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News: What's New & Improved in Sense 6 for Your HTC One M7

After all the leaks and peeks of the HTC One M8, it has finally been officially introduced to the public, available for purchase at most U.S. carriers. HTC also unveiled Sense 6 during the launch event, the newest iteration of its operating system, and thanks to their new Advantage Program, the update shouldn't be too far behind for the older One (M7).

Hack Like a Pro: Linux Basics for the Aspiring Hacker, Part 13 (Mounting Drives & Devices)

Welcome back, my aspiring hackers! One of those areas of Linux that Windows users invariably struggle with is the concept of "mounting" devices and drives. In the Windows world, drives and devices are automatically "mounted" without any user effort or knowledge. Well, maybe a bit of knowledge. Most Windows users know to unmount their flash drive before removing it, but they usually think of it as "ejecting" it.

How To: Record HD widescreen in Camtasia

First open up the Camtasia studio and click on the link make a recording. It will open up the Camtasia recorder but before you start the recording you need to click on the tools, options and make sure the "save as AVI" is selected in file menu. Then click on video tab and select the "manual" in "video configuration", 30 in frame rate and click ok. Now download and install the software called "free sizer". Now we need to set the recording area to 1280x720. To do that, right click on the maximi...

How To: Create stylish blend curves in Illustrator

To do that, first select the pen tool, choose yellow stroke color and draw the path as showing in the video then deselect and choose pen tool again, pink color in stroke and draw the path again. Now you need to select the blend tool and click on both paths. Now go to object, blend and choose blend options. Now select the specified steps, put the value of 25 there and click on ok. Now open the blend in layer window and select the paths. Now set color to white

How To: Photoshop digital bokeh

Ash Davies teaches us how to Photoshop digital bokeh with this tutorial. First, open up Photoshop and create a new canvas with your width at 1920 and your height at 1200. Now, create a new layer and set your background layer as invisible. Now create a medium size circle and reduce the fill to 50%. Now enter blending options and add a stroke of 10 pixels to the inside with the color set to black. Now define the shape as a brush and then click "edit" and "define brush preset" name this, "bokeh"...

How To: Capture photos or videos on an Android cell phone

Sometimes you can't decide what to take… a picture or a video. But on any of the new Android enabled mobile devices, it's easy to toggle back and forth between photos and video on your camera. Once inside the multimedia section, the icons direct you to either picture or video options. Best Buy has answers. The Best Buy Mobile team explains how simple it is to capture photos or videos on an Android cell phone.

How To: Create a line-graph in Excel 2007

In excel a left click is made on box A1 and the X title is typed in as year. In A2 the year 2001 is typed and in A3 the year 2002. Both A2 and 3 boxes are highlighted and the bottom right hand corner is used to drag the work into a copied sequence down to A12. In B1 "population in billions" is typed. From the web site the data is copied and typed in as it appeared and the numbers are rounded off. A click is made on the "insert" tab and line is selected from the menu which appears. The upper l...

How To: Use the healing tool to remove spots in Lightroom

Kerry Garison demonstrates a quick tip of healing tool (Lightroom 2. 0), which is situated on the upper right hand corner of the screen, with the help of lady's image. Click on spot removal tool which can be used for cloning and healing. In order to change the brush size, scroll wheel mouse or left or right rapid keys can be used. Brush size, change in opacity can be changed also by clicking and dragging the bar; from there cloning or healing options can be selected also. After clicking the h...

How To: Make a freeze frame in Sony Vegas

How to Make Anything demonstrates how to make a freeze frame in Sony Vegas. You can go to the preview window and click on save snapshot to file. The program will then create a jpeg which you can lay into your video to create a freeze frame. You can also use Vegas' velocity envelopes to create a freeze frame. First, zoom into your video in the timeline so that you see each individual frame. Make sure that quantize to frames is toggled in the options menu. Then, hit S to split the video. Right ...

How To: Set parental controls for a user ID in Windows 7

In this video the instructor shows how to set parental controls for a user ID account in Windows 7. To do this go to the 'Start Menu' and go to 'Control Panel'. In the Control Panel window select the 'User accounts and Family Safety' link. There is an option called 'Set up parental controls for any user'. Select that link and it opens a window where it asks you to Choose a user and set up parental controls. There you are presented with some user accounts that are currently active on that syst...

How To: Select speakers/mics & adjust sounds in Windows 7

In this video the instructor shows how to select speakers, microphones, and adjust system sounds in Windows 7. To do this, first go to the start menu and select the Control Panel. In the Control Panel select the Hardware and Sound link when the panel is in view by category mode. In the next page click on the Sound link. This opens up the Sound properties setting window. There are four tabs in that window like Playback, Recording, Sounds and Communications. In the Playback tab you will find th...

How To: Pin programs to the task bar & start menu in Windows 7

Windows 7 has an interesting new feature by which you can pin your programs to the task bar and this video shows you how to do it. In Windows 7 if you have any frequently used program you can improve its ease of access by pinning it to the task bar. Now to do this first open the start menu, go to the programs, and now browse to any program and right click it. From that menu select the Pin to task bar option. When you do this the program icon will appear on the task bar. Now the program is pin...

How To: Use Infinidock for iPhone & iPod Touch

1. This video describes how to use the application Infinidock for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This is used to set how many icons to be placed per page, this Infinidock Cracked is doing full document customization like scrolling, adjustable icon amounts and can add as many icons as you want. We can download and install in the phone 2.For using Infinidock first click the "Settings" and select the Infinidock into that you can see the "icons per page" options now you can add the number of icons yo...

How To: Create databases from templates with FileMaker Pro 10

In this Lynda video tutorial, learn how to use FileMaker Pro 10 software to create databases with pre-made templates. FileMaker offers these templates in a package called Starter Solutions. To access these options, click open FileMaker. Then, go to New Database under the File menu. Click the option "Create a database using a Starter Solution." The templates are grouped according to the nature of their use. Some are for the home, while some are for business. All you do is open the template you...

How To: Blend shapes and colors in Illustrator

Learn how to blend shapes and colors in Illustrator with this tutorial. Open Illustrator and put the circle with color which you want. Put the square on the color you want. Select the object, go the title bar select the object and then select the blend. You will be shown the result on the screen. Select the square and circle where you place the object by click and drag method. Go to the object and select the blend and choose the blend options. Change in specific steps which you want in the sc...

How To: Create a "buy now" button in Photoshop

If you ever wondered how to create a buy now button for your website this video shows how to do it using Photoshop. To do this open Photoshop and start with a new file. First draw a rectangle which will be now modified into the buy now button. Set the radius of the rectangle to forty pixels. Fill it with gray color. Duplicate the layer. Open the layer options of the duplicated layer and set the stroke position option to inside. Set its weight to 6 pixels and set its colors to light gray. Now ...

How To: Prepare steak for grilling

Summer Kitchen shows us different ways and options in preparing steaks for grilling. Basics on preparing steak for grilling: Let steak sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before grilling to allow for even cooking. Trim excess fat from the steak. Brush the steak with oil and season with kosher or sea salt and ground pepper. For even more flavor, you can also make rubs, glazes or marinades and use them on your steaks before grilling. For a sample rub mixture, you will need: chili po...

How To: Create seamless background texture in Photoshop

This video tutorial will show you how to create a seamless background texture using Photoshop using any square or rectangular portion of a picture. The narrator in the video demonstrates step-by-step how to achieve a seamless tiling of a photo through Photoshop and dictates the options that you will need to select. You first have to select a portion of the picture that you want to use. Then the narrator explains that you have adjust the sides of the square portion you chose--labeled A, A' , B...