Archive for August, 2010
Use Email to Send Text Messages (SMS) to Mobile Phones for Free
Sometimes being able to send out a quick text message to someone you know would definitely be helpful. But what if you are at your computer and can not use your mobile phone? Just fire up your favorite email account and get that message out using the SMS Gateway addresses that we have collected together [...]
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Beginner: Schedule Times to Record Live Broadcast TV in Windows 7 Media Center
If you’re a new user to Windows 7 Media Center you know it can act as a DVR and pause or record Live TV. You can set up a schedule for it to record your favorite TV programs as well. Schedule Live TV Recording To setup a schedule to record live broadcast TV shows open [...]
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Change Wireless Network Priority to Make Windows 7 Choose the Right Network First
If you’ve got multiple wireless networks or you’ve got one of those dual-band Wireless-N routers that have two separate networks, you might wonder how to tell Windows what network to try to connect to first. Here’s the explanation. For example, my home network has a lousy Verizon FIOS router that’s only Wireless-G, and so I’ve [...]
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Use the Windows Key for the “Start” Menu in Ubuntu Linux 10.04+
Linux distributions like Ubuntu open the main menu with Alt+F1 instead of the Windows key that most new Linux users would be expecting, but it used to be simple to change the shortcut key. Since Ubuntu 9.10 the process isn’t so obvious, but we’ve got the instructions for you. Just in case you’re a total [...]
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How to Check if Your Software or Hardware is Compatible with Windows 7
Do you have questions about the compatibility of a particular software or bit of hardware with Windows 7? You could experiment and find out the hard way or head over to the Microsoft Windows 7 Compatibility page to do a quick and easy search instead. Note: There may be some software or hardware that has [...]
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How to Transfer Your iTunes Collection from One Computer to Another
If you’re an iTunes user, when you get a new machine you probably want to transfer all of your content to it. Here we show you a few different ways to everything from one computer to another. If you get a new computer and have a bunch of multimedia and apps (purchased or not) installed [...]
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What’s the Simplest Way to Minimize Applications to the System Tray?
We’re always on the lookout for the simplest and easiest solution to perform a task, preferably while using the least amount of system resources. Here’s how to minimize to the system tray with a tiny little application helper. The tool we’re using is called RBTray, and it weighs in at a truly massive 101 KB [...]
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[MINI HOW-TO] Beginner: Make Outlook Always Display Images in Emails from Trusted Senders
By default Outlook will block images in HTML formatted email until you allow them to be downloaded. This is due to possible malicious code that may be included. Here is how to always accept images from trusted senders. When you get an HTML email for the first time that contains pictures or images, you’ll see [...]
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Assign a Shortcut Key to Activate an Open Application Window on Linux
We’ve already shown you how to customize shortcut keys in any Linux application, but for today’s lesson we’ll take it a step beyond—and assign a shortcut key that switches an open application to be the currently focused window. The idea is that instead of using the mouse or flipping through a set of windows in [...]
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Awesome Orchestral Versions of Video Game Music (Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Trigger)
Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VII are, without question, two of the best console role playing games of all time. Here’s a bunch of videos of an orchestra playing modern versions of the music from these retro video games. These videos are all from Play! A Video Game Symphony, which is a group that tours [...]
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