With the announcement of the official release date of Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest operating system has been all the buzz in the last few days. It provides many innovations. One of which is improved support for a Dual Monitor set up. How To Enable The Second Monitor First, begin by plugging in your second monitor. Make sure it’s turned on and that the cable you are using is completely functional....
Customize Virtual Machine Configuration using VMware Fusion Depending on what you plan to use as your virtual machine, you might need to configure it to work suitably with a particular application. Launch VMware Fusion, click the File menu, click New, select Create a custom virtual machine, and click Continue. Choose the desired operating system you would like to install. VMware Fusion supports a wide selection of operating system brands and versions....
Earlier this week I talked about the upgrade of the Delicious Bookmarking service that allows users to post their bookmarks and comments to their Twitter page. Well, after using it for a few days and testing out the new features it appears as though they might have left a few settings set to their default values when calling the Twitter API: As you can see in the screenshot above, instead of saying something like “From Delicious” and linking you back to Delicious, each post to Twitter only says “From API” which then links you over to http://apiwiki....
Take it for a free test drive and watch your design and decorating visions take shape right before your eyes. Then let us know what you think about this exciting new concept. The web app is available at http://dragonfly.autodesk.com/home and is completely free to use. There are no files to download, nothing to install. As I said, it’s a Web App that runs “in the cloud,” so to speak. Within just a few minutes on the site, you can be up and running with Autodesk’s premade designs....
This option is only accessible from the Composition window where you write out the email. It can be found on the Options tab under “Direct Replies To”. The Properties window will open up and under the Delivery options category there is a “Have replies sent to” checkbox. The button should be automatically checked, so in the white box to the right of it just add in any additional email addresses or mailing lists you’d like the replies to go to....
This follows Disney Plus launching in other European countries a few weeks ago including the UK, Ireland, German, Italy, Spain, Australia, and Switzerland. Disney Plus Launches in France This announcement explains that subscribers can watch 16 Disney Plus Originals. With titles including The Mandalorian, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, Marvel’s Hero Project, and a lot more. Disney Plus Launches in France starting today and everything available on the streaming service is ready to watch....
When you come across a funny cat video that you “must-have” on YouTube, there are several different services or extensions you can use. Today I’ll show you the easiest way I’ve found for Firefox or Google Chrome. Download and install Easy YouTube Video Downloader for either Firefox or Google Chrome or both if you use them. (Download Links Below) After installing the Easy YouTube Video Downloader extension, start browsing YouTube....
When I wanted to show my wife areas in Seattle where I’d like to live, I wanted to do it on a real-time web map. UMapper is a free online mapping application that made this possible using several different mapping sites like Google, Bing and a host of other map providers. UMapper works from the cloud and it doesn’t require any special software to function, just your web browser. It’s relatively simple, but packs powerful features like tags that can make maps search engine friendly....
RocketDock is the name of the application, and it essentially is a dupe of the famous Apple Mac Ribbon Bar. Just drag applications to the Dock for easy access and organization. With the latest version, RocketDock even supports minimizing applications to the Dock. Very groovy indeed! Very easy to use and easy to customize. Install it today, however, be prepared to get OOHHHHH’s and AHHHHH’s from fellow PC users and…....
Enable Automatic Replies with Out of Office Assistant in Outlook 2010 and 2013 Create, edit, and turn off out-of-office messages, set a time range for them to run, and set different messages for different groups. Open Outlook, Click File to change the Outlook view to Account Information (Info) Click Automatic Replies Click Radio Button Send automatic replies Next, check the box Only send during this time range to create the Start Time and End Time and Dates for your automatic replies....
All of the new smartphones are coming out equipped with Haptic feedback. If you haven’t experienced it for yourself, Haptic feedback is when you touch something on your phone and it responds by vibrating the entire device. On a Samsung Galaxy S the vibration can be overbearing at times, so in this How-to we’ll look at how to disable it, or at least turn the vibration strength down a notch....
SMS in a Different Way Evolve SMS, which you can get for free from the Google Play Store, here, offers many more features that Hangouts does. It also has the same Android KitKat design we’ve all grown to know and love. As you start the app for the first time, you’ll be asked to archive old messages. You can always get them back, should you want to, and it makes the app faster....
Nothing is more annoying than a video automatically playing with the audio blaring out of your phone while out in public. Especially if those videos are coming from your Facebook feed – it could lead to some embarrassing situations. Keep Facebook Videos Quiet The easiest way to avoid sound from videos is to set your phone to silent. Facebook says, “If your phone is set to silent, videos will not play with sound....
1. Mobile Device/Phone Rules In today’s world, we have put all our tools into one device that provides: work, multimedia, social media, and games. Sure it is practical, especially when traveling. At home or in the office, it could be a distraction. It’s like you have a digital candy bag on your phone that you can reach in a second and get a quick reward. Most social media applications are given for free....
After offering customers the possibility to get an Xbox 360 with Kinect for $99, now Microsoft offers it for free. Under certain terms, of course. This is not a new offer per se, as Microsoft has done something similar last year, and just as it was last time, it is aimed at students only (you’ll have to prove your student status) and it’s just at participating dealers. Here’s how things work....
How to get it To try it out, you’ll need to visit kickassapp.com and then drag the bookmarklet to your bookmark bar. But, your bookmark bar might not be enabled, so first you’ll have to do that: To enable the bookmark bar in Chrome, Press Ctrl+Shift+B on your keyboard.In Microsoft Edge, click the three dots, then go to Settings and toggle on Show Favorites Bar. In Internet Explorer, just Right-Click the top of the browser and Select Favorites Bar....
This video was made in the Micron wafer facility in Lehi, Utah. There are only 3 of these plants in the world, and the intricacy of each is truly remarkable, specifically the nearly fully automated one that we’ll look at in the video below. Enjoy! This video was originally designed to be marketing material for Lexmark, but it turns out that it is also extremely educational. For those of you curious about the filming process, Lexmark said the video was captured using a “Canon 5D Mark II DSLR with 32GB Lexar Professional 600x CF cards....
Note: Technically this is all supposed to be done using the PayPal app, but the people I’ve talked to who have done this say that it can done using the website from any computer. Here’s how to get in on the deal: This can all be done over the mobile apps as well. Unfortunately for me, in the Clearwater area none of the restaurants offer carry out and the delivery fee greatly offsets any savings had by the coupon....
Using The Google Flu Shot Finder Site To use the new flu shot finder, visit www.google.com/flushot. The project is still in its early stages, so some of its information could be outdated. There also is no information on the site regarding availability, but just knowing where to go and who to call is the first step in getting vaccinated. This season has two different vaccines available; there is the standard flu shot that is typical for this time of year, and the H1N1 or swine flu vaccination....
Google announced this morning they would be acquiring reCAPTCHA. This interesting acquisition makes a lot of sense. One of the original reasons (if not the original reason) for developing CAPTCHA was to ensure the person on your website or application was in fact human. BOTS would crawl through the internet and create posts and forum topics etc., to distribute SPAM and BOTS across sites. CAPTCHA would step in by displaying an image which only a human could decipher/respond to (usually), and then ask them to type in a word or several words to ensure they were HUMAN....
