Most Windows users don’t realize how many practical ways there are to open, preview, and even edit .ai files without paying for Adobe Illustrator—and which of those methods preserve vectors, fonts, and layers well enough for real projects. In short: if an Illustrator file was saved with PDF...
A new wave of highly sophisticated phishing scams has placed millions of Microsoft 365 users at increased risk, with recent campaigns focusing on colleges and universities such as Seton Hall. These scams exploit a deepening trust in digital communications and modern security tools, employing...
The world of Windows utilities continues to evolve, and few toolkits have sparked as much interest among power users and IT professionals as Microsoft PowerToys. With each upgrade, PowerToys inches closer to making Windows 11 an even more customizable and productivity-driven platform. In a fresh...
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Independent rendering allows the browser to selectively offload graphics processing to an additional CPU thread, so they can be rendered with minimal impact to the user interface thread and the overall visible performance characteristics page, such as silk-smooth scrolling, responsive...
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Since its original debut with the Windows 10 November 2015 update, Windows.UI.Composition has been empowering developers to build fast, beautiful, sweet user interfaces in UWP and has been providing enhancements with every subsequent Windows release. At Build 2017, we revealed what all of this...
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the above "interactive" demo is spot on … changing the values (right side) slightly will dramatically alter the appearance of the diagram.
example: change value from "k2: -0.012" to "k2: -0.002" … don't forget to hit "enter" on keyboard to...
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of posts from the team that built the 10k Apart contest site, exploring the process of building for interoperability, accessibility, and progressive enhancement in less than 10kB.
In the previous post in this series, I discussed my approach to CSS...
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Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of posts from the team that built the 10k Apart contest page, exploring the process of building for interoperability, accessibility, and progressive enhancement in less than 10kB.
In the previous post in this series, I talked a lot about how the 10k...
Windows 10 comes on a variety of form factors, which means so do your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. It’s important to make sure that your app looks great on whatever device the users are tapping, typing, or clicking on—even when it’s not open.
One of the core experiences on Windows are...
So this isn't really hardware, but it's hardware'ish and too cool to keep in the story queue too long..
Maker.js
Maker.js, a Link Removed project, is a JavaScript library for creating and sharing modular line drawings for CNC and laser cutters.
Maker.js creates line drawings for two...
The Link Removed have put together two HTML5 sites. The first is called Link Removed, a site that lets the speed of your browser define how many elves can help pack Santa's bag, and HTML5 Blizzard, which shows you how many snowflakes can be animated at 60FPS. The site uses CSS3, HTML5 canvas...
When you have a Ferrari you might want to test drive it on a circuit, where there are none of the limitations of a town street. Well, when you have Internet Explorer 9 Beta you need a “circuit” on which to test it, something more than just your average Internet websites, applications and...
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This week Link Removed speaks to Josh Santangelo from Link Removed about their shiny new HTML 5 app built specifically for today's IE9 Beta launch.
The app takes data from Seattle's community-based radio station, KEXP, and visualizes their playlists in cool ways. As well as being...
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Link RemovedThis week*Link Removed speaks to Josh Santangelo from*Link Removed about their shiny new HTML 5 app*built*specifically for today's IE9 Beta launch.*
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</br>The app takes data from Seattle's community-based radio station,*KEXP, and visualizes their playlists in cool ways.*As well...
The latest updates to Apple's Safari WebKit-based browser, versions 5.0.1 and 4.1.1, include several new features, such as enabling Safari Extensions and introducing the Safari Extensions Gallery,. They also address a number of security vulnerabilities. In total, the Safari updates close 15...
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Click the update button on your Firefox. 3.5 has been released!
Mozilla today announced the newest stable version of Firefox, version 3.5, which has been available in various developer preview forms for months. The new version is a milestone release, unlike timely updates that Firefox receives...
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