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Filters are not only fun to use, they add something unique that distinguishes your photo of something from everyone else's. They also make it easier to be creative and really think outside the box when editing a photo. Sometimes applying filters on top of filters can turn something dull into something amazing. While filters aren't appropriate for every photo we take, they have their place. That's your task this week. Snap a photo and experiment with filters. Be sure to submit the ones you just don't think would be the same without filter effects! The contest begins today and ends Tuesday, May 13th at 6 p.m. Eastern time. Good luck! It's also time to announce the win…

After a bit of teasing earlier this year, United Airlines has gone live with their iOS app update which enables in-flight movie and TV watching on your iPhone or iPad. The service is only available on certain flights, so be sure to check yours a day before you head out before counting on being able to enjoy it. This is great. Generally the displays in just about every plane are fuzzy and ancient in comparison to what you can get on an iPhone or iPad. It's great to see new mobile-friendly services beyond in-flight Wi-Fi and QR ticketing, too. Recently we've seen some movement on airport use of iBeacons, but what else would you like to see airlines taking advantage of …

Ever since J.D. Power started measuring consumer satisfaction with their tablets, the Apple iPad has ruled the rankings, and this year is no different. The latest satisfaction poll from J.D. Power shows Apple leading the pack, though trailed closely by Samsung, Asus, and Amazon. Said Kirk Parsons, senior director of telecommunications services at J.D. Power: "Price has significantly impacted the marketplace. The average purchase price continues to drop and consumer expectations of tablet performance and features are different than they were for past products. Subsequently, overall satisfaction has declined, especially with ease of operation, as navigation features a…

Apple's success in online retail is climbing steadily according to the latest numbers. Of course Amazon still has a massive lead, but online only constitutes about 10% of Apple's business. Overall, Apple's e-commerce revenue was bumped up to $18.3 billion in the last year, which is up 24% from the year prior. This was enough to overtake Staples and Walmart, who earned $10.3 and $10.04 billion respectively within the same period. It's also interesting to note that Costco climbed over Best Buy in online sales too. The bump comes courtesy of an accounting change on the part of Apple, who for the first time broke out online hardware sales from their total retail sales. C…

Apple could be getting ready to open two additional retail stores in NYC, home to the already iconic locations at 5th Avenue, Grand Central Station, SoHo, the Upper West Side, and West 14th Street. The new Apple Retail Stores would in Manhattan's Upper East Side and at below the new World Trade Center's Transportation Hub. The Upper East Side location will be at 940 Madison Avenue, according to InfoAppleStore: Various sources confirm that construction planning is underway for 940 Madison Avenue, a limestone and marble building now occupied by luxury retailer VBH. The building dates to 1921 and still bears the chiseled name of its original occupant, the United States…

I noticed a new option for "administrator" when logging in under safe mode. I don't have that option when I login normally (this is my first experience using safe mode) Is this normal? My usual login has administrator privileges. There was a weird thumbnail pic of a kid doing karate next to it that I've never seen before. Is this normal? I am on 32-bit XP (yes, I know it's not supported any more) Continue reading...

The laptop only had 40 gig hard drive,so during install of win 8,decided to format the disk and perform clean install.during the download of new win program. The DVD ROM,started to freeze up and would not continue install,after only several minutes of transfer. During attempt to clean, fix DVD ROM, I broke the mechanism,that feeds the eye ,across DVD.To make more brief, laptop is ,several years old,and not worth repair of Rom device. That resulted in the laptop not having an operating system.Cannot use USB as a boot option,the results, were ,when turning on computer,short and sweet in top left corner,no NTDLR files,which means no boot.Gave up on that task. New problem is …

I need help! I have an Acer and yesterday stated having an issue at startup. I get a message over an over that Windows explorer has stop working. The Start button doesn't work, can't open search. I tried Malwarebytes, it found some bad files and cleaned it. I ran it again and it didn't find anything. It does the same on safe mode. I tried to do a system restore and it didn't work. Please advise. Continue reading...

Hey everyone. I just installed CorelDraw X3 on my Windows XP system having a CyberCafe Billing Software. But on restarting the system, the CyberCafe Billing Software shows corrupt. Please what is the cause of this? How can I install CorelDraw without letting it affect my CyberCafe Billing Software? I will appreciate your swift support and contribution/idea. Thanks Continue reading...

Hi, I've been given a reconditioned PC for my children but the COA label is partially missing and I can't read the whole number. This is stopping me from completing the activation process and so the machine shuts itself down. How can I complete the process? Thank you in anticipation. Continue reading...

Whats needed to get a good AD installation running? What benefit will it offer us in terms of SSO, Backups etc? Regarrds Telestream Continue reading...

Hi, When visiting this thread on a local housing association's website: https://home-finder.org.uk/LandlordDetails.aspx?landlord=Cube&q=%22GHAGroupProfile%22%3d'Cube' , I am unable to use the 'next page' option. Can anyone help please? I am using Windows 8 on a Samsung 64 bit laptop, thanks, Nancy Continue reading...

Where do i begin... OT : Language pack problems!!! i bought a laptop in japan which has 8.0 windows operating system in japanese. After watching youtube help videos about how to change the language on the laptop i downloaded and installed English ( New Zealand) and moved it to the top of the priority list, then restarted. It changed about half the language, i open controll pannel to be bombarded with no english and only japanese characters, but when i look on the firefox or desktop it shows english. Clicking on english looks like this in bottom right corner (japanese characters) US (more japanese characters) at this point i figured it might just be N…

Hi I've spoken with Belkin and their home base does not have drivers for Windows 7 or 8. They may have one by next year! Does anyone know of another driver which may work, or a way to work around this? Many thanks Gillian Continue reading...

Hello, i am having a problem, please cn you help me, I have installed reckless racing ultimate in my computer, it is a xbox game, after i entered in the game, a message came Reckless Racing Ultimate needs permission to: access and update your xbox live info.. and it was also written you can change this application permissions at any time in your account settings... i clicked on yes but now i want to change this permission to No...How will i change this application permissions in my account....i dont know. PLEASE HELP ME. Continue reading...

Who ever came up with Windows 8 should be fired --- what a useless platform. This has made me look at going to Apple products. Continue reading...

Hi. i have this really bad problem ! I turn my pc on run it for about 30mins-2hours an then it crashes. Sometimes it happens 5mins after i turn my pc on. Its really annoying when you play a game and your pc shuts down. Please help.The error code is 0x10D. The parameter is 0x5 Continue reading...

I am unable to access any content linked to at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/. I can access this page, but none of the links on this page work. This problem appears to be specific to this one Web site, and is specific to my home computer (the computer I'm posting this from), because I do not have this problem on any other computer. However, the problem does not appear to be specific to any particular browser. I am using Internet Explorer 11 and Google Chrome Version 34.0.1847.131 m, and the problem occurs with both browsers. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me to resolve this. Continue reading...

Here's the problem i have, and what i know so far. NT Kernel and system is taking up no less than 25% of the cpu, and making everything lag. Using process explorer i discovered the thread responsible: ntoskrnl.exe"!KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLockAtDcpLevel+0x1e0 I've tried suspending, killing, and looking at the permission and it always says the same thing: Unable to access thread. so far i've tracked to be a driver for new software's "folder lock". I've never installed this program though and have no way of finding it. So i downloaded the windows driver kit, because that way i can examine the data and hopefully at least narrow it down, then google the drive…

how do i jump back up to the top of the page without having to scroll all the way, there must be a quicker way using hotkeys or similar? If anyone has the answer i'd be very grateful thanks, Continue reading...

I am receiving multiple notifications on my android repeatedly for the same emails I have already viewed. I want to turn off notifications to my phone, how do I get this resolved? Continue reading...

While going through my StartUp Manager, I noticed a file called "newnext helper engine." After a bit of digging, I found it was connected to "Mobogenie" folder. After some quick Googling, I realized that this could be a potentially harmful file. As I don't know what it is, nor do I remember downloading it, I would like to uninstall this program/file. I have searched for both names in my program uninstaller, but I have not found it. Can someone please tell me how I can delete this? Thank you. Continue reading...

Is this a legitimate Microsoft website? It is saying: MS Defender Do I need to do this? McAfee says there are no viruses when I do a scan of my computer? Continue reading...

Related to: How to exclude a file/folder from Microsoft Security Essentials scan in Windows 7/Vista/XP? Hi Guys, I think I need help before I throw my computer out of the window. I am getting stupid adverts every two seconds. I try and list something on ebay and Java comes up saying I need to subscribe to them. The only thing I can do is open another tab and carry on. The adverts are doing my head in. This is a new computer and I don't know how to defrag it or get rid of cookies. Can anyone help me please, I am desperate. Thanks, Neely Continue reading...

This software makes NOTHING but coasters every time I try to use it. I've tried using this awful software on 3 different computers now, across 3 different distros. K3B works just fine on all of them. I sincerely wish Brasero was not included with gnome and something else was. /rant Continue reading...