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- Microsoft Supports Killing Passwords, Are You Being Spied On? [Tech News Digest]
- 5 Web Apps for the Online Business Startup
- This Dota 2 Interface Redesign is Gorgeous
- Discover Tattoos, Spaghetti and Slap Shots In Slow Motion [Stuff to Watch]
- Can’t Wait for The Order: 1886? Play These Other Steampunk Games Instead
- Windows Shortcuts 101 – The Ultimate Keyboard Shortcut Guide
- How To Clean A Hijacked Web Browser
- Blackhat Shows Us the Power of Hackers; But Is It Accurate?
- 5 Rhythm Games You’ll Have to Work To Get Good At
- Search More Efficiently In Mac OS X With Our Top Spotlight Tips
- 9 Must Have Modern Apps For Viewing, Editing & Managing Documents
- Become a Back-End Development Expert for Less Than $10 (Or Pay What You Want)
- Publishers Need to Stop Whining About Adblock [Opinion]
- How to Uninstall Programs on Windows 8
| Microsoft Supports Killing Passwords, Are You Being Spied On? [Tech News Digest] Posted: 17 Feb 2015 03:30 AM PST  Microsoft hates passwords, spies come clean, AT&T carries BlackBerry, the Dotcom MegaNet, Rock Band reboot rumors, and Cortana makes a good girlfriend. Windows 10 Will Support FIDO Read about a day in the life of the Windows 10 team: http://t.co/aLeHFMw6Po. pic.twitter.com/qvpj6k8Cru — Windows (@Windows) February 14, 2015 Passwords may soon be a thing of the past, and Microsoft is one company supporting such a change. To prove its commitment to the cause, Microsoft has announced that the forthcoming Windows 10 will support the next version of the Fast IDentification Online (FIDO) standard. FIDO aims "to address the lack of interoperability... Read the full article: Microsoft Supports Killing Passwords, Are You Being Spied On? [Tech News Digest] |
| 5 Web Apps for the Online Business Startup Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:30 PM PST  New business startups are starting all the time online, and never a day goes by without an innovative entrepreneurial idea growing from an idea into reality. If you are a businessperson looking to make it big, then the Internet is your friend, as it provides you access to a worldwide market, with minimal overhead costs. The Internet also provides you with a multitude of tools, in order to get the job done. Here are 5 tools to help you get your business empire off the ground and into the Stock Exchange. Count Down to Your Big Moment with Launch Clock... Read the full article: 5 Web Apps for the Online Business Startup |
| This Dota 2 Interface Redesign is Gorgeous Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:30 PM PST  Dota 2 is not exactly a new game, having first entered public testing in 2011. It saw a “final” release in 2013, though it’s been updated and changed plenty since then. The one thing that has remained more or less the same is the interface. Some small tweaks have been made here or there, but for the most part, it looks like it did when it first came out. It’s with that in mind that Artiom Vladimir took to Behance to show off his complete redesign of the game’s interface. It’s nothing short of beautiful. Want more Dota 2? Check... Read the full article: This Dota 2 Interface Redesign is Gorgeous |
| Discover Tattoos, Spaghetti and Slap Shots In Slow Motion [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:30 PM PST  YouTube is probably the world’s most-used educational aid, and continues to provide an entire generation of visual learners with everything from instructions to tying a tie to the formation of our universe and the evolution of the human race. SmarterEveryDay is yet another YouTube channel that takes the everyday science we take for granted and makes it accessible, fun and probably nothing like you remember in school (unless you had one of those cool science teachers, who burned lumps of magnesium just for fun). Slow Motion Science Haven’t you heard? Google made every YouTuber invest in a slow-motion camera that shoots thousands of frames per second, and now the... Read the full article: Discover Tattoos, Spaghetti and Slap Shots In Slow Motion [Stuff to Watch] |
| Can’t Wait for The Order: 1886? Play These Other Steampunk Games Instead Posted: 16 Feb 2015 12:00 PM PST  Steampunk is a recognizable aesthetic characterized by steam power and Victorian fashion. The Order: 1886 claims not to be steampunk, but it certainly looks like it. If you can’t wait to play it, or if you believe it isn’t, here are some steampunk games that you can play instead. The Order: 1886 and Steampunk When trailers for Ready at Dawn’s new game The Order: 1886 hit the web, the word “steampunk” immediately leapt to mind as a convenient descriptor. It’s set in Victorian England with advanced technology, so it was an easy association to make. However, Ready at Dawn co-founder Ru... Read the full article: Can’t Wait for The Order: 1886? Play These Other Steampunk Games Instead |
| Windows Shortcuts 101 – The Ultimate Keyboard Shortcut Guide Posted: 16 Feb 2015 11:00 AM PST  People love taking shortcuts in all aspects of life; computers are no exception. Shortcuts, particularly ones performed by keyboard, can save you hours of time once applied properly. We’ve rounded up some of the most common keyboard shortcuts in the past, but today we’re here to produce the ultimate guide on Windows shortcuts. After examining how useful shortcuts can be, we’ll first look at universal shortcuts that perform the same function in pretty much every program you could use. We’ll dive into specific programs after that, and finish up with a selection of alternative tricks. Stay on board and you’ll be... Read the full article: Windows Shortcuts 101 – The Ultimate Keyboard Shortcut Guide |
| How To Clean A Hijacked Web Browser Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:00 AM PST  What’s more frustrating than launching Firefox only to see that your homepage has been changed without your authorization? Maybe you’ve even got a shiny new toolbar. Those things are always useful, right? Wrong. Browser hijacks can cripple your browsing speed and even lead you towards installing malware. In this article, I’m going to show Firefox users how to reclaim their browsers from these hijacks. How Did I Get Hijacked? The most common method of falling victim to a browser hijack is just clicking through installation prompts too quickly. Many download sites, now even including some of the most popular in... Read the full article: How To Clean A Hijacked Web Browser |
| Blackhat Shows Us the Power of Hackers; But Is It Accurate? Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:00 AM PST  Blackhat is the latest in a line of movies that feature hacking as a major plot point, and it paints a pretty scary picture of what nefarious computer geniuses can do. But how accurate is it? Should we be worried? I talked to Jeff Schmidt, founder of JAS Global Advisors and Zurich Insurance Cyber-risk Fellow at The Atlantic Council, about the movie, some of its inaccuracies, and what we can learn from Blackhat. What’s Blackhat All About? To provide some background for this discussion, here’s a quick synopsis of the movie. Spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen it, and you don’t want to know the... Read the full article: Blackhat Shows Us the Power of Hackers; But Is It Accurate? |
| 5 Rhythm Games You’ll Have to Work To Get Good At Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:00 AM PST  Singing along to your favorite songs, matching the bassline and classic hits with plastic instruments, or dancing your heart out with the heavy-hitters of the industry is fun and all, but what of the rhythm games looking to put you through their paces? It can be entertaining to watch people play Guitar Hero and games of its ilk, but it’s even more fun to watch skilled gamers blaze through titles meant to make you feel totally inadequate. They can be bested, but these are the games that end up with you having thrown the controller through the TV and seeking... Read the full article: 5 Rhythm Games You’ll Have to Work To Get Good At |
| Search More Efficiently In Mac OS X With Our Top Spotlight Tips Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:00 AM PST  Spotlight has been a killer Mac feature for years, with Cupertino schooling Redmond in the art of desktop search. Since the arrival of OS X Yosemite it’s been refined further with access to more sources of information than ever before. You can access Spotlight from any Mac by hitting command+spacebar, or by clicking on the magnifying glass icon in the top-right corner of your screen. Here are a few tips to help you find more on your Mac. Now With Internet OS X Yosemite heralded a new age of Spotlight – one that has access to the Internet and can perform more intelligent queries than ever before. It also takes pride of place... Read the full article: Search More Efficiently In Mac OS X With Our Top Spotlight Tips |
| 9 Must Have Modern Apps For Viewing, Editing & Managing Documents Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:00 AM PST  Modern apps can be great! Even those for handling documents. Windows 8/8.1 has a weird disconnect between the desktop and modern interfaces. Hopefully this will be resolved in the future with the free upgrade to Windows 10 for all Windows 7 and 8/8.1 users, but for now it can be hard to hunt down great modern apps. Microsoft even left out a native file explorers, although a round-about file explorer is available in OneDrive. But fear not because modern apps for viewing, editing, and managing your documents do exist — and, in fact, they’re pretty awesome. Let’s look at some of them. Creating... Read the full article: 9 Must Have Modern Apps For Viewing, Editing & Managing Documents |
| Become a Back-End Development Expert for Less Than $10 (Or Pay What You Want) Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:30 AM PST  How would you like to learn a new skill that you can use to apply for a new job, or one that can expand your capabilities at your current one? Maybe you can even take the skills you’ve learned and start your own business. Well, what if we told you that you could learn to be a back-end developer for less than $10? Would you say that we’re crazy? Well, with the Pay What You Want: Back-End Developer Course Bundle, the current average that you need to beat is below $10, which means you’re going to get $990 worth of courses... Read the full article: Become a Back-End Development Expert for Less Than $10 (Or Pay What You Want) |
| Publishers Need to Stop Whining About Adblock [Opinion] Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:00 AM PST  You can block online ads and malware with various tools like Adblock Plus and uBlock. Internet-based content producers and publishers hate these tools – ads are their means of livelihood. Some argue that ad-blocking tools kill their revenue stream, which means they eventually have to shut shop. They’re not wrong. As a writer, this is my revenue stream and it affects me when you block ads. But as a consumer, I don’t care. Ad-blocking seems like a natural option for any consumer because of a simple reason: it’s an easy way to get rid of an annoyance. Why We Block... Read the full article: Publishers Need to Stop Whining About Adblock [Opinion] |
| How to Uninstall Programs on Windows 8 Posted: 16 Feb 2015 04:00 AM PST  Looking to get a particular program off your computer? Here’s how to do that on Windows 8. Whether you’re looking to free up space on your hard drive or just don’t want to keep programs you never use, uninstalling programs is a good habit. But if you’re used to earlier versions of Windows, you might not be sure how to uninstall software in Windows 8. Where is the control panel? And how do you uninstall Modern apps? Let’s go over everything. Uninstalling Desktop Software In Windows 8 We showed you how to uninstall software from Windows 7, and the process... Read the full article: How to Uninstall Programs on Windows 8 |
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