Keluaran SUZUKI Hayabusa 2013

Langkah Suzuki pada tahun 2014 ini di Indonesia memang terlihat berani. Bagaimana tidak, pabrikan Jepang ini mengeluarkan 8 varian motor moge sport pada tahun ini di Indonesia. Salah satunya adalah Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014. Motor moge sport ini memiliki dimensi body yang cukup bongsor namun dengan tampilan menawan khas motor balap. Berbagai fitur canggih juga tersemat dalam Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini yang akan membuat pengendara semakin betah berlama-lama menunggangi si jagoan dari Suzuki ini. Untuk soal kecepatan jangan diragukan lagi, karena motor Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini memiliki top speed yang tinggi.

Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 akan dilaunching di Indonesia bersama 7 varian motor sport suzuki lainnya. Selain itu untuk memanjakan para pecinta otomotif, Suzuki juga akan membangun show room khusus untuk varian motor moge-moge sport ini. Show room tersebut rencanya akan dibuka pada bulan Juni di kawasan Jakarta Selatan yang bisa dijadikan tempat kongkow para pecinta motor sport dan awak media. Untuk segmen kali ini Mas Sena akan membahas kelebihan dan spesifikasi dari Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 yang spesial ini. Yuk bro kita simak bersama-sama ulasan dari Semisena.

Spesifikasi Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014

Dari ukuran bodynya  spesifikasi Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014  ini mempunyai bentuk body yang bongsor dengan dimensi 2,195×7401,170 (LxWxH/mm) sehingga akan cukup besar jika digunakan untuk orang asia. Saat dicoba oleh redaksi awak media oto trend, posisi tangan seperti menahan beban tubuh seperti orang push up, sehingga cukup terasa power yang diforsir oleh kedua tangan. Sedangkan pada LCD Panelnya disematkan desain Silver metallic yang akan membangkitkan kesan mobil American GT muscle. LCD Panelnya sendiri memuat 4 indikasi dari Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini yaitu indikator posisi gigi, S-DMS, odometer, dial trip meter, dan jam. Sedangkan pada body bagian belakang terlihat body yang mengerucut seperti Jet-Engine. Selain itu Spesifikasi Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini juga menyematkan teknologi LED pada lampunya yang akan memberikan sinar terang yang benderang.

Spesifikasi Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini juga menyematkan Subframe belakang  yang terbuat dari pipa baja, sehingga akan kuat dan meningkatkan kapasitas berat yang bisa dibawa. Teknologi canggih (S-DMS) memungkinkan pengendara untuk memilih dari tiga karakteristik tenaga mesin yang berbeda sesuai dengan selera pribadi dan kondisi berkendara.  Motor full fairing ini memilih 4 warna untuk membalut bodynya yaitu, Candy Max Orange, Metallic Phantom Gray, Pearl Mirage White, dan Candy Indy Blue.Warna-warna tersebut akan membuat motor moge sport ini tampil lebih maskulin dan berani. Itulah Spesifikasi motor Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini dari segi luarnya.
Untuk bagian dapur pacunya, Spesifikasi Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini menyematkan mesin dengan kekuatan 1340cc yang bertipe 4-stroke, 4-cylinder, liquid-cooled, DOHC. Dengan transmisi manual 6 percepatan. Dengan tangki bahan bakar yang dapat menampung maksimal 21 liter. Saat motor ini dicoba juga menciptakan adrenalin yang fantastis karena dapat mencapai kecepatan tertinggi 222 Km/jam saat melirik speedometernya.

Kelebihan Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014

Setelah kita menilik spesifikasi dari moge tangguh ini, yuk bro sekarang kita intip Kelebihan Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini. Motor yang rencananya akan dipasok di Indonesia ini memiliki desain sporty full fairing yang menawan dengan bodynya yang bongsor memiliki berat super 260 kg. Tampilan dari motor ini sendiri bisa dibilang cukup elegan dan tidak terlalu neko-neko pada urusan desain bodynya. Namun saat anda mengendarai motor moge ini, anda akan terlihat gagah dan keren. Namun kita juga harus tahu kelebihan Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini donk sebelum anda membawanya pulang ke rumah.

Kelebihan Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 sendiri menyematkan berbagai fitur canggih di dalamnya seperti pada sektor pengeremannya terdapat teknologi Blow Off Valve yang akan memberikan suara saat motor ini di rem. Teknologi Inverted Telescopic Coil Spring Oil Damper akan memberikan penahan penahan pembuang angin tekanan balik piston hidrolis sok depan. Selain itu juga motor moge sport 1340cc ini juga menyematkan teknologi canggih pada sistem gigi transmisinya dengan adanya sensor yang ditujukan agar perbandingan gigi tetap stabil dakan mengawal torsi mesin. Fitur canggih SCEM khas Suzuki juga disematkan pada mesin motor moge ini yang akan meningkatkan performa dari perpindahan panas dan daya tahan mesin. Itulah sekelumit kisah kelebihan Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini.
Untuk mengetahui kelebihan Suzuki Hayabusa 1300R 2014 ini lebih dalam lagi bro semua bisa langsung melihat motor moge sport ini di Show Room Suzuki yang khusus memamerkan motor moge dari Suzuki yang akan dirilis pada Juni 2014 nanti. Bagaimana bro apakah anda langsung jatuh cinta dengan motor ini? Tunggu saja bro tanggal mainnya, biar kita juga tahu harganya dulu. Disini Semisena juga akan siap mengabarkan untuk pecinta otomotif semua.

Lamborghini Veneno Roadster

Lamborghini merupakan salah satu merek otomotif ternama yang sangat familiar di telinga para penikmat mobil.

Meski harus mengeluarkan kocek minimal US$ 400 ribu atau Rp 4,3 miliar untuk memiliki satu mobil Lamborghini namun hal itu tidak menghentikan penilaian orang sebagai mobil paling popular di dunia.

Dikutip dari The Richest, Minggu (20/10/2013) baru-baru ini pabrikan asal Italia ini telah mengeluarkan varian terbarunya yang sangat eksklusif yang dibandrol seharga US$ 5,3 juta atau setara dengan Rp 57,7 miliar (kurs Rp 10.904).

Lamborghini Veneno Roadster adalah mobil yang dibekali dengan kekuatan mesin 740 tenaga kuda dan di desain menyerupai mobil milik tokoh BatMan (Batmobile).

Jangan bayangkan mobil sport ini meski dibandrol dengan harga selangit akan berwujud sempurna dan tertutup. Mobil yang mampu berkecepatan 100 kilometer per jam hanya dalam waktu dua detik ini, sama sekali tak memiliki atap.

Mobil ini hanya diproduksi sebanyak 9 unit. Jadi jangan harap Anda dapat menemukan mobil ini dengan mudah di beberapa negara.

Jika anda tak mampu membeli lamborghini Veneno Roadster pabrikan Italia itu menawarkan alternatif yaitu Lamborghini Veneno yang dihargai lebih rendah yaitu $4,6 juta atau setara dengan Rp 50,1 miliar dengan tipe atap justru tertutup.

Ducati Superbike 900 cc

Dengan harga Superbike yang nyaris Rp 400 juta, PT Supermoto Indonesia selaku distributor moge Ducati melihat adanya pasar yang kuat, terutama untuk jenis motor ini.

Panigale 899 sendiri merupakan penerus Superbike Panigale sebelumnya, yakni 848. Motor dengan sejumlah perubahan mendasar dari pendahulunya itu pun sudah siap dibeli di dealer.



"Panigale 899 sudah ready stock. Kami sudah perkirakan sebelumnya bahwa ini akan banyak yang meminati," ungkap Presiden Direktur PT Supermoto Indonesia Agustus Sani Nugroho.

Panigale ini sendiri hadir untuk menemani kakaknya yang sudah lebih dulu dipasarkan, yakni tipe 1199.



Dilengkapi sasis aluminium monocoque dan mesin Superquarto, Panigale bermesin 898 cc ini memiliki tenaga maksimal 140 dk dengan torsi 99 Nm.

Motor dengan berat kosong hanya 169 kg ini di Indonesia dijual dengan harga Rp 398 juta.

R25 Spesifikasi

PT Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing (YIMM) akhirnya secara resmi meluncurkan motor sport terbarunya, Yamaha YZF-R25, di Indonesia. Hadirnya R25 dipastikan akan menambah daya gedor Yamaha Indonesia di pasar motor sport 250 cc.

Tentu saja, hadirnya Yamaha R25 ini akan bersaing langsung dengan dua kompetitor utama yang telah lama hadir di Indonesia, yaitu Kawasaki Ninja250 RR dan Honda CBR250R.

Secara tampilan, R25 memiliki desain supersport yang dimiliki YZR-M1 jelas terwarisi di YZF-R25 (Mass forward silhouette design). Selain itu, motor ini juga menempilkan predator headlight dengan sporty air duct di tengahnya, dan juga bagian belakang yang meruncing dengan lampu tipe LED.

Motor ini juga dibalut fairing multi layer di kanan dan kiri yang merupakan ciri khas R-Series, serta dilengkapi velg aluminum dengan ban tapak lebar.

"YZF-R25 adalah superbike yang nyaman dikendarai sehari-hari. Hal ini dimungkinkan, karena superbike ini mengusung tiga hal penting, yakni tercepat sporty handling dan disematkan teknologi terkini," ungkap Eko Prabowo, GM Marketing Communication and Community Yamaha Indonesia Motor Manufacturing, saat peluncurannya di Danau Toba, Sumatera Utara, Selasa 20 Mei 2014.

Yamaha menawarkan YZF-R25 tiga pilihan warna yaitu racing blue (biru), predator black (hitam), dan diablo red (merah), yang semuanya dibanderol Rp53 juta on the road (OTR) Jakarta.

Berikut, spesifikasi lengkap Yamaha YZF-R25:
Tipe mesin                    : 4 Langkah, 8 valve DOHC Berpendingin Cairan
Jumlah Silinder/posisi    : Dua/Tegak
Diameter X langkah       : 60,0 X 44,1 mm
Perbandingan Kompresi  : 11,6  : 1
Sistem bahan bakar       : Fuel Injection
Sistem pengapian          : TCI (Transistorized Control Ignition)
Tipe Busi                       : CR9E
Tipe Battery                   : GTZ8V (MF Battery 7.4 Ah)
Sistem Starter               : Electric Starter
Sistem Pelumasan          : Basah
Kapasitas Oli mesin        : Total = 2,40 L ; Berkala = 1,80 L ; Ganti filter oli = 2,10 L
Panjang x Lebar x Tinggi : 2.090 mm X 720 mm X 1.135 mm
Tinggi tempat duduk       : 780 mm
Ground clearance            : 160 mm
Wheel base                     : 1380 mm
Caster angle                   : 25 derajat
Trail                               : 95 mm
Daya maksimum             : 26,5 KW(36 PS) @ 12.000 rpm
Torsi maksimum             : 22,1N.m @ 10.000 rpm
Berat Isi                         : 166 kg
Kapasitas Tangki             : 14,3 L (Res : 3 L)
Tipe Rangka                    : Diamond
Tipe Transmisi                : Manual, 6-percepatan
Tipe Kopling                   : Basah, Kopling manual , Multiplat
Ban Depan & Belakang    : Tubeless 110/70-17M/C(54S) &   140/70 - 17M/C(66S)
Rem Depan & Belakang   : Cakram Floating Ø 298mm, Piston Ganda & Cakram  Ø   220mm Piston Tunggal
Suspensi Depan              : Telescopic Fork (diameter 41 mm)
Suspensi Belakang          : Monocross Suspension
Lampu depan                  : DC Halogen 12V,55W (H7)
Lampu belakang              : LED

Everything You Need to Know About Customizing Android’s Lock Screen

Android’s lock screen supports a variety of different unlock methods as well as widgets, which allow you to take action and view information from the lock screen. To really master your device, you’ll want to tweak your lock screen.

Lock-screen widgets can help you interact with your phone without unlocking it. They wereadded in Android 4.2, but older versions of Android can use third-party lock-screen widgets. If you don’t like them, you can disable them.

Disable the Lock Screen
Android’s lock screen can be enabled or disabled. If you don’t want to see the lock screen, you can disable it entirely. Instead, your home screen (or the app you left open) will appear when you press the power button and turn on your phone or tablet.

To control whether the lock-screen is enabled or disabled, open Android’s Settings screen and tap the Security option under Personal.



Tap the Screen lock option and select None. Your device will now skip the lock screen every time you turn it on.



Note that you can’t do this if you’ve enabled encryption on your Android device. It will prevent you from disabling the lock-screen, as that would defeat the point of encrypting your device. Encryption will also prevent you from using the insecure Slide and Pattern unlock mechanisms.

Choose Your Unlock Method
If you do want to use a lock screen, you can choose a variety of different ways of unlocking your device:
Slide: Slide your finger over an icon on the lock screen to unlock your device. This method provides no additional security — it just prevents your device from becoming accidentally unlocked if it’s in your pocket or bag and the power button is accidentally pressed.
Face Unlock: Face Unlock uses your device’s camera to take a picture of your face. You’ll then need to look at your device to log in. Google notes that Face Unlock is less secure than patterns, PINs, and passwords — someone could theoretically log in with a picture of you. It also doesn’t work perfectly, and may not recognize you or may recognize other people as you. This may be fun to play with, but don’t rely on it for security.
Pattern: Slide your finger over a grid of nine dots in a pattern to unlock. It’s a convenient, fast way to unlock, but it doesn’t provide the most security. The pattern may be easy to guess by the residue of oil your finger leaves over the screen as you repeatedly slide it in that direction, and someone can easily see the pattern if they’re looking over your shoulder. It also provides many fewer combinations — for example, if you start at the top-right corner, the next dot you touch must be an adjacent dot. This narrows down the possible options and makes a pattern easier to guess than a PIN.
PIN: Create a numerical PIN code to unlock your device. The PIN must be at least four characters long, but can be longer. A PIN is like a password, but can only use numbers.
Password: You can use a password that can incorporates letters, numbers, and special characters. It must be at least four characters long, but can be longer. Most users won’t want to use a password, as it’s the most inconvenient way to unlock your device. However, if you’re worried about a business device with very sensitive data being accessed, using a password may be ideal.

Lock Screen Widgets
If you do use a lock screen, you can use lock-screen widgets for quick, convenient access to information and apps on your lock screen.
Android 4.1 and earlier: If you’re using an older version of Android, you’ll need to use a third-party solution like WidgetLocker to use lock-screen widgets.
Android 4.2 and later: Android 4.2 added support for lock-screen widgets. Simply swipe to the left on the lock screen and you’ll be able to add widgets (swipe to the right to quickly access the camera app). These widgets can be accessed from the lock-screen by swiping to the left. You can even replace the clock — which is the default widget on your lock-screen — with another widget, such as the Google Now widget for quickly viewing information, the Google Keep widget for quickly taking notes, or the Gmail widget so you can see your inbox on your lock screen.

Widgets can be used from the lock-screen without entering the device’s unlock code. However, you’ll have to enter the unlock code to add new widgets.

Android and Google’s included apps come with a variety of lock-screen widgets, and third-party apps can also include them. However, this is a fairly new feature and many third-party apps are not yet including lock-screen widgets.

Quickly View Information: Google’s lock-screen widgets seem optimized for interacting with individual apps rather than quickly viewing information at a glance. If you want to view information on your main lock-screen, try DashClock. It replaces the default lock-screen clock widget with one which you can extend with other information. For example, with DashClock you can view your emails, the weather, and other quick bits of information directly on your main lock screen.

Disable Lock Screen Widgets: If you don’t like lock-screen widgets and think they just get in the way, you can disable them entirely. Google provides a way to do this via device administration policies, but there’s no included option in the Settings screen. To disable widgets, you can install the Lockscreen Policy app — it just provides a simple interface you can use to toggle the policy option and immediately disable the lock-screen widgets. You can also disable the quick access to the camera from here.

You can access a few more settings from Android’s Security screen. For example, you can control how long after sleep your phone automatically locks. if your phone falls asleep in your hand, you can then tap the power button to quickly wake it without entering your code. You can also add “Owner info” that appears on the lock screen, which could be useful if your phone becomes lost and is found by a good samaritan.

6 Start Menu Replacements for Windows 8

Want a Start menu on your Windows 8 desktop? While Microsoft no longer includes the Start button, opting instead for a click in a hidden corner and a new Start screen, there are quite a few Start menu replacements you can choose from.

You can try living without the Start button and customizing your Start screen – it’s very possible to get by without the Start button and some people seem to prefer the new interface – but you have a choice.

Many of these tools also allow you to boot directly to the desktop and hide the charms and app switcher that appear when you move your cursor to the corners of the screen, giving you a more traditional desktop experience.

Classic Shell
Classic Shell is a free, open-source Start menu replacement. It includes skins that can mimic the Windows 7/Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000/98 start menus and is extremely configurable. If you’re using Ninite to set up your new computer with the software you like, you’ll find that Ninite can now install Classic Start.

For a more in-depth look at Classic Shell, read How To Log Into The Desktop, Add a Start Menu, and Disable Hot Corners in Windows 8.

Start8

Stardock’s Start8 offers a Windows 8-style Start menu in addition to a Windows 7-style Start menu. Unlike Classic Shell, Start8 isn’t free – while there’s a 30-day free trial, you’ll have to pay $5 if you want to use Start8 long-term.

Start8′s Windows 7-style Start menu is a more accurate reproduction of Windows 7’s Start menu than Classic Shell’s.



Start8′s Windows 8-style Start menu isn’t too shabby, either – it feels similar to the new Start screen, but you can use it without going full-screen.

IOBit StartMenu8
Try IObit StartMenu8 if you’re disappointed by Classic Shell and don’t want to shell out $5 for Start8. IObit StartMenu8 is completely free and works more similarly to the Windows 7 Start menu than Classic Shell does.

Note: some readers have written in complaining about ads included in IOBit products, so we have removed the link.



Right-click the StartMenu8 icon and you’ll find many of the more useful options for using your computer as a traditional desktop, including the ability to skip the Start screen at login, hide the charms sidebar, and disable the other hot corners.

Make Your Own Start Menu
Using the Windows taskbar’s support for “toolbars” that can display the contents of a folder, you can create your own Start menu replacement without installing any third-party software.

For instructions, check out How to Get the Classic Start Menu Back in Windows 8.

Pokki
Pokki is primarily an “app store” for Windows, but it also offers a Start menu for Windows 8. Unlike the other Start menus here, Pokki doesn’t try to copy Microsoft’s Start menus exactly. It has a different design, which you may or may not prefer. There are separate categories for your applications and settings and you can also pin your most-used programs to the Favorites section.

ViStart
There’s also ViStart, which was one of the most talked-about Start menus when the first preview releases of Windows 8 were released with no traditional Start menu. Unfortunately, ViStart’s installer is now full of useless toolbars and other junkware – we can’t recommend ViStart when the other Start menus here work so well.

The third-party Start menu ecosystem is flourishing. Samsung and Toshiba are even writing their own Start menus – Samsung Quick Starter and Toshiba Desktop Assist – and including them with their Windows 8 computers. It’s very possible other PC manufacturers will follow.

47 Keyboard Shortcuts That Work in All Web Browsers

Each major web browser shares a large number of keyboard shortcuts in common. Whether you’re using Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, or Opera – these keyboard shortcuts will work in your browser.

Each browser also has some of its own, browser-specific shortcuts, but learning the ones they have in common will serve you well as you switch between different browsers and computers. This list includes a few mouse actions, too.

Tabs

Ctrl+1-8 – Switch to the specified tab, counting from the left.

Ctrl+9 – Switch to the last tab.



Ctrl+Tab – Switch to the next tab – in other words, the tab on the right. (Ctrl+Page Up also works, but not in Internet Explorer.)

Ctrl+Shift+Tab – Switch to the previous tab – in other words, the tab on the left. (Ctrl+Page Down also works, but not in Internet Explorer.)

Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 – Close the current tab.

Ctrl+Shift+T – Reopen the last closed tab.



Ctrl+T – Open a new tab.

Ctrl+N – Open a new browser window.

Alt+F4 – Close the current window. (Works in all applications.)

Mouse Actions for Tabs
Middle Click a Tab – Close the tab.

Ctrl+Left Click, Middle Click – Open a link in a background tab.

Shift+Left Click – Open a link in a new browser window.

Ctrl+Shift+Left Click – Open a link in a foreground tab.

Navigation
Alt+Left Arrow, Backspace – Back.

Alt+Right Arrow, Shift+Backspace – Forward.

F5 – Reload.

Ctrl+F5 – Reload and skip the cache, re-downloading the entire website.

Escape – Stop.

Alt+Home – Open homepage.

Zooming
Ctrl and +, Ctrl+Mousewheel Up – Zoom in.

Ctrl and -, Ctrl+Mousewheel Down — Zoom out.

Ctrl+0 – Default zoom level.

F11 – Full-screen mode.

Scrolling
Space, Page Down – Scroll down a frame.

Shift+Space, Page Up – Scroll up a frame.

Home – Top of page.

End – Bottom of page.

Middle Click – Scroll with the mouse. (Windows only)

Address Bar
Ctrl+L, Alt+D, F6 – Focus the address bar so you can begin typing.

Ctrl+Enter – Prefix www. and append .com to the text in the address bar, and then load the website. For example, type howtogeek into the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to open www.howtogeek.com.

Alt+Enter – Open the location in the address bar in a new tab.

Search

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+E – Focus the browser’s built-in search box or focus the address bar if the browser doesn’t have a dedicated search box. (Ctrl+K doesn’t work in IE, Ctrl+E does.)

Alt+Enter – Perform a search from the search box in a new tab.

Ctrl+F, F3 – Open the in-page search box to search on the current page.

Ctrl+G, F3 – Find the next match of the searched text on the page.

Ctrl+Shift+G, Shift+F3 – Find the previous match of the searched text on the page.

History & Bookmarks
Ctrl+H – Open the browsing history.

Ctrl+J – Open the download history.

Ctrl+D – Bookmark the current website.

Ctrl+Shift+Del – Open the Clear Browsing History window.

Other Functions
Ctrl+P – Print the current page.

Ctrl+S – Save the current page to your computer.

Ctrl+O – Open a file from your computer.

Ctrl+U – Open the current page’s source code. (Not in IE.)

F12 – Open Developer Tools. (Requires Firebug extension for Firefox.)



Does one of these keyboard shortcuts not work in a specific browser, or is there another important one we missed here? Leave a comment and let us know.

VLC Has Extensions, Too: Here’s What You Can Do With Them

VLC has many hidden features you might not have noticed. Among these features is a powerful add-on system that supports everything from feature-adding extensions to skins.

To view your installed add-ons, click Tools > Plugins and Extensions in VLC. The window displays your installed extensions and links you to the addons.videolan.org website where you can get more.
Installing and Using Extensions

To install an extension, download its .lua file from the VLC add-ons website. On Windows, place the .lua files in the C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\extensions folder. You’ll probably have to create the “lua\extensions” folders in the vlc AppData folder on your own.

These extensions also work on Linux and Mac OS X. Each extension’s web page includes instructions for installing the extension to the appropriate folder on every operating system VLC runs on. The extensions don’t work on mobile versions of VLC like VLC for Android, iOS, or Windows 8 — just the desktop versions of VLC for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

To have VLC notice extensions you install, either close and re-open VLC or click the Reload Extensions button in the Plugins and extensions window. You can then activate and access extensions from VLC’s View menu.

VLSub
Video files you download from the web don’t always come with subtitles. But sometimes you’ll want subtitles anyway — perhaps the video is in a language you don’t understand, the audio is too quiet, or an unfamiliar accent is making it difficult to understand the audio. You can generally hunt down subtitle files on your own, including by downloading them from websites that provide an archive of subtitle files for you.

VLSub automates this process. It uses a hash of the current video file and its title to download an appropriate subtitle file from opensubtitles.org, making it quick and easy to find the correct subtitles for your current video when you want them. You don’t have to download them ahead of time and load them separately — just open VLSub while watching a video.

Resume Media V2
The Resume Media V2 extension saves the current position of a video or audio file whenever you close VLC. When you re-open VLC, the extension automatically moves the time slider to the position you stopped at. It doesn’t just work with a single previous file — it works with multiple different files and remembers your positions in all of them until you finish watching or listening to the files.

This extension works well for many different types of media files. If you listen to podcasts in VLC, you may find yourself needing to pause listening to an hours-long podcast to do something else — VLC will remember your position. It’s also useful for any other type of long file, from audiobooks and recorded lectures to long movies and TV shows.

Syncplay Interface Module for VLC
Syncplay synchronizes the playback between multiple instances of VLC and other supported media players over the Internet. In other words, if you and someone else anywhere in the world have the same video file, you can use Syncplay to watch it together at the same time. Syncplay will ensure the file’s playback is synced up.

In the past, people apart from each other sometimes watched TV movies while talking on the telephone — now you can use an Internet voice-chat program and Syncplay to watch a video file at the same time and talk about it.

This extension isn’t entirely self-contained, as it requires the Syncplay program installed. Unlike the other extensions here, it shouldn’t have to be installed manually — just install the Syncplay program on your computer and it should automatically install the VLC extension.

Click to Play/Pause
Web-based video players like YouTube often allow you to click the video screen to pause and resume playing a video. VLC forces you to press Space or click a small Play/Pause button at the bottom of the screen, which can be inconvenient if you’re controlling VLC with a mouse from a distance — perhaps while using VLC as a media player connected to your TV with an HDMI cable. With this extension installed, you can just click anywhere on the video to pause or resume playing your video file.



The extension site is full of even more extensions and plug-ins, but we wanted to highlight the best. So many other features — whether you’re thinking of transcoding or streaming — are built into VLC already.

The website also offers a variety of skins and service discovery scripts. You can make your VLC window look entirely different or add support for discovering different types of online streams — like radio stations from TuneIn Radio — to VLC’s playlist window. Take a look at the site on your own, but don’t be surprised if you don’t find an extension to do something — that feature may be hiding somewhere in VLC already.

Yes, It’s Okay to Shut Down Your Computer With the Power Button

Many computer users were trained never to turn their PCs off by pressing the power button on their desktop PC’s case. This used to cause problems in the previous millennium, but it’s now perfectly safe to shut down with the power button.

This is especially useful on Windows 8, where there’s no obvious power button unless you know to look in the charms bar or the hidden Windows Key + X menu. But there is a power button — and it’s on your PC’s case.

Why Old Computers Couldn’t Handle This
If you ever used Windows 95 on an old computer, you’ll probably remember how you had to turn off the PC. You opened the Start menu, clicked Shut Down, and waited patiently for the computer to finish up whatever it was doing. When it was ready for you to shut down, you’d see the message “It’s now safe to turn off your computer” on your screen and you’d press the power button to shut it off.

The power button wasn’t very smart in those days. When you pressed it, it immediately cut power to the computer’s hardware. Just as you wouldn’t yank a desktop computer’s power cord out of the outlet while it was running today, you wouldn’t press the power button to shut off then. A sudden power cut means the computer won’t be able to shut down cleanly. You may lose work and the file system might be corrupted. If you did this on Windows 95, your computer would have to run ScanDisk when you booted it back up, attempting to repair all the damage caused by the shut down.

When you clicked Shut Down in Windows first, Windows wrapped up everything it was doing, closing all open programs and saving all data to the disk. Your computer wasn’t doing anything at all when that message appeared on your screen, so it was safe to cut power to it.

Why New Computers Can Safely Shut Down
Old computers used a pretty low-tech solution. Instead of suddenly cutting power to the computer, why couldn’t the power button send a signal to the computer’s operating system saying “Hey, it’s time to shut down, finish up what you’re doing” and let the computer shut down intelligently? And, when you did shut down from the operating system, why did you have to sit at the computer and wait to press the power button once everything was done? Why couldn’t the operating system say to the computer “it’s now safe to shut down, power off”?

These questions were answered by the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) standard, which new computers have used for more than a decade. When you press the power button on your computer’s case, it doesn’t suddenly cut power — it sends a signal to the operating system and tells it to shut down. The operating system can also understand multiple types of ACPI signals, which is how some laptops are able to have separate power and sleep buttons. And, when you click Shut Down in Windows, it uses ACPI to send a signal to your computer’s hardware, telling it to cut the power so you don’t have to press the power button by hand.

In other words, your computer’s power button is smart enough to do the right thing. You can just press the power button on your case to shut it down. Bear in mind that this power button can be configured to do different things, so you can have your computer shut down, sleep, or hibernate when you press the power button.

Windows 98 introduced support for ACPI, but it requires appropriate hardware. If you install a modern version of Windows on older hardware, you’ll still see the “It is now safe to turn off your computer” message and have to press the power button manually.

Holding Down the Power Button Still Cuts Power to the Computer
Your computer’s power button is smart, but this might be a problem in some situations. For example, if Windows is frozen and you press the power button, the computer would send the appropriate ACPI signal to Windows, but Windows wouldn’t be able to respond. Your computer would stay frozen and not shut down.

For this reason, there’s a way to forcibly cut power to your computer in case you ever run into a problem. Just press the power button and hold it down. After a few seconds, the power will be cut to your computer and it will suddenly shut down. This is normally a bad idea, as it can lead to lost data, file system corruption, and other issues. However, if your computer is frozen and the power button isn’t working, it’s a failsafe you have available. This allows you to power cyclelaptops when you can’t remove the battery.

How to Choose What Happens When You Press the Power Button
Windows and other operating systems allow you to customize what happens when you press the power button on your computer. If you always want to shut down your computer, you can do that — or you could always have your computer enter hibernate mode when you press the power button. The choice is up to you.

To customize this in Windows, open the Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound, and click Change what the power buttons do under Power Options.



Choose options from the lists here. You can choose separate options when your computer is plugged in or running on battery. If you like, you can also set the computer to do nothing when you press the power button, effectively disabling the power button. If you have a laptop, you’ll also be able to control what happens when you close the lid — closing the lid also sends an ACPI signal, so the computer can automatically go to sleep when you close the lid.



Bear in mind that this won’t work on any ancient hardware you come across. If you turn off an extremely ancient business computer by pressing its power button, someone will probably be unhappy with you.

4 Geeky Tricks That Reduce An Android Phone’s Security

Android geeks often unlock their devices’ bootloaders, root them, enable USB debugging, and allow software installation from outside the Google Play Store. But there are reasons why Android devices don’t come with all these tweaks enabled.

Every geeky trick that allows you to do more with your Android device also peels away some of its security. It’s important to know the risks you’re exposing your devices to and understand the trade-offs.

Bootloader Unlocking
Android bootloaders come locked by default. This isn’t just because the evil manufacturer or cellular carrier wants to lock down their device and prevent you from doing anything with it. Even Google’s own Nexus devices, which are marketed towards Android developers as well as users, come with locked boot loaders by default.

A locked bootloader ensures an attacker can’t simply install a new Android ROM and bypass your device’s security. For example, let’s say someone steals your phone and wants to gain access to your data. If you have a PIN enabled, they can’t get in. But, if your bootloader is unlocked, they can install their own Android ROM and bypass any PIN or security setting you have enabled. This is why unlocking a Nexus device’s bootloader will wipe its data — this will prevent an attacker from unlocking a device to steal data.

If you use encryption, an unlocked bootloader could theoretically allow an attacker compromise your encryption with the freezer attack, booting a ROM designed to identify your encryption key in memory and copy it. Researchers have successfully performed this attack against a Galaxy Nexus with an unlocked bootloader.

You may want to re-lock your bootloader after you unlock it and install the custom ROM you want to use. Of course, this is a trade-off when it comes to convenience — you’ll have to unlock your bootloader again if you ever want to install a new custom ROM.

Rooting
Rooting bypasses Android’s security system. In Android, each app is isolated, with its own Linux user ID with its own permissions. Apps can’t access or modify protected parts of the system, nor can they read data from other apps. A malicious app that wanted to access your banking credentials couldn’t snoop on your installed bank app or access its data — they’re isolated from each other.

When you root your device, you can allow apps to run as the root user. This gives them access to the entire system, which allows them to do things that wouldn’t normally be possible. If you installed a malicious app and gave it root access, it would be able to compromise your entire system.

Apps that require root access can be especially dangerous and should be scrutinized extra carefully. Don’t give apps you don’t trust access to everything on your device with root access.

USB Debugging
USB debugging allows you to do things liketransfer files back and forth and record videos of your device’s screen. When you enable USB debugging, your device will accept commands from a computer you plug it into via a USB connection. With USB debugging disabled, the computer has no way to issue commands to your device. (However, a computer could still copy files back and forth if you unlocked your device while it was plugged in.)

In theory, it would be possible for a malicious USB charging port to compromise connected Android devices if they had USB debugging enabled and accepted the security prompt. This was particularly dangerous in older versions of Android, where an Android device wouldn’t display a security prompt at all and would accept commands from any USB connection if they had USB debugging enabled.

Luckily, Android now provides a warning, even if you have USB debugging enabled. You have to confirm the device before it can issue US debugging commands. If you plug your phone into a computer or a USB charging port and see this prompt when you’re not expecting it, don’t accept it. In fact, you should leave USB debugging disabled unless you’re using it for something.

The idea that a USB charging port could tamper with your device is known as “juice jacking.”

Unknown Sources
The Unknown Sources option allows you to install Android apps (APK files) from outside Google’s Play Store. For example, you might want to install apps from the Amazon App Store, install games via the Humble Bundle app, or download an app in APK form from the developer’s website.

This setting is disabled by default, as it prevents less knowledgeable users from downloading APK files from websites or emails and installing them without due diligence.

When you enable this option to install an APK file, you should consider disabling it afterwards for security. If you regularly install apps from outside Google Play — for example, if you use the Amazon App Store — you may want to leave this option enabled.

Either way, you should be extra careful of apps you install from outside Google Play. Android will now offer to scan them for malware, but, like any antivirus, this feature isn’t perfect.



Each of these features makes it possible to take full control over some aspect of your device, but they’re all disabled by default for security reasons. When enabling them, be sure you know the risks.

10 Ways You Can Customize Your Windows Taskbar

Most people don’t spend much time customizing their taskbar, even though it’s something every Windows user uses every day. It seems almost set in stone — but it isn’t. The Windows taskbar is actually very customizable.

Even geeks often seem to forget just how customizable the taskbar is. The taskbar at the bottom of your screen doesn’t have to look like everyone else’s — it doesn’t even have to be at the bottom of your screen.

Choose a Start Menu
On Windows 8, you can install third-party Start menus that give you a classic Start menu back. On Windows 8.1, Microsoft has restored the Start button, but it just goes to the Start screen — for a traditional desktop Start menu, you’ll still need to install a third-party Start menu.

If you’re using Windows 8.1 and would like to get rid of the Start button to free up taskbar space and use Windows 8 the way Steven Sinofsky intended it, you can use the StartIsGone utility to hide the Start button again. Microsoft doesn’t provide a built-in option to disable the Start button.

Choose Any Edge of the Screen
The Windows taskbar appears on the bottom of the screen by default, but it doesn’t have to. You can easily place your taskbar at any edge of the screen — at the left, top, or right. Placing it on the left edge of the screen can help on modern laptops, which often use widescreen resolutions with much more horizontal space than vertical space. This will give you more vertical space for web pages, documents, and everything else.

To do this, right-click your taskbar, select Lock the taskbar, and then drag it to any side of the screen. Right-click your taskbar and lock it again afterwards. You can also right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and select a location from the Taskbar location on screen box.

Enable Auto-hide
The taskbar doesn’t have to appear on screen all the time, either. You can make it automatically hide itself and only appear when you move your mouse to the bottom of the screen. This can help if you want to use your precious screen space for your programs, particularly on old netbooks with a very low screen resolution.

To toggle auto-hide, right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and click the Auto-hide the taskbar box.

Use a Traditional Taskbar
Windows 7 introduced a new style of taskbar that combined program-launching and window-switching with a single taskbar icon. However, you can still use the previous style of taskbar. This can be useful if you just use a few programs — let’s say you mostly use your browser and like having different browser windows that you can easily switch to from your taskbar.

To choose the type of taskbar you want to use, right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and choose one of the options from the Taskbar buttons box.

Use Small Icons
Along with customizing the type of taskbar entries you use, you can select whether to use large or small icons. Large icons are probably ideal if you’re using a high-resolution screen, but if you have a tiny screen — here come the netbooks again — choosing small icons will give you more of your display back.

To make taskbar icons smaller, right-click the taskbar, select Properties, and enable the Use small taskbar buttons checkbox.

Re-enable Quick Launch
Remember the “quick launch” area that was used on Windows XP and Vista? It gave you shortcuts that you taskbar shortcuts that you could click to launch your favorite programs. On Windows 7, this is less useful because programs you use frequently can be pinned to the taskbar.

However, you can still re-enable the quick launch toolbar. This is particularly useful if you want to use the old-style taskbar from Windows Vista and XP.

Create Toolbars With Shortcuts
You can also create other toolbars with shortcuts. This can be useful on Windows 8, as it allows you to make a Start menu-like program launcher without installing any additional software. You can also enable toolbars included with Windows — for example, the Address toolbar allows you to type web page addresses into a box directly on your taskbar to access them.

To use this feature, right-click your taskbar, point to Toolbars, and select New toolbar.

Hide the Clock
The clock seems like a permanent part of the taskbar, but it’s not. You can actually hide the clock fairly easily, freeing up space on your taskbar for other things.

To do so, right-click the clock, select Customize notification icons, click Turn system icons on or off, and set the Clock to Off.

Customize Your Notification Area
The notification area — also known as the system tray — has become such a mess over time that Windows hides most notification icons by default. However, you’re free tocustomize which icons will and won’t be shown.

You can do this in a simple way — just drag and drop the notification area icons between the hidden area and the main taskbar and they’ll be made always-visible or always-hidden. You can also open the notification area dialog to perform more detailed customizations.

Create Custom Jump List Shortcuts
The jump list feature allows you to right-click a taskbar program and quickly access important functions. For example, Chrome’s jump list entries allow you to access frequently-visited websites or open new browser windows.

Some programs don’t include jump list shortcuts or may not include one you really want. You can create your own custom jump list shortcuts with a third-party tool.



Of course, you can also pin taskbar icons to make them always-visible by right-clicking them and selecting Pin this program to taskbar or drag and drop them to rearrange them on your taskbar. That’s the one bit of taskbar customization many Windows desktop users seem to do.