Gadget Hacks How-Tos
How To: Put Rounded corners on digital photos with RoundPic
How to use Roundpic.com to put rounded corners on any digital photo or image on your computer.
How To: Set up an e-mail account in Windows Live Mail
How to set up an e-mail account in Windows Live Mail.
How To: Talk to your Opera web browser with Opera Voice
Opera has a feature where you can talk to it and it obeys your commands - and it works! No "voice training" required. Learn how to use Opera Voice.
How To: Forward your Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or Hotmail
Learn how to set up email forwarding using Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Hotmail.
How To: Fix a wet cell phone
Learn what to do if you drop your phone in the pool or water.
How To: Use NETSTAT.EXE to detect spyware and malware
Learn how to use the NETSTAT.EXE function in Windows/DOS to help detect spyware and malware on your computer.
How To: Use LogMeIn.com for remote computing
A tutorial on using LogMeIn.com to set up remote computing on your computer so that you can always access your computer from anywhere with the Internet.
How To: Use Meebo instant messanger
How to use Meebo as your instant messenger and connect to multiple instant messager services all via the Internet without installing any software.
How To: Take apart an iPhone
Learn how to take apart an Apple iPhone for repair purposes.
How To: Take apart or disassemble an iPhone 2G/1st generation
In this video by PDA Parts, learn how to take apart and disassemble your Apple iPhone 2G (or, 1st generation iPhone, the same phone). By taking the back off and opening your iPhone, one can replace a broken screen. It is wise to listen to these instructions very carefully, as a small mishap can ruin your phone. Also, it should be noted, by doing this any Apple warranty will be void.
How To: Cross-link your websites
Explains the strategy of cross-linking your websites in order to increase traffic and SEO (search engine optimization).
How To: Podcast to iTunes using Wordpress and Podpress
A short tutorial on how to use Wordpress and Podpress along with FeedBurner to submit your podcasts to iTunes.
How To: Use McAfee SiteAdvisor
A quick overview and how-to on using the McAfee SiteAdvisor to protect yourself from malicous web pages.
How To: Install GAIM instant messager on Ubuntu Linux
A quick primer on how to use Gaim with Ubuntu Linux to instant message.
How To: Read RSS feeds
How to use the RSS Bandit and Google Reader to read RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds.
How To: Use Lynx to check for your website for SEO
How to get and use Lynx (a text-based web browser) to check your web site for SEO (search engine optimization).
How To: Make a Christmas lights controller
Why settle for static lighting when you can bring on the big guns? Learn how to make a Christmas lights controller so your lights blink. Happy holidays!
How To: Flash the firmware on your iPhone
I have never had any device that is easier to update the firmware than my iPhone. For anyone who may not be sure, firmware is basically the 'software' that runs a device's hardware. That's the easiest way I can think of to put it.
How To: Measure RF in circuits in Bluetooth
Intersil's Don LaFontaine shows a quick tip on how to measure your circuits susceptibility to RF signals. This design idea is another in Intersil's Whiteboard Wizard series focusing on analog semiconductors.
How To: Use the Wii Remote for Head-Tracking & VR
This absolutely Wonderful Pick of the Day could not be more conceptually different from yesterday's Pick. (Therein lies the fun of curating our site.)
How To: Create Desktop Virtual Reality Displays with a Wiimote
If there is any doubt that nerds deserve to rule the world, please watch this brilliant home brewed invention.
How To: Fix your broken or dirty iPhone earpiece
Sometimes when you answer a call you are unable to hear it unless you use your earbuds or a Bluetooth headset. This is because the earpiece speaker no longer appears to function. This happens when the iPhone thinks the earbuds are still plugged in (because the plug is fouled with debris) so it shuts off the earpiece speaker. Luckow Design Studios created this video which I have put on YouTube to alleviate bandwidth concerns.
How To: Make a paper turntable
Okay, this is one of the coolest eco-friendly projects we've ever seen. If weaving plastic bags into a reusable tote bag is not your thing, then maybe this is. Check out the video to learn how to build a paper turntable made entirely out of reused materials.
How To: Trouble shoot your copier-scanner
Learn how to take care of business when your copier or scanner breaks down.
How To: Make your own PDA stylus pen
How to make your own Palm, or other PDA stylus pen.
How To: Make a wi-fi booster
How to make a wi-fi booster.
How To: Make a Hovercraft Powered by an Electric Leaf Blower
Stan Taylor and his physics class at Miles Community College built a hovercraft powered by an average electric leaf blower! Watch it in action below.
How To: Make an electric toothbrush for $6
Kevin Rose in a segment from "The Screen Savers" showing how to overclock a 6$ toothbrush to work like a 100$ toothbrush. very cool!
How To: Build a simple vibrating robot
A Simple Vibrobot. Build a simple vibrating robot. A hobby robot, well almost.
How To: Get free electricity from a phone jack
Learn how to get free electricity from your home telephone line just by watching this video. Save money on your power bill, and hack into the electricity coming out of the phone jack. The phone company doesn't monitor electricity usage, so you can probably get away with this con. Check out this video tutorial and learn how to tap into the electrical energy source in your phone line.
How To: Make a simple lemon battery
This video will show you how to make a lemon battery. You use a copper penny and a zinc coated nail to create a circuit.
How To: Save electricity
This video is a lego man who talks about how to save electricity.
How To: Expose unknown You Tube channels
The breakdown - 5 cool new channels without too many new subscribers. What's the best way to expose them to more people?
How To: Make a cell phone holder
In this series of handy crafts videos, our expert jewelry maker will show you how to create a custom home for your cell phone. She tells you how to choose materials for this utilitarian wire sculpture, then demonstrates how to wind the wire into just the shape you want for a resting place for your cell phone, or any number of other items that need storing, including eyeglasses and whatever else your imagination can dream up.
How To: Make dancing condom party decorations
Watch how you can inflate condoms and make them into dancing decorations that blink to the beat of your party music. Pretty clever if you can figure out what supplies he's using.
How To: Build an online radio station
In this video series, watch as Mike Purdy teaches you how to build and host online radio stations. Learn how to get the components and players for online radio stations, how to install the encoder and and streamer, how to get the rights to songs, and how to promote the online radio stations.
How To: Hack phone voicemail to block telemarketers
Hack your voicemail or answering machine with special information tones. Check this out. Hack phone voicemail to block telemarketers.
How To: Hack Starbucks internet, build a smoke bomb
Need internet access and you don't have a login? Hack into a private or controlled network with this tutorial. Thefixed.org also shows you how to build a smoke bomb!
How To: Encode videos for YouTube
Did you just buy a $1,000 camera, upload your first video to YouTube, and find it looking like you used your cell phone to shoot the movie? Well, worry no more...this episode of Indy Mogul's Weekend Extra will help you get the best quality for your video before uploading it to YouTube.
How To: Search and refine results in WonderHowTo
Lucy once ranted to Ricky, "How can I look up a word in the dictionary if I don't know how to spell it?" A very logical conundrum that exists in the world of video search as well.