Cryptonite is a file encryption/decryption app for Android that is based on the EncFS. It is still in active development mode and only works with rooted phone for now. It allows you to create an encrypted volume in your Dropbox folder and place files/folders into it, or decrypt your existing encrypted volume and mount it as a local folder. In both scenarios, it gives you both read/write access to your files/folders....
Today, many users have at least one business email on top of a personal one. Luckily, Google has made it very easy to switch between them on a single device. In this article, we demonstrate how you can add and manage multiple Google accounts on your Android handset. How to Add a Secondary Google Account to Your Phone There are two ways you can add a new Google account to your device....
Fortunately, like any other self-respecting desktop environment today, LXDE allows you to easily add extra panels to the desktop that are not that different in action than your typical launcher. They, too, can offer quick access to all of your favorite programs as well as some useful widgets. The process is simple, fast, and consumes far fewer resources than if you used a specialized application for that purpose. Note: this article assumes you are already using LXDE as your desktop manager....
Get the APK Before you install the Flash APK, You’ll need to make sure you can install applications that are from the Google Play Store. To do this, you’ll need to go into your phones Settings. In the settings menu, go into the “Applications” tab and make sure the checkbox for “Unknown sources” is checked. Once you’ve done this, you are ready to install APK. Note: On some device, the “Unknown Sources” can be found in the Security option instead....
If you’re a dedicated Terminal user, you can also choose to change the brightness level of your Mac directly from the Terminal. Doing so involves the use of some simple commands in Terminal. Open Terminal on your Mac. You can do this directly from Terminal. To increase the screen brightness on your Mac one notch (similar to pressing the Increase Brightness button once), enter in the following command into Terminal: This will require you to allow Terminal to control system events on your Mac....
Automatically Clear Data in Google Chrome Unfortunately, Chrome doesn’t have an option to clear all the data when you quit it. It only allows you to clear the cookies when you exit the browser. But there is an extension in the Chrome Web Store that aims to fill this missed functionality. Here’s how you can use it: Launch Google Chrome on your computer. Head over to the Click&Clean extension page in the Chrome Web Store and click on “Add to Chrome....
Converseen is easy to install and use and will have you on your way to converting and/or resizing your small or large collection of images in just a few simple steps. Installation The Converseen website has binaries for the program available for Ubuntu, Fedora, and OpenSUSE, complete with installation instructions for each. To install in Ubuntu, type the following in a terminal: If you need to install it from source, follow these directions:...
Ubuntu released the Intrepid Ibex alpha 6 for public testing last week. If you want to install and test the new Ibex on your system, but do not want to burn the iso file into a CD (either because your computer does not has a CD-ROM or you find it a waste to burn into a CD that you might use only once), here’s a neat way to create a bootable USB thumb drive where you can use it to boot up Ubuntu Ibex and install it in your system....
To enable chat mode, click the three-line menu icon at the top-right of your Thunderbird dashboard. Go to “New Message” followed by “Chat Account.” In the next step you get to choose from one of the four IM options. We will discuss them one by one. Google Talk We discussed earlier how useful Thunderbird can be in setting up your Gmail account. For Google Talk, you do not need to use the same Gmail account – a new one will do just fine....
The Authentication Log Plenty of Linux services keep logs to help in troubleshooting problems. Thankfully, among other things, it also keeps a detailed list of precisely the information we seek in this article. In this list, you can check out who and when issued which command using sudo. To find this information, if you’re using a distribution based on Debian or Ubuntu, enter the following into your favorite terminal: In other distributions the location may vary....
Before you go to the store and pick up the first mechanical keyboard you see, there’s a little something about mechanical keyboards that you should know. They often come in colours that begin with “Cherry MX” at the start, such as “Cherry MX Blue.” Here’s an example. Don’t be mistaken – this is not referring to the colour of the keyboard itself! You cannot purchase a Cherry MX Red and Blue keyboard and expect them to perform identically as if you bought the red and blue variants of a specific car model....
Here is how you can set up VPNBook on your Windows computer. To configure and use VPNBook, you can either go with the regular PPTP or OpenVPN. I will show you both ways. However, if you don’t mind a slight performance decrease for stronger encryption and protection, I would recommend using OpenVPN to configure and access VPNBook. Configuring VPNBook with OpenVPN Configuring VPNBook with OpenVPN is not hard. To start, head over to OpenVPN website and download the client....
Understanding the Risks While you may think there aren’t any risks, remember that even supported Windows operating systems are hit with zero-day attacks. These are attacks that are being actively exploited while developers hurry to issue effective security patches. With Windows 7, there won’t be any security patches arriving when hackers decide to target Windows 7, which they’ll likely do. Using Windows 7 safely means being more diligent than usual. If you’re someone who doesn’t really use antivirus software and/or visits questionable sites, the risk is likely too high....
Creating a Playlist Playlist creation is actually incredibly simple, although it does hide a little, at least until you know where to look. Head to your home screen and open up iPod. Now, just as in iTunes on your Mac or PC, in the lower left hand corner you should see a plus sign. This is the button used to create a new playlist, and it looks like this: A simple click will give you the following screen, allowing you to name your brand new playlist....
Where do I start? To show you how to do it, I’m going to use the League Standings table from the Philadelphia Phillies website. Here’s a link to the site, so you can follow along! Obviously, I’m a huge Phillies fan. As such, I check at least once a day to see how they did in their last game, who their next is against, when it is, and how they’re doing against teams in their division....
Do this often enough, and you’ll eventually encounter an error message as you delete a font or family of fonts. Windows is not forthcoming with information on what application is using the font; even with the details in the window unhidden, the operating system simply does not identify where the font is being used. Understandably, it can be tiresome to try and eliminate potential suspects. Using the Registry Editor, it is possible to side-step this annoying error message:...
It’s important to note that if you delete the game from your Nintendo Switch then you can still redownload the software, and you also won’t lose your game data files so long as you create an archive of your saved data. You can also save your game data to a MicroSD card, and we recommend that you check that your game data has been securely saved before deleting the software, to ensure that you don’t lose any progress....
Tip: if you just want an Android app without the hard work of coding it yourself, check out these platforms that allow you to create Android apps easily. How Android Applications Work Android applications can be built in Java, Kotlin, or C++. Most modern Android applications are built in Kotlin. Both Java and Kotlin can combine into Java-byte code files. This process translates the programming human language to binary computer language....
At such times you can either work with the default settings even though you do not like them, or you can find a useful guide like this that helps you dim the display further down on your Mac. Yes, there is now a way for you to dim the display more than what Apple allows you to do, and the following guide explains everything you need to know. Dimming the Display Further A free app called Shady allows you to bring down the lightness level of your Mac’s screen to something that Apple has not given you by default....
However, what if you just want to restrict a user from logging into their account temporarily? One way is to delete the user account and recreate it as needed. The other way to is to disable the account. When you disable a user account, all the data and settings stay intact, but the user will not be able to log in, and the account will not be displayed on the lock screen....
