Gadget Hacks How-Tos
How To: Replace the battery of a Palm m500, m505, and m515
Learn how to take apart a Palm m500, m505, and/or m515 in order to replace the battery. A helpful voiceover guides you through the process.
How To: Take apart a Handspring Visor
Learn how to take apart a Handspring Visor, Neo, Platinum & Pro Digitizer for repair. Includes screen removal and replacement. Helpful voiceover guides you through the process.
How To: Take apart Palm III, IIIe, IIIx, IIIxe Digitizer
Learn how to take apart a Palm III, IIIe, IIIx, IIIxe Digitizer n order to repair it. A helpful voiceover guides you through the process.
How To: Use mouse gestures for FireFox
See how to move back and forth, scroll, zoom and switch tabs by holding down the mouse button and using gestures in FireFox.
How To: Use Mapplets for Google Maps
A new feature in Google Maps, Mapplets, places data overlays onto your map - like movie times, crime rates and real estate prices. Learn how to combine multiple overlays for a one-stop view of what you need to know.
How To: Create a favorites list on your iPhone
Favorites lists are a great way to speed dial on your iPhone so check out this video on creating a list of your favorite contacts.
How To: Make a Wi-Fi extender from Asian parabolic cookware
Want to boost your WiFi reception? Have an extra wok or parabolic collander? This video tutorial demonstrates a simple hack that will allow you to build an effective radio antenna that will significantly increase the gain of your WiFi signal. To replicate this hack at home, you'll need the following items: (a) a piece of parabolic cookware, (b) heavy tape, (c) a USB WiFi stick, (d) tin snips, and (5) a USB extension cable. For detailed instructions on building your own wireless signal extende...
How To: Make a disposable camera belt
A piece of homemade spy gear - learn how to make a belt with a disposable camera attached to it.
How To: Make a fridge magnet out of a hard drive
Hard drive dead? All is not lost. You can still make a refrigerator magnet out of it. Learn how to remove a rare-Earth magnet from your old or dead hard drive.
How To: Build an electronic stash box with an Altoids tin
Want a safe place to hide your stash? Here's how to build a miniature electronic safe out of an Altoids tin and a Hallmark musical greeting card.
How To: Build a condenser microphone
For under $20 in parts, build this condenser microphone yourself at home.
How To: Overclock a lighter
This instructable will tell you how to get a 3 in. flame out of a lighter, and turn it into a mini flamethrower without breaking it or anything.
How To: Make free long distance calls to any US business
Yes it's free. Google doesn't charge you a thing for the call or for connecting you to the business. Regular phone charges may apply, based on your telephone service provider. Make free long distance calls to any US business.
How To: Turn a C cell battery into a D cell battery
Your Flashlight battery are DEAD!! You have C batteries available. We will show you how to use them as D batteries. Turn a C cell battery into a D cell battery.
How To: Buy strategically on eBay
When you really want an item on eBay, you no longer can just place your bid and hope. If you're going to beat out the competition for your favorite auction, you need to follow these strategies to win big.
How To: Make an LED flashlight from a match box
Learn how to build, in less than 5 minutes a LED flashlight using a match box. Make an LED flashlight from a match box.
How To: Make a USB laser air purifier lamp
Laser can refresh your air by kill the bad bacteria and fungus in the air.You can make a cool lamp too. All with the usb power.
How To: Remove dust from Nokia 6280
This video demonstrates how to remove dust and dirt from inside a Nokia 6280 mobile phone. The video walk you through opening the cell phone and removing the dirt from inside.
How To: Browse the internet with your BlackBerry 8800
In this video, Jonathan Cohen demonstrates how to surf the web using a BlackBerry 8800. The explains how to start up the Internet on the cell phone, how to input an address, and give some hints on using the browser.
How To: Protect your mobile phone
This video demonstrates easy steps you can take to protect your cell phone from thieves. Included in this tutorial tips to marking a mobile phone and ways to make your phone less desirable for thieves. Protect your mobile phone.
How To: Use Facebook Flyers Pro ad application
The trickiest part of Facebook’s new “flyers pro” advertising feature might simply be finding it. Any flyers you buy show up in the Facebook lefthand sidebar. Use Facebook Flyers Pro ad application.
How To: Buy a video clip at helpfulvideo.com
This video demonstrates the process of purchasing a video clip at helpfulvideo.com. Buy a video clip at helpfulvideo.com.
How To: Upload videos to Google video
Are you the next Michelle Phan? Or have an itching desire to outdo Rebecca Black with an even more awesomely horrible autotuned prepubescent anthem? Then you are the perfect candidate to upload stuff onto Google Video. Like YouTube, Google Video allows you to share your videos with everyone, no one, or a select group of friends and family.
How To: Create Email aliases and forwarding addresses in Gmail
Take better advantage of your Gmail tools -use aliases to organize your mail and forwarding to manage multiple email addresses and locations.
How To: Drive traffic to your site using links
You can learn how to drive traffic to your website using links. The most important thing is to get people to your website. You can not spend hours and hours writing emails to people who steal your articles.
How To: Change the background color of Google
Want to change the color of your Google browser window? Learn how you can alter the colors of your Google background.
How To: Accelerate you download speed
Learn how to accelerate your download speed in windows xp. This video will show you how to edit the administrative template to increase you download speed. Accelerate you download speed.
How To: Get your IP address
This video shows how to get your IP address from your computer. Get your IP address.
How To: Find the music you like with French Maids
These lovely French maids will show you how to find new music that suits you. This video will show you some easy steps to find the right music for you, using ilike.com. Now you will know how to find music that you like!
How To: Change homepage in Firefox
This tutorial demonstrates how to change your homepage in Firefox internet browser. This will help new computer users.
How To: Secure your wireless network
This is a tutorial on how to secure your wireless network. This tutorial shows you how to setup a WEP encryption key for your wireless network.
How To: Choose which Internet browser to use
Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Opera — which one does Chris use? None of the above! instead of one of the three major browsers, Chris uses Maxthon, which he finds to be superior, even though it uses Internet Explorer’s rendering engine. Choose which Internet browser to use.
How To: Hack a smartphone to play Atari 2600 games
This video is useful if you ever play games on your smartphone and wish to be able to play more than solitaire. Follow this video hack, and you'll be able to get all those Atari classics right on your phone for free.
How To: Create Gmail labels and filters
Learn how Gmail differs from other email accounts and how to make labels and filters in Gmail to organize your mail.
How To: Boost your wi-fi using a strainer
Kitchen utensils and computers, that's right! This video will show you how to increase your computer's wireless connection using a strainer!
How To: Build a simple motor
Video showing how a battery-magnet-wire motor creates a rotating electro magnetic field. Watch the hanging bar magnet react to the rotations. You need a battery, magnet & copper wire.
How To: Speed up iPhone
Speed up your EDGE network connection on the iPhone up to 5xs. Change your settings to optimize connection speed not using WiFi.
How To: Browse the Internet ad-free using Firefox
Sick of having ads and pop-ups while browsing the internet with Firefox? This video will teach a simple add on the will allow you to browse the internet ad-free. Browse the Internet ad-free using Firefox.
How To: Use an oscilloscope
Oscilloscopes visualize electronic signals. This information can be useful for tests, debugging, and reverse engineering. If you work with electronic circuitry, being able to use an oscilloscope is a must have skill. Here Bre Pettis and Make Magazine hook you up with great tips.
How To: Use the flash of a camera without taking a picture
Ever wonder if the flash is still working on a one time use camera. This is a good way to see if the flash is still working without having to waste actual film. This is done using a knee and elbow, both human. Use the flash of a camera without taking a picture.