Seemingly lost in the fanfare of the numerous features and specs of the Nexus 5 were a few highly innovative and handy add-ons—a low-power step detector and step-counting sensor—useful for tracking fitness data.
Apps that have no business accessing the internet can share your location, device ID, and other personal information with potentially malicious data snatchers. If you're connected to the internet on your Nexus 7 tablet, you're a potential target for cyber threats.
Welcome back, my greenhorn hackers!
For my money, one of the greatest improvements brought about from the smartphone revolution is the advent of visual voicemail. No longer do we have to slog through dial menus or trudge through every single message to get to the next. We can just look at our messages, right there on our screens, organized neatly like emails or text messages.
The Nexus 5 is the current Google flagship packed with the latest and greatest of all things Android, but what if you never made the leap from your Nexus 4 smartphone?
One of the many perks of being a Nexus user is that Google bakes in all sorts of goodies for use on its dessert-themed OS. From an easily unlocked bootloader, to a smooth and well-crafted "stock" UI experience, to being one of the first devices to receive updates straight from Mountain View—team Nexus is the team to beat.
Welcome, my hacker novitiates! As part of my series on hacking Wi-Fi, I want to demonstrate another excellent piece of hacking software for cracking WPA2-PSK passwords. In my last post, we cracked WPA2 using aircrack-ng. In this tutorial, we'll use a piece of software developed by wireless security researcher Joshua Wright called cowpatty (often stylized as coWPAtty). This app simplifies and speeds up the dictionary/hybrid attack against WPA2 passwords, so let's get to it!
Living in Los Angeles has taught me one thing—parking is a luxury. If you are lucky enough to find street parking anywhere near your desired location, do not pass it up thinking you will get an even closer one. It does not exist. Looking for free parking? Get real. You can't even park at a busted meter in Los Angeles, despite state law saying otherwise. Now, finding a good parking spot is not just relevant for Los Angeles, but for other large cities and any other crowded areas, be it a shoppi...
There is never a dull moment when it comes to the internet. You can find practically anything you want, whenever you want it. To make that process even smoother and more direct, companies have created a bunch of apps designed to help you find what you're looking for, or enlighten you on a subject you may not have even thought of yourself.
For the vast majority of people, coffee is a must-have in the morning. It provides a stimulating effect that not only wakes you up, but sets your mood and attitude for the rest of the day. Personally, I wouldn't get anything done without coffee.
The last presidential debate of 2012 is over between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Governor Mitt Romney. Now it's up to you to choose your candidate by election day on November 6th, 2012, and more importantly—VOTE!
We use smartphones for just about everything, and while that may be beneficial to us in our day-to-day lives, it can also be used against us in the court of law.
WonderHowTo is a how-to website made up of niche communities called Worlds, with topics ranging from Minecraft to science experiments to Scrabble and everything in-between. Check in every Wednesday evening for a roundup of user-run activities and how-to projects from the communities.
Shaun Alexander was a great NFL running back for a long time. In this video, he takes some time out of his schedule to provide advice to young running back on how to take a hit. This is one of the biggest parts of a running back's job, so learning how to do it properly is crucial.
An online English teacher explains to English-language learners how to correctly use the word "make" as a causative verb in this instructional video. As usual, he provides many examples to in order to make the contextual usage of this important verb more clear to those attempting to learn American English for work or pleasure.
This video provides you with a walkthrough on how to install Gen-A 5.03 on your PSP 3000. In order to do this, you will need ChickHEN and Custom Firmware (CFW). This video does not explain how to install ChickHEN and CFW on your PSP, so be sure to check out another video on how to do that before proceeding with this one. This video assumes you've already hacked your PSP.
This video provides you with a basic walkthrough of how to install ChickHEN and CFW. Watch as a TA-088v3 PSP transforms from having default firmware version 5.03 into 5.51 MHU in a matter of minutes. Doing this will allow you to play tons of ISO games without needing any UMD.
This video provides instructions on how to install ChickHEN R2 onto a PSP 3000. Once you do this, you will be able to do some neat stuff with your PSP (such as playing Homebrew).
Garry's Mod is a sandbox providing tons of content to play with for Valve games. This game allows you to manipulate creatures and objects in popular games such as Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike. AddOns in Garry's Mod will allow you to import your own models, vehicles, cities, and other game models.
Check out this instructional harmonica video that shows you how to improvise on the harmonica. This video provides some tips on playing the harmonica well. The harmonica should be an extension of yourself, so express the inner harmonica tune within your soul by watching this tutorial video! Learn to improvise on the harmonica and stomp them boots to this tune!
Check out this instructional harmonica video that shows you how to play "Grinnin' in your Face" by Son House on the harmonica. This video provides some tips to playing the harmonica, including having soul and being yourself. The harmonica should be an extension of yourself, so express the inner harmonica tune within your soul by watching this tutorial video! Learn Son House's "Grinnin' in your Face" and stomp them boots to this tune!
Check out this Korean language tutorial video to practice introducing yourself in Korean. Watch as other Korean learners introduce themselves in this demonstrational video. This video is a great way for beginners to gain familiarity with the common effort of introducing yourself in Korean. This instructional Korean language video also provides a great way to improve your listening skills.
Turn your attic into a pointy-ceilinged boudoir with this tutorial. Danny Lipford discusses converting your attic into an extra bedroom in this how-to while providing tips for determining the suitability of your attic for remodeling.
This short, instructional video seeks to demonstrate how go about unlocking your own 2003-2005 model Infiniti G35 coupe with a Sprint PPC-6700 PC phone through use of the phones in-built IR, or infrared, capabilities and a provided code.
This short video tutorial seeks to demonstrate how you can unlock your own 2006 Toyota Corolla with a Sprint PPC-6700 PC phone through use of the phone's in-built IR, or infrared, capabilities and a provided code.
Learn how to stretch fine art canvas paintings with a gallery wrap. Instruction is provided by master acrylic artist Ginger Cook in this video painting tutorial. Watch this instructional video and start stretching your own fine art canvases.
This how-to video provides a brief overview of the popular board game, Settlers of Catan. Learn how to play Settlers of Catan from Tim. You get to handle all kinds of fun things with Settlers of Catan.
Watch to learn how to turn an ordinary photo into an interesting photo using special effects either created by you or provided by Photoshop.
This video provides a tutorial on how you can remove the deck from your riding lawnmower.
Tim Carter shows you how to use oxygenated bleach to make quick work of brick cleaning projects and other patio cleaning jobs, such as cleaning flagstone, concrete or brick pavers. This provides excellent video instructions.
A short tutorial on how to use the ip deny manager to deny the access to website from particular IP address using cPanel. This Video is provided to you by scandicsoft,(wwww.scandicsoft.fi)
Yossarian the Grammarian provides a quick review of modals and auxiliaries, and shows you how many words long a verb can be. Great for ESL students.
Watch this two part video series on how to make your own puppet. This provides a great visual demonstration which will inspire you to make your own. Learn how to form the different body parts out of foam.
IPython provides a far more powerful alternative to the standard Python interpreter, incorporating features such as string-completion, code-line macros and a rich history. This is free software that Ian Ozsvald has found to enhance the Python coding experience.
Ian Ozsvald shows how the powerful, interactive python shell IPython can be combined with the Python debugger to provide a powerful debugging environment.
Dishwashers are amazing at cutting down kitchen clean-up time and providing dishes, cookware, and cutlery that are spotless and free of germs. Although the machine does do most of the work for you, using it properly will ensure that you get the best results. This video is going to show you how to properly load a dishwasher.
Earthworm Jim is a classic SEGA video game from the early nineties that made its way to almost every conceivable gaming console known to man. Now, the Xbox 360 gets it chance. The remake is entitled Earthworm Jim HD, and has been available on the Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) since June 9th, 2010.
You’ve put in the work to grow wonderful greens in your garden and your ready to make a tasty salad. When you are ready to use your greens you can cut just a few of the outer leaves off at a time so the plant can continue thriving.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to play the song "Hilo March" on the ukulele. The video reveals the string movements and the order in which the notes need to be played, in order to execute the song. The video provides step-by-step narration and a visual demonstration for viewers to easily understand and follow along. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested in the ukulele and want to learn how to play a new song.
Michelle Phan presents this tutorial video on caring for your skin with champagne. You can use less than a sip of your champagne as a detoxifying cleanser/ toner.
