDR playback requires M1 chip or better) iMac 2020 or later iMac Pro Mac mini 2018 or later Mac Pro 2019 or later Mac Studio Not all of these models have built-in displays, and some of those that do won’t display a particularly impressive HDR image....

Apple 10.2-inch iPad (2021) For $269 ($60 Off) Even on the “budget” end, Apple makes some of the best tablets money can buy. Then you factor in a crazy-low price, like $269 ($60 off) for a 2021 iPad, and it’s a downright steal. Pick up this iPad for its best price yet and enjoy a 10.2-inch display, A13 Bionic chip, 64 GB of storage, and a classic home button with included TouchID....

Take Control of Your Personal Info Online with DeleteMe for $99 ($30 Off) The average person has more than 2,000 pieces of personal data floating around the web including name, address, phone numbers, email, family members and more. While some may be intentional—like in the case of social media posts—other data is bought and sold without your consent by data brokers. Take back control of your online data with DeleteMe, now just $99 ($30 off) with coupon code GEEK99....

Microsoft Create is now available as an early preview. It’s intended as “the ultimate creator launchpad for making whatever you need,” and functions as a central site for templates in other Microsoft apps and services. For example, searching for “travel” shows a newsletter template for Word, a template advertisement for Clipchamp, a photo timeline template for PowerPoint, and other files. Once you find something you like, clicking one button opens the template in the given application....

Simply add our Mount VHD and Unmount VHD scripts to your Send To menu. Now whenever you right click on a VHD file, go to the Send To > Mount VHD command. Note: This action will require administrator rights, you may receive a UAC elevated permission prompt. After the script has run, the VHD is available in Disk Managment and Windows Explorer and can be accessed just like a physical disk....

Before Usually if you need to do something in your Gmail account you have to open a new tab/window or maintain an open tab/window throughout the day. Think how nice it would be to have that access in a “Popup Window” instead…there when you need it and out of your way when you do not. After Once you install the extension you will need to make certain that your “Status Bar” is visible so that you can access the “Popup Window”....

To show this process, we created four files on the desktop of a Windows XP machine, and then deleted them. We then booted up the same machine with the bootable Ubuntu 9.10 USB Flash Drive that we created last week. Once Ubuntu 9.10 boots up, open a terminal by clicking Applications in the top left of the screen, and then selecting Accessories > Terminal. To undelete our files, we first need to identify the hard drive that we want to undelete from....

“May I please be allowed to keep paying for my groceries,” you’re essentially asking, and the clerk responds “Okay,” so you can continue doing their job for them. Is This Thing On? We’re well over 20 or so years into the grand self-checkout experiment, and the results are a bit mixed, with customers developing a love-hate relationship. Stores have, too. In recent years, chains like Costco and Albertsons pulled their self-checkouts and then brought them back....

Roborock S7 Series for up to 37% Off Re-engineered to take the robot vacuum industry to the next level, the S7’s rubber brush, vibrating mop, and sonic carpet sensor set the stage for Roborock’s most advanced lineup ever. Check out the base S7 for $409.99 ($240 off) and S7+ with auto-emptying dock for $679.99 ($270 off). For more power, grab the upgraded S7 MaxV for $639.99 ($220 off) or S7 MaxV Plus with auto-empty dock for $869....

Live Mesh is a free service from Microsoft that lets you sync files between PCs, Macs, Windows Phones, and an online desktop with 5Gb of storage. You can sync any file or folder from any and all of these locations. Live Mesh gives you full control over your files, so they can be synced with 2 computers, one computer and the cloud, or 30 computers – your choice! You can also remotely access any connected computer’s full desktop from any internet connected computer worldwide via the web interface....