| The squirrel workers manning the nut-sorting room in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory weren’t computer-generated; director Tim Burton had a team of animal handlers train 40 squirrels for the scene.  | |
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Today's Tech Term
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| Onboarding refers to the process of adding a new user to a company’s identity and access management system or upgrading an existing user’s privileges in the company’s system. | |
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What We're Reading from Around the Web | |
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| Search engines are becoming ever-more integrated into mobile operating systems, but you can still change your default search engine on your smartphone or tablet. You don’t have to stick with the search engine the device manufacturer chose for you. | |
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| Normally, the command prompt can be opened as a regular user to run commands that don't require administrative rights. However, if you need to run a command that requires administrative rights, you must open the command prompt window as administrator. | |
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| When you upgrade your computer’s hardware, it is a given that you expect a boost in performance, but sometimes you get an unexpectedly significant increase beyond what you counted on. Today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps a confused, but happy gamer understand how he lucked out when he upgraded his computer’s memory. | |
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| An “ATM skimmer” is a malicious device criminals attach to an ATM. When you use an ATM that’s been compromised in such a way, the skimmer will create a copy of your card and capture your PIN. | |
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| Have you ever noticed that little blinking line at the end of whatever you are typing? Of course you have! But did you know that you can make the line darker if you want to? It also makes a fun prank setting to mess with your friends. | |
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