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Developer NSG650 has succeeded in his attempt to get “Linux running in Excel.” The GitHub-hosted and aptly namedLinuxInExcelproject was uploaded to the cloud-based developer platform earlier this week, and updated with input support just yesterday. Getting Linux to run within the confines of Excel is the latest in a long line ofExcelcoding gymnastics, which might only be rivaled by those boasting of running various incongruous software gemsinside PDFs. And yes, we have already seenLinux runninginside a PDF....

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is basically the address of your device on a network. It is a unique set of numbers used to identify your device and communicate with other devices on a network. You might have heard that an IP address can be used to track your location. This is partially true, as your IP address can show your location on a city level. However, what if you move your physical location?...

Efabless, a company which broke down the barriers of the computer chip creation process for enthusiasts and smaller players, has abruptlyshut down. The firm was an essential enabler for a number ofweirdandwonderfulcustom chip developments we’ve featured onTom’s Hardwareover the last year. However, Efabless has posted that it is facing “funding challenges,” and we have no idea whether it will return. A worst-case scenario is that this is the end of the road for the firm - and the end of the Tiny Tapeout open source silicon projects that depended on it....

According to user forum posts, fakeAMD Ryzen 7 9800X3Dchips are circulating in China. Japan’sUniko’s Hardwarefound theseChipHell-sourcedtales and highlighted what appears to be an MSI China social media post warning about AMD CPU shenanigans and outlining anti-counterfeit measures users can take. Sadly, we couldn’t track down the MSI China notice, which has been screen-captured for ChipHell, to verify it (even after looking through all its Weibo posts from January, December, and November)....

Adobe Photoshop has been around for many, many years and it has been the de facto standard used in the creative industries. Heck, when I was in college I learnt how to use Adobe Photoshop 1.0 and made my own magazine with Photoshop and Aldus Pagemaker. The problem with Photoshop has always been cost. I have long spouted the idiom “the right tool for the job” to anyone who would listen to me, but I had to make a concession....

Screen suddenly going black is one of the most common issues almost all laptop users face. This is most noticeable when gaming or performing graphically intensive tasks such as video editing. While this makes sense during high-performance loads, what if your screen crashes while your computer is idle? It can happen in two different scenarios. One is when the screen goes completely black while using, but you canstill hear the laptop’s fan running....

Gigabyte has added pressurized thermal pads to M.2 slots for SSDs on its latestAorus Stealth Ice motherboards(viaUniko’s Hardware) to maximize heat dissipation of high-end SSDs. The motherboard maker claims that its pressurized thermal pad may reduce SSD temperature by 12 degrees Celsius, though it admits that the effect depends on multiple factors. Thermals often constrain the performance of high-end SSDs in an M.2 form-factor, as both the controller and memory packages tend to heat up under high loads....

Disk Cleanup and Storage Sense help to scan and clean junk files in your computer. Not only do theyfree up some storage space, but alsoimprove your system performance. It’s always best toconfigure automatic cleanup of the junk filesusing storage sense torun every month. Regardless, you should also manually run these tools if yourun out of C drive spaceor after apower failure/crash. Other than these, it’s also a good practice todelete unnecessary backup filesafter a successfulsystem update, upgrade, or reinstall....

Hotmail used to be a popular email platform. But sadly, all of it changed in 2013 when Microsoft revamped it into the new Outlook app that we all know and use today. Now, Outlook has additional helpful features for its users. Normally, Hotmail disables an account if it’s not used for more than a year. So, if it’s been that long since you last used your Hotmail account, you can’t revive it again now....

The administrator account has full access to all of the features and settings in Windows. This account is typically used by people who need tomake changes to the systemor who need to access features that are not available to standard users. However, it is necessary to add users to the administrator group so they can manage the system and perform administrative tasks. To add users to the administrative group, you must be a member of the Administrators group....

Just like in any other project where proper planning is essential before initiating the work, estimating the cost for 3D printing is important, especially if you are working on a big project. This is important in helping you anticipate the financial resources you will spend in the process so that you can plan accordingly. Getting a detailed cost analysis is also crucial in helping you know how much you should charge your client if you are running a 3D printing business....

Pointing accuracy plays a major role in FPS and shooting games. Indeed, most of us have faced a situation when we’re trying to aim somewhere, but due to a bad calibration of the mouse, we tend to shoot elsewhere. Well, we tweak several settings trying to get a realistic gaming approach. Unfortunately, we don’t always get what we desire, and instead of getting a better pointing accuracy, we mess it up even more....

Windows 11 gives its users a slick taskbar to work with. Sure, it’s much cleaner and more functional than before, but that doesn’t mean we cannot make it smaller or larger as per our liking. The taskbar consists of theStart menu, pinned applications, and a system traycontaining miniature icons for system functions such as volume and notification. As we use it on a daily basis, we have the option to customize our taskbar in any way we want to; altering itssize, color, and transparencyto increase our overall experience in the system canvas....