Image Credit: Photos.com/Photos.com/Getty Images Photoshop has a wide array of tools the graphics artist can use to create images. In particular, there are several different ways of creating lines in Photoshop. Which one you choose to use will depend on the project and the type of line you need. In each case, there is a […]
Image Credit: undrey/iStock/GettyImages If you’re using VMware, the popular virtual machine program that lets you run another operating on an emulated system on your computer, you may have come across VMDK VMware files. A VMDK file is a virtual disk that stores the contents of a virtual machine’s hard disk. You can import VMDK files […]
You can use a speaker as a unique microphone. Although they look very different, speakers and microphones use the very same principle and components to turn electrical signals into sound and back again. A speaker cone can act like a giant microphone diaphragm, and when connected to a recording device or amplifier can be used […]
There are programs to help you find hidden text in a picture. Image Credit: Morsa Images/DigitalVision/GettyImages Hidden messages in images don’t always present themselves as a “Where’s Waldo” searching game; they can be hidden so that they are only revealed by changing aspects of the image’s colors or levels or by combining the image with […]
Close-up of hands typing on a MacBook laptop Image Credit: studio-fi/iStock/Getty Images Keyloggers come in many different forms. Software-based keyloggers don’t require physical access to your machine, and can get installed when you download malware or an attacker accesses your system remotely. Hardware-based keyloggers require that the attacker has physical access to your system. Various […]
Some laptops accept HDMI input and can be utilized to display Sony PS3 and other HDMI ready devices. Image Credit: Vitalii Petrushenko/iStock/GettyImages Because your laptop has an HDMI port and your Playstation 3 outputs its display via HDMI, you might think you can use your laptop as a makeshift screen to play your PS3 games. […]
The Google Chrome Sandbox is a development and test environment for developers working on Google Chrome browser-based applications. The sandbox environment provides a testing and staging platform without allowing the code being tested to make changes to existing code and databases. Occasionally, the sandbox feature will cause the Google Chrome browser to throw an error […]
PayPal uses an email address in place of an account number. PayPal is an easy to way to make payments online without having to share financial information. In addition to making online purchases, it can also be used to send or receive money. If you are conducting a financial transaction with someone, you might on […]
Converting an executable (.exe) file to a picture (.jpg) format is not difficult. The typical process does not actually physically convert the file, but it does lead someone to believe that she is opening a .jpg image file when in fact she is running an executable. As you continue through the creation process, please keep […]
How to Open an .srt File Extension Image Credit: PeopleImages/E+/GettyImages Unfamiliar file types are the bane of many computer users’ existence. With so many different file extensions in use for such a diverse range of purposes, coming across something with a .srt extension can feel like a headache waiting to happen. The good news is […]
