Usually, when a major corporation such as Microsoft makes a public relations gaff of the caliber of its presentation at the Norwegian Developers Conference, everyone runs to hide behind some innocuous press release apology. But Aral Balkan, the conference’s keynote speakers, on the plane back from Oslo, wrote an analysis/apology for his cursory role in the wording of the production. The entire piece, published in What,where,why.me, is well worth reading in its entirety....

Time Machine: A Review As previously noted, when attached to an external drive, Time Machine creates regular backups of files on your computer. Subsequently, you can restore these files and use Time Machine to perform a complete restore. When doing backups, Time Machine keeps the following: Local snapshots as space permits.Hourly backups for the past 24 hours.Daily backups for the past month.Weekly backups for all previous months. Limitations Time Machine on macOS is easy to set up and works seamlessly....

So, what’s the value in this? For one, you don’t have to navigate to websites to see if they are what you are looking for. You can quickly flip through the previews to see how your search query shows up in the page and/or if the page looks legitimate and official. For example, if you wanted to find a news article on the cilantro recall, you could preview the results to make sure that cilantro is mentioned in the body of the article, instead of just in the comments....

So, take a few minutes out of your busy day and enjoy a smile! and… the original. Thanks, Steve : ) Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

Considering Instagram photos won’t be appearing in Twitter timelines, this appears to be a quick solution — and possibly a permanent one, depending on how good these filters are. I have to do some testing to find out and see what I think, personally, but it looks to be an easier and faster way to share photos straight from the Twitter app with filter applications. Meanwhile, here’s a video tutorial on how to use the new photo editing features in the new Twitter:...

Have you been experiencing problems with OneNote 2010 lately? Whether it’s been crashing, positioning words incorrectly, or just running slow, Microsoft recently released a new update that should fix it. This solution comes as a direct response from Microsoft to users that reported the issues on the OneNote help site. As per the details from the KB article: Grab the update from one of the two links below. If you are unsure whether you are running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows, read this for help....

The AirPlay feature can be used between Apple TV, iPad, iPod touch (2nd generation or higher) and iPhone 3gs or higher. For best results, make sure you’ve updated your iDevice to iOS 5. Here I’m using iTunes on a Windows 7 system. Everything is on the same home network. Set Up Home Sharing Open iTunes and go to Advanced » Turn on Home Sharing. Enter in your Apple ID and password....

Use an Xbox Controller to Play Games Surface RT I’ve been able to use the Xbox Console Wireless Controller with games on the Surface RT. To do that though, you’ll need to pick up a Xbox 360 wireless gaming Receiver for Windows. You can also the Xbox 360 Controller for Windows. While it’s wired, I had one laying around, and don’t have to deal with connecting another device first....

Recover from the Cloud is especially handy if your recovery partition is corrupt. Microsoft has not documented the feature anywhere on its official Surface web page. So, we thought we’d show it to you. Microsoft does note, the feature is not exclusive to the Surface devices; OEMs can enable the feature on their systems, too. Access Recover from the Cloud in Windows 10 The first thing you need to do is boot into the Windows Recovery Environment…a more robust version of Safe Mode....

1. It says no where the description that it is a genuine Apple iPad Smart Cover Although the description says “a magnetic smart cover for iPad 2, 3, or 4” it conspicuously leaves “smart cover” lower case. Hm. Don’t you think if a case were a genuine Apple product for that deep of a discount it’d be worth mentioning in the description? 2. 81% off of $40 is not $15 The Living Social voucher claims to be an 81% discount....

When you are recording yourself through Facetime on your smartphone, wouldn’t it be easier if you could do it hands free? Satarii is an independent group of product designers that has literally been working out of their garage. What they’ve done is created an auto-rotating stand that will fit your iPhone, iPod Touch, and some Android or Windows 7 phones. The stand will track your movement and let you record while you move around, without a human cameraman....

What is a FICO Score? A FICO Score (aka credit score) is a three-digit number derived from your credit reports. Higher is better, a FICO Score is used by lenders to determine the risk of loaning you cash for things like credit cards, home mortgages, and car loans. Your FICO Score will impact how much a lender will loan you, the length of the loan as well as the interest rate....

Epic is also responsible for Unreal Engine, the 3D gaming engine behind hundreds of AAA and Indie games on all major platforms. It also owns the Epic Games Store, the popular game distribution platform that rivals Steam for dominance in the PC gaming market. Epic Games is everywhere, but if you’re curious to learn more about this AAA game developer, publisher, and gaming storefront, here’s what you’ll need to know....

Here’s a look at the Wayback Machine and what makes it special. Internet Archive Introduction Created by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat, the Internet Archive is a non-profit organization with a stated mission of “universal access to all knowledge.” From the beginning, the organization has provided free public access to digitized materials, such as web pages, books, audio recordings, including live concerts, videos, images, and software programs. To date, everything collected by the Internet Archive takes up more than 70 Petabytes of server space, including two copies of everything....

Deep Web Vs. Dark Web Before moving forward, understand that the deep web is just one part of the dark web. In general terms, the latter refers to any website or page that’s not registered with a search engine, such as Google or Bing. The former includes a mix of criminal enterprises and privacy tools. Each is mostly untraceable by individuals and governments alike. The Deep Web As noted, the deep web can include webmail, online banking, social media pages and profiles, web forums, and anything else that is private from the public....

Because Windows Media Player (WMP) has been included in every version of Windows since 2000, a lot of users are highly invested in it. While Windows 8 will default to the metro-style Xbox Music app, you can still use WMP. Find Windows Media Player From the Start screen type: wmp and right-click the Windows Media Player icon and pin it to the traditional desktop taskbar for easy access. Or just click or tap to launch it....

Fiddle around in the settings as much as you want, but you won’t find an option to get rid of the Windows 10 hero image that appears on your login screen. Sure, it looks quite nice, but sooner or later it will be a bore. I thought I had found the solution though. Multiple developers out there have made third-party apps to change this screen to whatever you please — either an image or a solid color....

If you’re new to Windows 10 and experience a similar issue where the time isn’t correct on your computer, here’s a quick look at fixing it. Change Windows 10 Time & Date To get started, right-click the clock on the taskbar and then click on the Adjust date/time setting on the menu. Then turn off the options to set the time and time zone automatically. If these are enabled, the option to change the date, time, and time zone will be grayed out....

Right click an item and you’ll see the various commands you can use like Send To, Open With, Delete and more. Including programs you’ve installed that add a command to the Context Menu like Send to Kindle. Note: This process requires hacking the Registry. Before making any changes to the Registry – Back it up first. First, click Start and type: regedit into the search field and hit Enter on the keyboard....

One of the new features in the Windows 8 desktop user interface is the Ribbon in Windows Explorer (now called File Explorer). If you find no use for it, here’s how you can hide it. Hide Windows 8 File Explorer Ribbon You can minimize or expand the Ribbon in Explorer by clicking the small arrow icon in the upper right corner. It works just like it does in MS Office 2007 and 2010....