Since The Guardian published leaked documents exposing the depth of the NSA's spying powers, many people who've never put much effort into protecting their privacy are finally starting to pay attention. Evidence of public opinion concerning PRISM can be seen from the rise in traffic for pro-privacy sites like DuckDuckGo to the petitions demanding that the program be scaled back or done away with altogether. Some would argue that you waive your right to privacy by signing the terms of agreemen...
If you've tried watching a video that requires Adobe Flash Player installed on your Samsung Galaxy Note 2, then you're probably well acquainted with the "Flash Player is not installed" message. If you try tapping the deceiving Install Flash Player button it takes you directly to the Adobe website, where you're greeted with a message saying:
When it comes to text documents and spreadsheets, Microsoft Office is the be-all and end-all office suite—but it's not cheap. Paying anywhere from $140 to $400 puts a big dent in your bank account, especially if you're a broke college student eating ramen for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Something that I wish I would've known about during college is Microsoft's HUP (Home Use Program). With HUP, any employee or student of an organization that has a Microsoft volume license is eligible to purc...
You've probably see this a million times on your Nexus 7 tablet: On some streaming sites it's "You need to upgrade your Adobe Flash Player to watch this video," and on others it may be "You need to install the Adobe Flash plugin." Whatever it is, you have the same problem—Flash does not work on your Nexus 7.
Checking notifications from all of your social media accounts is half the fun of the Internet, but can become quite tedious—hopping from site to site can take up hours of your time, especially when you're running away from something (in my case, it was always homework/studying).
We've all had that awful, sinking feeling when something you've been typing away at is suddenly gone. Maybe you accidentally hit the Back button, lost your internet connection, or your computer crashed, but whatever the reason, losing your work totally sucks. A lot of word processing programs have a built-in auto-save feature to prevent you from losing everything, but most websites and blogs haven't gotten there yet. An extension for Chrome and Firefox called Lazarus: Form Recovery can help y...
Steampunk music is an oft-debated genre, full of bands playing all sorts of different sounds. While this can make it difficult to generalize about the genre as a whole, it means that the average person is bound to like at least some Steampunk bands. That's why it's a great idea to support some independent Steampunk bands this holiday season by buying their music for yourself, or sharing it with someone else.
It's summer, which means vacations, barbeques, and, most importantly, no school. But that doesn't mean you can't learn something while you lounge by the pool. Schools and organizations all over the country are offering online courses taught by real professors—for free.
This educational safety video is geared toward public and private utility workers and linemen who need to remove pole tops while dealing with high-voltage electrical cables and electrical insulators. It discusses the proper pole topping removal procedure and demonstrates effective procedures for removal.
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to make a favicon for your site in Photoshop CS3. A favicon is a little symbol that shows up on url bars and also on browser tabs. Open a new project in Photoshop by pressing ctrl+N. Select height and width to 64 pixels and click OK. Now open the title tool and type in whatever you want. In the video, it is ‘F’. Open the background layer and do a color overlay of black. Now change the color of the title to white so that it ...
What to do if you're lost & freezing in Antarctica? Build a fire to keep warm! Yes, fires can be built successfully in cold and wet conditions with the right tools & preparation. In this eight-part series of short videos, Fitclimb survival instructor Ali teaches how to build a fire in the snow in 15 minutes. You can build this fire with just two tools: a knife and a metal match (magnesium stick). In part one, Ali talks about site preparation and how to choose and prepare the right site for a ...
You love your iPhone and you can't live without it, but it's lacked the basic ability to cut, copy, and paste across multiple apps. With Apple's OS 3.0 upgrade, you can do it all with just a few taps. Watch this Howcast guide to learn how to cut, copy, and paste on your iPhone.
Most people have tons of gadgets laying around the house these days, and they all need to be charged. Let the Wood Whisperer take you through the process of building a gadget station for all your favorite electronics. From laptops to cell phones, this gadget station will hold them all. Be sure to watch the entire 12-part tutorial from beginning to end for the whole experience.
Need to organize information in your PowerPoint presentation? Learn to make an organization and a cycle flowchart. This is a great tool to use in presentations in the classroom and the boardroom.
If you are looking for a UAV code for homebrew then this is the video for you. Check out this site for codes and follow the video to learn how to hack COD: Black Ops with a UAV code.
Elevators have been an essential part of construction sites since the Pyramids. If you want to put this technology to use in Minecraft beta, without using your redstone or water, check out this video to learn a design for a trapdoor elevator.
If you're paranoid about the security on your web-browsing activities, fear not. This Firefox add-on, called HTTPS Everywhere, was created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to help you protect you from curious sites. Installing this add-on will make most websites default to the more secure version.
MocoSpace is a relatively young social networking site, primarily designed for people who have mobile phones or smartphones. Make sure you can stay connected to all your prospective customers and clients by using the advertising tools and opportunities that MocoSpace offers!
Want more credits, tokens, gold coins or other forms of virutal currency that you use and trade in your online games? MetaRL is a site that can help you get more currency for these games, and it's free to sign up. This tutorials shows you how to use it.
This clip presents a quick overview of what you'll need to do if you'd like to permanently delete your Facebook account. Whether you're completely new to the Facebook's popular social networking site or simply require a small amount of clarification on how to perform a particular task on Facebook, you're sure to benefit from this helpful video guide. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
In this clip, you'll see how to to turn Facebook's geo-tracking feature, Places, from your account settings panel. Whether you're completely new to the Facebook's popular social networking site or simply require a small amount of clarification on how to deal with the Places feature, you're sure to benefit from this helpful video guide. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, take a look.
Our site contains many videos on how to draw different kind of demons, but comparatively few for angels. Go figure. This video demonstrates how to draw angels wings, their distinguishing feature, in pencil. It is only a sketch at this stage, but with a little inking this could be a really beautiful wing.
So, you've started playing golf, and you've started getting competitive... Figure out a golf handicap with help from this free video from expert golf site, Golf Link. A golfer's handicap is determined by two factors, which are the course rating and the slope of the golf course. Subtract the course rating from a golf score, multiply by 113 and divide by the slope, and finally multiply by .96 to find a handicap.
This video shows you how to install language packs on Windows 7. It can be a bit tricky to figure out where to download these language packs, but this video does a great job explaining where to go. The invitation key needed to access the downloads section on Microsoft's site is Win7-3HQW-RF74. This also allows you to download Windows Server R2 2008 and Windows 7 Home Premium
Believe it: Your perfect pecs are a soup can away!
Partial seizures begin in a limited area of the brain, but each is profoundly different.
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Discover the top ten tips for communicating effectively with the elderly and disabled.
This video will help you learn the basics of safe and considerate wheelchair operation.
Get ready to get "back" with a simple at-home squat.
Thiamine, aka Vitamin B1, keeps your body fully functioning and ready to move!
Ladder Safety is a video tutorial designed to highlight the important safety procedures associated with ladder use on construction sites. The video uses classic B&W comedic film footage and computer graphic simulations to illustrate safe ladder techniques. Learn how to use a ladder safely while on the job or at home by watching this instructional video.
Here's how to solve problems and get better results with the Flip Video camcorder software by upgrading the firmware. Bill myers shows you how it's free and easy to do.
Watch this iPhone tutorial video to learn how to use the new web clips function, which lets you save a shortcut to a Web site right to your iPhone desktop. Saving websites to your iPhone desktop will be easy even for new iPhone owners after watching this how-to video.
Do you ever forget what your log-ins or passwords are for your favorite sites? This helpful software tutorial video shows you how to find them in Firefox 3. You'll never lose a log-in or password again in Firefox 3 after watching this how-to video.
Bill Myers shows how to quickly create 'retail ready' DVD case and box covers using free Photoshop Elements template.
This tutorial with Bill Myers shows how to quickly create an instant play DVD when you have one long movie and don't want any DVD menu or buttons.
Check out this how-to video to learn how to crochet a beret reggae rasta cap. Wonderhowto.com has many videos in the knitting and crochet genre. Feel free to explore the site.
Matt covers some lines with a black ...Bg4. He found the first game with analysis on the Kenilworth Chess Club site. Most of the analysis he gave for this game is taken verbatim, but he does mention a couple side variations that you should be curious about. So watch!
If you are afraid to cook fish, this is this demo for you! This has to be the easiest “gourmet” method for fish you have ever seen. This will work for any thin, flaky white fish fillets, but Sole is the traditional choice.We topped the fish with is a simple lemon, caper butter sauce. Chef John will also demo this on the site and you would be well-served to learn this classic and versatile sauce.
