Notepad++ brings in a whole new set of features that allows you to do a myriad of new things with just a simple notepad. It’s light on system resources and loads instantaneously so that you won’t notice a performance difference between it and the standard Windows notepad. My personal favorite use for it is editing code or perhaps the hex-editor add-on, but there are far more things to be done with it....
According to Samsung Hub (where the picture comes from), the company will show everyone at CES its new Galaxy player, a device aimed at people wanting lots of multimedia action, in a small package and without the cellular connection. Basically, it’s aimed at the target audience of the iPod Touch. The Galaxy Player will be introduced by the Korean company at CES and it looks very similar to the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone....
One of the key parts to becoming a successful app developer is to be able to make your most important apps available on multiple platforms. That’s exactly what Microsoft has done by bringing some of their most used applications over to iOS and making them available for both iPhone/iPod users and iPad users. Let’s take a look at a few of these right now. Microsoft Tag Microsoft Tag is an application which allows you to create tags which can be scanned and can either lead to a URL, Image, or even just plain text....
If you’re using Google Chrome, my colleague Hammad Saleem has a great article about an extension which allows you to do just that. For the rest of us, and Chrome users that don’t want to install another extension, check out Webstagram. Go to the Webstagram website and click Login. Then log in with your Instagram account username and password. Then give the app permission to work with your Instagram account....
Although several sites have been talking about the release since yesterday, I just noticed on microsoftpost.com (sorry for the shameless plug) that Service Pack 2 “BETA” for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 hit the Microsoft Download Center today. I’m out on vacation this week so I can’t test this out BUT, below are the various links if you want to go ahead and get it installed. I also included some reference links which cover a How-To for system admins as well as the WHAT does SP2 BETA include?...
If you run multiple computers on your network, it’s a pain to switch from system to system to control it. First, install Mouse without Borders on the first Windows PC you want to share the same mouse and keyboard with. Installation is easy following the wizard. Since this is the first system Mouse without Borders is being installed on, click NO. Then just follow the on-screen directions – leave the screen up as you’ll need it for the other system....
This issue is very similar to when you have in-store credit or a gift card somewhere. The credit is as good as cash with that company – since it is offered as a currency alternative. You didn’t sign up to donate money. You purchased credit. In a sense, it’s like the company owes you X amount, and they can’t just forget about their debt of service or dollars after six months or a year....
Spotify Premium Update The new updates are for subscribers of its Premium tier that upgrades the radio feature that will provide users a personalized station that uses the same algorithms that the company uses for its popular Discover Weekly and personalized playlists. “If a subscriber wants a great playlist based on one of their favorite musicians or songs, they can simply search for it and start listening to one of the brand-new Artist Radio playlists,” Spotify writes in its announcement....
Update: Microsoft has now extended the deadline to May 2017. Users Running Windows 10 Build 10240 or Version 1507 Must Upgrade Well, technically, you don’t have to, but if you want to keep your system secure and if you want to be able to continue accessing areas of the system such as the Windows Store, you might need to upgrade. Also, Windows 10’s new update cycle is beginning to prove itself: research into zero day exploits proved the recent Anniversary Update was able to avoid being compromised, while previous releases and versions of Windows succumbed to the same attack....
Windows 8 (32 & 64-bit) Microsoft has officially named it simply “Windows 8”, but you’ll also see it called different things like Windows 8 Basic, Base or Core version. This version contains the essential components of the new operating system. It will come on most new laptops and desktops computers – like Home Premium did with Windows 7. If you’re the average home user, this is the version you’ll want....
Automatically Update Apps This is one that any user of IOS will be happy about. Your apps update in the background – a luxury Android users have had for some time already. You might want to control if this happens or not. Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store. Under Automatic Downloads you can turn the feature on or off. Update App Content in the Background If you frequently use a particular app, you might want it to update themselves in the background....
Go to PostPost.com and click Sign In With Twitter. Next, authorize PostPost to access your account. Then enter your email address. Click Gather My Timeline. That’s it for now. PostPost will gather your Twitter timeline info and send you an email when it’s finished. The time it takes will vary. It took around 10 minutes in my experience. After you get the email verifying your account, start searching your Twitter timeline....
First, make sure you have second screen notifications enabled on your Fire TV. To do that, head to Settings > Display & Sounds > Second Screen Notifications and make sure it’s switched to On. The movie or TV show will start playing on your Fire TV, and then your tablet turns into the second screen experience. You will get a full screen of IMDB data where you can look at the cast and characters currently in a scene, find out other shows an actor has been in, learn interesting trivia, and more....
Vine for Android Vine for Android is finally available. The Twitter-owned app allows you to create short looping videos and upload them to the microblogging service. We wrote about the app when it came out for the iPhone, and now here’s a look at the Android version. After the app is installed, you can go ahead and sign in with Twitter or create an account. Once signed in, you should probably start searching for some friends already using Vine, as creating small videos doesn’t seem too much fun if nobody’s watching....
The YouTube stream was widely to advertise Virgin America’s in-flight WiFi system, GoGo. They now offer it on every plane, but unfortunately it isn’t free. They expect you to pay at least $10 for internet no matter how short your flight is and it becomes even more costly on long flights. Last year however, Virgin America teamed up with Google again and offered Free WiFi across nearly every national airport and all of their flights during the Holiday season....
I contacted Google about it and their official response was “I’m sorry to tell you that we cannot assist you with this problem since you don’t own that domain anymore.” Fair enough. After all, I let the domain expire, thereby letting someone else buy it, and in doing so, I let them commandeer my old Gmail account, Google Docs account, and any other third-party web service I may have used Google authentication to log into....
What Does “LMAO” Mean? The term means “laughing my ass off,” and it’s typically seen in messaging apps such as Telegram, Messages, WhatsApp, and on social networks like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The abbreviation is almost certainly limited to use with family and friends and not in the workplace. It’s used as a reaction to something said by someone else in a text or social network and is textspeak for “that was funny” or “that really made me laugh....
macOS Activity Monitor The somewhat hidden Activity Monitor shows what’s currently running on your Mac. Better still, it shows in graphical form which programs and processes are affecting your Mac’s performance. You can find the Activity Monitor through Spotlight or the Go menu for Finder under Utilities. The Activity Monitor is located by clicking Go on the Finder menu bar in the Applications folder under Utilities. Included in the tool are three tabs: CPU, Memory, Energy, Disk, and Network....
There is a small chance that dllhost.exe could get infected by a virus. However, if your computer is up to date with all of the latest security patches from Windows Update and you have an anti-virus installed such as Microsoft Security Essentials then it’s highly unlikely that you’ll have any problems with infection. What is COM+? To understand what dllhost.exe does, you need to understand what the COM+ Service is....
Where did seaport.exe come from? A few weeks ago Microsoft launched the official version of Windows Live Essentials 2011. Seaport.exe comes packed in with the Live Essentials suite and it is automatically installed along with ANY single program from the package. If you picked up the official version or one of the later beta versions then you likely will have seaport.exe running on your computer. The process is safe, and we’ll look at the details below....
