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Question from Seth: Lots of the forms I see on websites have a button that I have to click on to prove that I’m a human and not a robot.
My question is how does this prove I’m is not a robot?
Wouldn’t it be easy for a hacker to program a bot to pretend to be a human by recognizing the button from the page code and “clicking” on it? [Read more…]
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Have you ever seen a photo or screenshot on a web page that you wanted to save to your PC for some reason?
I’m sure you probably have. Most people do it like this:
1 – Right-click on the image you wish to save.
2 – Click Save picture as…
3 – Navigate to the folder where you wish to save the image to, then click Save.
But there is a way much faster way that uses a single mouse click if you just want to save the photo to the Desktop: [Read more…]
In the Fantasy Premier League for the Ultimate Team in EA FC 26, having the right players is absolutely key to completing all the challenges and getting some of the latest and coolest rewards. The rewards like new stadiums and decorations for your Clubs are only available for the limited time the current season is out.
To help you compete online and complete the challenges, you’re gonna need some strong team players on your side in the Ultimate squad. Here’s everything about the overpowered roster in the latest card pack updates. [Read more…]
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Back in the golden age of technology, you really didn’t need all that many tools in order to build, upgrade or repair computers and many other tech items.
If you owned a couple of screwdrivers, an anti-static wrist strap and a nut driver or two you could work on most any tech item. But today, things are a lot more complicated.
The way modern computers, monitors and mobile devices are constructed makes it virtually impossible to work on some items without specialized tools that can “crack open” a case or extract a part without causing physical damage to the item. [Read more…]
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A while back I wrote a post explaining how to make the mouse pointer larger in response to a reader who was having trouble tracking the pointer on her computer screen.
The solution I recommended was to simply go into Windows’ Mouse settings and turn on the “Magnified” feature.
That took care of the original question but it raised another related question in the minds of several other readers…