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On Thursday, luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) disclosed that a major data breach dating back to May 2020 had been uncovered. The breach, which affected approximately 3.1 million payment and virtual gift cards, included information like names, addresses, contact information, and the usernames and passwords of online accounts. While the breach took place last year, NMG says it just confirmed it in September 2021. According to the company, no active Neiman Marcus-branded credit cards were impacted by the breach....

Disable Automatic Connections in Windows 10 When you don’t want your computer to connect to your ISP automatically, turn off automatic connections. In Windows 10, you can do this through the Action Center. Forget Networks in Windows 8 In Windows 8, there’s no setting for disabling automatic connections, but you can forget networks, which accomplishes the same thing. Disable Automatic Connections in Windows 7 In Windows 7, you can disable automatic connections or forget a network to prevent your computer from connecting to Wi-Fi networks you’ve used before....

View Word Count in the Status Bar If you don’t see the word count in the status bar: Word Count for Selected Text To view the number of words in a specific sentence, paragraph, or section, select the text. The word count of the selected text displays on the left side of the Word status bar, along with the word count for the entire document. It will say something like 95 of 502 words....

Security Risks and Precautions Macros from unknown or unreliable sources may contain malicious code that compromise your security and privacy. The default Macro security level in Word is set to high. This setting means that if a macro does not meet one of the following two requirements, Microsoft Office Word will not allow it to run. The macro you are trying to run must have been created using the copy of Microsoft Office Word that is installed on your computer....

Change a Message’s Priority in Mozilla Thunderbird, Netscape, or Mozilla Not all email is equally time-sensitive. Use the Priority flag to reflect this urgency when you write and send a message in Mozilla Thunderbird, Netscape or Mozilla. Depending on how important a message is to you (or how important you think it should be for the recipient), you can give it a low, normal or high priority. To change the priority of an outgoing message in Netscape or Mozilla:...

Wires matter. When there is no long cord to detangle during your commute, you know you have a great travel mouse. There are options with retractable cords like the Sabrent Mini Travel Mouse, or wireless options like the VicTsing Wireless Mouse and Mouse Pad, which comes with a mouse pad! You can customize your needs when choosing the best travel mice for you! Note that, since there is no universal compatible unit, the T630 comes in two versions for Mac and Windows....

Here’s a simple summary of your options to make choosing one as painless as possible! Keep in mind that some versions of Microsoft Office are intended to integrate with cloud or mobile lifestyles, though this is optional. Since these are free, we feel it makes more sense for users to sign up for Office Online instead (see next item on this list). The programs themselves are housed on a remote server....

The companies have just unveiled the Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition, a fully upgradeable and customizable Chromebook. Nearly every component of this thing is swappable, ending the uniquely modern problem of worrying about how much RAM to throw in a laptop at the point of purchase. Of course, RAM and storage are both upgradeable, allowing users to purchase the cheapest base model to test out the features, adding more oomph later as necessary....

Gawab.com email accounts offer these features: Free web-based email accounts with 9.77 GB of online storage.Access a Gawab.com account in any desktop email program using IMAP or POP.Download mail from existing POP and IMAP accounts, and send mail from these addresses.Sort your mail using folders and free-form labels.Labels, sender, date, subject, size, and other criteria can be used to search once, or automatically in smart folders.Compose messages in plain text or using a rich-text editor, or insert HTML code manually....

About Mobile Hotspots A portable mobile hotspot is a device that connects to the internet and shares that connection with users who have the correct login credentials. In other words, it creates its own private Wi-Fi network to which users can connect their devices. It’s a mobile, portable router. Most major cellular service providers offer hotspot devices and associated plans. Additionally, some companies focus exclusively on mobile internet service. Third-party mobile hotspots are available, too, for use with your data plan....

News of a possible change in the Google Message app that would convert iMessage ‘Tapbacks’ into emoji came out only a few days ago, but a rollout has already begun. Originally noticed by 9to5Google in an APK Teardown post, the update rollout has since been confirmed by reader Jvolkman. Many users have begun to notice that the app automatically translates iMessage reactions into the appropriate reactions in Google Messages. So now, instead of seeing reactions as text messages under your own texts, the reaction emoji will be attached to the message being reacted to....

What you get: You can access Stadia with your Google account, and you’ll have two months of free access to nine different games, including GRID, Destiny 2: The Collection, and Thumper. You can play on the free Stadia app on your smartphone or on a computer with Chrome using any compatible USB controller. Stadia lets you play any game its service offers, and keep any games you buy, whether you stay a Stadia subscriber ($10 per month) or not....

According to GoPro, the Black Bones camera has been designed to weigh only 54 grams so that it can be easily placed on top of drones for First Person View (FPV) camerawork. It can also be connected to a drone’s battery to extend its life so long as it meets the drone’s specifications. Other features include the HyperSmooth functionality and the ReelSteady desktop app. The FPV videos GoPro is referring to are those viral videos of a drone flying through an area in a single shot....

You can use the help command at any time to learn more about a command’s usage and syntax, like which options are available and how to actually structure the command to use its various options. Help Command Availability The help command is available from within the Command Prompt in all Windows operating systems, including Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and others. The help command is also a DOS command available in MS-DOS....

While newer versions of Windows have more extensive repair and recovery options, it seems that just about every major problem with Windows XP requires a brand new, destructive reinstallation process. If you have data that you can’t back up, or programs that you can’t later reinstall, reinstalling Windows without reformatting is a must. How Do I Reinstall Windows XP Without Reformatting? The most effective method is to perform a repair installation of Windows XP....

Link a Bank Account The quickest and easiest method of getting at the money in your PayPal account is by linking it with your bank account. Once this is set up, you can transfer as much money as you have available. Depending on your bank, the transfer can show up anywhere from the same day to 5 business days. This will directly depend on your financial institution, time of day and whether it is a federal holiday when you initiate the transfer....

If you’d like to know precisely how much VoIP data you use, here is a way to estimate the bandwidth and minutes needed for your phone calls. Calculate Minutes Per Month First, estimate the amount of calling minutes you will need per month, including both outgoing and incoming calls. One way to do this is to pick a month and look through your phone’s call history, counting the total number of minutes you were on a call....

How to Add a Bookmark in Safari on an iPhone Adding a website bookmark in Safari on your iPhone is simple. Follow these steps: How to Sync Bookmarks Across Devices Using iCloud When you turn on Safari syncing using iCloud, you can share bookmarks across your Apple devices. This way, bookmarking a site in Safari on one device automatically bookmarks it in Safari for all your devices. Here’s how to set it up:...

How to Install a Font on Windows Let’s learn how to install a font on Windows so we can then add it to Word. Installing a font on Windows is the same from Windows 10 all the way back to Windows 7. There are 2 ways to install. Method 1 Method 2 How to Add Fonts to Word for Mac Before you can use new Microsoft Word fonts on Mac, you must add them to the app for managing fonts on macOS, the Font Book:...

How to Add Games to NES Classic While the re-release of Nintendo’s original home console comes with just 30 of the best classic games built in, a new program makes it extremely easy to add more games to your NES Classic edition using a Windows PC. That said, you’ll need your own NES game ROMs. Before you get started, you’ll want to have your ROMs on hand. To add games to your NES Classic:...