I remember back when I was in school, every year the science fair would roll by and my class would walk through the aisles as the nerdy kids would attempt to impress us with bendable bones, exploding volcanoes, and sometimes stuff that was just plain weird. Then again, we never had an innovative sponsor for our fair, such as Google. This year Google is sponsoring their own science fair and some very groovy prizes are up for grabs!...
Increased Security for LastPass To enable the new LastPass security features, open your web browser and login to LastPass.com. From the Control Panel, click the Settings button in the left pane. On the General tab, you’ll see the two new settings. These settings are location-based login options. The two settings address IP-based login blocking. LastPass is able to detect which country a connection is being made from, and it allows you to block logins from all countries except for the ones you authorize....
So off you go to Google again to research lenses only to find that the choices are just as bewildering as the camera bodies. You have standard lenses, wide angle, telephoto, macro, and then all those zoom options. What do they all do? Which one should you get? HELP! Trust me when I say you’re not alone in your confusion. The good news is you’ve come this far and realize that it is a waste to pair a $1000 camera body with a sub-par lens!...
Apple Logic Pro X for OS X There is no upgrade pricing, but at $200, it’s not a bad deal. The whole package offers a lot, and the fact that you aren’t limited to how many of your computers you can tie it to if you are a single user is also a plus. While there is no particular update that stands out as amazing, I do like the simplified arpeggiator and the pitch corrector....
iCloud for Windows First, download the iCloud Control Panel for Windows. It only works with Windows Vista SP 2 and higher – Windows XP users are out of luck. If you’re running Outlook during the install, you’ll receive a notification to close out of it before continuing with the installation. Then the Installation is basic. Follow the install wizard and when it’s done, make sure Open the iCloud Control Panel is checked....
Have you ever seen an email that said it was sent to “Undisclosed Recipients” because it didn’t reveal who the message was sent to? You can do this in Outlook and it’s a fairly simple trick that can make your mass emails seem either mysterious or more professional. Even if you aren’t using mass emails, this is a neat technique for protecting the privacy of those you are sending emails to by not revealing their addresses and simultaneously using the “To” field to let people know that the message was sent to multiple people....
Note: At the end of this tutorial you can download a full collection of 17 presets all in one zip file. Before we begin Don’t own Photoshop? You can grab a copy of Photoshop from Adobe.com for as little as $9.99 a month. If you haven’t done so already, check out my “introduction” tutorials for Photoshop. In the ones I have linked below you will learn the basics and go through all the essential knowledge about Photoshop: All of our Photoshop tutorials Basics Guide Layers – Basics Layers – Advanced Tricks...
To disable this default feature, right click on the Start menu and select Properties. The Taskbar and Start Menu Properties windows comes up. Make sure the Start Menu tab is selected, the click the Customize button. The Customize Start Menu screen comes up. Scroll down and uncheck Open Submenus When I Pause on Them with the Mouse Pointer. Then click OK. Click ok on the Start Menu Properties window. Now when you open the Start Menu, hover over All Programs, and it won’t come up....
Create a Custom PowerPoint Template The Quick Way If you want to be done with this as fast as possible and with minimal time wasted, the quick way should help you create your template in no time. Start by opening PowerPoint and creating a new presentation based on the Blank template. From the Design tab, click the button furthest to the right: Format Background The side panel that will appear after you click the button can help you customize the background....
Using Types The aptly named Types can help you easily keep track of all of file types on your computer. It also makes it easy to edit associated software, actions, icons and more. If you want to do it manually you can. Here’s how to manage file associations in Windows 8 — which allows you to open files in desktop apps and not full screen Metro one. You can manually manage Windows 7 file associations too....
Each robot can play in ways that wouldn’t be possible for a human. This is due not only to extra limbs and fingers but because of flawless precision and timing. And while the band may not have many personalities, it has the animatronic moves and style to mimic it. So, in case you’re worried about these metal musicians taking over the world and destroying humanity, you have excellent reason to be....
The new mobile devices are the Nexus 6 phablet, Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player. Here’s a quick look at each device. Nexus 6 Smartphone The Nexus 6 is Google’s first large-screen (6-inch) phone – often referred to as “phablets” and will start at $649 unlocked for the 32 GB version. There is also a 64 GB version that will go for $699. Unlike the previous Nexus phones, this one will be offered by the big four U....
Features No Longer Available or Under Active Development in Windows 10 1709 With each feature update, Microsoft is reviewing features it thinks are no longer needed or have been superseded by modern alternatives. In version 1703, features removed or deprecated were mostly under the hood and were more likely to affect enterprise customers than end users. The trend continues with version 1709, but there are more user facing features and technologies that are on the chopping block....
Microsoft Work & Play Bundle This year’s Work & Play bundle is a bit different than last years but is still a great value. Here’s a closer look at what’s included: Office 365 Home provides the latest version of Office 2016 that you can install on up to five different devices. You can use it to install Office on PCs, tablets, and Mac. The price of this subscription is usually $99....
Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 18956 Redesigned Network Status. Today’s build includes a new Network Status page in Settings that gives you more info about your device’s connectivity at a glance. It includes a new view of active connections and data usage. Microsoft is also rolling out the new Cortana experience and new notification settings to all Insiders. The notification settings improvements include: If you hover your mouse over an incoming notification, you’ll now see a settings icon to make it easy to adjust that app’s notification settings....
Windows 10 Preview Build 19619 It does include a new COVID-19 banner in Search Home as well as more improvements to the Your Phone app. Here is the general changes and improvements: If the Sync button under Settings > Time & Language > Time fails due to network connectivity, the error now tells you that’s the issue. Here is the list of fixes contained in today’s build: We fixed an issue resulting in some Insiders experiencing bugchecks with error DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION in the last few builds....
Windows 10 Preview Build 19631 ARM64 VHDX Available to download: Here is a look at the general changes and improvements in today’s latest build: We updated the configuration of Windows Hello to make sure it works well with 940nm wavelength cameras. Here is a list of fixes included in today’s build: We fixed the issue causing the IIS configuration being set to default after taking a new build.We fixed an issue that could result in a key press not waking up a device from connected standby in certain scenarios....
Windows 10 Insider Build 20175 Today’s new build includes new features like improved pinned sites in Microsoft Edge. Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc explains: “Clicking a pinned site on the Taskbar will now show you all of the open tabs for that site across any of your Microsoft Edge windows, just like you’d expect for any app with multiple open windows.” In addition, there are new icons for Sticky Notes and the Snip & Sketch app via updates from the Microsoft Store....
Windows 10 Preview Build 17101 and RS5 17604 The emoji experience has been updated to include redesigned emoji as well as more languages added to emoji search. You can now search for emoji by keyword in over 150 locales including France, Germany, Spain, and more. You will now have full UWP file system access. In her post, Dona Sarkar writes, “This capability will be granted on a per-app basis by Microsoft....
Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17623 The High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) is included with both RS4 and RS5 builds. According to the post, “HEIF is an image container that leverages modern codecs like HEVC to improve quality, compression, and capabilities compared to earlier formats like JPEG, GIF, and PNG. In addition to traditional single images, HEIF supports encoding image sequences, image collections, auxiliary images like alpha or depth maps, live images & video, audio, and HDR for greater contrast....
