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| Having trouble viewing parts or all of the newsletter? View the entire newsletter here! Flash: What Will Happen To Game Sites? George read our article about the security and stability issues for Flash Player, and asked: If Flash is being done away with, what is being(or will be) done on games sites such as Pogo? Back in 2010, Pogo released an HTML 5 version of Poppit for the Chrome Web store that was included as part of Chrome. But since then, the company has, in its own words, "dabbled from time to time on some HTML5 code." Despite the security flaws in Flash Player, Pogo seems to count on Flash being around for awhile longer. They're faced with the choice of spending a substantial amount of money to rebuild existing games in a new platform or to just let the PC games die if Flash support is discontinued and concentrate their efforts on mobile gaming apps. That's really the choice face by any site that depends on the Flash platform, unless Adobe can find a way to make it secure. ~ Cynthia Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version
Can you see why I love this thing?! Get it? "Can"? Okay, sorry. I'm just REALLY excited, because this thing is awesome! No matter how you deal with them, cans are always a pain in the rear! If you have an old-school can opener, your hands get stiff and sore before you get half-way around the cut! And if you have one of those newer, automatic appliances? Well, if it's a REALLY heavy can, sometimes the magnet'll drop them after it's opened, causing a HUGE mess. And then you have to deal with that dangerous, sharp, lid stuck to the magnet! (Not to mention they're big and bulky themselves, taking up a lot of precious kitchen real estate!) So here's how it works: You pop this thing down on the lid of a can. Then you press the button. Now you just sit back and watch it go! The can opener works its way around the can by itself, and after it's done, you simply lift it up and the magnet pulls the lid off! Open cans of ANY size! Because of the way this works, it doesn't care if the can is 2 inches in diameter or 100 inches! It'll just go around its merry way until that can is OPEN! Regular can openers leave those sharp, dangerous edges around the cut! Not only does it make it a risk to hold, those lids LOVE to rip open your garbage bags if you throw them away! Better yet - the convenient size makes it a joke to store! You can put this with your silverware! Heck, if you go camping, this is going to be a great tool to pack along! AND IT'S SO CHEAP! Electric can openers run you about $30 for a reliable one. Plus they're big, heavy, and take up a lot of kitchen space. Why even bother?! This isn't just smaller, lighter, and MORE EFFICIENT... it's cheaper too! You can grab one of these amazing can openers for just $10.97! Unless you wait until tomorrow, then you might just see a big "Out of Stock" notice! http://store.worldstart.com/product/10561 There's a chance some of these might last until Tuesday but even then, the sale will be over and they'll cost $14.97!
Convert HTML To JPG Saving documents and images from the Internet can be tricky. I recently got this e-mail from a reader: "I am not an office person. I recently downloaded a letter that I need to upload to another site. The letter is in .html and the site I need to upload to will not accept html. A previously scanned and emailed document in .jpeg IS acceptable. Open Office doesn't allow me to convert .html to .jpeg. Am I going to have to print, scan and email the other document to myself just to get it in .jpeg ? I see a lot of ads for software that will do this. Let me know what you think. P.S. I've rarely even had use for a printer/scanner. Until now." I think the beginning of this issue for you was that you didn't save the document you wanted. You saved the webpage, which is written in HTML, instead of saving an image or a document. HTML is designed to be opened in browsers. There may be simpler solutions than converting the image. If possible, try going back to the original web page, selecting the item you wish to save and right-clicking. You should see the option to save an image. You may be able to save it as a JPG or perhaps as a PNG or Tiff. Then you can open up the image in a program like Paint (included for free on Windows PCs) and save it as a JPG. Or you could open that HTML image in a browser and try the steps mentioned above. You could also press the PrtScn key to take a screen shot. Then open Paint and hit Ctrl + V or right-click and choose "Paste" to paste the image into Paint. Then crop off the portion you need and save it as a JPG file.You could also try a free online converter like Convertio Upload the file you wish to convert, select the format you want to save it in and then choose Convert. You can then download the file, save it to cloud storage or choose to have it e-mailed to you. I hope one of these solutions helps. ~ Cynthia Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a question for us? Ask it here!
Wearable Tech Stars In New Reality Show Some of the best innovations often come from the minds of normal people who simply have a great idea. The problem is many of those people have no way to broadcast their ideas to the general population. That's why a new reality series could be one of the more intriguing ones to come along in quite some time. America's Greatest Makers is a new reality show in the works that's scheduled to debut on TBS in 2016. The show sports an impressive pedigree with Mark Burnett of Survivor fame backing the project. Noted tech company Intel is also sponsoring it. While America's Greatest Makers is still a number of months away from debuting, the potential the series promises is something that could revolutionize one particular area of technology: wearable devices. The basic idea behind America's Greatest Makers is to take people from all over the country with original ideas for new wearable devices and have them compete against each other. The show will follow a select few as they develop and improve on their ideas, with the eventual winner receiving $1 million, along with the full backing of Intel to produce their product and take it to the rest of the world. The show is still accepting applications (the deadline is October 2), so it's difficult to say what kind of ideas are being proposed at this point, but the number of possibilities are certainly fascinating, especially to those within the wearable technology community. Wearables are often looked at as the next... Click here to learn more about this new show and an amazing invention.
Can't Play A File? VLC Player To The Rescue! Have an audio or video file that you can't seem to open on your computer? Let me tell you about a great, free program that can make your life a whole lot easier. VLC Player is the answer to your codec error problems. What's a codec you might ask. My flip answer is that codecs are the devil, but the more technically correct answer is that a codec is a device or program that compresses data for faster transmission and then decompresses the data. You'll see a codec error when the programs on your computer don't recognize the program that compressed the data in the file you're trying to open. I worked for many, many years in television and codec errors were the bane of our existence. A commercial made on a particular editing system would refuse to open on another one. Sometimes a file would refuse to open on the same system running a different version of software. Where it really caused problem was when we tried to open surveillance video provided to us by various law enforcement agencies. Every single one of them used a different format. Good luck finding America's most wanted when you can't open the video. Thankfully, a very wise engineer introduced me to VLC. It's free and I've yet to find anything it won't open. VLC Play was developed by VideoLAN organization, a non-profit the promotes free, open-source multimedia solutions. You can choose to donate if you wish, but it's not required. Take a look at the video formats it supports... Click here to learn more about this amazing media player.
How Do I Get Internet On My TV? With so many folks cutting the cord or signing up for subscription services, getting Internet on your TV is important. Robert wants to know how to make it happen. He writes: "I read if you got a WiFi router you can hook up the Internet to your TV sets. How can you do that for free without cable or a new box. Have not found the right solution yet. I like to watch anything on the Internet on my big screen TV sets besides my computer monitor. If you find a site, tell me how." You don't need cable to get Internet on your television, but if you want Internet on your TV, you'll either need to start with a Smart TV that's Internet-ready or get yourself a streaming box or streaming stick of some kind. These devices allow you to run apps that connect with the Internet. Fortunately, they are not difficult to use and aren't too expensive (around $40.) A Chromecast or Amazon Fire TV stick will plug right into the HDMI port on your TV. Also, if you happen to own a game console like a PlayStation or an Xbox, these devices will also allow you to access the Internet using apps. From your question, I wonder if what you really want to do is watch the output of your PC. Many newer PCs have the ability to add a wireless display. Here's how to do it... Click here to learn more about getting the Internet on your TV.
Steam Free To Play It's always really easy to fall off the wagon and buy a bunch of games when Steam has a sale, but did you know they have a stellar Free to Play section? I didn't! So today, I'm directing you right to the amazing list of Free to Play titles. When you arrive at the site there will be a set of featured games along the top of the page, clicking on them will move the list of featured tiles along so you browse them all. Then beneath those featured titles, you'll find the list of Free to Play Games. I've brought you to them sorted by popularity, but you can use the tabs along the top to sort them differently. The list is pretty standard scroll down to the bottom and click the numbers to navigate further into the list. I'm going to check out the game Viridi where I can grow succulents and attain a moment of calm. I might also give Clicker Heroes a try. Go check out these free games today! http://store.steampowered.com/genre/Free%20to%20Play/?tab=MostPlayed#p1 ~Amanda Click here to rate this tip | Printer friendly version Do you have a cool, non-commercial site that you want to share?Send it to Amanda at amanda@worldstart.com
Okay, I'm gonna cut right to the chase - I have been hunting around for YEARS to try and find a tablet that could meet my standards to pass on to you guys. Every so often I'd find one, look at it... and something always fell short. They were either too slow, too big, too heavy, practically featureless or TOO EXPENSIVE! And tablets are great... but you want a GREAT PRICE to go with them, right? Once you use one, you'll see why some people still fork out that kinda cash... but now you can get one WITHOUT the second mortgage! If you've never really looked at tablets before, you're gonna be as floored as I was when I tested out this one!
ANYTHING you use your computer for, this can do it too! It does web browsing, it does e-mail, it takes pictures, you can use it for typing, calculating, it has a calender with date and time, it even lets you watch movies or read e-books. Do you like to read the newspaper? Pop open any news site or digital newspaper and now you've got local, state, national, even worldwide news RIGHT at your finger tips! Most libraries even have a full digital collection of videos, books, magazines and more that you can read right on your tablet! Chances are, you've been using a computer for YEARS... aren't you tired of being tied down to that desk? Even if you're using a laptop, you KNOW they aren't as portable as they advertise! They're heavy, the keyboard & screen take up a lot of space! You want something BETTER! This tablet is portable, it's LIGHTNING FAST, and has a BEAUTIFUL HD display! And it's designed to be useable wherever, whenever you want! Laying down, standing up, sitting down, you could even use it doing a handstand! Just the other night, I was watching a movie on my tablet, when it finished I just pressed TWO buttons and the book I've been working on opened up right where I left off. THIS IS THE TECHNOLOGY EVERYONE'S BEEN DREAMING OF! Look at all these apps you can get (this is just a FRACTION of what's available!) The ONLY reason everyone doesn't already have a tablet is because the big box stores rob you BLIND if you even look at one! We're talking $100 MINIMUM... and if you're after these kinda specs... say hello to a $200 price tag! And it's no surprise: you're getting a REAL computer that fits in your hands. BY THE WAY - IT EXPANDS! Not all tablets can even do this! Right off the bat, it's got a huge amount of storage... but it has a microSDHC slot that lets you expand it with up to 32GB of EXTRA space! All it takes is slidin' in a new memory card and you're rockin' GIGS of extra space - how cool is that? And if you're concerned about learning new tech... DON'T BE! This tablet is the very definition of intuitive! Everything is right at your fingertips and you'll be an expert in no time! WE WEREN'T KIDDING ABOUT THE PRICE! I know it sounds impossible, but you really CAN get this unbelievable touchscreen tablet for just $42.97! Big box stores are shakin' in their boots... they just CANNOT compete! Grab yours at the link below, but make sure you get to the store before they're gone! http://store.worldstart.com/product/10233 *LIMITED QUANTITY* We couldn't get many at the price we're passing on to you, so make sure you get to the store before they run out, or when the sale ends Tuesday and they go up to $99.97!
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