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After a last-minute delay in 2021 due to supply chain issues, which has also resulted in a slow drip of small-batch shipments to buyers, it looks like Steam Deck distribution could ramp back up. In a recent tweet, the official Steam Deck Twitter account explained that more reservation emails are going out soon, and unit production has officially increased. Valve estimates that, with more Steam Decks being manufactured now, it should be shipping more than twice the number of handheld devices each week....

Using a .com URL doesn’t offer any special significance other than perception. A .com address is seen as a serious website because it’s the most common TLD. However, it doesn’t have any technical differences over .org, .biz, .info, .gov, and other generic top-level domains. Register a .Com Website Six top-level domains categorized the few hundred websites that were around at the inception of the World Wide Web. Addresses ending in ....

Upscaling Content on a Blu-ray Player Standard DVD resolution is 480p, far less than the 1080p resolution supported by HD and UHD (4K) Blu-ray players. Most Blu-ray players can upscale the standard DVD signal to one that fits the standards of the TV and its connections. That means, with the right equipment, a DVD can be upscaled from 480p to 720p, 1080i,1080p and, on some players, 4K. Of course, you will need an HD or 4K Ultra HD TV to view those standards....

What Are Axolotls Purpose in Minecraft? Axolotls can spawn in any underground water source in Minecraft, assuming the player meets a few caveats. These include the need for the underground water source to be in total darkness and below sea level (y63). They are generally indifferent to the player but can help them when battling other underwater and hostile creatures. If a player defeats a mob that an axolotl is attacking, they gain the Regeneration status effect and have Mining Fatigue removed from them if it currently exists....

History of Modems The first devices called modems converted digital data for transmission over analog telephone lines. The speed of these modems was measured in baud (a unit of measurement named after Emile Baudot), although as computer technology developed, these measures were converted into bits per second. The first commercial modems supported a speed of 110 bps and were used by the U.S. Department of Defense, news services, and some large businesses....

Placeholders Are Meant to Be Personalized The placeholder not only serves as a call to action to the user, it gives the person who is creating the presentation a feel for how the type, graphic elements or page layout will look on the slide. The placeholder text and instructions are suggestions only. Every element can be personalized. So if you don’t like the font that PowerPoint chose for your favorite template, you are free to change it....

How PASV FTP Works FTP works over two ports: one for moving data between the servers and another for issuing commands. Passive mode works by allowing the FTP client to initiate sending of both control and data messages. Ordinarily, it’s the FTP server that initiates the data requests, but this kind of setup might not work if the client firewall has blocked the port that the server wants to use. It’s for this reason that PASV mode makes FTP “firewall-friendly....

What Is Telecommuting? Telecommuting refers to a working arrangement where employees work from home one or more days a week and communicate with the office over the phone or the internet. Telecommuting benefits employers and employees since it reduces the need for office space and gives workers a better work-life balance. This type of work arrangement might also include other perks like a flexible schedule, but that’s not necessarily the case with all telecommuting jobs....

Originally designed for commercial radar systems, UWB technology has had applications in consumer electronics and wireless personal area networks (PAN). After some initial successes in the mid-2000s, interest in UWB declined considerably in favor of Wi-Fi and 60 GHz wireless network protocols. How UWB Works Ultra-wideband wireless radios send short signal pulses over a broad spectrum. This means the data is transmitted over a number of frequency channels at once, anything over 500 MHz....

Why Is My iPad Getting so Hot? There are a lot of different things that can cause your iPad to get too hot, but they all generally break down into a couple of categories: iPad is using a lot of its internal processing power: This could occur when restoring from a backup or if your device is doing something intensive, like retagging photos after a major software update. Your iPad also uses a lot of power when playing games with heavy 3D-graphics or using augmented reality apps....

Xbox 360 Family Settings The family settings available on the Xbox 360 allow you to restrict access to game or movie content that you don’t want your kids to see. You can set the console to only play games below a certain ESRB rating or movies below a certain MPAA rating. If you want to use the system yourself, or you want to allow your kids to view something that is blocked, you just tap in a password that you set when you set up the family settings....

Why Won’t My Xbox Series X or S Turn on? When an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S won’t turn on, there is usually a problem with the hardware, corrupt software or firmware, or a power issue. Hardware problems can be related to the power supply, power button, and other internal electronics that are best left to the professionals. Most other issues, including power, software, and firmware, have potential fixes that you can do yourself....

Much of what was shown in September’s Nintendo Direct was on display here, yes, but it’s a solid lineup all the same. Not everything was familiar, though, which was a nice surprise. Out this Friday, we’ve got Metroid Dread, which still looks fantastic; the OLED Switch; and something I wasn’t expecting—Tetris Effect: Connected. This new Tetris supports cross-platform play and features some new gameplay options, including the time-stopping Zone Battle and cooperative Connected Mode....

9to5Google pointed out that some Reddit users have been seeing a new Cast icon appear in the menu bar of their YouTube Music web client. While it was previously possible to stream YouTube Music to Chromecast, it required sharing the whole screen. According to Reddit user Ploppy_, official Cast support also means you can use your phone to control audio, with “…much better performance and audio quality.” YouTube Music users who have access to the feature say selecting the Cast icon will create a drop-down menu, which can be used to select a device to connect to....

These games focus on teaching the alphabet, counting, memorization, and a variety of other academic and practical abilities. In addition to being educational, many of these games are also simply enjoyable for children. Introducing children to learning through play at a young age can help foster a lifelong love of learning. The website is easy for little ones to navigate with bright colorful images so they can follow their favorite character as they have fun learning and sharing....

Since you use your Microsoft account as your Windows 11/10/8 credentials, and since Microsoft manages those accounts online, you can easily reset your lost Windows password from any browser, on any computer or device, including your smartphone. Creating a password reset disk, which is actually probably a flash drive and not an old-fashioned floppy disk, is something you have to do before you lose your Windows password, not after. This will only work if one of the other people you share your computer with has a Windows log-on account that’s set up with administrator access....

You can print any of the pages or color pages online using digital crayons, pencils, and markers. Besides coloring turkeys, people, and food, kids can draw faces, create Thanksgiving cards and place settings, and write Thanksgiving messages. They can also cut, color, and assemble a paper turkey. The crafts pages show kids how to make paper cup Pilgrims and turkeys, handprint turkeys, a harvest basket, a salt dough apple wreath, and a Thanksgiving tree....

Causes of the DPC Watchdog Violation Error The DPC Watchdog Violation error is most commonly caused by hardware compatibility problems, most often with PCs with an SSD and external devices, but it doesn’t always happen when you install a new component. It can also happen when you’re missing a driver, or with software conflicts between different applications. The specific cause of your DPC Watchdog Violation error will be hard to pin down, but there are several different fixes we can try, which may reveal what was the problem in the first place....

You can read more about these types of ANB files at the IBM Knowledge Center. Other ANB files you find have nothing at all to do with IBM’s software and are likely part of a video game, Shovel Knight being one example. This type of ANB file is typically found stored within an archive file with either the .PAK or .ZIP file extension. How to Open an ANB File ANB files are created using IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook but can be opened for free with the IBM i2 Chart Reader program....

Android 12 beta 1 is currently available, but it lacks many of the major changes Google introduced during Google I/O. However, the company recently announced that one of the most anticipated features of the update, the Privacy Dashboard, will be available in Android 12 beta 2. The next version of the beta is expected to arrive next month, according to 9To5Google. The Privacy Dashboard is one of the biggest changes that Google is implementing in Android 12, and it will allow Android users to keep track of the data that applications have accessed over the past 24 hours....