Hot Gadget Hacks How-Tos
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.
How To: Use a basic stamp to create multiple projects
This video introduces you to the basic stamp to create your own electronics. The basic stamp is a microcomputer that can be programmed using basic to do anything from turning on a LED light to cellphone ringtones.
How To: Make sounds with circuit bending
Circuit bending is when you take an old sound producing machine and change the circuitry to make new sounds. Make Magazine's Bre Pettis and circuit bending expert Justin Gerardy discuss the various tips and tricks of circuit bending.
How To: Make a vinegar battery
Need to use up vinegar? Here is an interesting way to convert your standard vinegar into a working battery. Learn the technique to create an alternative source of energy using vinegar. Make a vinegar battery.
How To: Make a cola and pennies battery
Learn how to make a functioning battery from a can of soda. I made a battery out of cola and pennies. Awww, snap! Who's got iPhone power at burning man?! Me!
How To: Make an astrocam from a webcam
Learn how to take detailed photographs of outer space using a modified webcam. These are some really cool hacks & mods from a guy on youtube. Avoid the high costs of telescope cameras and supplement with an inexpensive webcam.
How To: Turn a pencil into an emergency light
You are stuck in the middle of nowhere and can't see a thing. Luckily you have pencil and your car battery. You can create 20 minutes of bright light using the graphite from a regular pencil, wired to the positive and negative of your car battery. Basically, the graphite serves as a bright filament for your emergency light. Follow along with this how-to video tutorial to learn the step by step process of turning a pencil into an emergency light.
How To: Choose between high-speed Internet and cable and DSL
Are you looking to upgrade from that clunky dial-up connection to high-speed Internet access? Find out who comes out on top when DSL and cable go head-to-head.
How To: Add email addresses and forward emails with cPanel
If you have a business website, you might want to have separate emails for each department or person. In this Cpanel video tutorial you will learn how to add email addresses and forward that to another email account. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions. Add email addresses and forward emails with cPanel.
How To: Password-protect a directory in cPanel
Ever wanted a specific directory in your site to be available only to certain people? Password protecting a directory can be done several ways. In this cPanel video tutorial you will learn how to password protect a directory. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions. Password-protect a directory in cPanel.
How To: Change folder permissions in cPanel X
In this cPanel X video tutorial you will learn how to change folder permissions using the file manager. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions. Change folder permissions in cPanel X.
How To: Change the SIM card on your iPhone
Want an iPhone but you think AT&T is too expensive? This video will teach you how to swap out you SIM card so that you can use your iphone on other mobile carriers. Be aware that some iPhone features may not work on other carriers.
How To: Remove company logos from cell phones
With a little elbow grease, a sugar cube, and some can do attitude, you will be able to remove the logo off your cell phone. Simply polish up the area with the cube and remove any pesky logos left behind by the company.
How To: Make a free call using fring
Here are a few little tricks you can use to make a free call using fring. After a few simple adjustments free calls can be made to your friends and loved one for free.
How To: Turn your hotmail or gmail into an online hard drive
Need some storage space that you can access anywhere in the world? Why not use your hotmail or gmail and get free 2gb online hard drive. Turn your hotmail or gmail into an online hard drive.
How To: Charge your phone with USB
This is a great way to charge your phone if you ever loose your car charger. Simply splicing a USB cable with an adaptor for your cell phone will create a homemade charger that can easily hook up to your computer and charge your cell phone.
How To: Permanently block your cell phone number
If you want to block your cell phone number for all calls, this is the video for you. Learn to block not just one call, but all further calls with the push of a few buttons. Now no one will be able to see your cell phone number.
How To: Repair or improve your phone signals
Have you ever broken the antenna off of your cell phone but did not want to buy another one? Here is a quick, cheap way to repair your antenna. This method also helps to improve bad reception on existing antennas.
How To: Trace any IP address in the world and see location
Ever wondered where someone was located? Check this out to find out where in the world someone is located by using their IP address. Trace any IP address in the world and see location.
How To: Build jackhammer headphones
These home-made hifi headphones work as well or better than Sony or Bose noise-cancelling headphones. Cost: $2. Time to make:one minute. Difficulty:none. Unlike the commercial products, these block outside noise instead of cancelling it.
How To: Build your own HD DVR
Want to break free from the confines of DVR land? If you're tired of spending all the money to download program listings from your DVR, then it's time for a change. If you don't want to mess with DRM files anymore, but want to backup your system, then MythTV is the way to go. You'll need to build your own PVR (personal video recorder) with thanks to MythTV, and it will end up costing you less than $500. Well worth the investment. The MythTv software is free and open source, so you just need t...
How To: Make an immersion heater while in prison
Prison isn't really the place to snuggle up to your prison inmate. Learn from the once incarcerated Angelo how to keep yourself warm with a homemade immersion heater.
How To: Make a battery cigarette lighter while in prison
Everyone has a Zippo but if you don't, try making this battery cigarette lighter instead. Learn from the once incarcerated Angelo how to stand out in a smoky crowd with this crafty prison invention.
How To: Master streaming video with Blip.tv
Get yourself on the internet. Learn how to master streaming video with Blip.tv and Andrew "Action" Schlack. Action Schlack is one organized guy: you can even see him looking down to read his off-camera cue cards, how professional!
How To: Make and repair audio cables
In this video series, watch as professional sound engineer Kip Bradford teaches how to make and repair audio cables. Learn the tools needed to repair and make audio cables, learn what kind of solder to use, learn the types of connectors and wires to use, how to solder audio cables, how to remove solder from a solder joint, and how to roll audio cables.
How To: Sign Up for a Myspace Profile
How to sign up for a Myspace profile. The simple steps necessary to belong to this network. Part 1 of 14 - How to Sign Up for a Myspace Profile.