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How to check the connection to a certain port

How to check the connection to a certain port

Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 now have an opportunity to check the connection to a certain port in a remote machine. You may think that a new software is available now and a user needs to go through the installation of third-party applications on a computer. However, your PC may sleep well because Windows uses […]
How to protect Google Chrome with the password

How to protect Google Chrome with the password

Most among average internet users may not know that Google Chrome has a convenient system for managing user profiles, allowing each user to have their browser history, bookmarks, isolated and other items. One user profile Chrome is already present in the installed, even if you did not enable sync with your Google account.   In this manual, you’ll learn how to […]
How to make subtitles?

How to make subtitles?

Making subtitles is one of those skills that often become necessary in the most inappropriate moment. Initially you never actually need it, but when you do, you have to get to it as fast as possible. Making a small instructive video for your colleagues, subbing a movie or cartoon, or dealing with a project – […]
Windows 10 Features That I Miss on Mac

Windows 10 Features That I Miss on Mac

I am a big fan of Apple computers, but I am also a fan of Windows computers, because I use both almost equally. And so in this post I want to focus on few of the things that I wish I had, that I miss, when I am on my Mac. So let’s get right […]
Ping spikes on Wi-Fi every 10 seconds. – Solved.

Ping spikes on Wi-Fi every 10 seconds. – Solved.

Few days ago, after moving my home PC to another place, I bumped into a situation, where the cable connection is no longer an option and the only way to get Internet was Wi-Fi. In the 21st century this should not be a problem, however my first Skype call shocked me with poor call quality […]
Converting media with VLC

Converting media with VLC

The VLC player can be easily considered to be an ultimate media player that is able not only to play back files stored on your computer, but also online streams. It can even stream video to the world wide web from your computer. VLC has tons of the cool features and today we will talk about video […]
Google Street View – how it is made?

Google Street View – how it is made?

Google’s mission to make the world information universally accessible took an incredibly ambitious turn, when in 2007 they launched the street view project to give users a glimpse of what places all over the world actually look like.   But how they were able to capture images from so many places? The idea is actually […]
Poor Wifi signal?

Poor Wifi signal?

There is no sense paying for high-speed internet at home or office if you can not take advantage of it. The simplest and most common example is when you are not getting desired connection speed via wifi.   It turns out that there may be multiple different root causes that drop Wifi speed or block it at […]
You don’t WannaCry? How to be protected?

You don’t WannaCry? How to be protected?

Protecting computer from viruses and other threats is becoming more and more challenging task year after year. Seems that antivirus giants are fighting with badware enthusiasts, turning customer devices into the never ending battlefield. The latest news from this war are not inspiring for users, since the new ransomware – WannCry (also known as WCry […]
How to run plugins on FireFox 52?

How to run plugins on FireFox 52?

If you are a big fan of Mozilla FireFox browser you might have noticed that different plugins like Java, Flash, oldschool Silverlight etc., stopped working. Starting from update 52 Firefox no longer supports different plugins.   As per Firefox this was done in order to increase security and performance of the browser. Unfortunately for FireFox, […]