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First, launch System Preferences from the Dock. The System Preferences Window opens. Under the Internet & Wireless column, hit the Network icon. Next, select the network interface your Mac uses. Here I chose Ethernet. The IP address of your router displays here. If you click Advanced, you’ll find the router IP address under TCP/IP. Here you’ll also find additional information about the connection if you need it. If you don’t want to click through the GUI, just use the Terminal....

But wait, it gets funnier! The way Apple has to admit that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets are not in infringement of Apple’s copyright is just incredible. Apple will have to mea culpa itself via its website, as well as newspapers and magazines. According to this Bloomberg report, Judge Colin Birss ordered that Apple post a notice on its UK home page, as well as to buy space in magazines and newspapers — the Financial Times, Daily Mail, Guardian Mobile magazine and T3....

To start, make sure to download and install the latest version of Dropbox, which at the time of this writing is 2.4.1. Upload and Share Screenshots with Dropbox After installation and setting it up, hit the PrtScn button on Windows or Command+Shift+3 on Mac you’ll see the following dialog box. Confirm you want to enable the feature. Then when you go to your Dropbox account online, you’ll see a new Screenshots folder has been added....

Zen Pinball for iOS While Zen Pinball only gives you one free table – it’s an awesome table. The Sorcerer’s Lair is a beautiful table that brings hours of enjoyment. You can play in either portrait or landscape mode. Tap the camera button to switch between eight different camera angles of the table. The gameplay is great with the physics engine it uses. There are several challenges and achievements to explore while playing the game....

Batch Delete Photos on iOS When you hook up your iOS device to a PC or Mac, you can delete the photos from there. That’s not practical when you’re out taking shots and need space. First, starting with the iPad. Launch the Photo app to view the Camera Roll. Then tap the action arrow at the upper right corner. Then a menu bar comes up – tap on the photos and videos you want to delete....

Introducing Apple Music 1 Apple Music 1 is the new name for Beats 1, a 24/7 global radio station that launched with the Apple Music service itself in 2015. The rebranded Beats 1 is one of the most listened to radio stations in the world. It features presenters in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, and London. These include Zane Lowe, Ebro Darden, Brooke Reese, Dotty, Hanuman Welch, Matt Wilkinson, Nadeska, Rebecca Judd, and Travis Mills....

Some of them I knew, some I’ve seen for the first time now. I chose some of my favorites, but, if you’ve found some funnier ones, feel free to leave them here in a comment. Here’s one I liked a lot, bringing forth the not-so-original things that Apple has “borrowed from Android”. It was shared from lauhedge.com. Another one I liked quite a bit was shared on Google Plus from quickmeme and it says that Apple has no problem stealing ideas, but sues others for doing the same....

When you throw away old paper checks and tax returns, you shred them (right?). This makes them unreadable to would-be identity thieves or people who are just too nosy for their own damn good. But what do you do with your old data when you want to trash it? If you’re not securely erasing your files and hard drives, then you’re doing the equivalent of putting your bank statement in the trash without shredding it....

Disconnect Extension for Your Desktop Browser Disconnect is an extension for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox that does just what its name says — it prevents sites like Facebook, Google, Twitter, Linked In, Yahoo, and more from using trackers to identify your online activities. It runs in the background and doesn’t compromise your browsing experience. Download Disconnect here. Disconnect for Mobile Note that Disconnect is also available as an app for macOS and iPhone, too....

Facebook File Sharing Feature The process of sharing files with others is simple, once you know where to look, and there are a couple of ways to do it. Open the chatbox with the friend you want to share files with. Then, click the options button (gear icon) at the upper-right corner of the chat window and select Add Files. That opens File Explorer and you can browse to the location of the file(s) you want to share....

The wait is over. Firefox 3.5 has finally been released and is available for immediate download. I’ll soon be writing about some of the new features of Firefox 3.5 (improved privacy and improved clearing of history, tab tearing, video support, etc.) Until then, however, here’s the official list from the Mozilla Site: From the download page, here’s the “What’s New” Available in more than 70 languages. (Get your local version!...

From the Youtube Movies site, click the down arrow on Categories and click Free Movies. Either Google is diving head-on into the Nigerian Porn business or the engineering geeks at YouTube didn’t bother to check its algorithm recently. Right at the top of the Free Listings is Mad Sex 2, BlackBerry Babes (Hmm… a tech movie?) and Naked Girls. All available for any user on YouTube. Parents won’t appreciate Google making it so easy for kids to get their hands on this stuff — not that one can’t find plenty of porn out there on the Internet....

Cruising around on StumbleUpon yesterday I ran into this hilarious Mobile Home commercial on YouTube. That’s all that really needs to be said on the matter other than, Enjoy. via youTube.com Enjoy. ;) I can see myself cruising around in the outback in that rig and, at the same time, maybe I’d hitch on one of his luxury homes for a comfortable night’s sleep under the Southern Cross – yep, just me and me rig and me shack and the killer wombats of good ‘ol Oz!...

Using Icon Views in File Explorer To begin, click Start > File Explorer or press Windows key + E and go to your Documents folder (or the directory you want). File Explorer uses two default views: “Details” and “Large icons”. You can toggle by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + 6 and Ctrl + Shift + 2. My personal favorite way to visual files is the Details view, which sorts all my files in columns by name, date modified, type, and size....

Well, like all things, Twitter has apparently determined that to stay relevant in the modern era of Snapchat, Instagram, and Animoji, it must evolve or die. So, effective immediately, Twitter has increased the tweet character limit to 280 characters. Twitter Doubles Tweet Character Limit The web interface at Twitter.com has already implemented the new 280 character limit, however, you will need to update the app on your various mobile device(s) and apps to get the change....

I’m not one for complicated calculations, I’m the first to admit I was never very good at math, but since I have Google open most of the time, having a calculator tool in it is great. Not having to open the Windows calculator every time I need one is more efficient. And it’s a pretty complex scientific calculator too. It can do trigonometric functions such as sine and cosine and a lot more....

Move from Groove Music to Spotify To start the process, open the Groove Music app and you should see the following message explaining the change – select the “Move my music” button. Next, you’ll see that you need to connect Groove with your Spotify account by logging in with your email or Facebook. If you don’t have a Spotify account already, it gives you the option to sign up. After you log in, you need to agree to software terms and verify that you want to connect Groove to Spotify....

Hello again groovyReaders and groovyPhotoshoppers! Today, we’ve got a very easy and cool motion effect you can do for yourself in even the earliest versions of Photoshop. All you need is a good image to get started with and you can get going right away: Step 1 – Separating your object from its background If you are using a photo, make sure to separate it onto its own layer first....

Photography Tips As referred to above, check out BrickMonkey’s Article about HDR Photography for details and tips that you’ll need. In his article he mentions taking a capture of 3 images with different exposures. Sadly enough on regular cameras or on mobile phones you can’t really do this, so you’ll have to shoot image by image to get the result. An HDR Image combines from 3 to 7 images together, but for our first try let’s use only three....

A new Sony portable gaming system is on the way, and it is code named the NGP. If you were thinking about a new PSP, Nintendo DS, or other portable gaming device, you might want to wait. Sony just announced that they are in the later stages of development of the next generation Play Station Portable. The announcement took place this morning at PlayStation Meeting 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. Read on for more details and a few pictures… The NGA (PSP2) is going to be packing a lot more power than other devices that you see on the market, and most specifically the latest PSP (Go, or 3000)....