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1. Advanced Renamer Advanced Delete Delete Permanently Delete Empty Folders Shred Files AED DF amp po Change Icon iS Size of Folders A Send to Mail Recipient Select a Create Symbolic Link ComputorEdge Send to Mail Recipient 7 19 13 Select Create Symbolic Link P Calculate and Verify Checksum Figure 1 FileMenu Tools adds a new set of options to your right click menu Once installed FileMenu Tools is easy to use Check only those boxes which you want to appear in your right click menu under FileMenu Tools see Figure 2 FileMenu Tools lu dee phon Ge Hays 354993 Commands of FileMenu Tools Send menu Commands Copy Internet Path Copy Content Jjjs Add Command 4 Paste e Chipboard 7t Add SubMenu Add Separator Find and Copy Advanced Renamer 3 Delete Advanced Delete 4 MoveUp ma Delete Permanently 3 Move Down Delete Locked File Delete at Folders Information a DLL cl Unregister DLL Figure 2 Check only those boxes which you want to appear in your right click menu under FileMenu Tools Hopefully you ll restore full functionality of your right click menu without needing FileMenu Tools although you may find the free app useful for other reasons Digital Dave 8 of 47 ComputorEdge Return to Table of Contents 7 19 13 G
2. Explorery iexplorfe exe WinClose Iecurmn LaunchDropBox Run C Users A UserName Dropbox WinClose peturn The GUI name LaunchBox while distinguishing the GUI window from other GUls is also descriptive of the function of the window This has no practical effect on how the single GUI script runs but helps prepare it for future script integration with other GUls 17 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 It s important to note that all the default labels associated with the GUI window GuiClose GuiEscape GuiSize etc also use the GUI name In the following AddDate ahk script dd Gui AddDate Add MonthCal vDayPick Gui AddDate Add Button Default Submit Gui AddDate Show Select Date AddDateButtonSubmit Gui AddDate Submit FormatTime DayPick DayPick MMMM d yyyy Send DayPick Gui AddDate Destroy Return AddDateGuiClose Gui AddDate Destroy nerurn ButtonSubmit becomes AddDateButtonSubmit and GuiClose becomes AddDateGuiClose While conflicting AutoHotkey GUI windows is an obvious problem when combining two or more AutoHotkey scripts into one there are a number of other issues that need to be addressed But first how AutoHotkey processes a script when it is loaded must be understood The better how AutoHotkey reads and runs the script files AHK the easier it is to write and debug those scripts There are times when certain commands need to appear in the beginning of a script and other times when they wor
3. Error in include file C Users Jack AutoHotkey AddDate ahk The same variable cannot be used for more than one control Specifically vDayPick Lines 019 Send 44A Mow Return Format Time TimeString 35 NOW MMMM d yyyy Send 9 TimesString 5 Return Send 4 DOD s MMM Ss 95A VY Y Y 26 Return Gui AddDate Add Month GuLAddDate Add Button Gui AddDate Show Select Date Return Gui AddDate Submit Format Time DayPick DayPick d send 042 Gui AddDate Destroy The current thread will exit Figure 3 When a routine attempts to recreate the variable vDayPick which is already in use AutoHotkey displays this error 22 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 This error is usually caused by the second use of the hotkey combination while the GUI still exists One way around this problem is to put the initial setup Gui Add commands in the auto execute section at the beginning of the script outside of the hotkey routine That way using the hotkeys will not attempt to recreate the variable However if you are combining scripts in one main script as shown above by including the auto execute section within the hotkey routine this is problematic A better approach to resolving this issue may be to use Gui Destroy autohotkey net docs commands Gui htmDestroy to remove the GUI and the variable That way the variable can be recreated without a problem
4. amp tag computO0b9 20 Sticking with Windows XP or Not Why You Should or Why You Should Not Upgrade to Windows 7 www amazon com gp product B00758J4L6 ref2as li ss tl ie UTF8 amp tag comput0b9 20 and That Does Not Compute www amazon com gp product B0052MMUX6 ref2as li ss tl ie UTF8 amp tag comput0b9 20 brilliantly drawn cartoons by Jim Whiting for really stupid gags by Jack about computers and the people who use them 26 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Return to Table of Contents Wally Wang s Apple Farm Microsoft Reorganizes by Wally Wang a lam pe 28 zs S k A LI E i s LX za hye P 2 n sje en Wally Wang s Apple Farm Microsoft Reorganizes The Nook Goes Bust Computer Education around the World Classic Games Cell Phone Coverage Map 3D Printing on eBay Hide Windows Microsoft recently reorganized ca news yahoo com microsoft says single company overhaul 134645284 html the entire company which is one of the company s biggest reorganizations since the last time www amnews com microsoft reorganizes after division leader steps down article 1 12918 they did it in 2008 One of the main reasons Steve Ballmer Microsoft s CEO stated he wanted to reorganize the company was because We are rallying behind a single strategy www microsoft com en us news Press 201 3 Jult3 07 11OneMicrosoft aspx as one company not a collection of divisional strategies That brings up the real question on why
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6. Price 8 5 7 Trade or Sell Game Log 10 5 fk has merged into 8 awarding bonuses for fi 40 for 20 for trades 12 fi keeps 1 B sells 1 trades 10 buys fi Figure 4 The McGuire app mimics the Acquire board game Games don t have to rely strictly on eye hand coordination By choosing different types of games you can learn to think against the computer as you sharpen your strategy skills By taking your iOS device wherever you go you can play your favorite board game while waiting in line at a restaurant doctor s office or airport terminal The best part about iOS games is that you won t risk losing any pieces and you don t need to lug around a cumbersome box when you can play your game anywhere you can take your iPhone or iPad Cell Phone Coverage Map If you re unhappy with your current cellular carrier you may be curious to know if a different one might offer better service in your area To find out for yourself you could buy mobile phones from all the cellular carriers and try them out in the areas you frequent most often However a better solution would be to download and run the Cell Phone Coverage Map i tunes apple com us app cell phone coverage map id399701910 mt 8 app By using this app you can see the coverage for different carriers as reported by their actual customers Now you can compare Verizon with AT amp T along with Sprint T Mobile and Cricket to see how each carrier
7. Why don t more American students study math science and programming In too many cases students opt for easier subjects to study and then wind up graduating deeply in debt with poor chances of job opportunities for the rest of their lives Rather than focus on the short term at the expense of a long term strategy people need to focus on the long term and then see what they can do in the short term to achieve their main goal Just browse through something like The Success Indicator www amazon com gp product BOOD2ZCLOM ref as li tf tl ie UTF8 amp camp 1789 amp creative 9325 amp creativeASIN ZBOOD2ZCLOM amp linkCode as2 amp tag the15minmovme 20 to see if you have the right habits to become successful or if you re heading down the path of despair 29 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 THE SUCCESS INDICATOR UNSUCCESFUL PEOPLE omnliment Criticize Have a sense VOR E Have Sense of AN of SE Hold a grudge Forgive others et Take all the iet Give other people credit of their Blame others for credit for their Accept responsibility victories their failures victories for their failures Watch TV ody they keep a Read everyday E ds T journal but really i els don t ee Wantothersto a E amp A Know it all share Information Keep 3 to be list and data Li E Fly by their seat of Exude joy Sel goals and their pants Operate from a 8 develop life plans
8. but that would mean porting Microsoft Office for iOS and Android Microsoft s current strategy is to use Microsoft Office as an enticement to use Windows but their Microsoft Office 365 effectively undermines that strategy Even Microsoft finally realized that they needed a cloud based office suite and couldn t worry about losing Microsoft Office sales if people switched to Microsoft Office 365 What Microsoft needs to do is worry less about protecting their current products and worry about rivals killing their current products Companies not only need a clear strategy but they also have to be unafraid of killing their own best products at the same time Borders Books tried to protect their retail stores by redirecting their Web traffic to Amazon because Borders didn t want the hassle of selling books over the Internet Microsoft is still trying to protect their Windows cash cow by morphing it into a tablet operating system while still retaining its desktop roots That makes Windows 8 less than optimal for a tablet and a PC Microsoft actually had a good idea with their Courier tablet news cnet com 8301 10805 3 20128013 75 the inside story of how microsoft killed its courier tablet but they killed it when the Courier threatened Windows So Microsoft s latest reorganization may look good on paper but it needs to produce actual results and change the way the company pursues new products even if they threaten to wipe out their existing ones Otherwis
9. transactional A Y perspective d xen Talk about people 925 Continuously learn wa others fail Horde information Keep a to do project Operate from and data Don t know what list a transformational they want to be perspective X Exude anger i Mever set goals Copyright 2012 MetEdge LLC Figure 1 The Success Indicator Report makes it easy to see what traits you have 3 30 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 While formal education can teach you information quickly you have to take the right courses which means challenging yourself rather than trying to get through college as easily as possible After your formal education ends you should also challenge yourself to keep learning something new In case you want to teach yourself programming download a free copy of LiveCode ivecode com and try LiveCode s simpler syntax Because LiveCode is far less intimidating than traditional programming languages like and Java it s easier for most people to learn and use In fact many schools around the world are using LiveCode to teach programming ivecode com showcase category industry amp tag education to kids of all ages Eleanor Roosevelt High School Impreved take up in computer science courses by teach RIO EE IRAE ee ERE ee a Ee NN students to use LiveCode Author Industry Education Location Mandand USA Lining the halls of Roosevelt High School are end
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11. Microsoft divided the company into divisions that competed against themselves in the first place Every company should be organized behind a single strategy not a collection of divisional strategies Imagine a company like McDonald s pursuing different strategies The marketing division might spend millions promoting the speed and efficiency of getting food to you quickly but then the management division might focus on cutting costs by reducing workers which would slow down their ability to get food to you quickly The idea that a company should work towards one strategy only makes sense yet it s one strategy that many companies often ignore Instead of working together people often work at odds with one another to the detriment of the entire corporation The main problem every company and even individuals face is defining who they want to be By doing that companies and individuals can also define who they aren t By knowing who you aren t you can avoid wasting time pursuing projects that won t help you reach your ultimate goal At one time Microsoft s goal was simple to put Microsoft software on every computer in every home and business They had a clear goal and they did everything they could to achieve that goal when practically everyone used a Windows PC running Microsoft Office Not only was Microsoft s goal clear but it was also measurable Walk into any business and chances were good you could see more than one Windows PC in the buil
12. P TI M a Wt E 2 z De ES ET z tm p og E Ww D a 9 E Ti E LI P i E ill i x XI Then they re bragging about their game engine Specifically senior producer Dominic Guay is boasting about how much dynamism their game engine can allow At first what he s talking about sounds like the kind of dynamism we ve seen in other open world games But then he starts writing checks that those other games tend not to cash Here s that bit At 2012 in our demo the player went to a street corner hacked a traffic light caused an accident That trapped his target He started a firefight there and then Now theoretically you could do the exact same thing in any game engine You could walk up to a street corner a specific street corner then you d hit the button or not and a scripted event something with always the same outcome would happen and there would be an accident And then if there was a fight 38 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 the artificially intelligent enemies would be predesigned or predetermined to go to certain areas and start shooting at the player Things would be very predictable in the sense that they would always happen in the same way But not in Watch Dogs The player can go to any of the hundreds of street corners in our city Chicago and if there s a traffic light he can hack it at a
13. anti graft inspectors to blackmailers with sexual traps and video cameras Even worse the forged photography industry is booming with everyone from crime syndicates to power hungry officials extorting other officials for political gain Although the outrage over faked obscene photos finally got Chinese officials at least on the local level to crack down on the blackmailers Other Programs for Wider and Cheaper Internet Access In March 2013 ArsTechnica ran a story about how solar power and white space networks are bringing 16Mbps broadband to towns in Kenya arstechnica com information technology 20 1 3 03 solar power and white spaces bring internet to towns without electricity that don t even have electricity yet Microsoft deployed the network in February 2013 in conjunction with Kenyan government officials It was initially set up in health clinics schools and one library More sites are being added all the time A Microsoft spokesman said that although some of the areas have mobile Internet access It s so expensive that nobody ever uses it Ars Technica announced in April 2013 that California Internet Service Provider ISP Cal net cal net is deploying TV White Space broadband arstechnica com information technology 20 1 3 04 rural california 12 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 isp launches white spaces broadband for remote customers to reach rural residents without or only poor quality Internet access Using RuralConnect
14. are both using the same GUI commands without distinguishing that they are for separate windows This causes the GUI from the first hotkey combination used whichever it is to become the main window 15 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 A Select Date aa Google Chrome Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 3l 1 2 3 4 d 3H Firefox 14 15 16 17 18 2 w m X od G 1 3j Internet Explorer 4 5 i 3 Today 7 15 2013 DropBox Figure 1 When combined into one AutoHotkey file with the INCLUDE statement only one of these GUI windows AddDate left or LaunchWindow right will display depending upon which hotkey combination is used first For example AddDate ahk is using the commands Gui Add MonthCal vDayPick Gui Add Button Default Submit Gui Show Select Date while LaunchWindow ahk uses the same Gui Add and Gui Show commands Gua Add Picture w30 h Ll section xs gLhaunchDropBox Icono C Users A UserName AppData Roaming Dropbox bin Dropbox exe Gui Add Text ys gLaunchDropBox DropBox Gui Show Launch Program with no way to distinguish which command applies to which GUI This confusion between the two GUI windows is not a problem as long as they are in different scripts running separate threads However once combined into the same AHK script they must be identified separately or a conflict will occur Fortunately there is a GUI naming system in AutoHotkey L AutoHotkey L
15. ghost investigators who occasionally turn into alien monster hunters Culture Crash A California Yankee Transplanted to Texas www amazon com gp product BOOCKXF8GQ ref as li ss tl ie UTF8 amp camp 1789 amp creative2390957 amp creativeASINZBOOCKXFa8GQ amp linkCode as2 amp tag computOb9 20 is a collection of humor essays chronicling her adventures in her new home state ComputorEdge E Books has converted many of Marilyn s computer humor columns into four e books Now available in a four book Kindle bundle from Amazon com The Best Computer and Internet Humor Anecdotes and Jokes Found on the Web www amazon com gp product BOOACVX2PC ref2as li ss tl ie UTF8 amp camp 1789 amp creative2390957 amp creativeASINZBOOACVX2PC amp linkCode as2 amp tag computOb9 20 Marilyn s collection of the funniest stories about our computing machines and how we use them at home the office and in cyber space Save 25 off the individual book price 14 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Return to Table of Contents Combining AutoHotkey Apps Many AutoHotkey Roason Use eroi a ee Combine Them into One by Jack Dunning This may be Jack s most important AutoHotkey column yet for understanding how to write and debug scripts This column gets into the nitty gritty of how to think about AutoHotkey scripts It includes basic concepts that once understood make writing and debugging scripts much easier It you ve never heard of the free AutoHo
16. happen if Barnes amp Noble stops developing their Nook app altogether If that happens you could lose access to all your Nook e books Since Barnes amp Noble is struggling in the e reader tablet market which represents the future and struggling in the retail book business which has been dying for years what are the chances that Barnes amp Noble will survive much longer Even though Microsoft invested 300 million in Barnes amp Noble there s 28 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 little reason to expect Barnes amp Noble to survive let alone thrive in the next few years Until the future brightens considerably for Barnes amp Noble investing any more money in Nook e books could be risky unless you don t mind losing access to your e book library eventually If you re the type to keep buying Nook e books perhaps you d also like to keep buying Betamax video tape cassettes and cameras that need film Computer Education around the World Knowing how to use a computer is essential in today s world but too often computer literacy curriculums focus on the trivial like teaching kids how to use Windows Word and PowerPoint Instead of teaching kids specific programs it s much smarter to teach kids basic principles for what they can do with a computer rather than the exact steps for how they can do it Teaching someone how to use Word 2013 is far less useful than teaching someone how to write while using any word processor as a tool to or
17. has judged many writing competitions including San Diego Press Club and Time Warner 43 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Communications contests and was sole judge for the national NAPPA Tech Toys awards for five years which his kids really appreciated He was recently a judge for the national Poetry Out Loud competition He has won many writing accolades including Press Club awards for Best Column Writing Consumer Writing and Best Arts and Entertainment and has repeatedly taken top honors in San Diego Songwriter s Guild competitions for his original musical compositions Carr will soon publish his first book What a World a collection of his best writings Learn more at www charlescarr com 44 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Return to Table of Contents Editor s Letters Tips and Thoughts from Readers Computer and Internet tips plus comments on the articles and columns by ComputorEdge Staff LETTERS High Resolution Camera High Resolution Camera Windows 8 Ultimate Regarding the June 28 Digital Dave column webserver computoredge comvonline mvc issue 3126 amp article dave Regarding the question from Jerry 6 28 about video don t know whether he d be interested but the Nikon D800 just under 3K has 1080p video even though it s primarily a still photo camera The video quality seems pretty good but l m not a video guy The other side of the coin is that it has unbeatable resolution for still shots 8
18. iaf fraunhofer de en html and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology www kit edu english NextBigFuture ran a couple articles in June 2013 about the latest in wireless broadband In the first article Samsung s millimeter wave transceiver technology could enable ultrafast mobile broadband nextbigfuture com 2013 06 multigigabit per second wireless html by 2020 if government regulators could free up 100GHz of millimeter wave spectrum which is 200 times what mobile networks use today The other article was about how US cable companies have multigigabit internet capability but are waiting for competition or regulation nextbigfuture com 2013 06 cable companies have multigigabit html to force them to offer higher speeds and lower prices Super Glass From Flexible to Super Strong In April 2012 Gizmodo ran a story about a new type of glass gizmodo com 5905392 this new super glass 13 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 is the fogless glare free future tag materials being developed by MIT that is self cleaning as well as resistant to glare and fog Water bounces off without leaving a trace which could be the future of everything from eyeglasses to camera lenses And even give a tremendous boost to solar panels since photovoltaic panels can lose as much as 40 of their efficiency within 6 months as dust and dirt accumulate on their surfaces Engadget reported in June 2012 that Corning www corning com index aspx has unveiled a slim and fle
19. is little new information in the book although have added more clarification for techniques felt were either confusing or wrong The only reason can see to buy it would be as a handy reference The AutoHotkey commands used are included in a special index to the chapters in which they appear Even can t remember everything wrote For an EPUB iPad NOOK etc version of Digging Deeper into AutoHotkey click here computoredgebooks com Digging Deeper into AutoHotkey EPUB format iPad Nook etc AU TOHOTKE 2 htm Jack is the publisher of ComputorEdge Magazine He s been with the magazine since first issue on May 16 1983 Back then it was called 7he Byte Buyer His Web site is www computoredge com He can be reached at ceeditor computoredge com Jack is now in the process of updating and compiling his hundreds of articles and columns into e books Currently available Just Released Hidden Windows Tools for Protecting Problem Solving and Troubleshooting Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista and Windows XP Computers www amazon com gp product BOOB8Z2ASG refzas li ss tl ie UTF8 amp camp 1 789 amp creative 390957 amp creativeASIN BO0B8Z2ASG amp linkCode as2 amp tag comput0b9 20 Jack s A Beginner s Guide to AutoHotkey Absolutely the Best Free Windows Utility Software Ever Create Power Tools for Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 and Windows 8 www computoredge com AutoHotkey AutoHotkey Books for Beginners and Novices html and D
20. on the next use of the hotkey combination In the above example in Figure 2 the Gui Destroy command was added at in two labels AddDateButtonSubmit Gui AddDate Submit FormatTime DayPick DayPick MMMM d yyyy Send DayPick Gui AddDate Destroy Return AddDateGuiClose Gui AddDate Destroy Return The first AddDateButtonSubmit removes the GUI when a date is selected The second AddDateGuiClose removes the GUI if the little x in the upper right hand corner is clicked to close the GUI It is also possible that the set it up that the Gui Add lines only run conditionally when the GUI window doesn t exist IfWinNotExist autohotkey net docs commands IfWinExist htm but DetectHiddenWindows Lautohotkey net docs commands DetectHiddenWindows htm should be set on since the GUI is likely to be hidden DetectHiddenWindows On PIED IfWinNotExist Select Date Gui AddDate Add MonthCal vDayPick Gul AddDaterAdd Button Default Submit Gui AddDate Show Select Date Recurn This way it s not necessary to Gui Destroy the window between uses which clears all saved data This may be the preferred method if you don t want the GUI to return to the default each time it s used When the AddDate GUI pops up again it will show the last date used This column is a little more involved than many but it may be the most important If you understand what AutoHotkey is doing when it loads a script it s much easier to see errors and d
21. s coverage compares in the areas you care about the most 33 of 47 ComputorEdge Map Options Coverage Report Call Performance Data Speed Ooerator AT amp T 7 19 13 12 28 T Mobile Call Performance Fs i E M T Mobile Siandard Hybrid 3D Printing on eBay Earn Figure 5 Check your cellular coverage with an iOS app If you want to make money with 3D printing or at least see one way to profit off 3D printing download the free eBay Exact app exact ebay com which lets you buy designs that other people have created 34 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Carrier 4 21 INE o dil 4 21 lane 422 PM ayEXACT e Gy EXACT 93 emen EXACT MakerBot Seal Ring by Alexandre Desvignes by Feulptoe 5350 00 Pattern Lo Change pattern Ring Size 5 6 T _ Figure 6 The eBay Exact app lets you customize products for your 3D printer By using this app you can pick products to buy like iPhone cases and then customize them After you ve customized your item print it out on a 3D printer and have the product shipped to you Now you ll have a unique product that nobody else will have By taking advantage of 3D printing you can sell products you ve designed yourself or you can have fun customizing other
22. the AutoHotkey script is processed for hotkey combinations hotstring replacements and conditions or actions which involve statements seen AutoHotkey described as event driven When AutoHotkey makes its initial pass through a script it s looking for contained modules which respond to an event usually a hotkey combination or instant text replacement Normally bound by the hotkeys e g in code or CTRL ALT E on the keyboard at the beginning and the Return command marking the end of the routine these modules are placed into 18 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 memory ready to respond when the hotkey combination is activated No code is executed until after this first pass and then it is only the code located at the beginning of the script This why a simple AutoHotkey IF command statement autohotkey net docs commands IfExpression htm cannot be used to create a conditional hotkey combination For example IfWinActive Untitled Notepad MsqBox This is Notepad When AutoHotkey sees this code on the initial pass it sets up as a hotkey combination event which pops up the message This is Notepad but it completely ignores the logic of IfWinActive autohotkey net docs commands IfWinActive htm After loading the hotkey combination will always display the message regardless of whether Untitled Notepad is the active window That s why to create a conditional hotkey combination a command m
23. whitespaceradios net a set of base station antennas and white space broadband radios were set up with speeds up to 16Mbps although Cal net only promises wireless service up to just 6Mbps It is available to businesses and residents in the Gold Country region of central and northeastern California Also in April 2013 the Chicago Tribune announced that Chicago was going to be a test city www chicagotribune com business breaking chi chicago to be test city in push for wider and cheaper internet 20130416 0 5090651 story for wider cheaper Internet In a partnership with Connect2Compete www connect2compete org Comcast s Internet Essentials www internetessentials com will offer high speed Internet service for 10 month to residents in certain zip codes There is also an option for these low income families to purchase a 150 computer if their children already qualify for free or reduced school lunches Family Tech According to SiliconValley in June 2013 SV companies are now busy creating online and mobile apps and services for Seniors www siliconvalley com ci_23514687 silicon valley poised take lead technology seniors They range from in home sensors to monitor Seniors movements and remind them to take medications to wireless technology to let elderly patients get medical treatment without leaving home This technology isn t new but SV s focus it is like the site Lively Seniors ivelyseniors com designed to help familie
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25. 6 megapixels so if he s interested in higher resolution in both still and video it might be something he d want to consider Doug Clements Thanks Doug for your information about the high resolution camera The type of camera would be interested in is one that would take home movies in the kind of high resolution that you see with today s movies from Hollywood or even the quality you pick up from HD TV channels coming over an antenna think your suggestion of camera choice is a good one but what gather from your info is that your camera still doesn t give what you would call an HD experience One thing that did ring home was the 3K cost though Hoping for a less expensive route but that may not be possible Thank you Jerry Michael Hughes San Diego CA Windows 8 Ultimate Regarding the July 5 Digital Dave column webserver computoredge comvonline mvc issue 3127 amp article dave The Ultimate choice no longer exists Most people will choose the Pro version to get the most features Windows 8 Pro is comparable to Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate and is targeted towards enthusiasts and business users it includes all the features of Windows 8 Additional features include the ability to receive Remote Desktop connections the ability to participate in a Windows Server domain Encrypting File System Hyper V and Virtual Hard Disk Booting Group Policy as well as BitLocker and BitLocker To Go Windows Media Center functionality
26. A AppData Reminder Reminder ini GoSub ReadIni If RemTime gt A Now MyTime RemTime MyNote RemMemo GoSub ReminderButtonSubmit Else MyTime A_Now MyNote Remind Me Else FileCreateDir A AppData Reminder MyNote Remind Me 21 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Return The primary problem was that the auto execute now became part of a hotkey event and would not run when loading It waited until activated the hotkeys The solution was to add SendInput to the auto execute beginning of the main script with the NCLUDEs The hotkey combination automatically activates as part of the auto execute section after the multiple scripts have been added to the main script This technique requires much less editing than combining auto execute sections and can be use for any number of scripts Note Be sure to use a lowercase letter with the Send nput command even if you used an uppercase letter when you set it up 4 R The Send nput command interprets R as CTRL SHIFT r whereas r is CTRL r Get this wrong and it will drive you crazy when it doesn t work It did me A Common GUI Error One of the most common errors encountered is when a scripts attempts to recreate a variable in a GUI by rerunning the Gui Add command with the variable option see Figure 3 If you have done any work with AutoHotkey GUls then you have probably seen this error many times TwoGur ahk
27. ComputorEdge 7 19 13 ComputorEdge Online 07 19 13 This issue Google Fiber Google Loon Super Glass and More Rare Earth Minerals Consumers Driving Development of Healthier Products Rivalries among Tech Giants as They Expand into New Realms Could You Die for High Tech Secrets or Means well Actions Google Fiber and Google Loon E Book News Law Enforcement Tech Other Programs for Wider and Cheaper Internet Access Family Tech Wireless Broadband Innovation Super Glass Table of Contents Digital Dave by Digital Dave Digital Dave answers your tech questions Antivirus Programs Home Checkbook Software Lost New Folder Creation in Windows 7 2 6Ghz ZMB Cache Google Fiber Google Loon Super Glass and More by ZGB vor 3 MEMORY Marilyn K Martin 250GB sara orvo Rare Earth Mineral Boon Bookless Libraries Google s Balloon Click Banner Loon Toddler Tech Tantrums Rare Earth Minerals Consumers Driving Development of Healthier Products Rivalries among Tech Giants as They Expand into New Realms Could You Die for High Tech Secrets or Means well Actions Google Fiber and Google Loon E Book News Law Enforcement Tech Other Programs for Wider and Cheaper Internet Access Family Tech Wireless Broadband Innovation Super Glass Combining AutoHotkey Apps by Jack Dunning Too Many AutoHotkey Apps Running How to Combine Them into One This may be Jack s most important AutoHotkey column yet for un
28. al Dave Digital Dave answers your tech questions by Digital Dave Antivirus Programs Home Checkbook Software Lost New Folder Creation in Windows 7 Dear Digital Dave have Malwarebytes Pro running on my Windows 7 computer and I just found out that need an antivirus program as well What would be a good free one to start with have had over the years AVG Kaspersky and ones like that any thoughts Howard Pray Cajon CA Dear Howard Your antivirus software is only as good as the latest strain of malware It seems that the top rated programs are in constant flux Not too long ago Microsoft Security Essentials windows microsoft com en us windows security essentials download which is what use was hammered in some testing The problem with any testing is that it could all be turned upside down in a couple of months as the software and the viruses continually evolve What is more critical than which antivirus program you use is how you practice safe computing Note that 9596 or more of all malware infections are the result of user carelessness or error Taking proper precautions when downloading software reading e mail and surfing the Web is most important None of the antivirus programs are 100 effective and expect that the relative rankings will continually vary People should use the program that makes them feel the most comfortable while not annoying them too much Some anti malware programs are so aggressi
29. all danger zones around the city and are preventing gang retaliatory shootings by using a comprehensive analysis of the city s tens of thousands of gang members and their turf The police are also focusing on 400 gang members deemed most likely to be involved in a murder as either victim or offender Crime mapping is becoming more popular too especially with big city Police Departments and l ve written about this in the past What used to be a lengthy process of hiring a techie to crunch years of local crime data can now be achieved through desktop computing and Geographic Information Systems GIS software such as the free ArcGIS Explorer www esri com software arcgis explorer or Maptitude www caliper com Maptitude Crime default htm Most appealing for police departments is the aspect of preventive policing as discussed in several GIS articles at PoliceOne www policeone convpolice technology software GlS mapping There is even a way now to track fleeing suspects through a national online license plate monitoring site called PlateNet www platenet net oraweb index jsf Also in June 2013 the New York Times through the Hawaiian StarAdvertiser ran a story about booming extortion www staradvertiser com news nyU 20130618 Photoshop helps fuel extortion boom against Chinese officials html id 21 1921341 in China aided and abetted by Photoshop Unpopular Chinese officials have to be constantly on the look out for everything from
30. anAntonio ran a story about how Bexar County in Texas is embarking on a new library system www mysanantonio com news local news article Bexar set to turn the page on idea of 11 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 books in 4 184940 php photo 4012897 that will be all e books no print books called Biblio Tech The University of Texas at San Antonio was a pioneer among universities with bookless collections and technical libraries and even the city of San Antonio offers downloadable books and other digitized information along with their paper volumes Ars Technica announced in April 2013 that the Digital Public Library of America arstechnica com business 2013 04 the digital public library of america adding gravitas to your internet search has officially launched Their Web site dp a lets users browse more than two million archived books images records and sounds The content comes from libraries as diverse as Harvard University to Chicago and Boston Public Libraries Law Enforcement Tech Murder Stats down Chinese Extortion up According to the New York Times in June 2013 Chicago with their horrendous gun violence stats in a gun ban mega city has made tremendous strides this year in bringing down their shooting stats www nytimes com 201 3 06 1 1 us chicago homicides fall by 34 percent so far this year html I todaysheadlines amp emczedit th 20130611 amp 0 Hundreds of overtime police officers are being dispatched to 20 sm
31. b running programs with special hotkeys or gadgets manipulating the size and screen location of windows making any window always on top copying and moving files and much more Each chapter builds on the previous chapters For an EPUB iPad NOOK etc version of A Beginner s Guide to AutoHotkey click here computoredgebooks com A Beginners Guide to AutoHotkey EPUB format iPad Nook etc AUTOHOTKEY 1 htm Jack s latest AutoHotkey book which is comprised of updated reorganized and indexed columns from the last six months is now available at Amazon for Kindle hardware www amazon com gp product BO0OC TACUMK ref as li ss tl COWUJCREDGE 24 of 47 ComputorEdge ie UTF8 amp camp 1 789 amp creative 390957 amp creativeASINZBOOC TACUMK amp linkCode as2 amp tag comput0b9 20 or free software users Since the columns were not all written in a linear fashion the book has been reorganized and broken up into parts by topic The book is not for the complete beginner since it builds on the information in A Beginner s Guide to AutoHotkey www amazon com gp product BOOS9SI3F52 refzas li ss tl ie UTF8 amp camp 1 789 amp creative 390957 amp creativeASIN BO09SI3F52 amp linkCode as2 amp tag comput0b9 20 However if a person is reasonably computer literate they could go directly to this book for ideas and techniques without the first book If you ve been following along with my AutoHotkey columns then there
32. b9 20 which is considerably less expensive It will maintain your checkbook and other accounts automatically downloads account data from the Internet while reminding you of bills and helping with tax accounting Quicken is not the only commercial option and expect that other readers can recommend the software that they use Intuit also owns a free Web based personal finance service called Mint com mint com The advantage to this system is you should be able to access it from anywhere on any platform On the downside you will be giving your personal information to a third party Intuit although I m sure that they have put in place a ton of safeguards and promises Plus Mint com will always be a limited services that s if they don t start charging since Intuit s primary objective is to upsell you to Quicken QuickBooks and TurboTax If you are looking for free software which is often as good as any commercial package then check out SourceForge which is a repository of Open Source software There is an extensive list of personal finance programs sourceforge net directory business enterprise financial personalfinance os windows freshness recently updated While haven t tried any of these myself check the ratings and test as many as you like After all it s free Digital Dave Dear Digital Dave have lost the ability to create a new folder Clicking the right mouse button shows a menu which has Briefcase but no Folder selec
33. cle on how Amazon s seminal EC2 cloud computing service now has a competitor with Google s Compute Engine www wired com wiredenterprise 20 1 3 04 google compute open Google announced that their new Gold Support program now lets anyone have access to their 24 7 support engineers beginning at 400 a month Recent tests by Scalr www scalr com found that virtual servers boot 4 to 10 times faster on Google s Compute Engine than on Amazon s EC2 and it s possible to move data onto Google as much as 20 times faster than onto EC2 With dour reviews of Apple under new leadership and major shakeups at Microsoft Forbes ran an article in May 2013 about how both companies are going to have to step into or speed up www forbes comvsites haydnshaughnessy 2013 05 1 3 microsoft and apple will have to make stuff to be real innovators their device manufacturing to stay competitive Software giant Microsoft is already calling themselves a device and service company and Apple may or may not have company saving devices in the pipeline But despite America s increasingly device centric society the device hardware innovation leaders are currently Asian high tech companies To survive in high tech today according to this article companies need to innovate regularly and aim for ever narrowing market segments Samsung alone will launch at least 8 new products in this year s second quarter While Apple s upcoming products are a mystery And Microsoft is retoolin
34. code and continues through until it reaches either the end of the script the first hotkey or hotstring or the Return command see Figure 2 Any initial setup must be done in this first part of the script That s why some commands such as Filelnstall autohotkey net docs commands Filelnstall htm which is used to pack external files into a compiled AutoHotkey file need to appear at the beginning of a script If there are commands that must execute when the script loads they must appear in the auto execute section before the first Return or hotkey hotstring Edit w60 number right Readonly enh ener ete UpDown vMinutes Range0 59 wrap 3 Egg Timer ahk script Runs Text ys Minutes only one time after all hotkeys Edit w60 ys number right Readonly and hotstrings are set up UpDown vSeconds Range0 59 wrap 0 Execution stops when first Text ys Seconds Return or hotkey hotstring is Progress w400 h20 vMyProgress xs encountered Button section Start Fl2 The hotkey combination is set Gui show Egg Timer up on the first AutoHotkey pass when loading before the Return auto execute section runs Buttonstart GU1 Submit NoHide Totalsec Minutes 60 sSeconds StopTime A Tickcount Totalsec 1000 cd Contained module or sleep 1000 subroutine with TimeLeft StopTime A_TickCount 1000 ProgressBar 100 TimeLeft Totalsec 100 the label Minutes Floor TimeLeft 60 Button Start at seconds Roun
35. d Mod TimeLeft 60 the beginning If TimeLeft gt 0 and Return at the end Guicontrol Editi XMinutes Guicontrol Edit2 Xseconds Guicontrol MyProgress XProgressBars amp If A Tickcount gt 5toptime Break F SoundBeep 300 comobjcreate SAPI amp spVvoice Speak Your eggs are ready MsgBox 4096 Egg Timer Your eggs are ready Return Figure 2 In the EggTimer ahk script from last week the auto execute section includes the first lines of code until it hits the hotkey Note that there is no Return after the auto execute section The space between the Return and the ButtonStart label is no man s land Any code placed there would be lost 20 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Note I ve seen people who are accustomed to traditional programming place commands after the first Return then wonder why they won t run If the commands are either not within the auto execute section at the beginning of the script or within a module label or subroutine bounded by a Return or between the curly brackets of a function they will never be seen by AutoHotkey They are lost in space A one line hotkey or hotstring is also a separate event module even though there is no Return command This can be a source of problems when combining scripts because each file may have its own auto execute section lines of code at the beginning for a script The only auto execute section which will run when loading is the section in the
36. d countries with stratospheric balloons Google estimates that almost 5 billion people in the world today can t access the Internet since they reside mainly in rural areas where installing fiber optic cables or using satellites is prohibitively expensive So Google is testing large weather type balloons floating 12 miles above Earth along with a series of ground stations about 60 miles apart These ground stations bounce signals off these balloons carrying solar powered radio transmitters which in turn beam the Internet back to the remote areas on Earth Meanwhile critics say that cell phone towers and smartphones are already bringing the Internet to remote areas of Earth although the balloon technology might be a boon in a major disaster NextBigFuture ran a story at the end of June 2013 that technologists in Africa say that Google Loon won t be a competitive networking solution nextbigfuture com 2013 06 how many african countries want google html for their continent Google Loon only provides 3G connectivity which is what cellular networks are already providing in Africa Another criticism is that The barrier to Internet adoption is not so much the lack of connectivity It s the high cost of equipment And poor people can t afford laptops and smartphones Google s Chinese partners are already working on affordable laptops and smartphones using Google Android E Book News Bibliotech to Digital Public Library of America In January 2013 MyS
37. derstanding how to write and debug scripts Wally Wang s Apple Farm by Wally Wang f t L Microsoft Reorganizes E Boo Microsoft Reorganizes The Nook Goes Bust Computer Education around the Click Banner World Classic Games Cell Phone Coverage Map 3D Printing on eBay Hide Windows 1 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Worldwide News amp Product Reviews by Charles Carr The latest in tech news and hot product reviews Online Tech Support Fraud on the Rise Upcoming game Watch Dogs Closes red IT in on Reality Magnum Magneat Magnetically Managed Earbuds B intelligent outcomes DEPARTMENTS ENTER 888 redIT 411 Editor s Letters Tips and Thoughts from Readers by info redIT com ComputorEdge Staff www rediT com d Internet tips pl ts the articl d or dnd an nternet tips pius comments on e articies an Once Bannen High Resolution Camera Windows 8 Ultimate Click Banner 2 of 47 ComputorEdge 3 of 47 7 19 13 Click Banner Click Banner ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Click Banner Click Banner send mail to ceeditor computoredge com with questions about editorial content Send mail to cewebmaster computoredge com with questions or comments about this Web site Copyright 1997 2013 The Byte Buyer Inc ComputorEdge Magazine P O Box 83086 San Diego CA 92138 858 573 0315 4 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Return to Table of Contents y Digit
38. ding Now look at Steve Ballmer s latest goal for Microsoft Going forward our strategy will focus on creating a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses that empower people around the globe at home at work and on the go for the activities they value most Compare the two goals First there s the goal of putting Microsoft software on every computer in every home and business Clear Yes Measurable Yes Now look at the new goal of creating a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses that empower people around the globe at home at 27 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 work and on the go for the activities they value most Vague Yes because what kinds of activities will Microsoft s family of devices and services help people achieve Everyone has different activities that they value so how can a family of devices and services meet those needs if those needs aren t clearly defined in the first place It s easy to see Microsoft software running on computers in almost every home and office It s much harder to see a family of devices and services for individuals and businesses that empower people for the activities they value most When your goal is buried in corporate double speak it s hard to know when your strategy is meeting your goal and when your strategy is straying from your goal Microsoft s original goal of having their software run on every computer in every home and office is still valid
39. dio products Why can t competitors provide 40 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 similar labeling The third distinguishing feature of Magnum earbuds is their Love Jack This feature is a splitter built into the plug that goes into your music player As shown in Figure 2 Love Jack consists of a plastic socket that piggy backs on the cables stereo plug into which another audio product s stereo plug can be inserted Although this feature is distinctive its usefulness might be limited to couples who enjoy listening to the same music and don t mind their heads almost touching Figure 3 How do these canalbuds sound My impression is that they are better than the original earbuds that came standard with Apple s iDevices but not as good as higher priced competitors such as V Moda s Remix Remotes webserver computoredge comv online mvc issue 2827 amp article2world Although Magnum earbuds silicone sleeves afforded good passive noise isolation during testing ambient sounds were muffled rather than clearly audible they were not the most comfortable ones l ve used My ears and head began aching slightly within an hour of wearing the medium sleeves even with the audio volume at a moderate level Your mileage might vary and it is worth recalling that the better that the sleeves fit and seal your ear canals the better the audio quality you ll experience while listening to your tunes M Magneal agnum Magnelic Cable Managment ABS Aluminum Housing
40. e nothing may change at Microsoft The only difference is that Steve Ballmer will have new people to blame and fire and the reorganized company will stumble along still clinging to their cash cows until rivals wipe them out for good Just ask Borders Books how well their strategy worked to protect their retail stores from the threat of sales over the Internet The Nook Goes Bust To the surprise of absolutely no one except for the most delusional Barnes amp Noble has announced that they ll stop manufacturing www marketwatch com story if nook goes bust will your e books too 2013 07 11 dist lcountdown their color Nook tablets After trying to compete and failing against Amazon s Kindle Fire and Apple s iPad along with other tablets like the Google Nexus Barnes amp Noble wound up losing 177 million in the last quarter Physically the Nook isn t a bad tablet but there s nothing dramatically different about it either to separate it from its competitors Given a choice between the Kindle Fire and the Nook you can t go wrong with either tablet but the Nook was late to the tablet market so most people just got an Amazon Fire or an iPad Once someone buys a Kindle Fire or iPad there s little reason for them to switch to a Nook With the Nook tablet disappearing Nook owners can preserve their Nook library by downloading the free Nook app www barnesandnoble com u nook mobile apps 379003593 for iOS or Android The big question is what will
41. e s grass growing between the cracks of the sidewalk kind of real For example civilians will notice if you re acting shady and might call the cops and this will allow you to hack their phone to cancel the call or as they do in the demo they show me just knock the phone out of the person s hand It s such a tiny thing but knocking a phone out of someone s hand is something l ve never seen in a video game No snark this is progress Watch Dogs does make a very good impression and it s an easy one to root for Please let it be different Please let it be as refreshing as it seems it can be My hopes are high The game will be out in November for PS3 Xbox 360 Wii U PC and eventually for 54 and Xbox One Fascinating piece and online discussion following it Read it all at kotaku com kotaku com the best ideas in watch dogs a game that should be on 49966 1 922 Magnum Magneat Magnetically Managed Earbuds Product name Magnum earbuds Manufacturer onanoff Web site www onanoff com www onanoff com collections magnum Price 39 95 Magneat is low tech low cost accessory for managing the cables of Apple s standard earbuds or third party counterparts without an embedded splitter or remote control microphone It consists of a lightweight plastic spool that has two parts one with a magnet on its back face and the other with a magnet on its front In our review last year webserver computoredge com online mvc issue 301 9 amp a
42. eativeASIN BOO9POEAJO amp linkCode as2 amp tag the1 5minmovme 20 In his spare time Wally likes blogging about movies and writing screenplays at his site The 15 Minute Movie Method www 15minutemoviemethod com Wally can be reached at wally computoredge com 36 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Return to Table of Contents Wesrldwide 437 Newsi Worldwide News amp Product Reviews The latest in tech news hot product a Don t say we didn t warn you reviews by Charles Carr GED What is that store s return policy Online Tech Support Fraud on the Rise Upcoming By oe eee one ey game Watch Dogs Closes in on Reality Magnum Magneat Magnetically Managed Earbuds DODD You ll probably be happy you did d What are you waiting for Online Tech Support Fraud on the Rise The PMBC Group s pmbcgroup com ombcgroup com Lisa Inouye writes in this week with information on how some online tech support services have been exploiting consumers by billing for multiple charges without fixing the consumer s problem ocambook an online complaint resolution platform has received over 300 complaints about third party Web sites advertising tech support for Apple iTunes products Microsoft Surface tablets laptops and other electronics These scams are on the rise in Florida New York Texas and where the average monetary damage reported to Scambook was 181 with complaints about hese companies ri
43. ebug the code While I ve attempted to explain this in easy terms don t always know when I ve been successful This information is likely to become the first chapter in my next AutoHotkey book If this explanation is too sketchy to be useful to you please e mail me with the Submit AutoHotkey Questions Tips or Tricks link in the navigation bar on the left side under Reader Submissions I ll give it another shot 23 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Now available in e book format from Amazon Jack s A Beginner s Guide AutoHotkey Absolutely the Best Free Windows Utility Software Ever Create Power Tools for Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 and Sa Windows 8 www amazon com gp product BO09SI3F52 ref as li ss tl ie UTF8 amp camp 1 789 amp creative 390957 amp creativVeASIN BO09SI3F52 amp linkCode as2 amp tag comput0b9 20 Building Power Tools for Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 and Windows 8 AutoHotkey is the most powerful flexible free Windows utility software available Anyone can instantly add more of the functions that they want in all of their Windows programs whether installed on their computer or while working on the Web AutoHotkey has a universality not found any other Windows utility free or paid Based upon the series of articles in ComputorEdge Jack takes you through his learning experience as he explores writing simple AutoHotkey scripts for adding repetitive text in any program or on the We
44. ech support companies and repair services online Search Scambook and other consumer 37 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 sites to find out if other users have had negative experiences with the company Finding online reviews can also help the consumer discover legitimate tech support sites More info at Scambook com Scambook com Upcoming game Watch Dogs Closes in on Reality Stephen Totilo who writes for the gaming site Kotaku com Kotaku com writes about the cutting edge behind an upcoming open world game Watch Dogs at a preview of a big game coming from Ubisoft hoping that it s going to be as terrific as it seems can be skeptical but I ll be damned if can cease being optimistic Watch Dogs is looking and sounding good They go through the basics setting up their character vigilante Aiden Pearce and their game world a modern Chicago wracked with crime and heavily networked by a program called CtOS that is responsible for dotting the city with security cameras The game is open world As Pearce we ll be running around stealing cars shooting bad guys all the stuff you might think of in a Grand Theft Auto though they don t mention rival series You ll also be doing a lot of hacking Hacking the traffic lights hacking ATMs hacking cell phones hacking any piece of electronics in the game to learn things change things and use the city as a weapon FAT HACKER S DELIGHT F E mw X A
45. first included file If there is one hotkey hotstring or Return command in the first included file then that will prevent all other auto execute sections from other included scripts from running This is a real problem if the scripts require initial action such as reading an INI file for setup information However there are a couple of ways around this Combining Auto execute Sections of AutoHotkey Scripts If you find that you are having conflicts between AutoHotkey scripts that you re combining with the INCLUDE command then you will most likely need to modify the scripts The first method may be to combine the auto execute sections from each script into the first script included This may be a major rework of the scripts but will aid in the resolution of problems However it is likely that the scripts will no longer run independently since the subject auto execute code can only exist in one script An easier way to resolve this issue is to turn the entire script including the auto execute section into a hotkey routine This may be as simple as adding the new hotkey combination to the beginning of the auto execute section at the beginning of the script and enclosing with the Heturn command at the end of the auto execute section used this technique to combine the Heminder ahk script with other AutoHotkey apps Oa RY Hotkey R SetReminder On Menu Tray Add Set Reminder SetReminder Menu Tray Tip Editing Utilities IfExist
46. g Windows 8 the Xbox and their entire company after a roar of customer complaints Could You Die for High Tech Secrets or Means well Actions As write this in late June 2013 NSA leaker Edward Snowden is still hidden somewhere in the Moscow airport searching for a safe country to accept him as an exile The danger quotient is obvious but 10 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 wondered if other young tech geniuses have gotten tangled up in international intrigue or flaunted the law in naive activism that perhaps ended in deadlier fashion The CSMonitor in April 2013 ran a story on Shane Todd www csmonitor com USA 2013 0430 Was Shane Todd murdered over high tech secrets nav 93 csm category storyList As a US citizen working in Singapore he thought he had access to restricted U S military technology A week before he was to return home in June 2012 he suddenly committed suicide according to Singapore authorities His mother doesn t believe he committed suicide and Shane s death has become an international incident with even Secretary of State John Kerry taking up the issue in private meetings with Singapore officials According to Daily Tech in June 2013 new Congressional bill www dailytech comv Bill to4 Reform Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Proposed in Aaron Swartzs Name article31812 htm dubbed Aaron s Law has recently been introduced to reform the badly outdated and ambiguous Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 The bi
47. ganize their thoughts In the United Kingdom the British education minister said Instead of children bored out of their minds being taught how to use Word and Excel by bored teachers we could have 1 1 year olds able to write simple 2D computer animations using an MIT tool called Scratch By 16 they could have an understanding of formal logic www infoworld com t application development where are the kid coders not in us schools 222521 previously covered only in university courses and be writing their own apps for smartphones Even tiny Estonia plans to start teaching kids how to program a computer www geek com chips estonia to teach programming in schools from age 6 1513339 as early as age 6 Estonia s program called ProgeTiiger will eventually become just another standard part of the curriculum like math and language studies While Estonia and the United Kingdom are teaching kids how to program United States schools teach programming in only 10 percent of American high schools The College Board reported that in 2010 only 14 517 American students took the AP computer science test compared to 194 784 students who took the AP calculus test With fewer American students taking classes in math science and programming Evans Data corporation estimates that by 2017 India will have more software developers www infoworld com d the industry standard india overtake us number of software developers 201 7 222378 than the United States
48. ic Games It s easy to find iOS based games for Scrabble or the Game of Life However it s not as easy to find iOS game apps for lesser known games Since licensing these games is often too expensive developers 31 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 create clone versions of those same games One popular battle game is Stratego where players maneuver pieces to capture enemy pieces avoid bombs and try to capture the enemy s flag If you like playing Stratego you can get a similar iOS version called iBattle tunes apple com us app ibattle game id406423322 mt 8 iBattle is free but with in app purchases you can buy additional maps and different types of units so you can replace the Marshal piece with an equivalent King piece and so on bo Es EE ee If you ever played the board game Acquire you ll remember that its goal was for each player to acquire other corporations until you drive your opponents out of business If you want to play a similar game for iOS download the McGuire iOS game itunes apple com us app mcguire id39 1242849 mt 8 32 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Detal Miui re Detall 2 Trade or sell i fins into 8 Tar turn se a tile al X d B 85 0 17 4 0 7 B 15 0 0 10 B 2 535 6 1 6115 0 2 1 0 9 5 11 B 2 0 0 0 0 Bw 5 106 9 0 B 450 2 1 0 fut Bank 14 22 24 7 7 fit Bank 14 22 24 9 Price 8 5 7 8 6
49. igging Deeper Into AutoHotkey www computoredge com AutoHotkey AutoHotkey Books for Beginners and Novices html Our second compilation of stupid ComputorEdge cartoons from 2011 and 2012 is now available at Amazon That Does Not Compute Too ComputorEdge Cartoons Volume II Do You Like Windows 8 or Would You Prefer an Apple www amazon com gp product B009JY65QQ ref2as li ss tl ie UTF8 amp camp 1789 amp creative 390957 amp creativeASINZB009JY65QQ amp linkCode as2 amp tag computOb9 20 Currently only at Amazon com Jack s Favorite Free Windows Programs What They Are What They Do and How to Get Started www amazon com gp product BOO8BLUZRS ref as li ss tl ie UTF8 amp tag comput0b9 20 Available from Amazon Misunderstanding Windows 8 An Introduction Orientation and How to for Windows 8 www amazon com gp product B0O07RMCRH8 ref as li ss tl 2ie ZUTF8 amp tag computOb9 20 Also available at Barnes and Noble www barnesandnoble com w misunderstanding windows 8 jack dunning 1109995715 ean 2940014229463 and ComputorEdge E Books www computoredgebooks com Windows Tips and Tricks c4 htm sourceCode writer Available exclusively from Amazon Windows 7 Secrets Four in One E Book Bundle www amazon com 25 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 gp product B00801M5GS ref2zas li ss tl ie ZUTF8 amp tag computO0b9 20 Getting Started with Windows 7 An Introduction Orientation and How to for Using Windows 7 www amazon com gp product B007AL672M
50. ine multiple GUI windows recommend that names be used as both identifiers and descriptions in all future GUI definitions will be using this technique in future scripts because quite frankly there is no reason not to do it and it may save future headaches For example the LaunchWindow ahk script is now changed by adding LaunchBox to all of the GUI commands L Gui LaunchBox Font s20 cBlue Arial Gui LaunchBox Add Picture w30 h 1 section gLaunchGoogle Iconl C Users A_UserName AppData Local Google Chrome Application chrome exe Gui LaunchBox Add Text ys gLaunchGoogle Google Chrome Gui LaunchBox Add Picture w30 h 1 section xs gLaunchFirefox Icon3 SProgramFiles Mozilla Firefox firefox exe Gui LaunchBox Add Text ys gLaunchFirefox Firefox Gur LaunchBOxtAdgd Piorture sectron xsS gbhaunochExplorer Teon QiyProgram Piles Internet Ebxplorer Trexplore exe Gui LaunchBox Add Text ys gLaunchExplorer Internet Explorer Gui LaunchBox Add Picture w30 h 1 section xs gLaunchDropBox Icono C Users A UserName AppData Roaming Dropbox bin Dropbox exe Gui LaunchBox Add Text ys gLaunchDropBox DropBox Gui LaunchBox Show Launch Program Return LaunchGoogle Run C Users A_UserName AppData Local Google Chrome Application chrome exe WinClose return LaunchFirefox Run C Program Files Mozilla Firefox firefox exe www facebook com WinClose Detur LaunchExplorer Run Piles interne
51. ipt for events first a basic hotkey combination e 9 0 or word replacement g lol laugh out loud can appear almost anywhere in the script and it will be activated All those types of events are immediately set up That doesn t mean that their placement in the script can be arbitrary While these basic commands will always be loaded when included in a script if they appear in the wrong place i e inside a loop or a regular conditional they may interfere with the later running of that code the loop even though they are still active In this first pass the INCLUDE command autohotkey net docs commands Include htm loads the code from the designated script or file as if it existed at that spot in the new combined script For that reason the location and order of the NCLUDEs may be very important since it could affect the next step the auto execute which is the running of the AutoHotkey commands found at the beginning of the script through to the end or until a hotkey hotstring or Return command is encountered 19 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 The Auto execute Section of an AutoHotkey Script Once AutoHotkey has completed its initial sweep of the script setting up hotkeys and hotstrings processing commands checking syntax errors spelling of commands and logic errors missing commands and parameters the auto execute autohotkey net docs Scripts htm auto portion of the script starts at the first line of executable
52. is the current version of AutoHotkey and the download at the main AutoHotkey Web site which makes GUI window identification easy Rather than using the following Gui Add MonthCal vDayPick Gui Add Button Default Submit Gui Show Select Date to create and show the window the script is updated to Gui AddDate Add MonthCal vDayPick Gui AddDate Add Button Default Submit Gui AddDate Show Select Date 16 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 which adds the name AdabDate followed by a colon in place of the comma between the GUI command autohotkey net docs commands Gui htm and subcommand Show etc By using this naming method when there are separate GUI windows in the same script the conflicts are eliminated When first learning AutoHotkey and looking through the online AutoHotkey documentation this GUI naming option is not readily apparent have not discuss it in any of my previous columns nor the beginner s books mostly because the scripts was demonstrating only had one GUI window if any and did not produce the conflicts caused by running multiple GUI windows For most basic AutoHotkey apps you may never see this type of problem It does not affect the basic AutoHotkey operation of hotkeys and instant replacements as long as multiple GUI windows are not used or if the GUI windows are removed Gui Destroy after use Yet since the longer you use AutoHotkey the greater the likelihood that you will want to comb
53. k just as well at the end How AutoHotkey Reads a Script Full disclosure looked for a description online of how the AHK files are processed but only found bits and pieces in the documentation The process describe here is based partially upon what uncovered but even more so on what I ve experienced when running files Whereas may make errors in some of the technical details conceptually this is what happens when an AutoHotkey script is loaded Understanding how AutoHotkey processes a script is key to debugging program problems whether working an individual script or combining multiple scripts some ways the concepts presented here may be the most important for writing successful AutoHotkey scripts If you don t understand how AutoHotkey handles your code then you won t know why seemingly logical code just doesn t work AutoHotkey works in some ways that I ve not experienced with other programming languages In many programming languages especially the early languages such as BASIC the code is read starting at line one executing the code and continuing line by line through to the end While there may be some sort of preprocessing usually when compiling code looking for syntax errors the appropriate matching sets of parentheses or invalid commands the program generally just works through the logic throwing errors when they are encountered This is not the case with AutoHotkey Before starting the logical execution of any code
54. less trophies and banners giving a sense of what student success is really all about The Prince George s County high school is featured im a new book called The Achievable Dream touting it as one af the best schools in the USA Gracemount High School LIVE CODE GraceMount High School uses LiveCode to teach students ta lave programming Author Industry Education Location Edinburgh UK NT HIGH Gracemount High School has taught hundreds of students P how to program with LiveCode which has doubled the demand fer its computer science classes whilst increasing exam pass Recpgnised as Sector beading gt p rates gis Teach using Uret ode wWw gracemounthighschoolt co uk Play Video Figure 2 Many schools around the country use LiveCode to teach programming Although programming may seem like something only math and science oriented people could possibly learn anyone can learn programming If you find formal college courses too frustrating just discipline yourself to learn on your own With every country but the United States emphasizing programming in education anyone who knows programming will have far greater job opportunities in the future Ultimately it all boils down to what you can do for others If you know how to program you ll be far more valuable than someone who doesn t know programming at all and that could spell the difference between having a job or being unemployed Class
55. ll is named after Aaron Swartz a Reddit co founder and co developer of the RSS standard After selling Reddit to Conde Nast the wealthy Swartz became a passionate activist for open source material After he illegally downloaded 4 8 Million scholarly journal articles from subscription only JSTOR www jstor org into MIT s computers he was hit with ever multiplying charges from both the feds and MIT administrators Growing despondent he hanged himself earlier this year Google Fiber and Google Loon Google meanwhile continues to explore innovative high tech along the lines of providing faster better access to the Internet According to a June 2013 article in Forbes Google Fiber is projected to reach 8 million homes www forbes conmvsites eliseackermarv20 1 3 06 14 google fiber could reach 8 million homes by 2022 partner yahootix by 2022 Currently Google is ready to expand its superfast 1 gigabit per second Internet service to Austin Texas and Provo Utah Analysts have calculated that Google could be in the top ten of broadband providers in under a decade The strategy is widely applauded since Faster speed enables Google to innovate faster and make new and better products that can leverage faster broadband speed Also in June 2013 the CSMonitor ran a story on Google s Loon project www csmonitor com Innovation Pioneers 2013 0615 How loony is the Google Loon project nav 93 csm category storyList to bring Internet access to Third Worl
56. mpany U K Seabed Resources which has been granted first commercial exploration rights for a 22 000 square mile area of the Pacific Exploration will start late this summer using Lockheed Martin s bottom of ocean data from the 1970s and 1980s when they were subcontracted by the late billionaire Howard Hughes to search for a lost Soviet submarine Meanwhile in Nova Scotia Canada prospecting for rare earth elements has become the new gold rush According to Canada s Herald News in January 2012 the biggest money for Canadian prospectors right now is made by finding the rare element graphite not gold And Molycorp Inc rare earth mining company reported in May 2013 that their first quarter results were up 996 www molycorp com molycorp reports first quarter 20 13 results over their fourth quarter 2012 results 9 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Reuters reported in June 2012 that the hunt for substitutes www reuters com article 20 12 06 22 us rareearths alternatives idUSBRE85LOYB20120622 for rare earth minerals was also heating up makers from Toyota to Renault have started producing car motors without rare earth minerals While companies that produce rare earth substitutes for backlighting technology like Nanosys Inc www and Philips www usa philips com are also raking in profits from the yoyo availability and costs of rare earth minerals Consumers Driving Development of Healthier Produc
57. nd have 41 long cables that include a remote microphone about 4 5 from the right earbud plus a splitter that divides the cables into left and right channels about 8 further down A thin piece of plastic about 1 8 long covers each cable at its junction with the ear piece presumably to decrease the likelihood of a break The ear pieces also made of what feels like plastic consist of two parts an inner cylinder shaped part in one of the four color options Figure 1 and an outer U shaped part in black This product s official specs are as follows 7 mm diameter neodymium driver e 20 Hz 20 kHz frequency response 32 ohms impedance silver plated 3 5 mm stereo plug sensitivity 96 dB 3 dB at 1 kHz with 1 mW input What distinguishes these earbuds from Apple s standard ones or other third party counterparts One distinctive feature is the cables braided cloth covering many competitors come with kevlar or a plastic y material instead These cables satisfactorily withstood ordinary ab uses during testing the scope of testing was too brief however to determine what these cloth covered cables effective lifespan or susceptibility to breakage might be Another distinctive feature and my favorite one is the ear pieces labels The words LEFT and RIGHT are printed in a white san serif font against the outer pieces black upper surface in plain sight and easily legible This clearly is the best labeling 1 have seen on au
58. ny time for any purpose he has He can do so at any time of day in any traffic condition with any amount of pedestrians around And when he does this will he even cause an accident don t know It depends on the traffic condition And if there s an accident the other cars will try steering away avoiding the accident At E3 that caused a fire an explosion in a nearby gas station But it could have caused hundreds of other things Now some of those drivers will be knocked out pedestrians will try to help those injured people some pedestrians might call the cops the cops on this street corner might try to intervene If a fight starts there any of those cars can be used as cover by the player or the Als And if the player wants to navigate across this busy intersection you need to be able to do so in a very fluid manner even though that intersection was basically created out of his own will his own source of action Guay starts promising an exploration of moral gray areas in this game suggesting that as a vigilante we ll be making decisions about who to help or hurt in this city without being given the spectrum extremes of simply being the nicest or most evil guy around They play the game for about half an hour and one of the first things that catches my eye is how real the city and its people look Not in some good lord look at all the polygons rendering their faces kind of real but in a hey people actually dress like this and ther
59. ol evidently is not Supported Magneat s strengths and weaknesses described in our previous review webserver computoredge com online mvc issuez301 9 amp article world persisted in the unit bundled with Magnum earbuds for the present review Its strengths are in a nutshell ease of use Figure 4 and effectiveness in preventing tangled cables Its primary weakness is that it does not work well with accessories that have a splitter and or remote microphone unit like Magnum earbuds This is because the cables length above the splitter or remote microphone unit cannot wrap around Magneat s spool and thus is susceptible to untidiness and or knotting which defeats the whole purpose A minor objection is that Magneat s front piece has a slot intended to hold the cables in place but needs a retainer mechanism to ensure that the cables stay in place rather than slipping out which occasionally happened during testing for this review 42 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 E Fo E Figure 4 Magneat is user friendly slide the accessory s two pieces apart position the back piece inside a garment you re wearing then position the front one on that garment s exterior until the magnets snap together This accessory s magnets can hold Magneat in place when used with a t shirt dress shirt windbreaker light jacket or pants In conclusion Magnum earbuds bundled with onanoff s Magneat accessory are a cost effective package for music fans on a limi
60. oogle Fiber Google Loon Super Glass and More Rare Earth Mineral Boon Bookless Libraries Google s Balloon Loon Toddler Tech Tantrums by Marilyn K Martin Rare Earth Minerals Consumers Driving Development of Healthier Products Rivalries among Tech Giants as They Expand into New Realms Could You Die for High Tech Secrets or Means well Actions Google Fiber and Google Loon E Book News Law Enforcement Tech Other Programs for Wider and Cheaper Internet Access Family Tech Wireless Broadband Innovation Super Glass Rare Earth Minerals From Mining to Developing Substitutes Rare earth minerals are extremely important in high tech They are comprised of 17 rare elements which are vital for everything from computers to hybrid cars to smartphone batteries Rare earth minerals became a political flashpoint in 2010 when the globe s biggest producer China limited domestic output and slashed export quotas by 40 Our Moon and asteroids may have an abundance of rare earth minerals but alternate sources on Earth need to be found in the interim This ts their attempt at miniaturizing us but it a turns out that they can t reach the top shelf In March 2013 Bloomberg announced that Lockheed Martin was preparing to search the bottom of the Pacific Ocean www bloomberg com news 201 3 03 14 lockheed to use soviet submarine hunt data in seabed mining plan html cmpid yhoo for rare earth minerals Lockheed set up a new co
61. people s products to create items that express your individuality 3D printing is rapidly coming down in cost and improving in capabilities so you can expect more customizable products to purchase over the years to come One day you ll be able to create and print practically anything you need When that occurs what will happen to all those retail shopping malls Unless they adapt to becoming social gathering centers they ll risk becoming obsolete as concrete wastelands in the middle of every community If you have too many program windows cluttering up your screen you could shut down or minimize each one individually However this is slow and tedious A faster way is to just click on the program menu such as Safari if you re currently using Safari or Pages if you re currently using Pages and when a pull down menu appears choose Hide Others This hides every program s windows but the program you re currently USING To make other program windows appear again just click on the program menu again such as iTunes or Word and then choose Show All In the early days before Wally became an Internationally renowned comedian computer book writer and generally cool guy Wally Wang used to hang around The Byte Buyer dangling participles with Jack Dunning and go to the gym to pump iron with Dan Gookin 35 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Wally is responsible for the following books My New Mac Lion Edition www amazon com gp product
62. r answers microsoft com en us windows forum windows 7 performance I have lost the ability to create new folders in 997495ab bf1 428b 96f5 6 1bcd352cb5e gives the steps required to apply the proper fixes While it is possible to apply these fixes with RegEdit would not recommend that because the lines of codes are fairly cryptic It s best to copy and paste the lines per the instructions into a REG file which will directly change the Registry This should restore your New gt Folder options and clean up other problems A third option is a free third party tool called FileMenu Tools download cnet com FileMenu T ools 3000 2094 4 10810545 htm l It adds another item to the right click menu which may include New Folder see Figure 1 Caution If you do download the program from CNET be sure to use the Direct Download Link link just below the big green Download Now button Otherwise the installer will try to install other programs View F X Configure FileMenu Tools Sort by EE Command Line from Here Group by iix Copy Refresh ldy Move To Customize this folder say aio Pack to Folder Unpack Folder Paste shortcut zn Synchronize le a Ctri Z Ra Name fig CFileMenu Tools Y 52 Path Share with Copy UNC Path M up Internet Path Er Copy Content E Properties _ Paste Clipboard EE Attributes 4 Change Time aj Find and Replace
63. rticle world this accessory s main drawback was that third party earphones with a splitter or remote control microphone could not completely wrap around Magneat s spool and thus were susceptible to entanglements which defeat the whole purpose 39 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 Fast forward to 2013 and you now can get Magneat bundled with onanoff s Magnum earbuds Figure 1 for about 27 more than Magneat s 12 90 price tag This bundle comes in a black and grey package 6 x 3 x 1 made of thin cardboard and clear plastic The package s back side doubles as a user guide it has a flap that upon opening reveals text on both inner surfaces in five languages English French German Italian and Spanish explaining the product s main features details momentarily and how to use the remote Inside the package Is a thin plastic insert molded to hold the contents securely in place The contents include the Magneat Magnum earbuds and three pairs of silicone sleeves small medium and large Black Hed Gunma si Whit Hi Defintian Hoke leolatire Esr Buds Magnetic Cable Managment Loveack Figure 1 Magnum earbuds come in four colors black red gunmetal or white bundled with a Magneat cable management accessory Magnum earbuds which actually might more accurately be called canalbuds www techhive com article 2000079 infographic the different types of headphones illustrated html instead tip the scale at less than half an ounce a
64. s and caregivers By 2030 2096 of the US will be aged 65 and older and more of them will live longer and more independently in their older years than any time in history At the other end of the age scale LiveScience through YahooNews in June 2013 offered some tips for Defusing Toddler Tech Tantrums news yahoo com 6 tips defusing tech tantrums 133246601 html Toddlers not yet into their terrible 2s are already absorbed by the magic of smartphones and tablets and are prone to shrieking meltdowns if the gadget is taken away Experts weigh in with the usual restrict their screen time and stay beside them when they do go online New and helpful apps like Kid Z Play Mode play google com store apps details id com kidoz amp hl en filters for age appropriate apps and Kid Time itunes apple com us app kid time Id4446 78137 mt 8 shuts down a device after a set period of time Screen Time tunes apple com us app screen time media time manager Id4 12387263 mt 8 helps reward kids with screen time in exchange for completing chores Wireless Broadband Innovation and Foot dragging NextBigFuture ran an article in May 2013 that wireless transmission of 40 Gbit s at 240 GHz over a distance of one kilometer has been achieved and set a world record nextbigfuture com 2013 05 40 gigabit per second wireless link and html for optical fiber transmission The demonstration was achieved by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics www
65. sing in June 2013 Heports gathered on Scambook describe two versions of this scam one where users call a phone hotline and the company requests credit card information to fix the problem and the others where scammers cold call consumers convincing them they have a virus and requesting payment as well as remote access to consumers computers In these instances either credit card or personal information is stolen which can be used to commit identity theft To avoid being scammed or ripped off by a fraudulent tech support company Scambook advises the following safety tips 1 Do not rely on search results to find a company s tech support phone number If trying to reach Apple Microsoft or another manufacturer find this information on the company s official Web site or get it from the device s user manual Tech support numbers that appear in search results may direct the caller to an unaffiliated unauthorized third party site 2 Do not release credit card information or grant remote computer access to someone over the phone without verifying hem Always read the fine print and all terms and conditions to determine if there may be hidden charges or fees before giving credit card information Consumers are also cautioned to avoid giving any information such as computer passwords to unsolicited callers even if the caller claims to represent a company like Apple or Microsoft 3 Research t
66. ted budget who want to minimize the amount of time spent untangling an audio accessory s cables This bundle would have been more cost effective however if the remote microphone unit supported volume control and if the Magneat had a mechanism to accommodate the splitter and remote microphone unit Review contributed by Barry Fass Holmes In addition to being an editor and columnist for ComputorEdge and ComputerScene Magazines where he has written hundreds of feature articles and cover stories over the past decade Charles Carr has also penned well over 1 000 non tech newspaper and magazine articles and columns for various publications including two widely read columns each week for San Diego s North County Times newspaper Carr has covered such diverse topics as pesticide use in area schools invasive background checks for county volunteers asthma awareness the debate over standards based grading potential vulnerabilities in electronic voting machines and Southern California s devastating 2003 and 2007 wildfires He has also written many humorous pieces Carr has also edited dozens of stories and articles written by others which have appeared in major publications and web sites across the country He has been a contributor and technical advisor to L A and San Diego Parent magazines and receives dozens of requests a year to appear on Southern California television and radio stations to talk about important events in the tech world Carr
67. tion When in Windows Explorer the new folder button at the top of the frame has no effect attempted to restore to a previous date but there were no selections available had made a restore point previously but assume the most recent upgrade deleted it How can restore this function to my system am using a Dell Inspiron 620 running 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium with SP1 Thank you for any assistance you can provide Craig Williams Arvada CO Dear Craig It seems that your computer may have experienced some sort of corruption to the system files and or the Registry The first thing you should try is System File Checker support microsoft com kb 9298393 sfc exe This program is designed to verify and repair any system files found to be corrupted To run SFC open the Run dialogue window and enter sfc scannow without the quotes and click OK The Command Prompt window will open and start scanning your system SFC will fix any problems it finds However the Command Prompt window will close automatically when the program 6 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 completes it work If you want to view the final results open the Command Prompt first Start gt All Programs gt Accessories gt Command Prompt then enter sfc scannow without the quotes into the Command Prompt window and hit Enter If this first step doesn t resolve the issue then fixes will need to be applied to the Windows Registry This Microsoft answe
68. tkey software and want a brief introduction see this short Introduction to AutoHotkey www computoredge com AutoHotkey Introduction AutoHotkey Review and Guide for Beginners html for newcomers There are a ton of little AutoHotkey apps which you may find useful every day It s easy enough to start accumulating these scripts and add them to the Startup folder for automatic loading However if you don t combine them into larger scripts you will soon find an excess of little green AutoHotkey icons in your system tray This becomes too much and too confusing It s time to start combining many of these cool apps into one AutoHotkey program However there are often problems inherent in combining independent AutoHotkey scripts Conflicting AutoHotkey GUI Windows For example if take two simple apps previously demonstrated in this column AdaDate ahk and LaunchWindow ahk there is a built in conflict Information and links for both of these scripts can be found in AutoHotkey Script Roundup webserver computoredge com online mvc issue 3 127 amp article ahk Each Graphic User Interface GUI window has been defined independently in separate scripts However if try to combine them into one with the NCLUDE command Include AddDate ahk Include LaunchWindow ahk only one of the windows will pop up with its hotkey combination see Figure 1 This is caused by the ambiguity between the two independent windows when combined into one script They
69. ts With the arrival of consumer technology trying to sort out what shoppers want most is an on going challenge In December 2012 FoodProductionDaily com ran an article about how regulation and consumer demand is driving the switch to greener chemicals www foodproductiondaily com Quality Safety Hegulation and consumer demand ariving switch to greener chemicals The uncertainty about the safety of certain food chemicals is eroding consumer confidence and driving companies like Campbell ooup to remove BPA from their products An April 2013 report in BusinessWire discussed the results of their new report on consumer health www businesswire com news home 201 30425006 1 49 en Hesearch Markets Product Development Trends Consumer Health Busy lifestyles are driving the popularity of energy and calming products on the go delivery mechanisms preventive treatments and cheaper options According to the IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo in late June 2013 consumer trends ive ift org tag consumer trends reveal that people are more interested in wellness More than just healthy food products consumers are also now driving demand for more recyclable packaging as well as interest in a company s environmental responsibility Consumers are also becoming more interested in where a food product comes from highlighting the product s safety and sustainability Rivalries among Tech Giants as They Expand into New Realms In April 2013 Wired ran an arti
70. ust be use such as lfWinActive autohotkey net docs commands IfWinActive htm IfWinActive Untitled Notepad MsqgBox This is Notepad IfWinActive This form of this command preceded by is executed on the same pass as the setup of the hotkey events The second lfWinActive limits the first conditional to only the code between the two Now the hotkey combination ALT will only operate when Untitled Notepad is the active window As described when the AHK script is first loaded by AutoHotkey the program sweeps through the entire file picking up the hotkey combinations text replacements and commands e g Include lfWinActive while matching label calls to the following labels subroutines If errors are found at this point the processing is stopped and the error is highlighted For example if a close parenthesis is missing or if a label subroutine is called but the label subroutine with the same name isn t found somewhere after the call an error results Note don t know whether there are different passes through the AutoHotkey script looking for syntax errors and or logic errors but for all practical purposes it doesn t matter would expect that these checks would be done before any events are set up In any case the execution will stop when one of these errors is encountered and none of the events will be set up until the errors are corrected and the script is reloaded since AutoHotkey searches the scr
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72. ve that they often identify false positives What like about Security Essentials is that never get messages trying to make me upgrade to a paid version It may be worth the time to read some of the latest reviews www techsupportalert com best free anti virus software htm although every time check the reviews seem to highlight the same packages AVG Avast Avira etc Digital Dave Dear Digital Dave l ve used QuickBooks Pro since it first came out Now Windows 7 will not install the older version own Is there another choice don t want to spend hundreds of dollars on a program just to handle the home checkbook As in the past have always appreciated your solutions and helpful instructions 5 of 47 ComputorEdge 7 19 13 CAS EL Cajon Dear CAS If all you want to do is maintain your checkbook and personal accounts then you certainly don t need QuickBooks www amazon com QuickBooks Intuit Software b encoding U TF8 amp camp 1 789 amp creative 39095 7 amp linkCode ur2 amp node 37688601 1 amp tag computOb9 20 which is for business and double entry bookkeeping While it is an excellent program for small business and is commonly used QuickBooks has much more power and a higher price than you probably need Also from Intuit for personal use is Quicken www amazon comvgp product BO08S0IMC C ref zas li ss tl ie UTF8 amp camp 1 789 amp creative 390957 amp creativeASINZBO08S0IMCC amp linkCode as2 amp tag computO
73. xible Willow Glass www engadget com 2012 06 04 corning unveils slim flexible willow glass video Although it bends like plastic it is real glass that is ultra thin and flexible for LCDs and OLEDs This could mean lighter and curvier devices since glass shape is no long a barrier for design Gizmodo announced the release of Corning s Gorilla Glass gizmodo com 597295 1 new tougher gorilla glass 3 is coming next week tag materials in January 2013 Corning has perfected the latest in their series of ultra tough gadget glass and introduced it at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show According to InsideScience in May 2013 this latest version of Gorilla Glass incorporates an equilibrium of stress and tension into the manufacturing process to give normally fragile glass a super strength www insidescience org content what stresses gorilla glass makes it stronger 1009 Marilyn is a freelance writer and humorist with a special interest besides computers and technology in Science Fiction Besides short stories published in various magazines she also has some new e books available on Amazon Kindle Hunting Monster Aliens www amazon com s _encoding UTF8 amp camp 1 789 amp creative 39095 7 amp field keywords Hunting 20Monster 20Aliens 20martin amp linkCode ur2 amp rh n 3A133140011 2Ck 3AHunting 20Monster 20Aliens 20martin amp tag comput0b9 20 amp url search alias 3Ddigital text is an on going series of novellas about a wise cracking team of

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