The DAT file extension designates a data file that contains Web information of some kind. Since these files are simply containers of information, they can be created using a simple text editor like Notepad. In order to create a DAT file in Notepad, you must enter the fields that you want the DAT file to […]
Image of a couple running on a trail. Image Credit: EpicStockMedia/iStock/Getty Images The Garmin Forerunner is an excellent tool for running, allowing you to track your distance, speed, heart rate and more. The GPS-enabled device uses satellite technology to save your location and movements. When you are done with your run, the watch can connect […]
Adobe Photoshop is known as a world-class photographic editing program, but it is also a powerful graphic design engine as well. As such, Photoshop is able to handle and edit a wide variety of art files. Photoshop’s “Place” command allows users to integrate many types of files into a single composition to create unique and […]
You can see you buzzed head. Image Credit: Greg Henry/iStock/Getty Images Making the jump to a buzzed or shaved head is a big move, so getting an idea about how you would look first is a good move. Technology makes this easy with several apps that can show buzz cuts. Although technology and other modes […]
Image Credit: Jupiterimages/Pixland/Getty Images Converting WinRAR (.RAR) files to an .ISO (burnable CD/DVD image) format is not a simple, one-step process. It would seem like an obvious choice for a software package since disk images are often distributed in a .RAR package. But the technologies involved in compressing a .RAR archive and writing an .ISO […]
Image Credit: Johner Images/Johner Images Royalty-Free/GettyImages An animated GIF is a short animated sequence of several graphic images that are contained in the same file. Animated GIFs have been around since the 1980s. They were frequently overused in the early days of the World Wide Web, and their popularity dropped. There’s been a recent resurgence […]
PuTTY is a free, open-source terminal emulator program for Windows. PuTTY supports connecting to SSH, Telnet and other text servers over a network. PuTTY supports a variety of authentication for connecting to SSH servers, including basic password authentication and public key authentication. One of the authentication methods supported by PuTTY is keyboard interactive authentication, which […]
A typical motherboard fan connector Limited space and ventilation causes heat to build up very quickly in a laptop. A laptop fan blows hot air generated from the hard drive and other internal components through a vent in the side of the laptop housing. A laptop fan is usually built into a heat sink, which […]
The room designers let you customize rooms with Ikea furniture. Image Credit: John Moore/Getty Images News/Getty Images The Ikea website has multiple online design tools to help you plan your next renovation. While most open easily in a Web browser, the Kitchen Planner requires a special browser plug-in for both Mac and Windows users. If […]
Choose a boot device from the BIOS boot menu. Image Credit: KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStock/Getty Images Acer Aspire One netbooks can have two types of boot menus: device boot menus and partition boot menus. Normally, your netbook automatically displays the partition boot menu if your hard drive has multiple bootable partitions, but a problem with your master boot […]
