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How to Block Your Phone Number from Caller ID and Make Private Calls

“Can I have your real phone number?” Many of us hesitate to share this valuable piece of our identity because nowadays these are more than just phone numbers. They enable login access to our bank accounts, control the locks and devices in a smart home, and act as doorkeepers to scores of websites and apps. All this, unfortunately, comes at a time when cyber-criminals have advanced resources at their disposal to take over someone’s mobile account. It is prudent to make your cell phone number “private” or “different” so that it does not appear on the recipient’s caller ID. If a number has to be… Read more

How to Restart Chrome without Losing a Single Tab

You’ve been using Chrome for a while now, and the extension you just installed tells you that to complete the installation you need to restart Chrome. You might delay restarting Chrome since the tabs you have open are too essential to close at that time. Thanks to a trick Chrome has, you’ll be able to restart Chrome without the fear of losing all your tabs. Even if the tabs you closed are from a previous session, Chrome still offers the possibility of recovering those as well. Related: 13 Chrome Flags You Should Enable for a Better Browsing Experience How to Reboot Chrome and Not Lose… Read more

Microsoft Adds Linux Kernel to Windows – How Does this Affect You?

Linux is no stranger to Windows. In the past we’ve reported on how Linux was implemented into Windows 10. Recently, Microsoft has gone the additional step and announced an update for the implementation of a whole Linux kernel to the operating system. But what does this mean, and – most importantly – what does it mean for Windows users? Why Microsoft Is Adding a Linux Kernel Again, Linux isn’t totally new on Windows. For a while now Windows 10 had what’s called the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). WSL focused on allowing Windows to run Linux tools such as Bash. It didn’t allow people… Read more

How to Repair Damaged DWG Files with Recovery Toolbox

This is a sponsored article and was made possible by Recovery Toolbox. The actual contents and opinions are the sole views of the author who maintains editorial independence even when a post is sponsored. If there was a league table of professional file formats that home users don’t come across very often, then DWG would probably top that chart, or at least be in the top five. The CAD file format used by AutoCAD and other venerable old drafting software is old but solid. Latterly, it found use in the world of 3D graphics as an interchange format, allowing users to switch from one 3D… Read more

Slitit helps you open plastic packaging the easy way

NEWS – Eleven years ago I reviewed the Zibra Open It! and I still use it today when I receive or buy a product that is packaged in a sealed clamshell plastic container. That tool has worked pretty well over the years but I just stumbled upon the Slitit package opener tool while surfing for cool products to share with all of you this one looks like it can do the job much easier and faster.

The Slitit package opener isn’t designed like a heavy duty pair of sheers. It’s just a hollow plastic tube with a blade on one side that makes it easy to slice through the edges of blister packs and sealed clamshell package. Want one? You can buy a Slitit for $9.95 from The Grommet or Amazon.

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Slitit helps you open plastic packaging the easy way originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 23, 2019 at 1:09 pm.

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