In this article we discuss the different ways you can get started with retro gaming on this early little brother to the Xbox range of consoles. Living the Dream The Mac is fairly poorly served with emulators for the Sega Dreamcast, which like the Xbox was designed by Microsoft, but why that might be is not very clear. It’s possibly because it was not a success as a console due to annoying technical problems....

Note: Logon Auditing is only available in Pro, Ultimate and Enterprise versions of Windows 8. What is Logon Auditing Logon Auditing is a built-in Windows Group Policy Setting which enables a Windows admin to log and audit each instance of user login and log off activities on a local computer or over a network. Along with log in and log off event tacking, this feature is also capable of tracking any failed attempts to log in....

Introduction The headphone market in 2022 is approaching saturation point: from ultra-premium to budget offerings, there is ample choice for those looking for a new set of cans. Although this is good news for the consumer, for manufacturers, it means a challenge of how to stand out from the crowd. For EPOS Adapt 360, the solution is somewhat left field and remains relatively untested: to offer a device that will appeal equally to music lovers and business buyers....

What to Look for When Buying DIY Electronics Gear There are a number of decisions to make before deciding on an Arduino starter kit. This includes the type of Arduino board and sensors you want in the kit and, of course, the price you want to pay. You’ll also want to check whether the board’s header pins are attached or whether you will need to solder them on yourself. You can go either way with the latter decision, depending on how comfortable you are with a soldering iron and whether you want something that’s easy to work with right out of the box....

Today I’m going to show you how to turn your boring lines of text into exciting ASCII text art. We are going to use two programs, FIGlet and TOIlet. FIGlet has been around longer and is considered the classic program for automating the process of turning ordinary text into ASCII art. TOIlet is a fork of FIGlet that runs on the libcaca library and enables advanced features such as color....

There are quite a few twists on the familiar Firefox platform, and some have become more easily identified than others, with Pale Moon being a good example. Even Mozilla has proven themselves adept at creating variations on the Firefox browser, with the ESL release amongst others. The question is, which variant should you use? In our testing, all browsers were 64-bit versions running on a 64-bit operating system. Thus, the precise figures may differ due to system architecture....

Downloading and installing WifiInfoView can be downloaded from NirSoft’s web site. It’s available for Windows Vista, 7 and 8. However, WifiInfoView doesn’t work in Windows XP because the API used to power the program didn’t exist until Vista. After downloading WifiInfoView, extract the archive and store it where you have easy access. Using WifiInfoView The first time you open WifiInfoView, it’ll take a few seconds to begin scanning and populating the screen with information on the wireless networks within your range....

However, this does not necessarily mean that you must do without all of OS X Lion’s best features, as much of the functionality of Apple’s latest big cat can be added to Snow Leopard with the tweaking of options, third-party applications and hacks. AirDrop OS X has always had good networking abilities but AirDrop certainly made sharing files over two Mac’s a lot more intuitive and streamlined. However, many Mac users have found upon installing Lion that they are not compatible with AirDrop....

What if I said it’s possible to get weather information on terminal without actually installing any utility? Yes, that’s possible and WTTR.IN makes it possible. In this article we will discuss how to use this utility and some of the key features it provides. WTTR.IN So what exactly is wttr.in? It’s a web front end for a tool named Wego, a command line utility to get weather information. So given that wttr....

In this review we will be looking at a powerful new Android contender in the form of the GooBang Doo ABOX A4. You’ll even get the chance to get one of these gadgets for yourself. Attractive Features The unit is based on the Android 7.1 platform, driven by a Quad core Cortex 2Ghz A53 processor assisted by a 750MHz Penta-Core Mali-450MP graphics coprocessor. Having additional processors to take care of rendering video and graphics on screen smooths out performance and greatly reduces the kind of lag you usually get with cheaper computers....

For Quick Notes: Keep If you want to take quick notes on the fly that are super-easy to access everywhere else, then Google Keep is for you. On your mobile, you can set up a widget so a Keep note – such as a checklist – is always open and easy to add to. The fact Keep plays nice with the rest of the Google ecosystem, like Gmail, is also a major plus....

It’s All About Design Apple’s podcast app has unquestionably become the default choice for millions of listeners thanks to its availability right out of the box. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it a better app. The design leaves a lot to be desired, even if it is Apple’s familiar minimal style. On the other hand, Google’s designers opted for a straightforward experience with only three tabs. After opening the app, you are brought right to the “Home” screen....

Typical search engines such as Google and Bing store your search history on their servers. This history includes which resulting sites you ultimately visited. They don’t just save a list of sites and search terms. These search engines also collect the time and date of the search and your IP address, which browser you are using and the operating system on which it is running. It’s also possible for them to store information about your accounts such as usernames and passwords if you visit a site you are already logged into....

But have you ever wondered why these articles are being written? What do people gain from spreading fake news? There may be some more obvious answers that spring to mind, but let’s focus on the people who make thousands a month doing this. Other News Distributors Before we begin, let’s discuss some of the other reasons why people spread fake news. These include: Fake news being written as a source of satire or comedy....

If you are trying to access a website and it won’t load but others can access it, it could be due to a number of reasons. The first thing to do is determine which end is the issue. Here are three possibilities: Your ISP (Internet Service Provider) Your terminal The website servers could be down If the issue is with the website servers, there is nothing more you can do but wait....

Installation The Ubuntu repository does not come with any package that supports exFAT. To enable access to exFAT, we need to install from a third-party PPA. In your terminal, Usage Once you have installed the exfat-utils packages, whenever you plug in your exFAT external drive. It will be detected by the system and automount. It comes with read/write access so you can copy to and paste from the drive. In the event that your system doesn’t automount the external drive, here is what you can do to mount it manually: Replace the “/dev/sdb1” with the exact file path to your external hard drive....

We have completely no idea why Apple chose to keep these stunning HD wallpapers hidden, but with the trick below, you can easily unlock these wallpaper and set them as your Desktop wallpaper. Accessing these Mavericks wallpapers is really simple, but unless you know the actual required steps, the chances of you mistakenly stumbling across them are next to zero. Here’s how to access and view these hidden wallpapers: 1: On your Mac’s desktop, press and hold “Command + Shift + G”....

This method essentially adds a contact as a relationship to your own contact card in your Contacts. Another plus point of adding relationships to your contact is that if you have Contacts synced in iCloud across your iOS devices, they’ll automatically be updated on your other devices. Simply follow any of the two methods described below to add a relationship to any contact on your Mac. How to Add a Relationship Using Siri The easiest method to add a relationship to a contact is by using Siri, described below:...

If you are looking for a way to add subtitles to your online video, all you have to do is pay a visit to “Universal Subtitles”. Introduction Supported video formats include FLV, MP4, theora, webM, and HTML5. The site offers a very user-friendly interface that makes adding subtitles to online videos an uncomplicated task. Usage The first step in using Universal Studios is to create an account on it. With this step complete, you can start by specifying the online video’s URL on you Universal Studios dashboard....

Slowing the speed required to perform these actions can be done for accessibility reasons, such as if someone were not able to double-press the button fast enough to access the app switcher. While you can adjust the speed lower, surprisingly you cannot speed it up, so power users are out of luck for the time being. Furthermore, on iPhone 7, since the device has a capacitive home button and not a physical one, you can change the level of haptic feedback that the device provides to simulate a physical button press....