To answer these questions, let’s take a look at what happens during both, how it affects your hardware, and how to avoid damage. Power Outages When a PC’s constant power is interrupted, its components lose the power to continue running. This usually occurs when there’s a problem at a power station or within the network in the home, like a tripped fuse. This causes the entire computer to be shut off, regardless of where it was in its processes....

The Google Pixel Watch was one of the most anticipated smartwatches in recent memory, with Google teasing the product for many years before it officially hit shelves on October 13 in the UK. We gave the Pixel Watch a 3.5-star rating in our review, stating that while it does pack a pure, more likeable version of Wear OS, it did not hit our expectations for battery and exercise tracking, meaning that it did not make the list for our Best Smartwatch roundup of 2022....

CherryTree is an option you should seriously consider because it lets you organize notes in a smart and logical way. Don’t get deceived by its seemingly simple interface – CherryTree has so many features that I could write a book about it. Installing CherryTree CherryTree is written in Python and works both on Linux and Windows. Since I am a Linux user, I will be covering the Linux version in this article....

In the format of a “Soviet Russia” joke, it’s becoming increasingly accurate to say that the game is playing you. As our attention and interactions continue to be analyzed and monetized, understanding the psychology, neurochemistry, and behavioral science behind our love of video games is becoming increasingly important. The dopamine that we get from video games and the techniques we’ve devised to get that dopamine lie at the root of both good and addictive game design....

In Linux, you can quickly create as well as run a presentation through command line. There are multiple ways to achieve this, but in this article, we will focus on the basics of the mdp tool, as well as the features it provides. Mdp Mdp is a command-line based markdown presentation tool available for Linux. According to its author, the project started off as a way to learn C programming language and quickly developed into a fully-featured presentation tool....

The Concept of 404 Pages If you manage a website, the 404 page is bad for business because it means you could lose a visitor every time that page loads. It also means that the web owner does less than a satisfactory job maintaining his/her site. Let’s look at the problem from the user’s point of view. What would you do when you clicked on a link and landed on a 404 page saying what you’re looking for doesn’t exist?...

Our Opinion Phil points out if you look at what has happened in the market with voice-operated personal assistants, he thinks it’s about to go mainstream. “Alexa (and her Google and Apple chums) is much smarter than a toy but not quite a tool yet,” but she’s getting there. Looking at how we’ve gone from not having anything like this to having so much of it in such a short time, he thinks “we’re going to see a mind-boggling array of much more obvious and powerful AI tools in the home over the next year....

What Is Dolby Atmos? Dolby Atmos is a surround-sound standard that provides a three-dimensional surround-sound stage. Sounds come not just from the front, back and sides, as in a traditional two-dimensional system, but also above. This adds a third dimension of aural sound stage. In Dolby Atmos recordings, sound engineers can set the “height” of the sound’s apparent origin in space around the viewer. A helicopter coming in for a landing, a rifle shot that whizzes close to an ear, the cataclysm of a large explosion: all of the effects benefit immensely from the addition of the overhead audio channel....

Given how these images are generally designed by Apple for use with iOS and OS X only, we’ll recommend using them on iOS and OS X machines. But there’s certainly no reason you can’t apply them to your Android, Windows device/PC or any other platform for that matter. Be prepared for some distortion though. This year, OS X 10.10 Yosemite’s default wallpaper features a nice, picturesque, mountain that’ll no doubt brighten up your OS X machine’s screen....

Setup Dropbox Automator has a simple interface which allows you to set rules to be applied to files that you place in your Dropbox folder. To begin with, however, you need to grant the software access to your Dropbox account. Considering the large number of security breaches that have taken place in 2011, I was a little wary about providing access. My solution was simply to create a new Dropbox account for testing this neat little app....

With the latest versions of Safari, your loaded Web pages are collected in groups of separate running processes. This helps keeps other Web pages stable if one goes awry. Here is a quick way to identify which tab/URL is causing the problem. Load up Activity Monitor and search for “Safari Web Content”. Sort the item by CPU usage or any other method for locating the web page that is giving you problems....

SystemDiscs has a solution that might actually take you away from your frustrations with an automatic repair application called Easy Recovery Essentials (EasyRE, in short). This is a great software that allows you to repair your Windows and backup your files even if you can’t boot into Windows, and we have a giveaway too. Read on for more detail. Starting Up EasyRE When you download the EasyRE, it will be in ISO format....

Here’s a comparison of the three drawing tools to find out about various features, how easily you can create something you want, and which is the best out of the three. 1. Installation Installing Microsoft Visio can be a bit time-consuming, and you have to fill out a questionnaire to get started. Compared to that, installing SmartDraw and Edraw Max is pretty straightforward. SmartDraw is available for Windows and Mac users, while Edraw Max is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Web....

But if your idea has a lot of moving parts, like a big project, you’ll need to do more than just put it down on a piece of paper. The best way to structure, brainstorm, and implement your vision is by using mind-mapping software. We had the opportunity to test Edraw MindMaster – a leading mind-mapping software – to write this review of the program. This is a sponsored article and was made possible by Edraw....

Creating User Account Creating user accounts using the computer management tool is easy. To start, open the control panel by pressing “Win + X” and then select the option “Control Panel” from the list of options. If you are using Windows 7, then you can search for the control panel in that start menu. Once you are in the Control Panel, find and click on the “Administrative Tools” option. This will open the Administrative Tools window, which is a collection of all the Windows admin tools....

This eye-catching speaker features a clear, frosted casing that allows you to see inside it. This also allows LED lights to shine through so that it doubles as a night light. There are two long rubber feet on the bottom to keep it in place on any flat surface. The Elegiant transparent Bluetooth speaker uses advanced Bluetooth 4.2 technology and works with most Android and iOS devices. Those who love LED lights and want to listen to audio or tunes in style will truly appreciate this speaker....

What Are eSports? An eSport is when a video game is played competitively and professionally, with real money and viewership at stake. eSports have existed in some form or another since the early ’70s but really began to take off in the late ’90s with titles like Counter-Strike, Quake and the original Warcraft series. This led to the establishment of various online leagues and tournaments. Modern examples of eSports include basically every popular PC game on the market and one of the most popular multi-platform titles available right now....

While this is considered a feature (by Canonical) and is specially designed for those who love to minimize the app and listen to the music in the background, some of you (including me) might find this inconsistent behavior annoying, not to mention that it doesn’t come with an option to disable it. For those who are frustrated with this issue, here is the workaround fix: Add the PPA: Update the system and install the Rhythmbox plugin: “rhythmbox-plugin-close-on-hide” Open Rhythmbox and go to “Tools -> Plugins....

I started looking for an app to find those errors this week when I published a very embarrassing mistake. I know the difference between there/their/they’re, but in my haste I typed the wrong one, and of course regular spellcheck doesn’t catch that mistake. I looked for an app that would find those mistakes, and this is the only one I could find for the iPad. SpellCheck Plus has a hard time with an entire document, as when I tried that, it froze up on me....

All the acronyms can start to blur together, but all you really need to know is that most memory is NAND; 2D and 3D refers to the way the cells are arranged; and SLC, MLC, TLC, and QLC refer to how many bits (1, 2, 3, or 4) each cell can hold. The more bits per cell, the more gigabytes you can get per dollar – but it also gets slower and more fragile, as the below image from Panasonic shows....