We’ve seen police attempt to crack phones that belong to living suspects with little success, but what about dead people? There is a bit of precedent here, as police in Miami used a dead suspect’s finger to try and unlock his phone to search through it on April 20th, 2018. Although it may seem complicated, the legal territory here couldn’t be any less murky, and we’ll dive right in!...
Analyzing a House’s Power Needs For a decent large apartment, the average consumption of electricity can be anywhere from 100 kWh to 800 kWh, depending on what devices are installed and the habits of its inhabitants. This is kind of why it’s very difficult to gauge exactly how much electricity we must account for when determining the amount each person needs. When in doubt, it’s better to stick to the maximum in the range if you are designing a battery that can power it for a particular period of time....
This tutorial takes a quick look at some of the most commonly used commands to check information and configuration details about various hardware devices. lscpu The lscpu command gives you information about the CPU and processing units. It does not have any other options or functionality. You will see the following output by running the above command. lspci The lspci is another command line tool that lists all the PCI buses and details about the devices connected to them like VGA adapter, graphics card, network adapter, usb ports, SATA controller, etc....
The Cleer Scene launches with a focus on delivering crystal clear (or should that be cleer?) and defined audio on the move, paired with a tight bass output for an “energetic and rhythmic listening experience”. Inside the housing are dual 48mm neodymium drivers paired with two passive radiator that provide added power for distortion-free listening and bass depth. As this is a portable speaker, the speaker has a rugged IPX7 waterproof rating (and it can be submerged into water 1m deep for 30 minutes)....
In this article, we discuss handling alien file formats like those from a PC which have no Mac equivalents, and the various tools offline and online that can help to make files from other systems usable on the Mac. Weird Files One of the biggest concerns PC users migrating to Mac have is that while the Mac uses most common file formats such as MP3, DOC, JPG, PNG, WAV, PDF, etc....
Using another app, Loginox, allows you to jazz up the default Login screen on Mac OS X. Instead of getting a whole new lock/Login screen, Loginox lets you change the Login screen’s default background image and logo in a matter of minutes. Getting Started Note: Loginox works on Mac OS X 10.5 – 10.8. Download the Loginox Mac app from their official website. Drag and drop the Loginox file to your Applications folder....
In this post we will introduce you to the Puzzle Bars add-on for Firefox that will let you add multiple icon bars to Firefox in your desired area. Let’s see how Puzzle Bars can help you customize your Firefox experience and access important icons with a single click. Quick Overview of Puzzle Bars Puzzle Bars adds additional icon bars on the top, bottom, left, right bottom corner and in the address bar....
There are already a few ways to eject CDs/DVDs from your Mac such as: dragging the item’s icon on your desktop to the trash, using the eject button on your keyboard or clicking on eject in Finder. Here’s yet another easy way to eject CDs/DVDs from the menu bar. Go to Finder and from the “Go” menu, select the “Go to Folder…” option (or just press “Shift + Command + G” in Finder)....
Discussing with potential new iPad owners what they would need to run an iPad, it made me start to collect in my head a collection of what the usual apps would be that a first-time iPad owner would want to download to have the best experience with their new iPad. These aren’t “fluff” apps, but the ones that cover the standard uses. Social Networking You can check in on your Facebook and Twitter accounts via the Safari browser, but to be able to get the full experience, you’ll want the apps....
How “Share With You” Works in Safari We share links to interesting web pages and articles with friends all the time. You read something like a new healthy recipe or some local news, and you want to share a link to it with someone you know. In previous iOS versions, the recipient would have to open the Messages app, dig deep into the conversation to find the link shared, and tap on it to open it in Safari....
The Word 2013 Read Mode is just like responsive web design. It will adjust the document according to the screen size. This applies not only to the text but to the rich media content, too, like images, videos, tables etc. The document will scroll horizontally instead of vertically for better presentation on tablets. Opening documents in Read Mode First of all, let’s be very clear that read-only mode (protected mode) and the Word 2013 Read Mode are different from each other....
What Is Twitter Spaces? Put simply, Twitter Spaces allows you to create audio-only chat rooms and interact with your followers. Anyone can listen to your Spaces, even those who do not follow you. There is no video or text involvement in Twitter Spaces, making it a bit more discreet. All the conversations happen in real-time, so you can think of Twitter Spaces as a live radio event. Each room or Space has a speaker or host that conducts the audio event....
The Facebook camera app is great for the social aspect of sharing pictures and adds some options not available on the Facebook app, but there are still a few omissions that make it less like Facebook and more like Instagram. For a social aspect, though, this is definitely the way to go. It should be noted that while this is an iPhone app, it can be used on the iPad....
With the recent Facebook photo bug that exposed users’ photos to apps, things do not seem to be getting any better. Many people remain indifferent to this security issue because they do not know if they were affected. It is important to know if your privacy has been breached. With 6.8 million people and 1,500 apps connected to Facebook affected, it is important to find out if you are affected by the Facebook photo bug....
Drag and drop: Ease of use is the first and foremost feature that we should be looking for in any software. Drag and drop functionality makes a software easier to use so I prefer to have this kind of functionality in the slideshow maker. Transition effects: The software should be able to provide different types of popular transition effects for the photo slideshows. Timing: We should be able to specify our own time intervals between each transition....
The objective of the game is to move a small black ball from the left to the right of the screen. Each screen comes with different obstacles that you have to bring your black ball to cross. There is nothing much to control except tilting your phone up and down and touch the screen to make the ball jump. As easy as it looks, some of the area can be quite challenging....
Being a geek, you have the urge to modify everything you own. That’s of course applies to your desktop as well. You saw how your Linux friends can modify their desktop and display information with Conky and you are dying to have the same setting in Mac. If that is the case, then GeekTool is the one you are looking for. GeekTool is a System Preferences module for Mac OS 10....
Proper Menubar works right out of the box; just install it and you’ll see the black Google menu bar back up top, as if it never left. You’ll also see a new icon added to your browser toolbar; right-click on Proper Menubar’s icon and go to “Options.” Here, you can customize the look of the menu bar (color of links, background color), as well as the items you want displayed in the menu bar....
Regardless of the myth, gardening is as much of an art as it is a science. Sure, some people take on gardening as their hobby, but there are even more people who would give up even before they start because they think gardening is a complicated puzzle that they don’t even want to solve. But we are living in the advanced technological era, aren’t we? Can we add technology to the mix and give the gift of a green thumb to any average Joe?...
Furthermore, the latest Chrome and Firefox versions also come with the ability to mute the tab to stop it in its tracks without closing the tab. In this article we will show you how to mute browser tabs in your browser. Nuke Browser Audio Mute Browser Tabs is still a new feature that hasn’t been adopted by many browsers, so it is good to know a method to mute browser tabs that works on all types of browsers....
