Tips, tricks and guides
How to Setup Multiple Home Pages in Your Web Browser
Make your morning routine much easier
How to Record Cassette Tapes to PC/Computer
Transfer that mixtape you made for your gf in 1999
How to Remove Your Name from Search Engines
Protect your reputation from defamation or slander
How to Add Your Own Subtitles to a Video
You need 2 different programs to do it correctly
Recently, I downloaded a video off the Internet that was in Hindi and I needed to add English subtitles to the video so that I could share it with some […]
How to Resize a Video or Change Resolution
Here are a few free tools that will do the trick
There are a lot of reasons why you might need to resize a video and in this post I’m going to mention a couple of freeware app that will help […]
What is Sonic Update Manager and How to Remove It
Basically a junk program that won't go away
Here’s another technical walk-through on how to fix a pesky little problem that is caused by computer manufacturers such as Dell and HP! Basically, they load too much crap onto […]
How to Create Your Own Fonts and Edit TrueType Fonts
You can even name them after your cat
Wouldn’t it be neat if you could create your own TrueType fonts, name them whatever you want, and actually use them in programs like Word, Photoshop, etc? Luckily, there are […]
How to Identify Music or Songs by Sound
Using online tools, desktop, or smartphone apps
Know the tune to a song, but don’t remember the lyrics? Normally, I hear a song on the radio or in a coffee shop and if I can’t figure out […]
Extract Text from PDF and Image Files
Results will vary depending on the file and the tool used
Have a PDF document that you would like to extract all the text out of? What about image files of a scanned document that you want to convert into editable […]
4 Free Utilities to Tweak Your Mouse and Increase Productivity
Doesn't involve using any cheese for bait
Ever heard of tweaking your mouse? Just about everyone has a desktop and along with that a mouse to perform all the tasks on the computer. We spend so much […]
How to Create Custom Icons for Flash or USB Drives
This will work for anything that uses the Autorun feature
You probably already know how to create custom icons for your local hard drive or for your CD drive, but did you know there is also an easy way to […]
How to Hack Your Cell Phone
It ain't easy, but it can be done
When people search for cell phone hacks or hacking, they normally have one of two things in mind: how can I hack my cell phone to do something or install […]
7 Great Firefox about:config Tweaks
Secrets of the most configurable browser
After using Internet Explorer for many years, I have to say that I really wish I would have switched to Firefox a lot earlier than I did! Firefox is by […]
How to Find Out Who Hosts a Web Site (Web Hosting Company)
Using a very cool web service
Here’s a quick little tip for anyone looking for a simple way to find out who is hosting a particular website. Trying to figure out who hosts a web site […]
Download Entire Web Sites in Firefox using ScrapBook
The downloaded version will look exactly the same
Need to save a webpage or website so that you can view it offline? Are you going to be offline for an extended period of time, but want to be […]
How to View Folder Size in Explorer
Have Windows Explorer calculate the folder sizes and display them for you
Running out of disk space on your hard drive? Need to figure out which folders are taking up the most space? Previously, I had written about a useful program called […]
How to Move or Transfer Email Accounts from One ISP to Another
One program makes it easy for a very low price
Are you looking for a way to move your email account from Gmail to Outlook or Yahoo to Gmail? Outside of the major email providers, if you’re still stuck with […]
How to Fix Internet Explorer has Encountered a Problem and Needs to Close
Besides switching to Chrome or Firefox
Have you ever been browsing the Internet using IE happily until all of a sudden you get this horrid “Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close” error […]
Best Free Alternative PDF Viewer to Adobe Reader
A huge number of extra features
If you’re looking for a free alternative to Adobe Reader, one of the best options out there currently is Foxit PDF Reader. Other than being able to view a PDF […]
How to Capture Still Images from a Video or DVD
A cool third-party app will do the trick
Watching a DVD movie on your computer or a video you downloaded from your camera and wish you could capture a particular frame as a still image? By default in […]