Sites you’ve visited, active logins, individual website settings – Firefox provides you with the option of saving any user data in the browser-specific history, but this practical feature always comes with the risk that such information could end up in the wrong hands. We’ll show you how to counter this risk, and clear your Firefox history.
The programs in your startup folder run automatically when you turn on your computer. Every operating system has a startup folder – Windows 8 is no exception. Microsoft often decides which programs run automatically at startup. But some programs add themselves to the startup folder without you realizing it. You can change the startup folder at any time. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how.
Access all of your most important programs right after Windows 7 starts: The Startup folder loads selected software immediately after the operating system starts. However, you might not be happy with the programs that are in the folder by default. That is why it makes sense to change your Startup programs in Windows 7. How do you do that?
UML state machine diagrams play an important role when modeling new software or new products. They allow sequences of states to be mapped, thereby representing the potentially underlying process structures in a simplified form. Find out how state machine diagrams work and get to know their various elements.
If your browser shows an error message instead of the website you wanted to open, it can be hard to know exactly it means and what you can do. For example, the Chrome message “DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN” tells users that the domain address could not be resolved to the corresponding IP address. This article shows you what’s behind this connection problem.
In order to convert an Excel file to PDF format, you don’t need a special program. Within the Office application itself, Excel files can be easily saved or exported as a PDF. This is convenient because PDF files are smaller in file size and thus easier to share online. This article shows you how to convert your documents.
Temporary files with the extension are used by many different programs, including the operating system. If you come across cache files that are seemingly no longer used, you can open the respective TMP file to check its content. The following guide explains why there’s no standardized tool for this and how to open TMPs.
Microsoft Excel has many functions that help you produce calculations, statistics, and tables. Some of these functions do not even make it into the official list in the software. DATEDIF is one of those hidden functions that can help you calculate periods of time. The result can be shown in days, months or years. We’ll explain how it works.
In order to improve the performance of repeated SQL queries and also significantly reduce the risk of manipulation in database access, you can take advantage of prepared statements in PHP and other programming languages. But how does this work, and how can you use prepared statements for managing your database systems?
The transmission of data in computer networks such as the Internet or between two applications is influenced by various factors. These transmissions focus on performance and security. Protocol Buffers, developed by Google, impresses in both areas and proves to be a worthwhile alternative to classic, text-based data exchange formats such as JSON or XML.
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