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How To: Avoid adware, spyware, and keyloggers on your computer

In this episode, Brandon Jackson shows how to merge two images with the Photoshop gradient tool to create a banner montage. Doug Grammar joins D.Lee Beard again, this time to explain spyware, adware, and keylogging. They explain what these threats to your privacy & computer speed are as well as how to prevent and get rid of them. Speaking of security, Jason Rybicki shows one way to tell if your privacy is being compromised on a Mac using a free widget.

How To: Import cellphone pictures with bluetooth

In this episode we show you how to import pictures off of your Bluetooth capable cellphone and onto an iMac. Should you buy a digital camera or camcorder? What features should you look for? The techies give their input on what to look for in making those decisions. Along the same theme, the techies offer some suggestions on where to buy electronics including digital cameras and camcorders. (31min 59sec)

How To: Find free books online

In this video, D.Lee Beard reviews two products: the Epson R280 6-color inkjet printer which can print on CDs and DVDs as well as 8.5 x 11 paper, and a review of the Kensington 19-in-1 Media Card Reader. He also explains how to find free books online, and viewer questions are answered on video instant messaging, and mac compatible mp3 players. Be sure to check out our http://AsktheTechies.com web site, Episode 71, for links to items discussed in this video.

How To: Upload files to your webhost using FTP

In this video, you'll discover how to upload files to your own website or blog using FTP.

How To: Use Google Earth and it's hidden features

This three part tutorial covers how to use Google Earth - including some cool features you may not know about. The first part goes over the basics, the second part shows you how to import higher resolution images and textures, and the third part shows you how to add placemarks, calculate distances, add overlays, etc.

How To: Use TerraServer to get satellite images

Have you ever wanted to see an aerial photo of your house? Your school? Your office? The White House? Terraserver is a free resource that allows you to do just that.

How To: Create a blog in 5 minutes using Blogger

This page gets folks up and running with their own blog in minutes using the Blogger site. I start from clicking "Register" and take you through adding pictures, editing the layout, etc.

How To: Install FlashGot and BitComet Download Manager

Installing FlashGot and BitComet allows you to pause and resume big downloads from the point you left off.

How To: Game your YouTube hits with a FireFox plugin

Tired of hitting that refresh button every time you want to update a webpage? Watch this video to learn how to make Firefox do that for you.

How To: Understand holography & holograms

This is a older VHS, remastered version of my introduction to holography in which Thomas Grillo demonstrates two holographic optical table layouts for making transmission master, and reflection copy holograms. Recorded by Thomas Grillo in 1997 at Parallax Holograms Studios in Mississippi.

How To: Make free calls with Skype on iPhone using Fring

A pre-release version of fring for the iPhone available from fring.com. This is a great App that lets you use your iPhone to instant message or Skype. Never pay for international calls again!! This is the new release for 1.1.4 Jailbroken phones.

How To: Make a wallet out of a computer keyboard.

I show you how to hack your old keyboard to make a wallet in minutes.

How To: Get YouTube video alerts and feeds with YouTube API

YouTube Hack! Youtube now uses a new gdata format and doesn't require a developer key. It also added a whole bunch more variables you can attach to the query string making things possible that weren't before.

How To: Build a Cheap USB Spy Telescope to Take Covert Digital Photos from Far Away

The first thing anybody really thinks about after watching Rear Window is how much they want their own telephoto lens. These days, they aren't cheap, so how do you go about spying on your neighbors without putting down so much dough?

How To: Make a joule thief circuit to extract battery power

This week, Windell Oskay of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories joins me to teach you how to make a super clever little circuit called the Joule Thief! The Joule Thief allows you to squeeze the life out of what most people think of as "dead" batteries!

How To: Find hacks, tricks, and Easter eggs within Google

Watch this how-to video and learn some tricks and hacks that you can do with Google. Google has a pretty good sense of humor, so there are a lot of hidden programs to play around with. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to hack, play tricks, and find Easter Eggs on Google.

How To: Watch any video on Youtube in HD

WHERE TO USE THIS CODE: Most videos DO NOT have "View in Higher Quality" links below them like this video does. So by using this code, you'll be able to watch ANYTHING in higher quality! TRY IT! : )

How To: Hack the Facebook Moods application

Change the mood of any user on Facebook who has the Moods application installed... all you need is their user id and a few tools.

How To: Catch website content thieves with Copyscape.com

Learn how to use a site: http://www.copyscape.com to check if people are stealing content from your website.

How To: Cheat at Guitar Hero with a show controller

Cheating At Guitar Hero: An introduction to show controllers, by David Randolph from Systm.

How To: Make a WiFi truck

We've got half a day of wiring to build the Wireless Access Truck out of an EVDO modem, a Wilson Electronics Cell Phone Booster, a 12V Mini ITX PC and a WiFi adapter... Hit it.

How To: Generate hydrogen with electrolysis

Car + Hydrogen = Better Mileage? We're not quite ready to drop the cash on one of those under hood mileage boosters being sold all over the web...but using water electrolysis to produce Hydrogen sounded like a good first step!

How To: Breadboard a DIY USB power supply

While breadboarding may seem like some odd combination of snowboarding and consuming the fluffy pastry at the same time, it's actually just the technical term for using a construction base to build a prototype electric circuit. Breadboards are solderless so they're great for circuit design and are reusable.

How To: Apply Ohm's Law to your electronics projects

Calculating resistance and power isn't hard... and, as David explains, knowing Ohm's Law and the Power Triangle can be darn useful when you're designing a project, sorting out power supply issues, or want to keep from burning your car down.

How To: Download and install applications using Safari

Learn to add new applications to your Mac in this easy to follow tutorial. This video demonstrates how to download and install applications to your Mac using the Safari browser.

How To: Get the right geek tools for your workbench

Take a peek at the tools and equipment Patrick Norton and David Randolph have acquired over the years as they walk you through the must have gadgets every geek should have on their workbench.

How To: Get started with VoIP using Asterisk

Kevin Rose is joined by John Todd, a well known, leading Asterisk expert, to introduce you to the amazing VoIP (Voice over IP) world of Asterisk, the open source voip telephony toolkit. In this episode, Kevin and John take you through the installation and configuration of this powerful tool, and show how it can be used to give anyone complete control over their phone experiences, such as voice over wifi, eliminating phone costs, choosing from hundreds of VoIP providers, creating your own voic...

How To: Create your own audio podcast

Podcasting has become the radio phenomenon of the modern age. Kevin Rose and Dan Huard explain why podcasting is so popular and they show how to set up a basic podcast environment from the hardware you'll need to the uploading process. Also, get an exclusive look into Leo Laporte's (of This Week in Tech fame) advanced podcast studio!

How To: Find IP address of any PC

Learn to create a script in Windows XP that will find the IP address of a network PC.

How To: Increase your DSL speed

Learn how test and improve the speed of your DSL Internet connection.

How To: Trace any computer via satellite

Learn how to find the location of any computer you want via satellite using NeoTrace Pro and Google Earth.

How To: Hide your IP address when web browsing

Learn how to hide your IP address when web browsing using Proxy 4 Free.

How To: Web save, net share, and create a podcast playlist

Gary Rosenzweig answers viewer questions about saving Web pages, sharing a network connection and creating a podcast playlist.

How To: Have fun with Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" tool

Learn to access a number of Google Easter eggs with this simple Google hacker's how-to. Best of all, each of these Easter eggs can be found directly from Google search through use of Google's own "I'm Feeling Lucky" tool. The full list of Easter eggs explored in this video is as follows: