The newest update of the Firefox web browser was released yesterday, and whether you were upgraded automatically or manually, Mozilla is advising that you downgrade to Firefox 15.0.1 as soon as possible. Firefox 16 is Mozilla's latest release, and is apparently extremely susceptible to malicious sites hacking their users complete browsing history.
If you've ever missed an important phone call because you're hands were too dirty to touch the screen, you won't have to worry much longer about it happening again. Apple is remedying this age-old problem on the iPhone with a hidden feature in iOS 11 that ensures you'll never miss another call again.
With so many apps being cloud-based, cached data has started to become a problem. This is particularly true if you're low on storage, so developer Dhi decided to do something about it.
Imagine if you combined Tasker with your favorite live wallpaper—that's roughly the gist of a new app from developer feedK. With this one installed, your home screen background will finally be aware of its surroundings.
Welcome back, my budding hackers! In this series, I have been trying to familiarize you with the many features of the world's best framework for exploitation, hacking, and pentesting, Metasploit. There are so many features, and techniques for using those features, that few pentesters/hackers are aware of all of them.
You can do practically anything with a modern smartphone or tablet, so it stands to reason that the apps you have installed may serve vastly different purposes. Picture a game and a video player sitting right next to each other in your app drawer—odds are, you want the sound turned up while you're watching videos, but would prefer that the game was muted or a little lower. As a result, we're constantly tweaking volume levels to get the best experience.
NANDroid backups are one of the best reasons to root your Android device and install a custom recovery. They're essentially a snapshot of your phone's entire operating system and all installed apps, so if you ever screw something up when installing a flashable ZIP or custom ROM, you can restore your NANDroid backup to get everything back to normal.
Having cool photos as your desktop can make your computer a welcome sight, but having to find a fresh one every so often can get pretty stale fast. Thankfully, freeware utility Flickr Wallpaper Rotator for Windows PC's can import images for your desktop from Flickr automatically at intervals you set. You can even set it to use photos from a Flickr search or show favorites from a specific user.
In this tutorial, we learn how to save power with your Xbox 360 (Xbox 101). This can save you money on your energy bill as well! First, turn on your console and then go to the guide button. Scroll to settings and then choose 'system settings'. From here, choose 'console settings' and then scroll down and select 'shutdown'. Make sure 'auto off' is enabled and then your console will automatically power down after six hours of inactivity. With this setting, you will never have to worry about tur...
If you read a lot of video game press on the internet, you've probably salivated at the high-quality HD video footage of console games that reviewers are able to record and use to illustrate their points about games. If you too want to be able to record HD footage of XBox 360 and Playstation 3 games and put them on your computer for editing and distribution, this video will show you how to do it. All you need is a $200 device called an HD PVR, which is an external device that records your gam...
This video represent a bit of a digression for the Google Webmaster series of videos, spotlighting a cool Google-designed Android app and how to use it. The app in question is My Tracks, a free app that allows runner, bikers, and other distance exercisers to keep track of their distance, pace, splits, elevation, and all sorts of other information automatically with their phone. It will even create and save a map of your course, which you can then share online.
The Zone AF option on the Canon EOD 7D is a brand new feature, and it lets you select a cluster of AF points, which could be in center or off-center. In this video, see how to actually use the Zone AF selection on your digital SLR camera.
See the workings of memorizing AF points on the Canon EOS 7D digital SLR camera. It's easy to memorize points and come back to them whenever you want, by just pressing a button. See how to use the memorization option in the video.
Let your Canon EOS 7D do all the hard work. With the AF Point Selection option, the digital SLR camera will do all the focusing for you. It's easy to compose and shoot in just one step.
You might be confused when using Swype and need to use punctuation marks. Have no fear! It is actually quite easy. Swype is a revolutionary new app that is available for lots of newer smartphones that allows you to type messages without ever lifting your finger from the keypad. You literally "swype" from letter to letter. Check out this clip for info on how to include proper punctuation marks in your texts.
Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place. This video tutorial straight from Apple will teach you how to shop iTunes on the Apple iPhone 3G. The iPhone redefines what a mobile phone can do.
Imagine that every time you print a document, it automatically includes a secret code that could be used to identify the printer -- and, potentially, the person who used it. Sounds like something from a spy movie, right?
In order to use the bibliography feature in Microsoft Word 2007, you will need to begin by opening your document in Word. Find the place where you would like to add a reference. Place your cursor in that spot. Then, go to the tool bar. Click on "Insert Citation". Click on "Add New Source". When the pop-up opens, enter the information about the periodical or book that you are citing. Fill it in completely. Make sure you choose the type of material you are referencing in the top drop down menu....
Check out this video tutorial on how to make your Firefox smarter using SmarterFox. Wikipedia sidebar SmarterFox adds a "related articles" sidebar to the left side of Wikipedia.
Which came first, Minecraft or the egg? Watch this video to learn how to build a chicken coop in Minecraft that will allow you to automatically harvest eggs. Eggs are an important resource so make sure you've got control over your supply.
Check out this video to learn an awesome building technique for Minecraft. Follow along with this demonstration and you'll be able to add a bookshelf to your Minecraft world that closes its sliding door automatically. Enjoy this stylish addition to Minecraft.
Ever wanted to use a slideshow of images as your desktop background? With John's Background Switcher—a free application for Microsoft Windows PCs—, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to from the folks at Britec can present a complete overview of the process in just over four minutes. For complete details, including step-by-step instructions, watch this video guide.
We're sure you can relate to those awful experiences when you seem to be waiting an awfully long time for your YouTube video to load, especially on Firefox. Well, now there's an easy fix for that. Check out this video from Tekzilla to learn about Auto Buffer, a Greasemonkey script that will automatically play your video in HD if available, remove ads, and buffers the video without autoplaying. Watching YouTube does not get any easier than this!
In this video tutorial, users of the Ubuntu Linux operating system will learn how to use the Simple Backup application to either manually or automatically back important data. For more, or to get started using Simple Backup on your own Ubuntu Linux system, watch this handy how-to.
Drag and drop doesn't work automatically in the Ubuntu Linux distribution. You'll need to make some settings changes to enable it. For a step-by-step look at the process to enabling drag and drop file management in Ubuntu, watch this Ubuntu tutorial.
Outlook is one of those applications that has 100 ways to do the same task. Today I’m going to show you how to automatically extract data from an email and have it populate fields in various modules in outlook (Contacts, Tasks, Calendar)
Bill Myers shows you how to use Auto Ripple to automatically adjust all audio/video elements when you modify a video.
A simple video showing how to add an auto fill profile so that when you have to enter all your contact information it will do it automatically using auto fill.
If you've ever entered a lot of data into an Excel spreadsheet before, then you know that putting together even one spreadsheet is a pain in the butt. So if you are required to place all the data on one spreadsheet onto another spreadsheet, don't slave away for hours copying and pasting.
Use the free program SyncBack to automatically back up your important stuff to whatever medium you want.
The background track feature in iMovie '08 makes it a no-brainer to add background music to your movie and it will even crossfade multiple songs or pieces automatically. This feature is similar to working with audio clips, but works more specifically as background audio.
In GarageBand '08 you can now automate instrument and effects settings. You can add echos and increase distortion and other cool effects - then do it all automatically! See how to automate effects in this tutorial.
This video demonstrates how to create collapsible and expandable cell ranges in Excel. The first thing that you will have to is to prepare your Excel worksheet that contains the data which you need to be expandable and collapsible. On the first cell under your Running Total column, type in the function, "=SUM". Select the Sales cell corresponding to that cell then type in Shift+Colon. Click on the first value and hit the F4 key to lock your row reference. The result will automatically show. Y...
Now that you've got your Nikon SB-900 professional-grade speedlight, make sure that you get the most out of it with this free photographer's guide, which will walk you through the flash unit's basic features and functionalities.
Learn how to connect to the internet using your PS3 using an Ethernet cable. What you will need: 1. An internet modem or hub. 2. The details required to connect to the internet (password etc.). 3. A PS3 and an actual internet connection e. g. BT or AOL. Once you have those just follow these steps: 1. Take your Ethernet cable and plug it into the back of the PS3 into the socket labeled Ethernet. 2. Plug the other end into your internet modem. 3. Turn on your ps3 and go to "network settings" un...
This video shows us how to burn files to a disc using Windows Vista. Insert the blank disc in your computer's recordable disk drive. Autoplay will automatically appear. Choose "Burn Files to disc using Windows". Click next when "Burn a disc" dialog box appears. Empty folder window appears. Choose files that you want to copy and drag them to the window. For example, if you want to copy a photo, click Start menu and open the Pictures folder. Select photos and drag them to the window. Photos are...
This video shows you a straightforward way for Windows users to transfer music from an iPod to your hard drive, without extra software:
bObsweep robotic vacuums automatically clean whenever instructed to do so by an owner or because of a pre-programmed schedule.
The Watch Later feature lets you conveniently save videos to watch at a later time, using a playlist. Hover your cursor over the thumbnail of a video, like the one below, and click the clock icon to automatically add the video to your Watch Later list.
This video will show you how to control and limit data usage in your windows 8 phone. You may want to restrict your data usage and want to set limits for apps also. If you set your usage limit internet will stop automatically after reaching the limit.