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How To: Disable pop-ups in Google Chrome

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to disable pop-ups in Google Chrome. This task is very fast, simple and easy to do. On your desktop, begin by right-clicking the Google Chrome icon and select Properties. Click on the Shortcut tab and in Target, add "-disable-popup-blocking" to the end of the code. Now click Apply and click OK. Then restart Google Chrome. This video will benefit those viewers who use the Google Chrome web browser and would like to learn how to disable the pop-up block...

How To: Transfer photos from your iPhone to your Mac

This video tells us the method to transfer photos from your iPhone to your Mac. In the first step, launch the image capture. Connect your iPhone to Mac via a USB cable. 'Download To' option is used for specifying the folder in which you want the downloaded files. 'Automatic Task' specifies the task which the application must do after the transfer of files is over. Go to the 'Download Some' option. Select the file(video or photos) you want to transfer. Choose the download folder and click 'Ope...

How To: Style documents with the Google Docs CSS editor

In this how to video, you will learn how to style documents with the Google Docs CSS editor. First, create a new document in Google Docs. First, click on the drop down menu for style. Type in a title in the document. Select heading 2 in the menu and type in the section title. Next, take off the style and type in the body for the content. Select some of the body text and click the hyperlink button. Type in the address and click okay. Now you can click this text to go to a website. Go to file a...

How To: Invite all your friends to an event on Facebook

Do you have tons of friends on Facebook? Would you like to invite everyone you know to an event you are hosting or to try a product you are marketing? Normally to do this, you would need to select friends one at a time, reach Facebook's max invitee limit and then go in and do it again, and keep doing so until you get through your whole list. But what if you have hundreds of friends? This could take forever! Check out this tutorial and learn how to bypass Facebook's regulations and invite mass...

How To: Update a website with an FTP client (à la FileZilla)

In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to update a website with an FTP client (v† la FileZilla). Download FileZilla client from www.filezilla-project.org. Find your server IP address from your web host, which will be found in the hosting control center. In the video, it is GoDaddy.com. Open your filezilla client and put in the IP address of your web host and your username and password for your hosting account. Then click ‚Äòquickconnect‚Äô. This will connect you to ...

How To: View your Facebook profile when at school

In this tutorial, we learn how to view a Facebook profile even while at school or work without using software or a proxy. To do this, go to the website you want to go to and you will see it's blocked. Go back up to the URL and simply add an "s" after "http" and press enter. You will now be able to go to the website you browse around it. Every time you go to a new page you will have to add the "s" to the top URL, but you will still be able to browse the site you weren't able to before.

How To: Bypass WebSense at school and work

Isn't it annoying when you want to check your Facebook or MySpace but you are at school and hit a big giant Websense blocker? Well, if you are stuck in a library or somewhere else where there are filters on your surf-ability, check out this tutorial for a useful hack.

How To: Set up a VPN client on Mac

This is a video tutorial that is showing its audience how to set up your own VPN client on your Mac computer. The first step in setting up a VPN client is to go to your system preferences on your computer. Next select network and then select the plus button and type in that you will be making a VPN network. Next you should select the type PPTP and enter your server name. Then you can click on create and it will create a new network for you. Next you should enter your service address and your ...

How To: Set a song as an alarm on an iPod Touch (1st/2nd gen)

If you own a jailbroken iPod Touch 1G or 2G and have ever wanted to know what it takes to setup your iPod's alarm clock to wake you up with music from your own music library, now you can. First you'll use WinSCP to get connect to your iPod Touch over SSH. Then you'll locate the MP3 file desired for use as your alarm, then you'll convert that file to an AAC-formatted M4A file. After that, you'll use WinSCP to transfer that file to the secret location revealed in the video as the location of au...

How To: Change your Facebook language to "Pirate"

We all know that September 19th is National Talking Like A Pirate Day, but did you know that even your Facebook page can join in the festivities? At the top of you Facebook page, click "Settings". From the page that comes up, click on the "Languages" tab. On the next page you will see a drop down menu of all of the languages that Facebook makes available to its users. Scroll down within this drop down menu until you see "English (Pirate)", and select this option. When the page reloads, your "...

How To: Digitally sign and encrypt your email messages

The only people who should read your emails are you and your intended recipients. Protect your privacy with this simple crytography guide, which shows how to obtain a free certificate for signing and encrypting email messages, how to download and install the certificate on Mac OS X 10.5, and how to use the newly installed certificate in Apple Mail.

How To: Set up domain email with GoDaddy

Want to set up a custom email account for a domain hosted by GoDaddy? It's simple. So simple, in fact, that this free video guide can present a complete overview of the email address creation process in just over three and a half minutes' time. For complete instructions, and to start using your own custom email addresses, watch this helpful how-to.

How To: SSH into an iPhone without a WiFi connection (on a PC)

For this first you need to do is connect your iPhone to the computer with USB. You can do this by installing a program called iPhone folders. You can download this program from a website called www.iPhonefolder.com after downloading istall that. Then you are done. Thats all you have to do to SSH. Now you can find an icon in the desktop and also in my computer. Double click on that to browse for the files in your phone. Once you double click on it go to your iPhone apple touch folder. There yo...

How To: Use LinkedIn as a college graduate

This is a video tutorial that is showing its audience how to utilize the website LinkedIn after you graduate from college. The first step is to go online to the website. Then you should make a profile. Make your profile polished and professional so that you future boss can easily search for your name and look at your wonderful profile. The next step is to include at least three past positions in your profile, a photo, and what schools that you have attended. You should also be aware of your p...

How To: Change home screen icons on an iPod or iPhone

In this how to video, you will learn how to change the home screen icons on an iPhone or iPod Touch. First, go to the website to download the icons you want. Once these are downloaded, download and install WinSCP. Open this program and select edit. Find your IP and wi-fi address and place your IP, user name, and password in. Log in and then go to your Applications folder. Go to mobile slide show and look for the icon files for the application you want to change. Drag and drop the new icon fil...

How To: SSH and FTP into a server

You can connect to an SSH server or connect to an FTP server from you windows computer. Open the run dialogue in your windows and type in cmd. Press OK to open the command prompt. Type in ftp command and press enter. This brings up the ftp prompt. Type o to connect to a server. Next type in the server name you want to connect to. Now you will need the authentication credentials to connect to the server. First enter the user name and then the password. Up on successful log in it shows the same...

How To: Clean the trackball on a BlackBerry Bold cell phone

This video instructs you on how to clean the trackball on the Blackberry Bold 9000. Begin by turning off your Blackberry and removing the battery. Using a torque T5 screwdriver, remove the 6 screws around the edge that hold on the cover. Remember that doing this will void your warranty. Once the cover is removed, use your screwdriver to lift off the circuit board. Be aware that the USB port can get stuck. If that happens just push the port down slightly and you should be able to remove the ci...

How To: Enable & disable browser add-ons in IE 8

Whethamsolution’s Quick tip walks us through some of the issues caused by use of add-ons in Internet explorer 8 web browser. The video also shows how to manage the add-ons installed in IE8. Add-ons are software’s which enhance the functionality of a web browser. Though most add-ons enhance the browser functionality to a great extent they often tend to slow down the browser drastically. Moreover unwanted add-ons like toolbar's and malicious scripts may cause nuisance to browsing experience...

How To: Clean the trackball on a BlackBerry Tour 9630

Follow these simple instructions from Zeevideo to clean the track ball on the RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 device. Using two simple items: a clean sheet of paper and a pair of scissors can clear most of your track ball issues. The BlackBerry Tour 9630 dose not have a removable track ball unit so to clean the trackball cut a small piece of paper that can be use to manure under the inset of the trackball, using your thumb move the trackball to the side allowing just enough space to slid the slip of...

How To: Install Super Nintendo on an iPhone/iPod Touch (3.0)

This is a video tutorial showing its audience how to install Super Nintendo onto an Ipod Touch or an IPhone. The first step is to open Cydia and click on packages. Scroll down and click on Open SSH, install the program and then open it. Then go to games and you can install the Super Nintendo application. Next install SSH Client on your computer and open it. Next plug your IPhone/IPod into your computer and transfer your Super Ninentdo game onto your IPhone/IPod. When you are finished transfer...

How To: Make an avatar for the internet

JakeWright.net shows viewers how to make and avatar for the internet. In order to do this, you need to first go to Yahoo.com. Here at Yahoo you should go to Yahoo Avatars. Here you can customize everything about you. You can choose your hairstyle, color, eye color and your clothes color! You can also even change extra things such as accessories and the background of your avatar. You can also change the size of everything you pick! There are so many various options that you can choose from. On...

How To: Transfer files from an iPhone to a Mac or PC

In order to transfer files from your iPhone to your mac or pc, you're going to need a little something from www.digidna.net. Open up your web browser and type that into the address bar, here look for DiskAid. Download the version of DiskAid that corresponds to what you want, whether it be for a PC or a Mac. When you've downloaded it, it is time to install it. Once the program is up and running you'll be able to transfer different files like photos and videos from your iPhone or if you wish yo...

How To: Enable smooth scrolling in Mozilla Firefox

In this Video of TheFirefoxAddons,Vic (MasteroftheXP) teaches us a very easy way to make Firefox's scrolling smoother. This makes surfing long pages with a lot of content a more pleasant experience and does not have a significant increase in Firefox's use of resources.To enable this feature, you must go the ¨Tools¨ Menu in Mozilla Firefox.In the menu you must click on options.After that click on the Advanced tab and check if the box labeled ¨enable smooth scrolling¨ If it is not, click on...

How To: Root your T-Mobile G1

Rooting a cell phone can give you so many different perks and advantages that you wouldn't normally have. But at the same time it can also cause damage to the phone itself that it may even cease to function properly causing any money that you spent, to go down the drain. This tutorial shows you how to root your T-Mobile G1. Be careful and good luck!

How To: Make free phone calls on an Apple iPad with Skype

This video teaches us the method to make free phone calls with Skype on an Apple iPad. The first step involves installation of Skype on the iPad. Type in the username and password. This will make you login into Skype. Press the phone icon and this opens the dial pad. You can make free calls in two ways. You can use 1800 Free 411 or 1800 Goog 411. Type the numbers and alphabets from the dial pad. The corresponding numbers will be automatically dialled for the corresponding alphabets. After typ...

How To: Reverse look up phone numbers

Everybody gets phone calls from those strange numbers you kinda sorta recognize. Is that an old friend? Is it the guy you met last week? What's that area code anyway? Get to the bottom of the mystery by using reverse phone book services. This video will show you to find the source of a phone number.

How To: Sync iTunes on your Droid

If you're like most people, the only music program you want to deal with is iTunes. But you can't use your iTunes music unless you have an iPhone, right? Wrong! Don't go around thinking you need an iPhone to use iTunes on your mobile device. You can sync up iTunes with your Motorola Droid too! This video tutorial will show you how to sync iTunes on your Droid.

How To: SSH by USB using iFunbox with firmware 3.0

This will work for 1st gen to 3Gs Iphones and Ipod touch 1st and 2nd gen. The Ipod or ipone needs to be jailbroken and SSH needs to downloaded to the iphone or ipod touch. Now on your computer you need ifunbox downloaded (http://www.iphonepunker.site40.net/). should take a few seconds to download. After its set up, click on and the program should detect your iphone or ipod touch automatically in appose to alpine. Hit the plus sign to the left, and you should see a number of new options. They ...

How To: Rip WAV audio files from your favorite YouTube videos

Dr.Quillo from Quillo video tutorial is explaining about downloading high quality wav sound files. According to him this is much more efficient, less time consuming and the result is of higher quality than using Audacity or winrec32. He asks us to use internet browser, preferably Firefox. He guides us through the process of downloading various tools like Mediacoder, virtualdub, fast video download through google or any search engine. Mediacoder is a freeway software device which converts .flv...

How To: Insert and save a picture on your wiki page

To insert a picture on your wiki page you first need to find the picure you want. Hit the edit button and click the image of the tree. Browse your computer to find the picture you want, click open, and then scroll down and click "upload" If your file does not upload, it may be becuase it is to large, or becuase it has strange character in the name. Try renaming the file or re-sizing it. Hit insert and resize image if neccisary. You can right click and go to image properties to change many thi...