What Is a PUP? A PUP (potentially unwanted program) is any program that you do not specifically approve for download onto your computer. Sometimes the software maker decides to include them for helpful reasons. For example, a piece of software might come with a third-party installer to help ease installation. This is considered legal in most cases because of the End User License Agreements (EULA) that come standard with software downloads....

Rear projection TVs were at their peak of production and popularity in the early-to-mid-2000s, dropping off substantially in 2008, when most manufacturers halted production over lacklustre sales due to the reduced cost and increased popularity, of LCD TVs. The last rear projection TVs were released in 2012 by Mitsubishi. What Does a Rear Projection TV Look Like? Rear projection TVs don’t look too dissimilar to CRT TVs of their era, although they are often a little more compact, with considerably less depth—especially at larger sizes....

What Are Steering Wheel Audio Controls? Steering wheel audio controls make it less dangerous to interact with your car radio when you’re driving. The basic idea is to use these controls without taking your hands off the steering wheel or taking your eyes off the road. Specific controls vary from one vehicle to the next, but they often allow you to adjust the volume, switch from the radio to auxiliary inputs, change channels, skip songs, and more....

Most of the files we encounter in normal computer use will likely have the archive attribute turned on, like the image you downloaded from your digital camera, the PDF file you just downloaded…run-of-the-mill files like that. How Is an Archive File Created? When someone says an archive file has been created, it doesn’t mean that the contents of the file were changed, or that the file was converted into some kind of different format called archive....

The optical drive normally goes by other names like a disc drive, ​ODD (abbreviation), CD drive, DVD drive, or BD drive. Some popular optical disc drive makers include LG, ASUS, Memorex, and NEC. In fact, one of these companies probably manufactured your computer or other device’s optical drive, even though you never see their name anywhere on the drive itself. Optical Disc Drive Description An optical drive is a piece of computer hardware about the size of a thick softcover book....

Touch ID lets you use a fingerprint to verify your identity on Apple devices that support it. Touch ID, along with your password and personal identification number (PIN), helps secure your device. While a password or PIN is something you know, a fingerprint is biometric, or something you are. Touch ID allows you to verify your identity quickly, without having to enter a password or PIN. On an iPhone or iPad, Apple allows you to choose to use Touch ID for four distinct tasks:...

If you already use other Google products and find them particularly useful for a business or organization that you work with, Google Sites might just be another one to add to your digital toolbox. Here’s what you need to know about it. A Brief Intro to Google Sites Google Sites is an app that’s a part of Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), which is a group of Google’s business productivity apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and more....

Google Voice screens calls, blocks numbers, and applies rules to each caller. When you receive a voicemail message, Google Voice transcribes it and sends you an email or text message alert. Get Started With Google Voice To sign up for Google Voice, you need a Google account and a U.S.-based mobile or landline phone number. The exception is Google Fi, which enables your Google Voice number to become your regular number....

What Is HDCP? High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) was developed by Intel as a security feature to protect copyrighted material. It requires compatibility between the sender and the receiver. In other words, a cable box with built-in HDCP technology will only work with TVs that are also HDCP-compatible. Think of HDCP as a security license key for installing a computer program. It works by encrypting a digital signal with a code that requires authentication from both the signal transmitting device and the signal receiving device....

When the 10.1.1.1 IP Address is Used This IP address is only needed to either block or access a device with this IP address assigned to it. For example, since some routers use 10.1.1.1 as the default IP address, access the router through this address to make router changes. 10.1.1.1 is a private IP address that can be assigned to any device on local networks configured to use this address range....

How to Use 192.168.1.5 When the 192.168.1.5 IP address is assigned to a router, you can access it by entering its URL, which is http://192.168.1.5, in the address bar of a web browser. This address must be opened on a device that’s connected to the network, such as on a phone or computer that’s connected to the router. If 192.168.1.5 is assigned to a device, you cannot access it like you can when it’s used as a router address, but it might need to be used in other circumstances....

Hence, the name: This Nintendo console can “switch” from a home console attached to a television to a portable game console with controllers on either side. How Does the Nintendo Switch Work? In the simplest terms, the Nintendo Switch is a tablet with a 6.2-inch display and two Wii-like game controllers attached to either end of the device. (The Nintendo Switch Lite has a 5.5-inch screen, and the OLED model has a 7-inch display....

Some people use Twitter to discover interesting people and companies online, opting to follow their tweets. Why Twitter Is So Popular Twitter’s big appeal is how scan-friendly it is. You can track hundreds of engaging Twitter users and read their content with a glance, which is ideal for our modern attention-deficit world. Twitter employs a purposeful message size restriction to keep things scan-friendly: every microblog tweet entry is limited to 280 characters or less....

Why Can’t I Connect to a Network? Wireless networks are complex because there are several points for failure. From the Wi-Fi switch to a software conflict, router issue, and ISP problem, finding out where the network fault is can be difficult. The common reasons for why Windows won’t connect to a network are misconfigured settings and physical distance from the network source. But there are also several other possible causes: Wi-Fi is turned off, a piece of software has broken the connection, the network that requires unique authentication, or the network is overcrowded....

IE Temporary Internet Files Location Internet Explorer has a default location where temporary internet files are stored. Depending on your operating system, temp files should be in one of these locations: C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache: This temp files location is relevant in Windows 10 and Windows 8. C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files: This is where temporary internet files are stored in Windows 7 and Windows Vista. C:\Documents and Settings[username]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files: This is where Windows XP IE temp internet files are stored....

We’ll also look at older iPhone models currently available only as refurbished devices through Apple or via third-party sellers: iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, iPhone XR, and iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 13 Pro Who will want it: If having the coolest, most cutting-edge technology matters to you, the iPhone 13 Pro series is your only choice. Both the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max offer Apple’s TrueTone color management system, making it an excellent choice for artists, content creators, and heavy users....

Bluetooth headphones are just fantastic, and Bluetooth earbuds are a level higher than that. They sit snug in your ears, and their non-existent wires can never catch on a backpack strap, never bounce against clothes and conduct a boom into your ear, and never get tangled in your pocket. They sound great, the batteries last long enough, and some brands even have fancy augmented-reality tricks up their metaphorical sleeves. But one thing Bluetooth can never, ever do is eliminate that delay....

In the world of musical instruments, older is often seen as better. Some of this is nostalgia, inertia, and the desire to copy past artists instead of creating new music. But some of it is that a lot of those old electric guitar, effects, and synth designers got it right the first time. The Minimoog is one of those. Born in 1970 and still the blueprint for many modern synthesizers, its sound can be found on everything from 70s prog rock, to 80s synth-pop, to Nine Inch Nails and Portishead....

This kind of thing doesn’t happen often, but I know everyone who plays video games has experienced it at least once. Where you play something that may not be perfect (because what is?) and won’t appeal to everyone, but it seems like it was made for you. Like the people who made it somehow tapped into your brain and knew exactly what you wanted before you did. I knew I wanted to play Eastward when I saw a handful of screenshots, and I knew I had to play it once I watched the trailer....

Ever since I got used to using the iPad Pro with a keyboard, its Face ID unlock spoiled me. Switching back to the Mac, where you have to type a password repeatedly to unlock the computer, authorize logins, and so on, is a step backward. And while the Unlock With Apple Watch feature is great, it’s not reliable enough to just set and forget. So when the M1 iMacs showed up, with their fancy Touch ID keyboards, I thought to myself, I have to have one of those for my Mac mini....