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Wrong number. Now you’re really annoyed. And wide awake. Studies show we are getting less quality sleep since our addiction to cell phones has begun. Many people use them as alarm clocks, and some don’t have a landline phone, so they need to keep their cell phone handy for emergencies. This means most people have their phones within inches of their heads while sleeping. How can you stop your phone from waking you up at night or interrupting an important meeting?...

If you use a VPN for web browsing, however, that doesn’t automatically extend to making you anonymous when you use BitTorrent to download files. So here’s how to reroute your BitTorrent client connection through your VPN so you can torrent anonymously – focusing specifically on Vuze and the official BitTorrent client. A Few Things of Note This guide assumes that you’re already using a VPN for your day-to-day browsing and won’t go through the details of how to set up a VPN....

Recent Notification works hand in hand with NotifyOSD. It records down all the events notified via NotifyOSD. With a single click, you will be able to view the list of all the past events. To install in Ubuntu, To use it, you have to right click on the panel and select “Add to Panel” From the window that pop up, select “Recent Notification”. You should now see a new applet in your Gnome panel....

Our Opinion Our writers all have differing opinions on this matter. Trevor “sadly” doesn’t think there will be much effect on the Internet as a whole. “There will be a lo of talk, but not many end users will change anything.” Fabio agrees. He thinks “everything will stay the same.” Derrik notes that with the new law, “the U.S. Government is allowing ISPs to triple dip.” Not only do they get to charge for a subscription, but “they get to push advertising on you via their own DNS or something....

Here are some of the major features that are unique to iPadOS. We’ve also compared these features between both iOS and iPadOS. iPadOS Home Screen On iPadOS, you’ll find a redesigned home screen in which the app icon size has been shrunk down to allow a greater number of apps to fit on each page. There’s also an option to show some widgets along these apps on the left side of the screen, also known as “Today View....

There’s a slight problem, however! The PS5 is also near release; it’s scheduled to come out in the holiday season of 2020. As such, when you pick up a PS4 now, it will have about a year before it’s superseded with the PS5. When the deals hit, should you bother buying a PS4? Or is it better to save your cash for the PS5? Do PS4 Games Work on PS5?...

1. It’s Totally Ad-Free! Yes, you heard that right. YouTube delivers what it promises with a genuine ad-free experience. This means absolutely no skippable advertisements during the video stream, on the side panels or the video overlays. Additionally, there are no compulsory video ads, bumper ads or sponsored content anywhere on the screen. For those of you who’ve had a YouTube account from its very beginning (before the company was acquired by Google), it is the same clean experience you once used to enjoy....

Using Keep Focused Since there isn’t a lot to Keep Focused, there really isn’t any setup other than downloading it. One you double click on the exe file, you should see a window something like this. The anatomy of the window is pretty easy to figure out. First off, start by writing your task in the text box. Once you have it all typed in, you click OK. That’s all there is to using this window....

Unfortunately, that trend came to an end in 2019. Malwarebytes keeps a log on how many infections it detects per operating system, and for the first time ever, Macs saw a higher infection rate than PCs. It’s not totally bad news, however; it’s still somewhat true that Macs are safer from malware attacks than PCs. What Happened to Macs? The results come in from Malwarebytes’ State of Malware report. On page 24, the report details a chart comparing Windows malware detection to Mac:...

When it comes to accessing our Dropbox folder, there are many ways to do it. You can install the Dropbox desktop client on all your computers, open the browser and access the web version of Dropbox, or if you are on the move and own an Android, iPhone or Blackberry, you can download the app and access it on the move. If none of the above work for you, one last way is to carry your Dropbox on your USB drive and bring it everywhere you go....

Installing Nmon By default nmon is available in the Ubuntu repository. You can easily install nmon by running the following command: How to Use Nmon to Monitor Linux Performance Once the installation has been finished, you can launch it by typing the nmon command in the terminal. You wI’ll see the following output: You can see from the above screenshot that the nmon command-line utility runs completely in interactive mode, and you can easily toggle statistics using shortcut keys....

Preparation If you are not comfortable with compiling from source code, you should probably avoid this tutorial. I have not seen any other method available to do the job. The first thing to do is enable the source code repository. In Ubuntu, you can do this by opening your application menu and search for Software Sources. Here, all you need to do is check the box for “Source Code” and click close....

If you have not looked too deeply into most browsers, it can appear almost that they are flawless from launch, but this could not be further from the truth. We previously covered Firefox and how it goes through a series of channels before becoming an update to one of the most popular browsers in the world. Chrome is no different in this regard; in this article we follow it from its most experimental stage through to mainstream release....

YouTube’s Traditional Model While many YouTube watchers have been annoyed by the steady increase of ads on the website, they are a necessary evil. Traditionally, these advertisements provide the money YouTube makes. While Google makes money when advertisers pay to put banner ads across the site, YouTube partners make money only from the ads that appear within videos. The vast majority of people who produce content for YouTube never see a dime....

What Does “Zero-Day” Mean? First of all, it’s good to know that the phrase “zero-day” doesn’t relate only to viruses. There are such things as zero-day attacks and zero-day exploits. “Zero-day” describes a concept of a successful attack on a system’s security before the developers of said security know about it. This makes zero-day attacks deadly, as sometimes developers may not even realise they’re under attack until after the damage is done....

Still, Google’s operating system is very consumer-oriented. You won’t find anyone on a Chromebook hacking away at some Python code. Instead, they’ll be more likely to be browsing Reddit or posting pictures of their cats to Facebook. That’s where NayuOS comes in. It attempts to take the good of Chrome OS, sift through the bad, and create a totally free, secure and open environment that people can use to develop software on....

Good news! There’s a fascinating tool available right now for your computer. This tool is attempting to make it so you’ll never have to make another bootable USB installer again. How great is that? With it, it’s possible to download most popular Linux distributions directly onto your machine. Everything is done with Netboot.xyz‘s own iPXE server and DHCP so you won’t need to touch a thing. Just make a disk, plug it in, select your option and get going....

While there are a few big names when it comes to office suites, there are plenty of alternatives. OnlyOffice, for example, is an office suite alternative that has been around for 10 years now and not only offers powerful editing and collaboration tools but works in any format you may need, in every operating system, right alongside the biggest names in the business. This is a sponsored article and was made possible by OnlyOffice....

Given the fact I was working from a clean slate, I thought I would try a new back up program. Don’t get me wrong, Easeus To-Do Backup did exactly what I needed it to do. I just like to see what else will work. Enter Paragon Backup and Recovery. Backing Up Options Differential Backup What caught my eye was the differential back up. If you aren’t sure what this is, the easiest explanation is it backs up only the files that have changed....

Needless to say, that is not an effective way of communication. These group emails do not streamline communication as one would want them to. Here to help you with the process and deliver an alternative to group emailing is a tool called PeersMe. Introduction PeersMe is a brilliant web service that lets you communicate with a group of your friends effectively. After creating an account on the site, you can invite friends to the network and start creating virtual waves of conversations....