Internet Features
How To: Block websites without software
This video shows you how to block websites without having to use software. This technique is ideal for blocking out pages such as MySpace or Facebook. Go to your C:, Windows, System 32, drivers, then 'etc'. Double click on your host file to read it with notepad. To block a website, do the following: Copy where it says '127.0.0.1' and paste it below. Next to it, type in the name of the website you wish to block, for example: http://www.myspace.com. Repeat the above step to block as many sites ...
How To: Use the "Konami code" on FaceBook
In this tutorial, we learn how to use the "Konami code" on Facebook. First, log onto your Facebook and press: up, up, down, down, left, right, b, a, then the enter key. Then, right click and you will get circles onto your Facebook wherever you click. You can go into a page and when you click it will still do it. The only way to get rid of it is to refresh your Facebook or exit out of Facebook. This will only work while you are on this website, and adds a unique touch while you are exploring F...
How To: Add an RSS feed to Firefox's bookmark toolbar
So, you're entering into the world of podcasts with little to no knowledge on the subject...? This video might just come in handy. In this short video tutorial, learn how to add an RSS feed to Firefox's bookmark toolbar to help make it easier to track and manage.
How To: Use Google Voice from your Google Gmail inbox
In this clip, you'll learn how to use Google Voice from within your Gmail inbox. For more information, including a complete demonstration, and detailed, step-by-step instructions, as well as to get started using this trick yourself, take a look.
How To: Deal with having your website hacked
Google is one of the most powerful forces on the Internet, and their technology can be the key to helping you find success in whatever your online endeavor might be, from web design to filmmaking. This video is a part of their Google Webmaster Series, offering help to webmasters the world over on how to best utilize Google in their work. This video will show you how to restore your Google ranking after your website has been hacked. Hopefully you never will be, but if you are this video is her...
How To: Make menu fonts bigger in the Mozilla Firefox browser
Having trouble reading menu fonts in Mozilla Firefox? Make them bigger with Theme Font Size Changer! This clip will show you how it's done. It's simple! So simple, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just under two minutes. For more information, including complete, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Increase Download Speed with Internet Download Manager
What is Internet Download Manager? Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 10 times, resume and schedule downloads. Have you ever wanted to increase you download speed form 4kps to 80kps? If you answered yes then you need Internet Download Manager. It can and will increase your download speed so you can get the files you want quicker and easier than ever before.
How To: Download Facebook videos with Mozilla Firefox
This tutorial describes the procedure to download Facebook videos with Mozilla Firefox. This procedure works only on the web browser "Mozilla Firefox". Firefox can be downloaded from this link and installed.
How To: Hack Facebook chat
In this Facebook tutorial you will learn how to how to hack Facebook chat in order to browse other pages while still chatting. In just a few moments, you'll be on the road to surfing the interweb & chatting simultaneously.
How To: Hack a Bluetooth device using Linux BackTrack
If you're new to the Bluetooth hacking world, here's a little background on using Linux BackTrack to hack a Bluetooh device: Linux Backtrack is a Live DVD device that offers security tools - like password crackers - that allow you penetrate networks.
How To: View private Photobucket photos and videos by using fuskering software
While many image sites allow you to hide image and video catalogs behind passwords, you can often gain access to these images by "guessing" the URL of the image. This process is called fuskering. Photobucket is one of the popular websites that can be fuskered and this tutorial will teach you how to use Nav.Net 4.2 to fusker private images
How To: Access blocked websites and bypass proxy servers
Are you using the Internet at a school, library, or some other place that blocks or restricts web access? Mom and dad still trying to protect you from online predators, even though you're more than old enough to be one yourself? Learn how to bypass proxy servers that block access to certain websites by watching this how-to video. In this case it's done to access Myspace but this method can be used with any blocked website. Follow along with this video tutorial and never get hindered by restri...
How To: Build a cantenna, a can-based DIY wifi antenna to boost your wireless signal
The cantenna has become something of a cult figure in the world of online signal enhancement. Making your own wireless-internet-boosting antenna out of a tin / aluminum can and a small wireless antenna can improve your internet life a lot, and this video will show you how to make one.
How To: Finally “Thumbs Down” Things You Dislike on Facebook
Facebook makes it easy to show how much you appreciate a funny status, great picture, or cool news article using their iconic "thumbs up" button, but what about those terrible jokes and annoying baby pictures? Where's the "thumbs down" for that crap?
How To: Change audio on an already uploaded YouTube video
This video describes the process of changing the audio on a YouTube video that you have already uploaded. The video is presented by Helplines.com and is in their technology series. We start out logged into YouTube and click on Uploaded Videos, then choose the video you would like to change. Click on the Audio Swap button that is just below the video. You can then choose the I'm Feeling Lucky button to have YouTube pick the audio for you. Or browse through the selections to find an appropriate...
How To: Keep Firesheep from hacking into your Facebook account
Firesheep is a packet sniffing browser exploit that can access the exposed accounts of people on Facebook and Twitter while they use public Wi-Fi connections. This video shows what steps can be taken to protect yourself against someone accessing your Facebook account.
How To: Download Free Videos in Mozilla Firefox with NetVideoHunter
There are many websites that let you watch videos, but that don't let you download it for later viewing. Even if there is a download option, most of the time it requires you to pay some amount of money. Luckily for Mozilla Firefox users, there is a way to download the videos you stream for free.
How To: Install an Internet browser on a portable flash drive
In this clip, you'll learn how to install a web browser like Mozilla Firefox on a portable thumb drive. For more information, including a complete demonstration, and detailed, step-by-step instructions, as well as to get started using this trick yourself, take a look.
How To: Download videos and music from Firefox
This tutorial will make you think step by step how to add a plug-in (Firefox Add-on) to your Mozilla Firefox browser that will allow you to download videos and music from YouTube and similar sites. The add-on that is used is called Video Downloadhelper. This is a trusted author and a trusted download. To begin this tutorial you will first need Mozilla Firefox and flash. This will enable you to go through the video and help ensure that YouTube will play the video you are trying to download.
How To: Speed up the Mozilla Firefox web browser on a Windows PC
In this tutorial, we learn a few tricks for increasing the speed of the Mozilla Firefox web browser. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.
How To: Send Text SMS from Gmail Account
This video will show you how to send text SMS from Gmail account. Your mobile number has to register with your Gmail account. The receiver could also respond to your SMS. Watch the video and employ the technique.
How To: Bypass a blocked site with a proxy
Different ways of using a proxy bypass to access blocks sites is shown with ease in this video. Many places explained to be blocked with internet security such as libraries and schools. Using a search engine such as Google you need to search for a proxy site. After a proxy site has been found you will use it to access the blocked websites through another servers internet provider. The narrator explains that proxies are just a way to bypass internet blocks by avoiding using the blocked compute...
How To: Send Spam & Spot Fake Emails (Email Spoofing 101)
Spammers are the bane of every email user. No matter what you do, junk mail always breaks through the spam filters. And some of the best ones seem to come from legit companies, and that's because they aren't legit companies— they're spammers masquerading as legit companies.
How To: Accessing your address search history on MapQuest Maps
In this clip, you'll learn how to view the list of your previously searched addresses on MapQuest Maps. It's easy. So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in about two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Import Excel to a MySQL database with cPanel
This data management tutorial shows you how to take a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet and import it into a MySQL Database using CSV files and PHPMyAdmin in cPanel. Being able to move data from Excel to MySQL is an important part of database content management, so if you use cPanel to manage your databases, you'll want to watch and learn how to import Excel spreadsheets into your MysQL databases.
How To: Create a homepage with links to your favorite websites
Interested in creating your own custom start page with links to all of your favorite webpages? This clip will show you how it's done. It's simple! So simple, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including complete, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
How To: Stop the Delete Key from Sending You Back to the Previous Webpage in Firefox
For the most part, keyboard shortcuts are great. They save you some time and make it easier to do everything right from the push of a button. But like most things in life, there is always a caveat, and in this case, for me—it's a huge one.
How To: Boost Firefox's speed
Learn how to boost your Firefox internet browser in less then a minute.
How To: Clear Firefox Browsing Cache and Cookies
Here Danny Beales shows you how to quickly clear your Firefox cache and cookies. To clear your Firefox cache, do the following: Go to Tools Clear Private Data Select which data you would like to have cleared, and click on Clear Private Data. Your cookies and/or cache has been cleared. Remember to do this from time to time, because it will help speed up your browser's performance as well as keep harmful cookies from tracking your browsing.
How To: Customize the Mozilla Firefox "Awesome Bar" search engine
In this tutorial, we learn how to make adjustments to Mozilla Firefox's "Awesome Bar" search engine, a feature which first appeared in version 3 of the web browser. It's an easy process and this video presents a complete guide. For more information, including a full demonstration and detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this helpful home-computing how-to.
How To: Configure Mozilla Firefox for faster performance
Mozilla Firefox is a popular browser for accessing the Internet, but can perform slow over time depending on your settings. This video tutorial shows how to speed up Firefox by deleting excess cache and reassigning your boolean values. Certain password add-ons can also increase functionality, but refrain from enabling too many, as each one will slow your system down a bit.
How To: Block third party apps on Facebook
In this how-to video, you will learn how to block third party applications on Facebook. On your main page, you will see requests on the right. Click on the request to check the invitation. You will be presented with a few choices. If you are never planning on accepting an invitation to the application, you can click on the Block Application at the bottom. You can also ignore all invitations from a person by clicking the link with the same name in the same page. This will make using Facebook m...
How To: Speed up Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is the most powerful Internet browser and a good alternative to the plain old Microsoft Internet Explorer. Firefox has many advanced features and is much more customizable in numerous ways. Firefox when installed will have default settings, but you can tweak a few of these internal settings to make it run faster. Now to do this click Control + J shortcut and this brings up the downloads window in Firefox. Now having many files in that list can slow down you browser a little as...
How To: Log In and Access Blocked Websites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter & YouTube) from Work, School or Your Home Computer
You know it's crazy out there when governments start blocking social websites like Facebook, Twitter and even YouTube. But that's what happened in Egypt, when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets on Tuesday (January 25th) in hopes of ending President Hosni Mubarak's 30 years of authoritarian power.
How To: Hack into Facebook at school using the command prompt
Nowadays many schools and colleges have blocked the social community sites from accessing them through school computers. The video shows how one can access to these sites using a command prompt.
How To: Control What Your Friends See About You in Their Facebook Tickers
Not everything that Facebook does is in the best interest of its users. Just look at past examples such as social ads, facial recognition, and instant personalization. Users were perfectly fine without these, and they still are. And now there's another annoying problem that Facebook users have to deal with—the ticker.
How To: Change your NAT settings to OPEN using Netgear router
Be warned before hand that by making changes your router settings that you know nothing about can damage your router. Start off by opening your internet browser and then in the address bar either type 192. 168. 1. 1 or www.routerlogin.com. A prompt will come up in which you have to fill in "admin" in the first box and "password" in the second one. Look for the "Advanced" option and under it will be "WAN", click it. Now change your "NAT filtering" to "open". Make sure that "Disable SPI Firewal...
How To: Download free sheet music for any instrument
This tutorial teaches you how to download sheet music from movies, video games, and tv series. Learn to modify the sheet music to transpose the notes to any instrument and print it out. Again if you can get sibelius or finale, it might be better but Noteworthy Composer works fine.
How To: Make Yourself the Star of PSY's Gangnam Style Music Video
So you've learned all of the dance moves to Gangnam Style and made your very own papercraft version of PSY that dances whenever you want him to. Now it's time to take your obsession a step further—by making yourself the star of the Gangnam Style music video. JibJab, the custom e-card site, has created a free tool that lets you use any photo to replace PSY's face with yours (or whoever you choose), then share the video with your friends.
How To: Use a Morse Code Translator to Decipher Secret Messages Online
You've probably heard about Rep. Greg Walden (R-WA) tweeting in Morse code back in December. .-- .. .-.. .-.. / -.-. .... .- .. .-. / -.-. --- -- -- / .- -. -.. / - . -.-. .... / ... ..- -... / --... ...-- ... / .-- --... . --.- ..