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What are SecuROM and SafeDisc DRM? SecuROM and SafeDisc are both forms of Digital Rights Management (DRM) designed to prevent the piracy of software. They were used on a number of games, some quite high profile, mainly during the 2003-2008 period. SafeDisc was involved in something of a scandal in 2007 when it was discovered that the DRM could actually be used as an attack vector for hackers. This enabled them to remotely take control of a user’s PC, with full access to the victim’s data....

Link Spotify to Alexa Make sure you have Alexa and Spotify apps already installed on your iPhone or Android app. Also, you must have connected your phone and Alexa devices in the same WiFi network. For screenshots, we have used the iPhone app here to explain the steps. Now you have linked the Spotify account with your Alexa. You can check this is going to work or not. Play Spotify on Alexa with App Play Spotify on Alexa with Voice Command Once you link the Spotify with Alexa, you can directly ask Alexa to play Spotify music on Alexa devices....

EA E3 event live stream replay Find out more about what to expect at the rest of E3 in our complete E3 schedule and predictions article. How to re-watch EA’s E3 2015 press conference replay EA streamed its conference live, but it’s also available to re-watch for those who missed it or want to watch it again. You’ll find the entire stream in the video above. What did EA announce at E3 2015?...

Here we are going to present a free workaround to record a phone call on iPhone free of cost. This is an absolutely free service, that comes with some limitations. Editors Note: There are some regulations and restrictions based on your state or country for recording phone calls. Please refer your state law before start to use any call recording apps on your phone. Google Voice Settings to Change First of all, you need a Google Voice account and a valid Google Voice number....

Let us see how to record iPhone screen direct on Mac without using any third party apps. We are going through the steps to record iPhone’s screen with Mac OS. You have to connect your iPhone or an iPad device to your Mac using Lightning cable. You may need to accept your iPhone to trust your computer. Now you will be able to see iPhone screen on Quick Time window....

Since the news came to light, reports have suggested that Instagram could be partly to blame for the break-in, because just six days ago Jessica posted a photo of herself sunbathing with that aforementioned ring clearly visible. That photo had a location attached to it that anyone could see, potentially giving away where the famously wealthy couple were staying and therefore leading the thieves straight to them. The robbery could well have nothing to do with Instagram and location tagging, but it certainly leaves something to think about nonetheless....

Here is how. Remove Weather from Taskbar in Windows 11 This was a bit easier to do in Windows 10, like many other things related to the taskbar. The widgets button functions similar to the News and interests feature on Windows 10. The widgets panel itself contains actual widgets in addition to News and interests. On Windows 11, taskbar icons appear in the center by default. This leaves way too much room on the left and not so much on the right, which is occupied by essential system info....

It is a powerful and impressively designed smartphone with a price tag that sits below what you’d expect. In this easy steps guide, we’ll root Honor 20 Pro. Even though the Honor 20 Pro release date in India is not yet fixed, it is expected to release in July 2019. If you compare Honor 20 Pro vs OnePlus 7 Pro, the 20 Pro is better in camera, storage, RAM as well as price tag....

iPhone supports to save visual voicemails from iOS 9 onwards. In addition to this, your mobile phone career should support visual voicemail to see this voicemail on your phone and save them to your computer. iOS offers many solutions, and you can save voicemail from iPhone to a computer or keep a copy of voicemail on your cloud drive. Here we described a couple of solutions to transfer or save iPhone voicemails into your computer or cloud drive....

With the launch of WhatsApp Business, these days a lot of people are using the messaging platform for making business inquiries as well. In such scenarios, the users might feel very annoying to add a number to their contact list, just for the sake of sending only a couple of messages. Fortunately, Click to Chat, a non-native feature of WhatsApp helps you to chat with someone without saving the number....

Let us see how to set Do Not Disturb Exceptions on iPhone and make sure you receive all important calls, messages, and notifications. Set Exception for Calls on DND Mode There are two solutions to add your contacts to Do Not Disturb Exceptions. Once, you can add important contacts to favorite groups and let them contact you even you are in Do Not Disturb mode. Also, you can create a new group of contacts (iOS not supporting to create new groups, you have to use an iCloud account on the web browser or Mac contacts app to create a new group) and give exceptions to that group to bypass DND mode....

More often than not, your PC will be supplied with a generic image that might look nothing like the PC tower in front of you, and the connectors might be different too. Here we’ll show you how to plug everything in and get your computer and display up and running. (Obviously, we’re assuming you have access to another computer – we can appreciate the irony of providing an online guide for a PC that’s not yet running....

The Google account page will confirm Alexa access to manage the calendar with Alexa app. Tap on ALLOW to provide access to Alexa. The next screen will advance to Alexa Calendar setting, and you will see all list of calendars that you set under that Google ID. You can uncheck the calendar at this point if you want to limit Alexa for reading some of your sub-calendars. Alexa can display all the calendar events that you checked on this page....

Let us see how to use Plus Code on Smartphones and PC to share the location you want with friends. As you know, any location can be specified with the Geographic Coordinate System. However, these coordinates are complicated and not easy to remember. Google brings an open-source tool called Plus Codes, based on latitude and longitude, that can represent any location with just ten characters (check here to measure the area with Google Map)....

The snooze feature is one of several new features rolling out to Gmail now, with other changes including messages that self-destruct after a certain time, an offline mode, and the ability to action emails without opening them. It’s possible you won’t see the new interface just yet, but if you want to try it just click the Settings cog and choose ‘Try the new Mail’. You can reverse this decision later if you decide you prefer the old setup....

Prevent videos autoplaying sound in Facebook app We’ve just received the Facebook update on our Android phone, and while the setting for ‘videos with sound’ is enabled by default, sound does not actually play as you scroll through the feed until you disable the new mute button that appears at the bottom corner of any videos. That provides some relief for now, provided Facebook keeps this setting. However, should you want to turn off the setting once and for all, open the Facebook app, tap the three vertical lines at the top right, then scroll down to and select App settings....

One example of why you might want to do this is when your TV doesn’t offer the catch-up service you want to use. Or, you might want to show holiday photos on the big screen but they’re stored on your laptop’s hard drive. You might even want to play PC games on your TV, but you don’t want a big, noisy PC there in the room. There are several ways to connect your PC to your TV, but the best will depend on whether you need to play HD video or games....

In this guide, let us find out how to turn off the macOS software update notification on your MacBook and see how you can disable auto-updating. Turn Off Mac Software Update Notifications Whenever a new update is available for your Mac, the macOS pops up a notification, as you see below, which you must have already seen. Unlike other notifications, you cannot dismiss them forever. You can choose to remind later, but you will still get the notification hours later to update the macOS....

The revamped Windows Defender rubbed many security software companies up the wrong way, so Microsoft provided an option to turn off Defender when a trial version of a security suite was installed on a new PC or laptop. This is because the two may conflict with each other and cause performance problems. However, if you don’t activate that McAfee or Norton trial, Defender won’t automatically enable itself, so you’ll be vulnerable to malware....

Let us learn how to undo on iPhone from the last activity you did, whatever it is. There are many efficient ways to it and we will see all best of them. Content Enable Shake to Undo on iPhone Shake to Undo – this is the most popular way to undo an action on your iPhone. Like you just read, shake your iPhone to undo the last action. This may not be enabled on your iPhone, so let’s go....