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How To: Jailbreak an iPhone or iPod Touch firmware 3.1.2
George from [TheiPhonePress.com] explains how to Jailbreak all device on Windows. The example device is an iPod and the program is BlackRa1n (spoken: black rain). Go to BlackRa1n.com and download the version suitable for your PC. There are currently versions for Mac and Windows. Note: you will have to have the most current iPod software. 3.1.2 - WARNINGS before you do that: for iPod 1G, 2G and 3G, this is fine. Just hit restore to go back to factory setting. Downside: With the 3G it's "tether...
HowTo: Write in Midair with LEDs
Hacked Gadgets recently featured Csaba Bleuer's LED wave display, a device that projects LED messages midair. Bleuer had also previously created a similar device that spins on a fan motor.
How To: Create a Facebook profile
Start out by going to www.Facebook.com. From this page you will be able to create your own personal Facebook profile. Fill in your name, email, password, sex, and date of birth. Click 'Sign up' after you have filled in all of this information correctly.
How To: Use the Blackberry Curve 2
This video tutorial shows both the basic features and more in-depth uses of the Blackberry Curve II camera's capabilities. The tutorial goes through many options, providing a good description of how to access and use each. The viewer will learn the specifications of the camera including its mega-pixels, zooming capabilities, and so forth. Manipulation of lighting effects, color effects, and options when saving and deleting pictures are just some of the components reviewed.
How To: Turn JavaScript on in Internet Explorer
In this video, you will learn the steps to take to enable JavaScript in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. Although JavaScript support is typically enabled by default in most modern browsers and many web applications depend on JavaScript being enabled to function properly, some persons and organizations may occasionally disable JavaScript to negate the effects of annoying or insecure implementation of JavaScripts on some web pages (such as pop-ups, hidden tracking links, unwanted...
How To: Use the Cmd prompt to view MySpace at school
This how-to video is about how to use command prompt to view the blocked websites at school. This step by step instruction will help one to open the blocked websites at school.
How To: Set up Bluetooth on your Motorola Droid
This video shows you how to easily set up Bluetooth on your Motorola Droid phone and use it with a Bluetooth headset. The first thing you have to do is go to Settings and then go to Wireless and Networks. In the pop up menu, you have to go to Bluetooth settings and check the first box. That will turn Bluetooth on. Next, you have to turn on your Bluetooth headset device and press the Scan for Devices button on your phone in the Bluetooth settings window. Insert the password and hit OK. That's ...
How To: Send pictures from your computer to your cell phone
With all of the technology literally at our fingertips, there's no excuse for things not to be easy, right? Don't get frustrated about not being able to send pictures with the simple click of a mouse. Educate yourself with this video so you can send pictures to your cell phone. That way you can have that awesome photo from last weekend available no matter where you are. This video will show you how to send pictures from your computer to your phone.
How To: Create a blog using Blogger.com
Blogger is Google's blogging platform and this video shows how to signup, create, setup and start blogging on Blogger. You are given a run-through of going to blogger.com and signing up to create a blog, creating your account, naming your blog, selecting your template and finally creating the blog. After that you can go ahead and create your first post, format it, preview it and finally after everything is complete publish it on the web for everyone to see!
How To: Access the hidden Droid menu to imrpove call quality
This video shows you how to easily access the hidden Motorola Droid menu and how to improve call quality. The first thing you have to do is dial and call: ##7764726 . Then, type in the SPC Password, which usually is 000000 (six 0s) and hit OK. Next, click 04.Vocode in the popped up menu and choose either EVRC or EVRC-B for the highest call quality. Tap apply. Please note that better call quality requires more battery, so the battery will go down easier. That's it! Good Luck!
How To: Upload a photo on your mobile phone to Facebook
Tetiana from Best Buy Tips and Tricks shows you how to upload a photo on your mobile phone to your Facebook account directly from your mobile phone. For this you need to select the photo from your media, choose the option "upload to Facebook" and insert a suitable caption as shown in the video. The photo will be uploaded to your Facebook account for all your friends to see. Now you can share photos with your friends via Facebook on the go, using your mobile phone.
How To: Tether your DROID to your computer
This video shows you how to easily update your Motorola Droid using near-future updates. The first thing you have to do is to download the Update from: Motorola Droid , unzip it to your PC, rename the folder to 'update' and copy it to your Droid root folder. Then, turn your phone off. Next, you have to press the power button and do not let it go until the screen shows you a triangle with a "!" in it. Next, hold the volume up button and then the camera button. Hit the right D-pad button once a...
How To: Make a side menu bar for your website
In this video the author gives an HTML Website Design tutorial showing how to make a side menu bar. He goes on to show how to write the HTML page, explaining about the different HTML tags like <html>, <head>, <title>, <table> etc., He shows how to set page color and add styling to the page. He shows how to align the page elements and does the font settings. He goes on and makes a HTML table. Next he shows how to make a menu bar using the table element and shows how to do the various settings ...
How To: Unlock a jailbroken iPhone 3G wiith BlackSn0w
In this video, iPodTouchHelping takes you through the steps for unlocking a jailbroken iPhone 3G or 3GS using the software BlackSn0w. For this to work, the iPhone should be jailbroken by Blackra1n on version 3.1.2 firmware. Two methods are demonstrated to accomplish this. The first is done by adding Blackra1n on to your iPhone and installing BlackSn0w as indicated. The second is done by running the Blackra1n app as also demonstrated in the video.
How To: Jailbreak your iPhone 3G
Did you just find an iPhone 3G or 3GS on the floor but don't want to pay for the expensive AT&T plan?? This instructional video takes you step by step on how to easily jailbreak the phone with a couple of simple of steps that will allow you to use your phone in a matter of minutes without having to pay outrageous monthly phone bills. All you need to do is have iTunes installed on your computer and then just follow the simple steps stated in the video.
How To: Access MySpace and Facebook at school
The author shows how to bypass SurfControl and access blocked websites at school. He shows how to open the OperaMini website from Google and to access the demo of OperaMini in that website. Now in that demo we can key in the website address and easily access the website from there. In this manner we can easily bypass small security software like SurfControl. If you are having trouble accessing websites because of SurfControl just follow the steps in this tutorial and you will be able to acces...
How To: Delete a MySpace account
This video describes step by step how to delete your MySpace account using a yellow circle around the cursor so you know exactly where to go. It's a very simple process that shows you exactly how to do it in a few easy steps. It also tells you the importance of removing your pictures and videos from MySpace before deleting it so you don't lose them. If you follow the steps in the video you should have no problems deleting your MySpace.
How To: Transfer media to and from your Mac and cell phone
This user-friendly video shows you how to transfer media files via bluetooth to and from your Mac and cell phone. First you must pair your Mac to your phone. This video tells you exactly how to do this, even if you don't have bluetooth on. You must put both devices in discovery mode. To pair it, you have to put a set of numbers your Mac gives you for ur phone. Click continue. Now browse devices and pick your phone. Pick what you would like to transfer over to your Mac. Save it on Mac. Open th...
How To: Unblock MySpace at school without a proxy
Can't wait until you get home to get onto MySpace? This video gives step by step instructions on how to try and unblock MySpace while you are at school or on a server that does not allow access to the site. This video does not have narration, but has written instructions on how to get around blocked sites with out using a proxy server. However, you have to have access to the system 32 files for this tutorial to work, and accessing these files does go against a lot of network policies.
How To: Play NES on an iPhone or iTouch
User FL1PPY explains how to play an NES on an iPhone. First, log in to your iPod with Win SCP. Locate the Applications folder. Drag the NES.app folder into the 'Applications' folder. Open the NES folder and find the NES file. Right click, choose 'properties', and set permissions to 777. Restart your iPhone. The application should appear on phone. Next, to install games, log back into to Win SCP and locate the mobile folder. Open media folder and create 2 new folders called "ROMs" and "NES". R...
How To: Upload photos and videos to Facebook through email
Moniquewade will show you how to upload photos and videos to Facebook by using email. The user has seven steps for you to follow in order to upload photos and videos to Facebook using email services very fast and easy. The first step starts out by telling you to go to Facebook.com. By following each of the seven steps that are provided, you should be able to send different types of photos and videos to your Facebook account just by using email.
How To: Find the IP address of a website
Wondering how to find the Internet Protocol address of a website?
How To: Download music from MySpace without software
The video was excellent, and it could help some people download music fast and easy. The guy also takes us to a process in which it could be followed easily. He tells us how to download it and where to download it. He tells us what we need and were to copy and paste some stuff. Also he tells us other useful stuff such as: we can also download movies, application, images, etc. on that page. Following the steps will guarantee an excellent download.
How To: Delete Cookies from Your Browser
This video shows you how to easily delete cookies from your browser. First thing you have to do is open the web browser you usually use (the video shows how to delete cookies from Firefox) and go to the Options tab in the upper menu. Then choose the Clear Private Data or Clear Recent History item. In the pop-up window, check Cookies and Cache and then press the Clear Now button. The Clear Private Data/ Clear Recent History window also can be opened by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+DEL. That's it! Good ...
How To: Speed up your Internet and computer
If you ever wondered how you could make your internet web browsing faster, then this video will give you a crucial tip. The loading speed of web pages and web sites is greatly influenced by the type of web browser you are using. The narrator in this video suggests that you search for other types of web browsers besides Internet Explorer or AOL. The main web browser that is advocated by narrator in this video is Firefox. He explains how Firefox is able to load pages faster than Internet Explor...
How To: Jailbreak iPhone 3G with RedSn0w
Have a new iPhone 3G but don't want to pay for the expensive AT&T service? This instructional video will teach you the simple steps it takes to jailbreak the phone, and without the usage of iTunes. Instead, you will use Red Snow. This short video will teach you all the tricks to jail breaking your phone. In a matter of minutes you will be enjoying your new iPhone 3G without damaging it.
How To: How To Facebook 101
This fast tutorial will show viewers the basics of how to use Facebook for those who are new to using the website. After creating an account and logging into Facebook, you will see your homepage, which has most of the new information regarding your friends and their recent activity. Clicking on the links at the top of the page will allow you to access pages such as your own profile, where you can display information about yourself, such as where you work or your date of birth. After watching ...
How To: Make an ethernet patch cable
The following video is about making an Ethernet patch cable using RJ45 cable tool, category 5,5e or 6 cable, RJ45 connectors and optionally a scissors and cable tester. First of all, measure out the length of cable needed for your purpose and then cut it. Strip out the outer insulation of the cable using a cable tool. After stripping the insulation, sort the eight wires inside it in the order orange-striped, orange, green-striped, blue, blue-striped, green, brown-striped and brown. Cut off an...
How To: Send a text message through email
Learn how to send a text message through e-mail. Just follow these steps. First step is to open a browser like Mozilla Firefox and other like Internet Explorer etc.
How To: Dial phone numbers (with letters) on a Blackberry
A lot of phone numbers these days use letters so that you can remember them easier. For example, 1 800 BEST BUY or 1 800 FLOWERS. On a normal touchtone telephone, you would associate these letters with numbers on your keypad. With a Blackberry, however, this poses a problem. Blackberries do not have the traditional letters above the numbers.. so how are you supposed to dial?
How To: Delete browser cookies from a computer
Removing the cookies from Firefox and Internet Explorer is explained in this how-to video. First let's see how to delete cookies from Firefox browser, just follow the following steps:
How To: Send text messages from your computer using Trillian
How to send text messages from your using Trillian, just follow the some few steps. First step is use Internet Explorer download the Trillian.
How To: Hide comments on MySpace
Want a bit more privacy in your MySpace account? Here's how to hide comments in MySpace. After you login, you should see a button that says 'edit profile' near the top. If you have a MySpace 1.0 profile you have to go to the 'About Me' section and at the bottom of it type this exactly like you see it here
How To: Start and create a Facebook group
In this how-to video, you will learn how to create a Facebook group. First, you must have access to a computer with the internet and a Facebook account. To create the group, you need to press the application button and press groups. Press the create new group button. Once this is done, fill out the information required and click create group to finish the process. Now you can invite other people into the group. You can bring a group of people together with a common interest using these groups...
How To: Organize social networking profiles with free software
Gigafide explains that with so many different social networking sites, it is hard to keep information up to date on all of them. He first introduces TweetDeck, an amazing desktop application that allows a user to update information for their Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn accounts. If you don't want to go through the hassle of installing TweetDeck on your computer, there is HootSuite, a web application that allows you to do this and if you're interested in keeping track of much more...
How To: Get maximum web browsing space in Firefox
ClearTechInfo takes you though a series of tweaks to customize Firefox in order to get maximum web browsing space. This is done by changing the default Firefox skin, installing a menu button by going to Firefox add-ons and searching for the specified add-on and installing them. Next by customizing Firefox by removing unwanted buttons and changing the locations of essential buttons, the address bar and the search bar thereby minimizing the screen space taken by the browser.
How To: Clear cookies on Internet Explorer 6 and 7
Deleting cookies in your Internet browser allows you the freedom to surf privately. Cookies are little chips that store your information for different websites. For example, when you visit your e-mail, a cookie is attached to your browser that remembers your sign in information so you don't have to reenter it every time you navigate away from that page and back. Deleting cookies is a good idea if you are giving or selling your computer to someone else, or if you are on a shared machine. This ...
How To: Break into Facebook at school
The Facebook is one of many social community website with many features. To break into Facebook at school there are many ways. Some of them are listed below.
How To: Make a website using Nvu
This video takes you through the details of creating a website using Nvu without paying any amount of money to anyone. This program will take you through the basic steps in creating and setting your own website. You will learn how to format a page, give the page the color and background you prefer, placement of cells, insert the needed icons and setting instructions and links to the needed cell. All you have to do is follow these easy steps and get started with your own website.
How To: Install Adobe Shockwave Player on Internet Explorer 8
This video shows you how to easily download and install Adobe Shockwave Player on Internet Explorer 8 or 8+. The first thing you have to do is open up Internet Explorer, type in the address bar: http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/ and hit Enter. Scroll down the page, uncheck the "Also install Free Google Toolbar" box and click on the "Agree and Install now" button. Wait for the Shockwave Player to install. Click "Allow" in the future windows and wait for the install confirmation screen. Restart y...