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22 December 2011
A client brought in a laptop a few weeks ago with the rather thorny issue of being locked out of his computer because someone had inadvertently set a BIOS password and, worse, enabled fingerprint security. While in many cases simply cracking open the laptop and removing the CMOS battery for a few minutes or locating the reset jumper will do the trick, this particular laptop was playing hardball.
Not very old, this Acer Travelmate running Vista had a Phoenix BIOS and I had quickly exhausted any trick I had. So, as any normal PC tech who runs up against a wall, I turned to Google and started sorting through all the garbage posts and forum threads that led nowhere. The "backdoor" passwords being suggested, which I suspect are a load of hogwash but tried regardless, didn't work. Trying to boot up into Hiren's and running the DOS based BIOS apps didn't work. Add a comment
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17 November 2011
Many iPhone lovers were disappointed when the much anticipated iPhone 5 failed to make an appearance a few weeks ago. In its place, Apple introduced the iPhone 4S. While the 4S is not a huge version upgrade, it does have some very nice new and improved features over the older device, and is an excellent addition to cell phone plans.
In this tutorial, we will see how to apply a logo image to a textured background image such as bags, shirts, vehicles and more. We will be using the Perspective tool, Bump Map, various Blending Modes and the iWarp filter in GIMP. This little technique can be used for fun or image branding.
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