Windows 10 - Stop Computer From
Turning Off, Sleeping, Hibernating After Many or Few Minutes
MAAB and NSTN 2018
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Monday, September 10, 2018
Windows 10 - Stop Computer From Turning Off, Sleeping, Hibernating After Many or Few Minutes
How to Speed Up Windows 10
How to Speed Up Windows 10
10 Easy Procedures:
You can make your PC faster without installing an SSD.
by Marco Ayllon
Nautilus Science and Technology News
Windows 10 was released to retail on July 29, 2015, since then we have been using Windows10 for more than 3 years. After continually using this operating system we are annoyed about waiting too long when we turn on to load our O.S. and computers, and we noticed this Windows 10 has begun to lose some of its lusters, there are ways to put a little pep back in its step. Here are some quick, easy ways to improve its performance in the booting process without swapping out any hardware.
1. Go opaque
Windows 10's new Start menu is sexy and see-through, but that transparency will cost you some (slight) resources. To reclaim those resources, you can disable transparency in the Start menu, taskbar, and action center: Open the Settings menu and go to Personalization > Colors and toggle off Make Start, taskbar, and action center transparent.
Making the Start menu, taskbar, and action center transparent is one thing, but Windows 10 still has a lot of other snazzy, built-in special effects. To really go bare-bones on the special effects, right-click the Start button and click System.
Click Advanced system settings to open the System Properties menu. On the Advanced tab under Performance, click Settings...
This will open the Performance Options menu. In the Visual Effects tab, either choose to Adjust for best performance to turn off all unnecessary animations and special effects, or choose Custom: and deselect the visual effects you think can live without. When you're finished, click OK to apply your changes.
3. Disable Startup programs
If your PC is taking a long time to boot up -- and you've enabled Fast Startup and everything -- you may have too many programs starting up when you turn your computer on. To fix this, right-click on the Start button and click Task Manager. Click the Startup tab (click More details if you don't see the Startup tab) and peruse the list of programs that start up with your computer. If you see a program that doesn't need to be there, right-click it and click Disable. You can also arrange the list of programs by Startup impact if you'd like to see the programs that are taking up the most resources (and time).
4. Find (and fix) the problem
Windows 10 has a built-in performance troubleshooter that can help you find and fix any problems that might be affecting your PC's speed. To open the troubleshooter, right-click on the Start button and click Control Panel. Under Security and Maintenance at the top, click Troubleshoot common computer problems. Next, under System and Security, click Run maintenance tasks.
5. Reduce the Boot Menu Time-out
When your computer starts up, the boot menu is displayed for a certain amount of time before the operating system loads. This gives you time to do things like start Windows in Safe Mode. You can shave a few seconds off your startup time by changing the boot menu time-out, which is set to 30 seconds by default.
To do this, right-click on the Start button and click Control Panel. Go to System > Advanced system settings, and, under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
Next to Time to display a list of operating systems:, change the value from 30 seconds to 10 seconds and click OK.
6. Turn Off Windows Suggestions:
In an effort to be helpful, Windows 10 will sometimes give you tips on how to get the most out of the OS. It scans your computer in order to do this, a process that can have a slight impact on performance. To turn off these tips, go to Start > Settings > System > Notifications & actions and toggle off Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use Windows.
7. Run Disk Cleanup
This one's a win-win. It'll improve performance and free up space on your hard drive. Disk Cleanup has been around forever, but this trusted Windows utility can still help clean out the temporary files, installers and other junk littering your hard drive. To run it, just search for Disk Cleanup, run it and click the button labeled Clean up system files.
8. Eradicate Bloatware
If your PC came with preinstalled apps you don't want or need, get rid of them. Same goes for any apps you installed that you later found to be of little or no use. Right-click the Start menu, choose Control Panel and under the Programs header, click Uninstall a program. Peruse the list from time to time and select the programs you no longer need and click Uninstall at the top of the list.
9. Power plan
Make sure you aren't using a Power saver plan if you don't need to. Even desktops will sometimes feature a power-saver option, which doesn't do you any good unless you are trying to conserve battery life. Open the Control Panel and go to Hardware and Sound > Power Options to see which power plan you are currently using. For better performance, make sure you are using a High Performance or Balanced plan (or a plan from the PC manufacturer that says it's balanced).
10. Restart your PC
Is speeding up your computer as simple as...restarting it? Maybe. Restarting your PC clears out its memory and stops any processes that might be taking up resources. Also, shutting down your computer is not the same as restarting it -- shutdown is affected by Windows 10's Fast Startup, which saves a snapshot of your PC and its processes in a hiper-file for faster boot-up. Restart is not affected by Fast Startup, so if you have Fast Startup enabled, restarting your PC is the only way to fully clear the memory and shutdown processes.
MAAB / NSTN 2018
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
How to Modify and Disable Ads on Your Windows 10 Lock Screen
How to Modify and Disable Ads on Your Windows 10 Lock Screen
If you’re like me, you might have opened up your Windows 10 laptop today only to see a giant ad for Square Enix’s Rise of the Tomb Raider plastered across your login screen. This is the work of the “Windows Spotlight” feature in your Personalization settings, and thankfully, you can turn it off for good.
To remove Windows 10’s lock screen ads, click on your Start menu, and open up the Settings app:
From here, choose the Personalization setting, and then navigate to the Lock Screen tab.
Once this is open, find the field that reads “Windows Spotlight”, and clicks on the box. You can switch this to display either a “Picture” or a “Slideshow”, depending on your personal preference.
This will disable Microsoft from automatically pushing ads to your login screen without your permission.
Lastly, once you’ve selected the new style of the login screen, be sure to un-check the option for “Get fun facts, tips, tricks, and more on your lock screen”.
This guarantees you won’t have to deal with unexpected sales pitches for Tomb Raider (or any other app, for that matter) the next time you try to log in.
Bonus Tip: If the ads don’t annoy you and you just want to see content that’s more tailored to your interests instead, you can tell Microsoft what’s relevant by clicking the icon in the top-right corner of your lock screen:
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Our Internet Access is Under Attack
Net Neutrality II: Last Week Tonight
with John Oliver (HBO)
Our Internet Access is Under Attack
By Marco Ayllon
Nautilus Science
and Technology News
November 23,
2017
Who owns, or has influence over, the internet providers? They could have too much influence over what sites and information we have access to. We wouldn't think of not having freedom of the press. Freedom of the Internet should not be limited by bias of Internet providers. This is as important as a free press.
I read on the news the other day about people in our cities have no clue of what is "net neutrality," and the meaning. Had it been called "Free and Open Internet" that was under attack, then people would care and would be contacting their representatives demanding that the internet be left as is without interference.
One of the best arguments I saw is the simple example of everyone,
It does not matter who you are, and what you have experienced; we are supposed
to trust the companies who can't show up between 10 and 2 with the future of
the internet our tax dollars paid to “create”? Those companies who claim a 4G
phone connection (that never seems to happen), are going to be in charge. For
us as consumers, interference and Internet regulations by those big Internet
providers is a serious issue, but we smell a diversion from the tax cut
legislation. Both are an attack on us all, we must find common ground to resist
the selling of our country for their gain.
I think, Free Internet will allow us a free democratic
digital society. With Internet under olies (oligarchy) control and regulations
of the Internet access will affect our freedom of information, freedom of
money, freedom of delivery, and freedom of choice. Anyone with this much power
will only concentrate more power and not decentralize. Don't forget freedom of
assembly when people use social media to meet virtually, instead of personally.
Now days’ we pay for the use of the Internet the same as another
utility service. Like water and electricity there should be fair access to the
Internet and access to it and pricing for service should be regulated. Any
attempt to categorize it as anything other than a commodity it would be as an
attempt to gouge consumers on price and create an unequal access to
businesses and data that is slanted to benefit only the largest corporations.
Network Neutrality is the foundation of free speech and a fair playing field
for all sizes of businesses and consumers alike. Don't sit by idle and let net
neutrality be repealed, you should take an action to try and stop this nonsense
Internet service control! Write a letter to Congress, join a demonstration, or
talk to others about this.
Equal access to online information is once again under
serious threat. John Oliver encourages internet commenters to voice their
displeasure to the FCC by visiting www.gofccyourself.com
and clicking "express" to file
your comment.
You can go direct to this FCC link and click Express
yourself.
Another Related Video related: The Internet is Under Attack
https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders/videos/10156519158637908/
Steps to write your comments to voice your displeasure to the FCC by visiting www.gofccyourself.com and clicking "express" to file your comment.
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Firefox Quantum is Super-Fast than Other Browsers
Firefox Quantum is Super-Fast than Other Browsers
While the User Surfs the Web, Conserves Memory
By Marco Ayllon
Nautilus Science and Technology News
The Firefox Frontier Everything you need to know to browse fast.
The Speedometer 2.0 benchmark simulates modern web applications and is a relatively simple way of evaluating a browser’s speed. We have run a few tests to compare Firefox Quantum (57)’s speed and memory as compared to previous versions of Firefox, and to Chrome. Results vary based on your computer and the apps you’re using, but Firefox Quantum is consistently about 2X faster than Firefox was.
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Test 1:
Conducted on September 19, 2017 using Surface Laptop (Processor: Intel Core i7 / Memory: 8GB / Storage: 256 GB ), a new Firefox profile, and no other apps or tabs running.
Test Firefox 52 Firefox Quantum (57) Beta
Test 1 35 67
Test 2 35 68
Test 3 35 67
Test Average 35 67
Firefox Quantum (57.0 b1 64-bit)
Firefox 52 (52.0 64-bit)
Test 2
Conducted on September 20, 2017 using MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) (2.9GHz Intel Core i7 / 16GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 / 1TB PCIe SSD), a new Firefox profile, and no other apps or tabs running.
Test Firefox 52 Firefox Quantum (57) Beta
Test 1 33 67
Test 2 32 65
Test 3 31 65
Test Average 32 66
Firefox Quantum (57.0 b1 64-bit)
Firefox 52 (52.0 64-bit)
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In addition to speed testing, Firefox’s “just right” multi-process architecture results in Firefox Quantum consuming roughly 30% less RAM than Chrome.
To compare memory usage, the Atsy project was used to load 30 pages, each in its own tab, with 10 seconds in between loads and 60 seconds of settle time at the end. Then memory usage was measured for the various processes that each browser spawns during that time.
Children's Smartwatches Are Banned in Germany
Children's Smartwatches Are Banned in Germany
By Marco Ayllon
Nautilus Science and Technology News
A sale of smartwatches aimed at children has banned by a German government agency, and found out on such devices unsafe snooping and spaying software.
It had previously banned an internet-connected doll called My Friend Cayla, for similar reasons. The German Telecoms regulator the Federal Network Agency urged parents who had such watches to destroy them. One expert said the decision could be a "game-changer" for internet-connected devices.
"Unwell secured smart devices often allow for privacy invasion. That is really concerning when it comes to kids' GPS tracking watches - the very watches that are supposed to help keep them safe," said Ken Munro, a security expert at Pen Test Partners. "There is a shocking lack of regulation of the 'internet of things', which allows lax manufacturers to sell us dangerously insecure smart products.
"Using privacy regulation to ban such devices is a game-changer, stopping these manufacturers playing fast and loose with our kids' security," he added. In a statement, the agency said it had already taken action against several firms offering such watches on the internet.
"Using an app, parents can use such children's watches to listen unnoticed to the child's environment and they are to be regarded as an unauthorized transmitting system," said Jochen Homann, president of the Federal Network Agency. "According to our research, parents' watches are also used to listen to teachers in the classroom." The agency also asked schools to "pay more attention" to such watches among students.
Stalking and Chasing Children
Such watches - which are sold by many providers in Germany - are generally aimed at children between the ages of five and 12. The majority of this devices are equipped with a Sim card and a limited telephony function and are set up and controlled via an app. The last month, the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) reported that 'some children's watches - including Gator and GPS for kids - had flaws such as transmitting and storing data without encryption.
It meant that strangers, using basic hacking techniques, could track children as they moved or make a child appear to be in a completely different location. It is not clear whether the German decision to ban such devices was based on the privacy issues associated with them or wider security flaws that have been uncovered by NCC and others. Both firms said that they had resolved the security issues.
Mr. Finn Myrstad, head of digital policy at the NCC said: "This ban sends a strong signal to makers of products aimed at children that they need to be safer." He called for Europe-wide procedure actions to intensify the security of such devices.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
US Universities Research $1.8 Billion in Earnings on new Medicines, Products, Inventions, Patents, and the Lunch of New Business in 2011
By:Goldie Blumenstyk and Marco A. Ayllon
August 28, 2012
Nautilus Science and Technology News
[This article originally contained several numerical errors that have now been corrected. Details on those corrections appear below.]
Universities and their inventors earned more than $1.8-billion from commercializing their academic research in the 2011 fiscal year, collecting royalties from new breeds of wheat, from a new drug for the treatment of HIV, and from longstanding arrangements over enduring products like Gatorade.
Northwestern University earned the most of any institution reporting, with more than $191-million in licensing income.
The 157 universities that responded to the annual survey of the Association of University Technology Managers, released on Monday, completed 5,398 licenses and filed for 12,090 new patents. They also created 617 start-up companies.
The overall revenue figures are about the same as in the 2010 fiscal year, when 155 universities responded. The number of licenses and options completed in 2011 was notably higher than the 4,735 reported in 2010, but in part that was because some institutions began to include more of them in their totals. The number of new patent applications filed was also higher.
The totals include data from four institutions that answered anonymously and are not included in the sortable table that accompanies this article. (Year-to-year comparisons for the survey are imperfect because, in some years, institutions that are the most active in patenting and licensing don't participate. Also some participating institutions provide only partial responses.)
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The 617 start-up companies formed in 2011 was a slight increase from the 613 reported in the previous year. Start-up companies appeared to be a growing focus for some of the institutions in the survey. In 2010, 12 institutions reported forming 10 or more companies; in 2011, 14 institutions did so.
That attention reflects broader economic forces, says Tony Stanco, executive director of the National Council on Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer. With big corporations doing less and less hiring, there is "more of an awareness from students and faculty that entrepreneurship is a growing career path, a growing alternative," he says. And says Mr. Stanco, new Ph.D. recipients now realize that one way to continue their research is "though the venture path."
'Off the Beaten Path'
The University of Florida's David Day says licensing inventions to start-ups also makes sense for institutions like his, which still collects revenue from the trademark it holds on the Gatorade sports drink and related products. "We're a little off the beaten path," so the homegrown approach is a logical one, says Mr. Day, director of Florida's Office of Technology Licensing.
Florida, which formed 12 start-up companies in 2011, is also investing in facilities and programs to help incubate new companies and foster innovation, including plans for a privately financed 180-room residence hall, nicknamed the "Dormcupator," for students interested in entrepreneurship.
Lesley Millar, director of the Office of Technology Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, says the focus on entrepreneurship at her institution is one reason for the big jump in the number of start-up companies formed there.
The campus, combined with the University of Illinois at Chicago, reported 21 new start-up companies in 2011, including Nuvixa, which is developing audio-visual conferencing technology, and the Xerion Advanced Battery Corporation, which uses nanotechnology to create fast-charging batteries for cars and electronic devices. In 2010 the two institutions created just eight companies.
Urbana-Champaign now has five entrepreneurs-in-residence "to provide very early guidance to faculty" on forming start-up companies, says Ms. Millar. It continues this "sequential" support for start-ups through the early stages of commercialization, including access to investment capital through a fund called Illinois Ventures. "That was missing 10 years ago," she says.
The Illinois campuses also saw an increase in overall licensing income, from $13.4-million in 2010 to $17.4-million in 2011, in part due to growing sales of an HIV drug called Prezista, developed at Chicago.
As in past years, a few institutions accounted for a large proportion of universities' overall licensing income: Northwestern's $191.5-million accounted for more than 10 percent of the total reported. Its revenue, combined with four other $100-million-plus earners—the 10-campus University of California system, and Columbia, New York, and Princeton Universities—accounts for more than 40 percent of the total.
Of the 153 colleges and universities that responded publicly to the latest survey, 23 reported annual licensing income of $15-million or more; in 2010, 22 institutions reported that much. (In a news release, the technology managers' association reports cumulative data for not only the universities but also for a technology-investment firm and 28 hospitals and research organizations that responded to its survey.)
New Strains of Wheat
One newcomer to the list of big earners was the University of Nebraska. Its revenue from licensing grew from just over $3.7-million in 2010 to more than $16.7-million in 2011.
"A big part of it," says David Conrad, executive director of NUTech Ventures, the nonprofit corporation that manages inventions for the University of Nebraska, was the result of a research relationship the campus at Lincoln formed in December 2010 with Bayer Crop Science.
The German company is working with the university to generate new varieties of wheat that can be sold throughout Europe and other markets where genetically modified crops are not welcome. Some of that work has already produced new strains of wheat which are being sold.
Mr. Conrad says NUTech Ventures is also benefiting from what he calls "a relationship-based model for tech transfer" with the goal of working with licensees so they'll become repeat customers. He says the corporation tries to attract licensees with good service, not below-market prices. "Some of those companies have already come back to do subsequent deals," he says.
Nebraska is also working to encourage more of its faculty and students to make a great effort to identify possible new inventions and disclose them to NUTech Ventures. Four years ago, the invention-disclosure rate for the university was about 60 a year, he says. Now it's more like 160 a year.
"The faculty are much more engaged in tech transfer," he says, "and the students are much more engaged."
Cornell University reported a notable uptick in the number of licenses signed, with 162 in 2011. Some of that increase, from 37 in 2010, resulted from counting more of its smaller licenses than before, Cornell officials say.
It also reflects a new approach. The university is offering more of its technologies on a nonexclusive basis, and it is also making a conscious effort to sign more deals, even if that means forgoing upfront payments, being less demanding about royalty rates, and forgoing other "short-term economic benefits" for the sake of getting deals done, says Alan Paau, Cornell's vice provost for technology transfer and economic development.
"We know not every deal is going to be a success," he says, but the institution is now more willing to take a chance. "We're more promiscuous now."
Carmen Mendoza and Josh Keller contributed to this article.
The Business Incubation Center located at the Bill J. Priest Campus of El Centro College opened in 1990. Small companies operate in the Center, leasing office space and receiving business services for up to four years in Dallas TX.
By: Marco A Ayllon
In 1989, the Dallas County Community College District and the private sector combined efforts to establish this 150,000 square foot facility to support economic development for the county. The Bill J. Priest Campus is recognized for its commitment to workforce training & services, small business development and career services. The job implemented is remarkable in the North Texas area and continue to grow and serve individuals, businesses and impact entire business sectors. Thus, BJP campus ensures to implement continuing efforts along the vision to be the workforce development and business performance improvement leader in Dallas city.
The Dallas County Community College District officially opened the Business Incubation Center June 4, 1990. An integral part of the Bill J. Priest Campus, 1402 Corinth Street, Dallas, Texas, and the Business Incubation Center has just over 30,000 square feet of space available for businesses located on site. Designed as a corporate headquarters facility, the Incubation Center offers cost-shared equipment and services for up to 50 small business owners.
The Business Incubation Center is an environment that supports young companies during their first four years of business, which is the most vulnerable period of development. It is a place where you can learn how to do business while you conduct business. The primary mission is to provide professional business services, management assistance and training to enhance the success of the businesses located in their premises.
Sortable Table: Universities With the Most Licensing Revenue, FY 2011
Corrections (8/28/2012, 5:42 p.m.): Because of miscalculations of data provided by the Association of University Technology Managers, this article originally misreported several totals of universities' activity in areas measured by the group's survey. Total licensing revenue in 2011 was more than $1.8-billion, not more than $1.4-billion. Total number of licenses completed was 5,398, not 4,082. Total patent filings were 12,090, not 9,662. Total start-up companies formed were 617, not 482. Total participants in the survey were 157, including four anonymously, not 153. As a result of the recalculations, the 2011 totals did not lag behind the 2010 totals but were about the same. And the five institutions that earned at least $100-million accounted for more than 40 percent of the total, not more than half. This article and the accompanying table showing tallies for individual universities have been updated to reflect these corrections.
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