I previously wrote about creating a script to put my computer to sleep. Putting the shortcut to the script on the desktop was easy enough but getting it on the Start Screen was a different matter. With Windows 7, putting the shortcut on the Start Menu also would have been a breeze. Windows 8 works a little differently. In Windows 8.1, you might be able to search for the file … [Read more...]
Free limited time Android app upgrade to JuiceSSH Pro
JuiceSSH is a great SSH app for Android devices. I have been using the free version of the app to send Wake-On-LAN to my computer remotely after setting up my EdgeRouter Lite. The app is quite functional as a free app already but the developer is giving free upgrades to the Pro version for the next few days to celebrate reaching 500,000 users. The Pro features are available as … [Read more...]
Creating a shortcut to put your computer to sleep
I often put my computer at home to sleep when I walk away from it. With Windows 8, that's a few clicks either way that you do it. I was hoping to find a faster way to do it, so I turned to scripting the process. That way I could just double-click a file or a shortcut on the Start Screen. I first found the sleep command to run rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0 but … [Read more...]
Amazon announce Prime membership increases to $99/year
Amazon Prime provides subscribers with free 2 day shipping, Prime Instant video, and the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. For the past 9 years, the annual subscription has stayed steady at $79 a year. For current members whose membership renews before April 17th, they will get another year at $79. Those that renew afterwards will be charged the increased price of $99 a year. … [Read more...]
Pwn2Own 2014 begins; Results
The 2014 Pwn2Own competition takes place today and tomorrow at the CanSecWest 2014 conference in Vancouver. The targets to be compromised are the traditional browsers running on fully patched Windows 8.1 x64 and Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. In addition to Chrome, IE11, and Firefox on Windows 8.1 and Safari on OS X, there are separate prizes for vulnerabilities in the category of … [Read more...]