Archive for July, 2010
Desktop Fun: Meadows Wallpaper Collection
The colorful open spaces of meadows make you want to relax and feel free from the stress of everyday life. Now you can add a touch of that peace and beauty to your desktop with our Meadows Wallpaper collection. Note: Click on the picture to see the full-size image—these wallpapers vary in size so you [...]
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Month in Geek: July 2010 Edition
It has been a busy month here at How-To Geek and now it is time to take a look back at the ten hottest articles for July. Note: Articles are listed as #10 through #1. Decrypt and Copy DVDs to Your Hard Drive Without Ripping Have you ever wanted to make backup copies of your [...]
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Create Your Own “Insert Hyperlink” Feature in Any App with AutoHotkey
If you’ve ever used Microsoft Word or Windows Live Writer, you’re probably familiar with how you can highlight some text and then use the Ctrl+K keyboard shortcut to convert that text into a hyperlink. If you’re in a text editor, it’s not quite that easy… until now. What we’ve done is put together an AutoHotkey [...]
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Group Video Chat With Family and Friends For Free
Whether it’s a graduation or new birth, there are many special occasions in life that we’d like to be present for but can’t due to distance. When a call doesn’t cut it, here’s how to video chat with up to 20 friends or family with Tokbox. Video Chat can be complicated to setup, especially if [...]
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Desktop Customization: Introduction to GeekTool for OS X
Something we like to do as geeks is add customizations to our desktops, whether with themes or wallpapers. Today we take a look at GeekTool for OS X that will let you add different types of data to your desktop. GeekTool for OS X is capable of many things from showing the weather outside to [...]
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Friday Fun: Assault Fleet
After a long week it is time to relax for a bit while waiting for quitting time to arrive. Today we have a great way to relieve some of this week’s stress by engaging in some planetary destruction. Assault Fleet The object of the game is to blow up a series of planets using the [...]
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[MINI HOW-TO] Screenshot Tour: Windows Home Server Beta “Vail” Install Process
The newest version of Windows Home Server code named “Vail” is available for the public to test through Microsoft Connect. Here we take a screenshot tour of the install process on a VM or physical machine. This week we covered how to setup and install WHS Beta “Vail” on VMware Workstation and the free VMware [...]
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FluentNotepad Adds the Office Ribbon UI to Notepad
The Ribbon UI is being incorporated into several applications these days in MS Office and other third party apps. Today we take a look at FluentNotepad which includes the Ribbon UI in a Notepad environment. Fluent Notepad There is no installation required so you can run it from a flash drive as well. Download the [...]
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Integrate Your Tumblr Blog With Social Networks
Blogging is not much fun without an audience, but how can you get people to visit your new Tumblr blog? Many of us already use social networks like Facebook and Twitter, so here’s how you can integrate your Tumblr blog with other networks. Share Your Tumblr Posts on Facebook Would you like all of your [...]
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Beginners: Connect Your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android Phone to a Wi-Fi Network
Have you ever wanted to connect your phone or mobile device to a Wi-Fi network at home or your favorite coffee shop but aren’t sure how? Today we’ll take a look at how to connect to Wi-Fi on an iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android devices. iPhone / iPod Touch Note: We are using version 4.0 [...]
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