It is now a well established scientific fact that the blue light emanating from the LED screens can make you stay awake longer. But this blue light can wreak havoc with the natural sleep cycles of your body. This means that longer you stare at your computer’s screen, the fewer are the chances of you Read More …
Many of us have to work in front of computer screen all day long. Some of us have computers with multiple screens so that we can have larger workspace available for multiple applications. You can open dozens of applications and manage their windows on your multiple screens. Even though Windows 10 does offer many features Read More …
If you want to capture the screen of another device then usually it takes two or three steps – first take the screenshot of that device, then connect that device to your PC using a cable or over Wi-Fi, and finally copy the files over. It would be much easier if you could just mirror Read More …
If you have ever used any Macbook Air, then you already know about the Hot Corners feature. Under macOS, Hot Corners allows you to configure the system so that when you move your mouse cursor to any of the corners of the screen and leave the cursor there, it takes a configured action. Many macOS Read More …
Most of the screen capture tools allow you to first take the screenshots of your Windows desktop and then annotate the screenshot later. But what if you want to do the things in the opposite manner – draw first on the screen and then take the screenshot? Well, there is an open-source tool called gInk Read More …
Interactive kiosks and self-service terminals are nothing but computers with only screen available for the public use. These touch-screen terminals are connected to a small computer running a kiosk software like FrontFace. It is a secure kiosk software for Windows that makes it very easy to configure and turn any computer into an interactive kiosk. Read More …
Usually in notebook computers, the keyboard has function keys (Fn keys) to change the brightness of the screen. These keys work across all the operating systems including Windows and Linux. Similarly on desktop computers, you can use a media keyboard that comes with many different special keys including the ones to increase or decrease the Read More …
One of the problems with laptop screens is that there is no switch to turn the screen off whenever you want it. You would easily find these buttons to turn off the screens in the big monitors that come with desktop computers. And if you have worked with desktop computers all your life, then you Read More …
After the latest update of Windows 10, I started to notice that my laptop’s screen was automatically changing the screen brightness depending on the application I am using or how bright my room is. This is because of a feature in Windows operating system that dynamically changes the screen brightness of your computer depending on Read More …
Fireplace is something that brings back some very fond memories from our childhood for all of us. As explained by philosophers, the yearning for sitting near a fireplace is instilled in us by our paleolithic ancestors. We all feel comfortable and relaxed when gathering around the fireplaces. And as the festive season is coming closer Read More …