These days you can purchase thin cell phone protectors made out of a material that adheres to your phone screen without chemical glues or adhesives. That means these protectors are disposable. But if you want to conserve your screen protectors, you can reuse them on different phone screens with the same dimensions. Step 1 Peel […]
Image Credit: Mike Watson Images/moodboard/Getty Images Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a way to use a graphical desktop from one computer (the server) on a remote computer (the client). It is possible to have a VNC server running on a Windows server and view it on a Linux client or vice versa. The keyboard and […]
A CGI short film is a short movie made entirely on a computer using animation software. You can create your own short CGI animations and upload them to video sharing websites, add them to your portfolio or attempt to sell them for profit. Unlike the early days of computer animation, it is no longer necessary […]
Using a computer to play console video games is made possible through the use of gaming emulators. The Sony PlayStation 2 emulator, PCSX2, has made it possible to play the PS2 games that you purchase through Sony, or at a retail store, directly from your computer. Configuring your keyboard to use as a controller can […]
Image Credit: Ciaran Griffin/Stockbyte/Getty Images Most hardware devices need a driver that has to be installed onto the computer before the device can properly function. An ethernet controller, for one, cannot function without its driver installed in the computer. It usually comes with a software disc that you need to install. An ethernet controller, also […]
RAM comes in many varieties. DDR is one of them. Confusion over the difference between DDR and DIMM probably results from a misunderstanding of the two terms, and some related concepts, such as RAM, DIMM and DDR. Put briefly, DDR is a type of RAM that is stored on a DIMM, though that statement may […]
Close-up of a woman using a computer mouse Image Credit: Catherine Yeulet/iStock/Getty Images A trackball is a type of mouse that perform the same tasks as a regular mouse, but works differently. Trackballs have rotating balls on their tops or sides that you roll when you want to go somewhere or do something. Depending on […]
Unlike Word, PowerPoint 2013 doesn’t include a tool to help generate an index. To index keywords in a presentation, you’ll have to find and note each word’s appearances manually, and optionally add links. Creating a table of contents offers a faster alternative if you need to only index card titles and bullet points. Write an […]
When you access something on the Internet, whether it is an image, website, song or video file, you will notice that it is accessible from a specific website address, visible in your browser’s address bar. That address is the URL of the file and it tells you exactly where that file is located on the […]
Making an object too big in Photoshop can make it look blurry. Image Credit: rbv/iStock/Getty Images The ability to resize objects as needed is one of the reasons graphic designers and professional photographers turn to Adobe Photoshop CC. If you’re new to working with layers, however, the first few times you try it, you may […]
