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How To: Find lyrics to an unknown song with Google search
Find lyrics to an unknown song by logging on to the Internet and typing in a few words from that song into a search engine. Locate lyrics to an unknown song with tips from a professional musician in this free video on music.
HowTo: Get FREE In-flight Wi-Fi From Google
If you're flying AirTran Airways, Delta, or Virgin America over the holidays, Google has teamed up with the aforementioned airlines to offer free in-flight wi-fi from November 20 to January 2, 2011 on all domestic flights. Why? Out of good will and holiday cheer, of course (plus promotion for the Google Chrome web browser).
How To: Send a text message through email
Learn how to send a text message through e-mail. Just follow these steps. First step is to open a browser like Mozilla Firefox and other like Internet Explorer etc.
How To: Block Facebook links on any website
Block Facebook scripts on sites that you visit with Safari, Chrome and Firefox by installing an add-on called Facebook Blocker. This removes the "Like" buttons, "Recommended" lists and prevents Facebook scripts from tracking your browsing history. Veronica from Tekzilla Daily demonstrates the features of this new add-on.
How To: Follow people in TweetDeck
For anyone new to Twitter, this video tutorial shows how to utilize TweetDeck. Following a lot of people and having a lot of people follow you is the whole point of Twitter. On the top tool bar of TweetDeck, there is a magnifying glass tool, you can run a search of someone and the search will bring up multiple listings of various avatars. If you keep the cursor over the avatar, select on the user prompt and then add the avatar to your group. Following these steps allows you to follow someone ...
How To: Untag Yourself from Multiple Photos in Facebook
This video will provide an idea how to untag yourself from unrelated or inappropriate images in Facebook. From this video you will learn to untag yourself from multiple images at once.
How To: Use FileZilla FTP client to upload files to the web
In this video tutorial from Matt Overwine of the Instructional Design Group at Northern Kentucky University, you'll find instructions on how to use the FileZilla FTP, or file transfer protocol, client to upload to the web. FileZilla is available for both Mac OS X and Windows XP and Vista. For more information, and to get started using FileZilla for yourself, watch this handy how-to.
How To: Filter junk mail with your MobileMe
It's easy to filter out junk mail with MobileMe Mail on me.com. This Apple video tutorial will show you that it's as easy as going to your MobileMe preferences and enabling junk mail filtering. Nobody wants spam on the Internet.
How To: Access Facebook at school using https
In this video, we learn how to access Facebook at school using "https". You don't have to go to any website to do this, it's simple and easy. All you have to do is type in "https" into your browser before you type in the website you want to visit. Make sure you type in this extra "s" or the website will not work. This should bypass the security settings your school has set so you can access your Facebook account. If you happen to end up on a page when it doesn't work, just make sure the "s" i...
How To: Browse securely with SSH and a SOCKS proxy
As Eric Hughes writes in his "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto," privacy, otherwise known as the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world, is necessary for a free and open society. One way to protect your privacy is through anonymous browsing. In this tutorial,
How To: Configure a XAMPP Server
XAMPP servers are a free open source server that makes it cheap and easy for you to test and review your website building as you go. This tutorial covers how to configure your XAMPP server for windows.
How To: Download the New Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate for Windows 7 or Vista
No more Internet Explorer 9 Beta. Not today. Now you can explore the web with Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (RC). It wasn't supposed to be released until tomorrow, February 10th, but it's been leaked a little early, WinRumors reports.
How To: Enable cookies with Google Chrome
This video shows you how to enable cookies in Google Chrome browser.Enter Google Chrome. First of all, select the last icon in the upper right corner of the window (the one that looks like a wrench) and click on options. Then choose the "Under the hood" tab and scroll down until you reach the cookies section. All you have to do is make sure that the "Allow all cookies" option is selected and click OK.Once this is done, you will be able to use sites that require cookies, which otherwise would ...
How To: Add a video to a Vimeo channel
A fellow Vimeo user asked if I would show him how to add a video to a Vimeo Channel. Here is a brief tutorial on how to do just that.
How To: Embed & Customize a YouTube Video for Your Website
If you want to embed a video on your website and customize the player so it doesn't look like crap, you've come to the right place:
How To: Telnet into a chat room
The uses for Telnet are nearly limitless. Even joining chat rooms are in its repituare of purposes. This video will show you exactly how to Telnet into a chatroom.
How To: Center, bold, italicize, or underline text on Myspace
This video explains how to bold, italicize, underline or center text in a MySpace bulletin to those of us who are used to simply pressing a button in Microsoft Word. The instructor explained and demonstrated how to post in each of these styles in a clear and concise manner. In order to include one of these styles in your post, you must bookend the text your want formatted with codes to start and end the formatting. For example, to bold the phrase "I'm done!" you would enter the following text...
How To: Use Google's Chrome browser
Just a really quick overview of Googles new browser, Chrome, and some of its features. you can get it at Google.com/chrome This goes over Opera, Firefox and Safari differences. Chrome automatically adds favorites to your tab. The incognito setting lets you browse in a porn-mode without any cookies, history or cache clearing.
How To: Install stylish themes in Google Chrome
In this tutorial, we learn how to install themes for Google Chrome. First, enable user scripts by visiting the website Chrome user scripts. Install the Chrome 4.0 onto your computer, then type in "chrome.exe --enable-user-scripts" into your run menu. After this, scripts will show up on your page. Scroll through the different types of themes until you find one that you like the best. To use these, you simply just click on the image and then download which one you like. You can install differen...
How To: Insert images with links into your signature on Gmail
If you're getting bored of the same old same old in your e-mail messages, or if you're looking for an easier way to show off each of your social networking, as well as personal websites, then you will be happy to hear that Gmail has finally introduced rich text signature lines that'll allow you to hyper-link your images in your signature via HTML. All this can be found in the Labs section of your settings in Gmail. In this video you will learn how to set up the signature with the images and h...
How To: Can't Go to That Show Anymore? Get Your Money Back by Selling Those Tickets to Your Facebook Friends
"Dude-man-bro, are you going to Coachella this year?" If I got a dollar for every time I was asked that question, I might just have enough money to actually buy the dang ticket. Concerts have been, for a very long time now, a great way to spend a night or a weekend having fun with friends and listening to some great tunes.
How To: Create bold, italic, and strike-through text in the WordPress post editor
In this clip, learn how to apply basic formatting to text in the WordPress post editor. Every version of WordPress brings with it new features, new functions and new ways of doing things. Fortunately, the very same technology that allows an open-source blog publishing application like WordPress to exist in the first place also makes it easy for its users to share information about the abovesaid things through videos like this one. Take a look.
News: Google's New "Search Globe" Visualizes Search Volume by Country
Want to see which country or city uses Google the most? Try Google's new eye-stimulating tool, Search Globe.
How To: Build stairs in Google SketchUp
Stairs! Step by step! This free video tutorial presents a guide to building stairs in Google's popular online 3D modeling tool, SketchUp. For a complete overview of the process, watch this 3D modeler's how-to.
How To: Opt Out of Instagram's Arbitration Clause in the Terms of Use in Case of Class Action Lawsuit
Instagram's controversial terms of service update this past month has spurred an onslaught of dismay and anger from users of the popular photo-sharing social network. The specific set of the new terms that set off this firestorm basically said that businesses could use your uploaded photos for advertisement, without you receiving any of the profit.
How To: Make a simple CD / DVD cover in Google Picasa
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to make a simple CD / DVD cover in Google Picasa. Go to ‘Tools’ and select ‘Options’. In the box that opens up next, click on the ‘Printing’ tab and from the drop down menu, select ‘CD Cover Size’ and click OK. Then on the top left hand corner, go to ‘File’, select ‘Print’ from the drop down menu. On the next page, click on ‘CD cover size’ and you get the print preview. Then all you need to do is to just print that out and you ...
News: What Ad Companies Are Tracking You Online? Find Out with the Collusion Firefox Add-on
The whole world is connected to the Internet, which means bank for advertising companies who track your every move online. Most of the content you see on the web is free, and that's because of advertisements. If there were no ads, none of us would be addicted to the Internet because none of us would be able to afford it.
How To: Shut Down Your PC and Send Other Commands Remotely Through Twitter Using TweetMyPC
Ever been halfway to work or school and suddenly remembered you forgot to log off your computer? A lot of people are constantly logged in to email and social media accounts, so if you have a mischievous roommate or sibling, this situation could be disastrous. That's where TweetMyPC comes in—it's a free Windows application that lets you send commands to your computer just by tweeting. Image by Twittermania
How To: Install Eclipse and the CFEclipse ColdFusion plug-in
Want to write ColdFusion within Eclipse? If so, you're in luck: In this video tutorial, will walk you through the installation process for both both Eclipse and CFEclipse, a plug-in ColdFusion IDE for Eclipse. To learn more about installing CFEclipse CFML plugin, press play!
How To: Download Mozilla's New Firefox 6 Web Browser Before Its Official Release
Mozilla is scheduled to release their updated Firefox browser on Tuesday, bringing the popular web browser up to version 6. Lately, the Mozilla team has been releasing newer versions of Firefox without a slew of new features, focusing on fixing bugs and getting the improved product out as quickly as possible, in order to compete more rapidly with other browsers like Google Chrome.
How To: Connect to a MySQL database using DreamCoder
If you're new to DreamCoder for MySQL, one of the first things you may want to know how to accomplish is to connect to a remote MySQL database. Happily, this tutorial will walk you, step by step, through the process. To learn how to establish a connection between a given MySQL database and the DreamCoder for MySQL, take a look!
How To: Bypass and skip megavideo time limit in 10 seconds
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to bypass and skip Mega Video time line in 10 seconds. This task is very easy, fast and simple to do. If users are not a member on the Mega Video website, they will have a 72 minute time limit when viewing any videos. Begin by downloading and installing the Hide My IP program. Once downloaded and installed, open the program. Then click on Hide My I.P. Now simply refresh the Mega Video page to continue watching the rest of the video. This video will be...
How To: Use Windows Live Messenger like a cell phone and send text and videos
Learn the "insider secrets" to using Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) like a phone. Everyone is about Skype and Google Talk, but little know Messenger can also do it. CNET tells you about video chatting, texting and more. Talk the talk in Windows Live Messenger.
How To: Forge e-mail addresses
The purpose of this video is to show an e-mail security flaw using telnet that allows hackers to send e-mails using anyone's e-mail address. Thankfully, many major e-mail providers have software that blocks this. My intention is to make people aware of this flaw so that other e-mail providers can protect themselves as well.
How To: Create and use calendars in Windows Live Mail
In this tutorial from the folks at Butterscotch, you'll learn how to create calendars using Windows Live Mail. You can have a number of calendars and you can add calendar descriptions or separate your calendars by color. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started creating and scheduling with calendars in your own Windows Live Mail account, watch this helpful guide.
How To: Earn Money with ChaCha
Have you ever gone on a long internet binge, researching and surfing mindless things, and thought to yourself: I wish I could make some money surfing the internet and sharing the (sometimes useless) information I had just acquired? Well, now you can!
How To: Integrate live chat on your website for free
In this tutorial, you are shown very simple steps to put live chat option on your website. In this video web designer Jeff shows you how to put free Yahoo live chat on your website in very easy steps. This tutorial will change your website look more effective and useful. This tutorial shown in very detailed explanation about creating live chat box on your website. He shows a live demo creating professional chat box on your website, but also shows that you can create your live chat box per you...
How To: Block friend interview on Facebook
Facebook seems to have an endless supply of applications these days. Whether they're cluttering your news feed or you simply don't like them, you might want to block some or all of these applications. This video shows you how to block the Friend Interview application on Facebook.
How To: Block or unblock websites
Getting spammed or too many viruses? This trick will protect your computer from websites trying to access or corrupt it.
How To: Text and email anonymously
Have you been holding onto something for way too long? Been biting your tongue around your boss or teachers? Vent some of that frustration by sending an anonymous email or text. All you need to do is get online and type in all those nasty things you've been dying to say. This video will show you how to text and email anonymously.