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eType is currently in Beta by invite only and we have 1,000 to give away for our readers using the link below. After it leaves beta it will continue to be free. The company explains their revenue model as the following: “With the privilege of having strong financial backing, eType is completely free because it is truly focused on building a strong community of users, improving its predictive algorithm and releasing new features that will continue to enhance users’ writing skills....

We’ve been complaining for a long time that there’s no safe place to download freeware where the downloads are free of bundled add-ons that usually redirect your browser to something other than what you chose. And even Microsoft is bundling extra installers into their own download site to redirect your browser to Bing if you don’t uncheck the box. Before we get started, we want to point out that we’re not saying that Bing is the worst thing in the world (although there’s a reason that only 1....

Evernote for iPhone and iPad has been updated with a fancy new mode that allows users to scan in business cards using their device’s camera and automatically converts the data to an editable contact card. The feature is only available to Evernote Premium users. The cards can also pull data from social networks and optionally email your contact information to the newly-added contact automatically. Also for premium users, a new output mode for presentations that allows AirPort or cable-out connections to display notes from within the app on an external display....

The Fast and Furious franchise has had quite a journey over the years. The series kicked off with a relatively small film about street racing and has grown into a big-budget action saga about saving the world. It has shockingly become one of the highest-grossing franchises of all time and seems to only be getting bigger. With such a long-running and evolving franchise, the quality of each film can really vary....

So far, there have been ten movies in the Harry Potter franchise, including the eight Harry Potter entries and the two Fantastic Beasts movies. There is going to be three more Fantastic Beasts movies, too, if all goes according to plan. While every fan of the world of Harry Potter has their favorites, overall ratings and consensus can give an insightful view into which of these movies are considered the best....

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may be the end of the Skywalker Saga, but Star Wars is far from over on the big screen. When Disney purchased Lucasfilm back in 2012, they planned to launch a steady stream of Star Wars movies. Unfortunately, that proved to be something of a mistake, because even Disney CEO Bob Iger has admitted they rushed them. The last few years have seen Star Wars struggle, with Star Wars: The Last Jedi dividing the fanbase, and Solo: A Star Wars Story bombing at the box office....

Apple’s macOS Mojave will launch on September 24. Mojave’s most exciting features include a Dark Mode, Stacks for organizing your desktop files, and a beautiful Dynamic Desktop wallpaper. This free update will support most Macs from 2012 and onward. Mojave was announced at WWDC 2018 and was available as a beta for several months, so we’ve had time to play with it. Dark Mode macOS 10.14 has a new system-wide dark mode option....

“Resolution” is a term people often throw around—sometimes incorrectly—when talking about images. This concept is not as black and white as “the number of pixels in an image.” Keep reading to find out what you don’t know. As with most things, when you dissect a popular term like “resolution” to an acedemic (or geeky) level, you find that it’s not as simple as you might have been led to believe....

It Works with Any Bluetooth Mouse or Trackpad You don’t have to buy Apple’s new floating Magic Keyboard case with the built-in trackpad or Logitech’s new Combo Touch keyboard case to access the cursor. As long as you’re iPad or iPad Pro is running iPadOS 13.4 or later, you can get this feature. All you have to do is supply your own Bluetooth mouse or trackpad. Apple’s Magic Mouse and Trackpad work best (the Magic Trackpad supports some extra gestures)....

According to Microsoft, “The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if Windows Media Center opens a specially crafted Media Center link (.mcl) file that references malicious code. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.” Below is the setup I used to write this article....

Naturally, this isn’t the type of article that most people will need to use, hopefully ever—but if you do need to know how to do it, the solution isn’t really obvious at first. Exporting Excel Files as Pipe Delimited For the purposes of this example, we’ll use this silly little Excel file. To save the file as Delimited, you’ll need to click the Office button and choose Save As –> Other Formats....

Note: Version 0.44.19.20090811.3 shown here. Installation & Setup Once you have the SmoothWheel extension installed, the best place to start is with the options. In the Options Window there are only two tabs that you need to focus on to make adjustments. In the “Basic Tab” you can make adjustments for Scroll Speed, Scroll Step Size, hotkey-type options, whether to use your keyboard or not, the option to disable SmoothWheel, and a compatibility mode....

Options The first thing that you should do once you have the extension installed is to go into the “Options”. Make certain to enable the extension for any websites that you frequently use. If desired you may also change the “popup location/position”. While there are only six websites available at the moment it is our guess that more will be added with further development (based on the Change Log)....

The best thing about Firefox is that it’s incredibly customizable, but have you ever wondered how much of a price all those add-ons take? Here’s how to see which add-ons slow down Firefox startup time the most. Thanks to @codinghorror for pointing it out on Twitter, we can now know for sure, thanks to Mozilla Add-ons list of slow-performing extensions during startup—this doesn’t mean they necessarily slow Firefox down once it’s loaded, of course....

Since the release of Neil Gaiman novel American Gods back in 2001, the story became a hugely popular one with readers across the globe. Featuring an array of compelling, intriguing, and memorable characters, Gaiman introduced a version of America that could only have been dreamt up by the most creative of minds, with an intense raw brewing between the old gods and the new. Now, that world and the characters within it will become the subject of a television series developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green for the TV network Starz....

Windows HomeGroups are great for setting up quick and easy sharing on home and small business networks. Here’s what you need to know to use them. Update: Microsoft removed the HomeGroup feature from Windows 10 in the April 2018 update. You can still use HomeGroups if you’re using Windows 7 or 8, but they won’t be accessible by computers running Windows 10 (at least with the latest updates) unless you also set up traditional file sharing....

There are a few ways to delete a pivot table but keep the data. The easiest way is to use the “Select All” button on the pivot table toolbar. This will select all of the data in the pivot table and you can then choose to delete the pivot table or keep the data. Another way is to use the “Delete” button on the ribbon toolbar. This will delete the pivot table and all of its data....

There are only a few days left for the crowdfunding efforts of Hasbro’s Transformers: War for Cybertron Unicron figure, and Screen Rant has exclusively learned that this Hasblab project - biggest Transformers figure ever - is getting an important upgrade. This summer Hasbro unveiled the Transformers: War for Cybertron Unicron figure, the largest Transformers figure ever based on the Lord of Chaos, the Chaos Bringer, the Planet Eater! Priced at $574....

Achieving code execution is an example of an “optional” but common goal in the cyberattack lifecycle. The ability to run malicious code on a target system provides an attacker with a foothold and a range of options for carrying out their objective. Introduction to user execution An attacker can achieve execution on a target system in a variety of different ways. One technique is to trick, convince or coerce the user into running the attacker’s code....

ExpressVPN is one of the best VPN services around, with a simple design and all the features you’d expect. Starting today, ExpressVPN is now optimized for Mac computers with M1 and M2 chipsets. The latest Mac computers with Apple’s own Silicon chipsets, like the new M2 MacBook Air or 24-inch iMac, are still compatible with software created for older Intel-based Macs. However, the Rosetta 2 compatibility layer is slower than software built for the new chips....