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Java: Wrapper Classes

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This tech recipe describes going to and from the Java Object wrapper classes.

Windows 8: Single-Click to Open Folders

Single-click to open a folder has been a useful feature of Windows for quite some time now. This tutorial will show you how you can enable it within Windows 8.

Windows Phone 8: Format SD Card

Moving an SD card from one device to another can corrupt the card. This seems to happen frequently with Windows Phone 8 devices. In fact devices which run on this OS can be very picky about the SD card types that it accepts. If your phone is reporting that the current SD card has errors, you can use the built-in feature to format the card to the correct state.

Photoshop CS6: Create a Realistic Planet in Outer Space

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As much as most of us would love to visit outer space, we can bring the cosmos to us instead by using Photoshop. In this tech-recipes experiment we will recreate some of the famous photographs of the sun starting to peek out from the Earth’s shadow.

Windows 8: Prevent Access to the Control Panel with Group Policy Editor

Disabling the Control Panel on a computer is especially useful on shared or public-facing computers.

Windows Phone 8: Merge the Email Inbox

If you have multiple email accounts, switching between them to check email messages can be painful. To manage your email within Windows Phone 8 more efficiently, you can group the related accounts together and check them in one place.

PowerPoint or Word 2013: Create 3-D Text inside Your Presentation or Document

Adding three dimensional text to your PowerPoint presentation is a great way to attract and hold your audience’s attention.

Windows 8: Block Adult Web Content from Children

The Family Safety feature within Windows 8 helps you control the Internet content that can be viewed from your computer’s browser.

SQL Server: Execute SQL Script Using SQLCMD Command Line

SQLCMD command line Utility is an alternative way to execute SQL scripts using the command line. This allows us to execute SQL scripts without touching SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) GUI.

Flash Professional: Enable or Change the Auto-Recovery Interval

Having your system suddenly crash when you are working on a complex flash project is a big nightmare. Repeating all the steps to make the animation work smoothly consumes a lot of energy. To prevent losing all your unsaved work, you should consider turning on the auto-recovery feature and setting the save interval to a reasonable time.

Windows 8: Merge Contact Information in People App

The People app in Windows 8 is a hub for managing contacts and getting updates from multiple accounts and social sites. When adding multiple accounts to the app, many people may see multiple contacts belonging to one person in the list. To better manage the contacts and group all your updates into one place, you should consider merging the contacts from multiple accounts into one.

Photoshop CS6: Bring Back the Old Filter Groups

If you use Photoshop often enough, you may have gotten familiar with the look and feel of Photoshop CS5. You probably know exactly where everything is and how to find and access it quickly. Well, with CS6, the Photoshop Filter menu has been changed and finding some of the familiar groups has become a challenge. With this quick tip, I will show you how you can bring back the old, well-known CS5-style Filter drop-down menu in a few clicks.

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