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News: Augmented Reality Tattoo—Holographic Skin Art
Another innovative use of augmented reality - we've seen transparent walls, t-shirts that play Rock, Paper, Scissors, an iPhone operated video game drone; and now, a tattoo that comes to life. Just tattoo a simple "barcode", point a webcam at it, and a flying animated dragon will appear, hovering.
How To: Create website traffic via web optimization
There's 6 small techniques to improving traffic on your website via web optimization. Improving your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the key to getting traffic to your site, especially a small business that needs to compete online. Lincoln explains 6 small business marketing strategies for improving your web traffic and small business SEO. Watch both parts of this video series.
News: South Koreans Use Pork Digits as iPhone Stylus
What do you do in those cold weather months, when your hands are warmly gloved and you can't bear exposing your poor fingers to the harsh elements? Apple didn't think of this problem when finessing their iPhone touchscreen, but not to worry, South Korea has the answer to this pesky problem.
News: Google Street View Takes You Inside the Olympics (via Snowmobile)
Google Street View has civilization well covered, but what about the great outdoors? Street View now travels via snowmobile in the unpaved Canadian wilderness, just in time for the winter games.
How To: Lock and unlock your BlackBerry Storm
The BlackBerry Storm did not come with a lock/unlock option. Here are some directions on how to download an application to make it possible.
How To: Make a Pandora battery on 5.50 Gen-B (Full)
Make a Pandora Battery on 5.50 Gen B (full) 1. Make sure you are running on 5.50 Gen-B (full)
How To: Delete browser cookies In Mozilla Firefox
Deleting cookies in Firefox is pretty easy. Start by opening your Firefox browser. You will click a series of tabs to delete all or part of the cookies on your computer. Click the ‘Tools’ tab and go to ‘Options’. In the ‘Options’ box choose ‘Privacy’. Look for the ‘Cookies’ section of the box and choose ‘Show Cookies’. That will bring up a list of all the cookies on your computer. Choose ‘Remove Cookies’ or ‘Remove All Cookies’. Then close everything and restart Firefox and you are all finished.
How To: Set up the internet on iPhone clones (i68, i9, etc.)
Learn how to set up Internet on iPhone clones with this video. *First thing you need to do is to make an AT&T GPRS data account.
How To: Remove viruses with Spybot Search and Destroy
Learn how to remove viruses with spybot search and destroy. * First you need to download the 'spybot search and destroy' software.
How To: Minimize your icons on the iPhone SpringBoard
Want to make maximum use of your iphone/ipod-touch screen? Shrink is a software that does this by reducing the size of the application icons down to 75%, 66%, 50%, 33% or the ultra small 25% of it's original size. This video highlights the user friendliness of this app and the ease of switching from one icon size to another. There's also a mod to increase the size of the icons to increase the accessability for people with vision impediments. The iphone on the video is displayed using DemoGod ...
How To: Browse the Internet at work
Learn how to browse the Internet at work and get away with it. Load Excel (Any version will do). Click on the Data tab. Click 'Import External Data'. Click 'New Web Query'. Once the window has loaded, click through the prompts, selecting Yes. When the window has loaded completely, go to your favorite website in any browser you want. For this example, Twitter is used. Go to the RSS Feed and copy the link that appears at the top. Paste the link into Excel and click the Import button. Accept any...
How To: Change the mouse pointer on your computer
The easiest way to change your mouse pointers using Deviant Art artwork is explained in this informative and easy-to-follow video.
How To: Set up the Internet for T-Mobile on an iPhone clone
Learn how to set up the Internet for T-Mobile on an iPhone clone. First you need to create a GPRS data account and a WAP profile for T mobile to bring up the service icon. Then click the data account button, then the GPRS button, then chose the correct account for you, change the APN to Link (all lower case). Before you finish this process make sure the user name and password fields are blank.
How To: Remove an iPhone SIM chip
In this video by PI Classroom you get to learn how to remove the sim chip from an i-phone. The video provides a step by step process for removing the sim chip. The only tool required is a paper clip.
How To: Download Limewire Pro 5.3.6
Download LimeWire Pro 5.3.6 and enjoy an easy experience downloading audio, video, and images. Download the Limewire Pro 5.3.6 file here.
How To: Upload videos to YouTube in 1080p HD
It is quite simple to upload a 1080p HD video on YouTube. Using the Camtasia Studio software, you convert the video to the 1080p HD format. While the video is being converted, you can create your YouTube account or log in, since you need an account to upload videos. Then after the video is completed you upload to YouTube, by logging in and clicking on "Upload Video". When uploaded you enable the HD function to the video. And don´t forget the keywords, or your video will be uploaded but won´t ...
News: Fire Breathing Snowman
Nick and Anna Berte of Bel Air, Maryland mischievously rigged their snowman with a flamethrower.
How To: Change your Gmail themes
Learn how to change the themes in Gmail with this video. * Access your Gmail account.
How To: Watch TV on your computer with the Firefox TV add-on
Learn how to watch TV on your computer with Firefox add-on. * Note: You must have a version of Firefox that is older than 3.5.
How To: Make your Mozilla FireFox look like Safari
This video shows you how to change you Mozilla Firefox page to look like Safari. -First go into your Mozilla Firefox page and go to Google.
How To: Add the Google News button to Toolbar
Learn how to add Google News to your toolbar. - 1st you search for Google Chrome at www.google.com
How To: Allow pop-up windows on a specific website
This video will show you how to enable/disable the pop up blocker for a specific web page: 1. To allow pop ups on a specific website click on the pop up blocker button on your tool bar, the Icon will change to show that pop ups are now allowed.
How To: Disable automatic page translation
Learn how to turn off automatic page translation when you visit pages in other languages. Click the toolbars Wrench icon.
How To: Rename your name servers with your hosting servers
Edit name servers in the domain management area. If you're buying domain and web hosting from a single provider, like Hostgator, then the domain name automatically has a corresponding host.
How To: Add the orkut button to Toolbar
It's easy to find your friends in Orkut just in one click. Step 1. Add Google toolbar.
How To: View high quality videos on YouTube
Bill Myers explains how to set your YouTube player to play high quality videos by default. Go to Account link (top right of page) after you login to your YouTube account,
How To: Add the Notebook bookmarklet.
Learn how to add the Notebook bookmarklet to your browser. 1. Simply drag the 'Note This' link into your browser's bookmark bar 2. To see your notebooks, click on the bookmark. 3. To take a clip from a page, select desired text or image then click on the bookmark.
How To: Make LED ice cubes
Learn how to make LED ice cubes with this tutorial! Steps:
How To: Get MMS working on firmware 3.1 for AT&T
Get MMS working on iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, MMS on 3.1 for AT&T. Step 1 : First of all, you have to update to 3.1.
How To: Get your own custom Google homepage
Google Homepage’s Theme is available from Google for customizing your Google Homepage. So, here’s what to do:
How To: Make a bike repair stand
Learn how to make a bike repair stand with this video! Create the legs: 1. Two sets of 8 and 10 inch piece of steel pipe, a 90 degree angle, an end cap and a T pipe are the starting materials. About 0.5 inch diameter pipe is fine for the project.
How To: Use the MotionX-GPS
Learn how to use a MotionX-GPS including its functions, and how to use other applications such as music and internet while still in this application.
How To: Set HQ player options in YouTube
To ensure that High Quality videos from YouTube always play in the highest quality available, simply follow these steps:
How To: Find out your screen resolution
This video tells about the screen resolution of your monitor. In this video it is said that we can check our screen resolution by opening the site www.whatismyscreenresolution.com .While you get into that site our screen resolution will be displayed in the screen. But the screen resolution can be checked easily by clicking the right button of the mouse in the desktop and then selecting the properties button. In the small window that appears click on the settings tab. In that window we can see...
News: Goodbye Twitter, Hello Google Buzz?
Are Twitter and Facebook in trouble with the advent of Google's brand new social networking tool, Google Buzz?
How To: Use the Google Chrome Frame to speed up Internet Explorer
This video is a quick overview for installing the "Google Chrome Frame" to speed up applications in your internet explorer.
How To: Make your iPhone or iPod Touch more secure
This quick tutorial runs you through a fast and easy way to make your iPhone or iPod Touch more secure. However the best security is abstinence. Just don't run the programs that leave your devices vulnerable unless you need them.
How To: Enable MMS on iPhone 3G and 3GS on 3.1 Firmware
This video will show you how to enable MMS on your iPhone 3G and 3GS on 3.1 firmware. First, copy and paste the terminal code. Hit enter. Go back to the description and click the link to the file. Connect your iPhone and go into iTunes. Hit options, check for updates. Go to where you have downloaded the program.
How To: Make videos auto play with high quality
This video tutorial will show you how to setup your YouTube account in order to enable you to play videos automatically in high quality when available. It only takes a few seconds to setup. It is a very simple process that takes us through the settings and options to enable your default viewing of videos.
How To: Get tethering for iPhone 2G/3G/3Gs with 3.1.2 firmware
Did you know you can use your iPhone as a portable modem for your other devices? The first thing you need to do is set up Internet tethering on your phone. This is not difficult and requires only a jailbroken iPhone and a computer to do. Some hackers charge over $20 to tether your phone, and with this video, in a few simple steps you can accomplish it for free.