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The PalmPilot was one of the most influential mobile devices of the 1990s, and helped establish Palm as a dominant player in the tech industry. Now you can use hundreds of apps and games made for it in your web browser. The Internet Archive has soft-launched an online library of software created for the PalmPilot, which was a PDA released in 1997 that became a smash hit. The online collection includes over 500 games and applications, accessible on any desktop or mobile browser....

LastPass suffered a security breach back in August, when a hacker gained access to development environments and was able to steal source code and other proprietary information. Later in December, LastPass confirmed a hacker was able to use that data to “gain access to certain elements of our customers’ information.” The company didn’t clarify what “certain elements” meant, until now. LastPass just disclosed the full scope of the attack, following an “ongoing investigation....

To enable Disk Cleanup, we’ll first open Server Manager by clicking on the Server Manager icon next to the Start button. In Server Manager, scroll down to the Features section and click on Add Features in the upper right area. The Disk Cleanup tool is bundled into the Desktop Experience Feature, so we’ll check to install that. We haven’t previously added the Ink and Handwriting Services, so we get a popup window informing us that they are required in order to install Desktop Experience....

Note: Shareaholic is also available for Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flock, Safari, and Songbird (see Shareaholic homepage link below). Shareaholic Setup After the extension has finished installing you will see your new “Toolbar Button” and a new tab will open with information about Shareaholic. You should leave this “Information Tab” open for at least a few minutes because of the “login/create an account links”. Note: There are no “in-browser” options to worry with....

So if you don’t need these files, why keep them? We are going to show you how to easily remove these old log files to keep you system nice and tidy. Of course, while the we are covering below are immediately useful for managing log files, you can also apply the same techniques to any other type of “expiring” file (such as backups). Remove Files Based on Last Modified Date If you want to clear your existing log files based solely on the last modified date of the file, all you have to do is use the FORFILES command....

Change Your View Button in Explorer When in Windows Explorer you can click the Change your view button to toggle through different sizes of the icons. In this example we are in Details view which gives you more data about the files you’re looking at. After clicking it once we see we have the Tiles View. Clicking it each time will give you a different view including Details, Tiles, Content, List, Large Icons, Medium Icons, and Small Icons....

iPhone / iPod Touch Note: We are using version 4.0 of the iPhone OS Find and select the Settings icon on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Select Wi-Fi from the Settings menu. If your Wi-Fi setting currently set to Off, tap it to toggle On the Wi-Fi access. Once your Wi-Fi is enabled you should see available networks appear below. Encrypted networks will show a padlock to the right of the name while “open” networks will not....

The trick we used in the first article was to add a swipe of color to the bottom of your wallpaper, which then shows through the Aero transparency and makes your taskbar change color without having to change the entire theme. It was simple and fun. Reader Grant Prudlow took the initiative to make the whole process even easier, and created an application that can automate the whole process—it’s an impressive little application that works perfectly....

Setup The first thing to do is set up three new folders in Program Files (or Program Files (x86) if you are using a 64bit system) with the following names (the first two need to exactly match what is shown here): Sysinternals Suite NirSoft Utilities (create this folder only if you have any of these apps downloaded) Windows System Control Center (or WSCC depending on your preferences) Unzip the contents of the Sysinternals Suite into its’ folder....

Note: Local Group Policy Editor is not available in Home versions of Windows 7. Typing gpedit.msc into the search box in the Start menu to access Group Policy Editor can get old fast. To create a shortcut, right-click on the desktop and select New \ Shortcut. Next type or copy the following path into the location field and click Next. Then give your shortcut a name…something like Group Policy, or whatever you want it to be and click Finish....

Setup Both the stable and beta versions require no installation. Simply unzip the program folder, move it to Program Files, and create a shortcut. For those who are curious, here is a look at the program folder’s contents. This is what you will see when you start KompoZer the first time. The “Main Window” will be in a minimized form and the “Tips Window” will appear with it. You can easily disable the “Tips Window” if desired at this point....

RELATED: How to Change the Login Screen Background on Windows 10 Note: The method for changing the logon screen background is different in Windows 10, so if you’re using Windows 10 instead, you’ll need to follow our updated tutorial. Windows 7 Logon Background Changer This cool app is free, Open Source, and lets you change the wallpaper on the Windows 7 Logon screen. It doesn’t require installation, and won’t change any of the system files....

The Problem – Real Player The problem is RealPlayer which can be a lot of extra bloat to deal with just to watch the occasional RM file or online content. While it may not be as adware ridden as it was a few years ago, it’s far more than you need just to watch play some online content. Of course it still likes to leave advertisement popups on your desktop, which is completely unacceptable from any program....

Edit Office Web Apps Documents Offline The Office Web Apps are a great way to preview and edit your documents in your browser. With 25Gb of free storage online, the new online Office is a great way to share and collaborate with others on your documents. But even if you don’t like editing your documents online, you can still make use of the web apps. Simply view your document online, open the File menu in the app, and select Open in Word....

If you’ve never used a laptop with Apple’s first-party M1 (or M2) chip, you’re in for a treat. Unlike the x86-based Intel or AMD chips you’ll find in a standard Windows machine, Apple Silicon M1 is designed using the ARM architecture, the same blueprint as the chip in your smartphone. While you can read more about what separates x86 from ARM in our complete explainer, the result is that M1 runs much cooler, faster, and more efficiently than virtually any other Windows laptop on the market....

UPDF’s comprehensive solution allows users to edit all elements of a PDF file. Text and links can be added or removed without difficulty, and the text can be modified to adjust the font, size, or selected color. Images are easy to insert or export within the PDF file, where they’re then capable of being cropped, resized, or rotated. Pages can be seamlessly extracted, deleted, or replaced as needed, and then rotated or reordered to fine-tune the final product....

A Content Delivery Network (CDN), is a network of servers around the world that cache your static assets, reducing the load on your primary web servers. AWS’s CloudFront CDN is easy to use, quick to set up, and cheap to run. What Is CloudFront? There are two main uses for a CDN. Most commonly, they are used to host large static content that would be infeasible to host on a traditional web server—things like large videos, images, or other large static media....

A few months ago we showed you how Malware can get on your computer. Asian Angel also did a great series on different free applications you can use to combat it all. Trend Micro is a trusted name when it comes to combating malicious software and here we take a look at some of the free tools they offer to detect and eliminate various forms. HouseCall If your computer isn’t running right and you suspect there might be malware causing the instability, you can use HouseCall which is an on-demand scanner for identifying and removing it....

API servers are everywhere—anytime you connect to or refresh a web application, your browser is sending out requests for the latest data. We’ll take a look at how that’s handled behind the scenes, and how you can code your own API server. What Is an API Server, and How Does It Work? Here’s an example. You have a web application that needs to connect to a database and fetch some data, like posts made by users on a social media site....

The Need for Electric Speed In January 1990, General Motors showed off a concept car at that year’s LA Auto Show, called the “Impact.” It was an all-electric two-seat vehicle, designed from the ground up as an EV, instead of using an existing frame from a gas car. GM said it could go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 8 seconds. For comparison, the Tesla Model 3 Performance can do that in about 3 seconds, while the 2023 Chevy Bolt EV is advertised at 6....