Send YouTube Videos to Dropbox

Posted on January 7, 2012 at 5:28 am

Watching videos on YouTube is a great way to pass time, but most of us do not have all the time in the world to just sit and watch YouTube videos. For those times when you want to save a video to watch later, VideoDropper can send the YouTube video to your Dropbox, where you can then watch it from any computer when you do have free time.

On the VideoDropper homepage, click the Login with your Dropbox link.

Provide your Dropbox credentials, then click Allow.

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Securely Log Out of Facebook the Easy Way

Posted on January 6, 2012 at 5:33 am

Facebook has had some privacy controversies before, and although they have fine tuned and extended the privacy settings that they offer to users, there still might be a bit going on behind the scenes. Upon running across a few articles relating to Facebook’s coding, it seems that some software developers have found some other issues pertaining to Facebook’s privacy and tracking, this time, in the form of tracking cookies.

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Sell Your Unwanted Stuff on Facebook

Posted on January 5, 2012 at 5:22 am

Weird Al Yankovic coined eBay the Worldwide Garage Sale, and for good reason. Pretty much anything anyone ever wanted can be purchased on eBay. Unfortunately, if you are an eBay seller, you can expect to fork out around 10% of your sales to the website, and to pay even more if you use Paypal to process the payment.

JunkBox is a free way to sell your unwanted stuff to your Facebook friends instead of listing it on Craigslist of eBay.

Click the Sign up or Log in button to start using JunkBox.

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Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor Hacks

Posted on January 4, 2012 at 5:44 am

The popular voice command function Siri that was introduced with the iPhone 4S seems to be all the hype in the tech world as of lately. Siri is an excellent implementation of what voice command should be, although, it’s not necessarily all that impressive. The ways that people have hacked the Xbox 360’s Kinect Sensor, however, is a different story. The Kinect Sensor is not only voice controlled, but motion controlled too. In today’s post, we will list some of the coolest and best 360 Kinect hacks.

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Specialty Products for Absorbing Spilled Water or Other Liquids on Electronics

Posted on January 3, 2012 at 5:38 am

Spilling water or any kind of liquid on an electronic device usually means the device is done for, with little possibility of fixing it. The web is full of home remedies for fixing liquid spills, and whether it’s a cell phone, laptop computer, or other device that you are trying to repair, most of these home remedies simply do not work. Now however, some companies are starting to release specialty products that are specifically engineered to absorb spilled liquids from electronics.

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Xbox 360 Windows Media Center Extender Requirements

Posted on January 2, 2012 at 5:52 am

Microsoft has dealt out some fairly good bargains on Xbox 360 gaming consoles this holiday season, and although the 360 has been on the market for quite a while, consoles are still selling very rapidly. If you are gifted a 360 console, or are an existing 360 owner, and also have a Windows computer, you can make your Xbox much more functional by utilizing the built-in Media Center Extender function.