The new upgrade will feature a Metro Style UI with Tiles. Similar to Windows 8 and Windows Phone 7.5 with Tiles. While you’re waiting for the upgrade, check out this video from All Things D. It shows an awesome demonstration of what you’ll be able to do with Microsoft Kinect. Update: The upgrade started rolling out a few hours ago. Check out our First Look here. Comment Name * Email *...
Top of the news, for me, anyway, was Minecraft. It’s now available from the Android Market. To find it, search “minecraft pocket” or just click this link. Minecraft Pocket sports the groovy little 3D grass square we all know and love, made by original Minecraft developer Mojang.Surprisingly, the app is nice and compact at just 2MB. That’ll work fine on even 3G connections. Stellar. And on last thing on Minecraft....
Note: This isn’t a new feature; you can also do this with Outlook 2007 by digging deep into Settings. But the process is much easier in Outlook 2013 and 2010. Assign a Specific Alert Sound for Outlook Contacts To assign a specific alert sound to a contact, you need to create a new rule. Right-click on an email of the contact you want to set a specific sound for and select Rules > Create Rule from the context menu....
Retailing at only $99, the Ouya has been a success at retail so far. However, it’s not nearly as powerful of a machine as Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox One and Sony’s next-gen PlayStation 4. However, according to website CNET, the system’s architecture makes it possible to easily port games to Ouya from mobile devices. However, despite being a console, the games will look like those on mobile. That’s the price of low-cost console gaming....
ChromeTheme.net Theme Creator is a free online webapp which provides all the elements needed to make custom themes. You can find it in the Chrome Web Store, but installing it is basically the same as adding a bookmark to its website. Once you get the hang of the tool, Chrome Theme Creator will allow you to easily make a theme which rivals what the pro’s create. You can set custom text colors, and then use images to change up the color of different theme elements....
Old Original Article… Microsoft is bringing a new web browser called Edge in with Windows 10. It’s lighter, cleaner, and much faster than Internet Explorer. And one of the cool things you can do is pin your favorite sites to the Start menu. Note: Microsft is retiring Internet Explorer from Windows next year. This feature was also available in Windows 8.1 using the modern version of Internet Explorer. But now, the modern vs....
Disney Plus Price Increases One Dollar Disney actually announced the new pricing back in December. And this price change is for U.S. customers only. As the company starts to invest in and add more content to the service, it needs to raise the price to recoup the expense. As of Friday, March 26th, the price of a Disney+ subscription in the United States will be $7.99/month or $79.99/year. The price of the Disney Bundle with Hulu (Ad-supported) will be $13....
The launch event was a Broadway-style affair, led by actor Will Chase and full of funny moments. But the important thing is the device, and it’s most certainly well worthy of a flagship model. The new smartphone is very slim, at a thickness of 7.9 mm, and weighs 130 grams. The S3 was 3 grams heavier, but had a thickness of 8.6 mm. The smartphone runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and comes in two colors, black mist and white frost and has a 5 inch Full HD display (441 ppi), a normal thing for a flagship smartphone these days, as models the competition has released at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona also prove....
Defender does a great job providing protection while online and downloading files. But viruses and other types of malware can get on your system via removable drives as well. Here’s how to make Windows Defender scan those drives during full system scans. From the Start screen type: defender and click the Windows Defender icon under the search results. Now select the Settings tab, Advanced and check Scan Removable Drives. Then make sure to click the Save Changes button....
Launch Skype. From the Menu Bar select Tools » Options. In the options window. click Advanced Settings. Then click Hotkeys. Now set up Hotkeys to execute the following functions. Answer a call Answer a call using video Ignore a call Hang up Focus Skype Search for people on Skype Mute your microphone If you’re a keyboard wizard or just training to be one, using hotkeys will help you get things done faster....
Songbird has been available on the iPhone and other iOS devices for some time now, and even though it is about time it comes to Android the Songbird team is calling it their “super seeekrit” project. That’s special… Ready to try it out? I am, let’s do it. The Songbird beta is not yet in the app store, so in order to install it you’ll need to allow apps from 3rd party sources to install....
Free storage – SugarSync: 5 GB, Dropbox: 2 GBDropbox allows you to share files up to 1 GB via public links or email. SugarSync limits it to 25 MB.SugarSync has native support for music playback on the web and for smartphones. Dropbox requires a third-party app, such as groovyBox.Many users report that Dropbox has faster upload / sync speeds than SugarSync.Dropbox has been featured in the news for a few security SNAFUs....
Unfortunately, Photoshop also comes with a steep learning curve and a premium price tag, which is overkill for most of us, considering we will never use 1/3 of the features packed into Photoshop. With that in mind, let’s look at some of the free Online and Client Installable applications available on the internet. The options are vast, so I narrowed my review to only the best online and installable image editors....
How to check if you have a problem Other than seeing a warning in Chrome similar to the one above while visiting your site, there are two easy ways to see if your WordPress installation has been infected. The first is an external wordpress scanner designed by Sucuri: http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/ The second is a server side script that you upload to your site and then load from a web browser. This is available at http://sucuri....
I have been a professional taster of browsers for a job I use to have, and I’ve swallowed just about every one of them. That’s why I was really disappointed to see that groovyPost’s poll doesn’t even consider the double-dog best of any browser out there: Maxthon 3. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. Even though for two years running in Cnet’s Webware competition, Maxthon received more votes for best browser that all the other browsers combined… even thought PCMag picked Maxthon as one of the best browsers of 2011…....
What is USB4? The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that establishes specifications for cables and connectors. It establishes protocols for connection, communication, and power supply between computers and peripherals and computers with other computers. USB4, as its name suggests, is the fourth generation of USB specifications, following USB 1.x, USB 2.0, and USB 3.x. And yes, it’s written as USB4, not USB 4 or USB 4.x. USB4 is based on the Thunderbolt 3 protocol specification, which provides three main benefits over previous USB versions....
The errors were happening a lot when I tried to save screenshots from Snip. It wasn’t until I tried saving to a different partition I came across something weird; I didn’t have a single byte of disk space left on my system drive. I thought, how could this be? I don’t work with large applications or files, if I do watch a video, it’s immediately archived to my external drive; old files no longer used are archived to the drive too....
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What’s Important About Panel Technology? The technology behind display panels affects what the monitor can do, with each type having its own set of benefits and drawbacks. Ultimately, performance is heavily influenced by the type of LCD panel as it can affect response time, view angle, coloring, contrast radio, and black levels. IPS Display Technology Short for “in-plane switching, IPS displays use liquid crystals arranged in rows between two glass surfaces to produce rich colors....
This process runs when you have a Logitech keyboard and mouse installed. It isn’t an essential executable file for the Windows OS. As the process name suggests, LogiOptions.exe (UNICODE) is responsible for managing your Logitech keyboard or mouse options. It launches automatically on startup, but it doesn’t have to—removing it won’t render your Logitech keyboard or mouse useless. This process can run on Windows 10, 8.1, and Windows 7. It has no visible window and is digitally signed by Logitech, so it’s considered safe....
