In Windows when you select a file and press the F2 key you can instantly rename the file without having to go through the context menu. At first glance, this shortcut seems rather basic. As seen in the screenshot below, it’s the same thing that the context menu delivers. However, when you combine it with another renaming trick (also available from the context menu by holding shift + right-click might I add), it becomes immensely useful....

Today I will be continuing my series on how to remove backgrounds from images using Adobe Photoshop. In part one of the series, I explained how to remove backgrounds using basic tools including: Now let’s take a look at more advanced tools which although are a bit trickier, will give you an even more superior result! Editing in Photoshop Quick Mask Mode Although we have already shown you how to use Quick Mask Mode when changing a specific color in photos, it’s still worth a quick look and revisits when it comes to using it for background removal....

The game starts off with easy puzzles in order to help smaller children understand the concepts of the game. My kids took the game for a whirl and had it figured out in just a few minutes. The game quickly escalates however to keep older players interested. For example, just a few levels in the game introduced multiple trucks with intersecting delivery routes. A puzzle game at its core, I expect it to keep my kids busy for a few weeks at least....

In this example I’m using the Roku 2 XS with a 16 GB USB thumb drive. You can do this with any new model of the Roku box that comes with a USB port. You can also add an external hard drive as well…handy if you have a large media collection. Next, add the USB Media Browser to your Roku box. Log in to your Roku account on its website and click Yes, Add Channel....

It’s also offering everyone the ability for non-members to watch season 1 and 2 of the musical comedy Mozart in the Jungle free during the same period this weekend. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

We already showed you how to do it with Outlook 2010, and here’s a look at how to do it with Outlook 2013 or 2016. Send Personalized Mass Emails Using Outlook Mail Merge Launch Outlook and open People. Then the contacts where you want to send the message and after that choose Mail Merge. In the Mail Merge Contacts screen, select Only selected contacts. Then, under the Merge options section, set the following:...

Slack Windows Desktop App Update According to the Slack release notes, this update brings your version up to 2.0.1 and addresses the following: Many folks using a Windows Basic theme found their Alt-Tab menu overrun by notification windows, which have since been dispatched. To those folks: we are terribly sorry.If your administrator had set up a session timeout, when it expired you’d be placed on a blank white screen rather than the sign in page....

If you deal with computers every day, you will often have the need to take a screenshot to explain something, to show how something works, or to snap that great moment of you defeating the final boss. Unfortunately, the traditional PrintScreen + MS Paint method isn’t always the best way to go. That’s why today we’ll review the latest version of Snagit – Snagit 10. Normally we only talk about freeware on groovyPost, but since Techsmith is one of our favorite software development companies, I thought Snagit was worth a review even if it’s not free like the majority of the other groovyDownloads we normally recommend....

Digital copyright mismanagement has become a real barrier on the globalized internet front where information is typically available to everyone. Are you living in a country where certain websites and media are frequently blocked? If so you’ve probably seen plenty of music and video content that can’t be displayed. Hola Unblocker is a browser extension that uses a crowd sourced DNS and VPN solution to allow access to sites that otherwise wouldn’t be available to certain regions....

Facebook made this announcement under the guise of making ads better and giving you more control over which ones you see. But in reality, if you start taking part in this, you’re just giving more precise data to the advertisers. Data and information you might not care to be giving out. According to the Facebook announcement: Opt-out of Facebook Targeted Ads To opt out of this new “ad preferences” program, you need to head over to the Digital Advertising Alliance page....

Roku Themes The other day when I turned it on I saw the screenshot below. It’s a special featured theme for a Lego movie…very annoying. No offense to Lego lovers out there, but it’s just not my thing, and most importantly, I want the control over how everything looks. It’s almost the same feeling you get when some crapware hijacks your browser because you forgot to uncheck a box during the installation — well maybe not that bad, but I digress…...

This week the gang’s all here. Join host Josh Windisch, Steve Krause, Austin Krause and Brian Burgess as they discuss recent groovy tech happenings. Microsoft expands Surface RT sales to Staples and Best Buy. SkyDrive comes to Xbox 360 and more apps on the way. Apple CEO Tim Cook’s interview with NBC – is Apple saving the US economy? Who is the Google Chromebook targeted too? The how to tip of the week and much more....

Whatever the reason, coming across an unexpected speed trap is the way most people have to pay for a speeding ticket. A great way to avoid them is by using a police speed trap alert app on your phone. Note: While the links and screenshots for these apps are for Android, most are available for iPhone, too. Just check the app store to download the one that works best for you....

Each time there is a release of a new Android operating system version, Google has also come up with a dessert related nickname. As of last week, the Gingerbread has landed… In front of the Android office at the Googleplex they’ve lined up giant statues that match the nickname of each version of the operating system. Google even added in a larger-than-life size Nexus One phone replica to the mix of delicious sweets....

This Spring, Google set up 4 different 1-story bee hives. They are color coordinated and over 80 volunteer Googlers were split into teams to care for the hives. The bee project has been dubbed the “Hiveplex.” Over the summer as reported by Google, each hive grew 5 times in size making the project a success overall. The best part came last week when Google went in for the honey harvest....

Find Time Spent Editing Microsoft Word Documents The total Editing time keeps track of how long you have the document open, not when it’s actively edited. Keep this in mind as you begin paying more attention to it. You can find the editing time on a document in multiple ways. For Word on Windows, click the File Menu > Info tab in Backstage. Under the Properties column, it will list the “Total Editing Time....

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Cortana, the digital assistant built into Windows 10 and available on iOS and Android, already has several features. Like other digital assistants like Siri and Alexa, it has been getting more powerful features since originally launched. Cortana Support Dwindling Note: Cortana isn’t supported like it used to be when Microsoft first launched it with Windows 10. It has been decoupled from Windows Search and is now a standalone app. Some of the available Cortana Skills include services from various Microsoft partners....

First, download and install the free Windows Media Center plugin – Media Browser. Installation is straight forward following the install wizard. Next launch Windows Media Center (WMC). From the main menu scroll down and select Media Browser. You’ll see a few setup menus after launching it. Just select the defaults. Close out of WMC, click Start and go to All Programs » Media Browser » Media Configurator. Media Browser configurator launches, click the Podcasts tab....

This Humble Bundle includes five, best-selling games by independent development studios. Each copy is redeemable on Steam as long as you pay at least $1 for the bundle. Here’s what games this bundle includes, and you can click each one for a YouTube video that introduces each title. You can pay whatever you want for the pack of games, and you can see what other people have been paying by looking at the on-page analytics....