Download All of Your Facebook Photos the Easy Way

Download All of Your Facebook Photos the Easy Way: "Sharing photos on Facebook is super easy. We can upload photos from our computers, send photos from our cell phones or take photos directly from a Web cam. However, downloading the photos from Facebook is a tedious process. Every photo must be downloaded individually."

Record Streaming Radio Broadcasts

Record Streaming Radio Broadcasts: "The most popular place to listen to the radio is in a car. Music and talk show antics help us pass the time while driving from point A to point B, but when we reach point B, the station must be shut off so we can continue our daily activities."

How To Isolate and Save Vocals From Music Tracks Using Audacity - How-To Geek

How To Isolate and Save Vocals From Music Tracks Using Audacity - How-To Geek: "You’ve seen how to remove vocals to create karaoke tracks, but what if you don’t want the music? Using a similar process and good source audio, you can ditch the instruments and keep the vocals for an a cappella effect."

13 Windows Key Tips | PCMag.com

13 Windows Key Tips | PCMag.com: "For most people, the Windows key (you know, the one with the flag on it?) just sits neglected on your keyboard. It was fairly well known when Vista was released that the then-new (and not yet reviled) OS included a new way to shuffle through open application windows. Using the Windows key while successively pressing the tab key displayed the Aero Flip 3-D view of your windows flying by in mid-screen."

50+ Tools & Techniques to Remove Image Backgrounds in Photoshop, pt 1 - How-To Geek

50+ Tools & Techniques to Remove Image Backgrounds in Photoshop, pt 1 - How-To Geek: "There are probably hundreds of different ways to remove backgrounds in Photoshop, and this guide aims to show you many basic ways to do just that. Get started with the basics here."

6 Cool VLC Tips & Tricks You Might Not Know About

6 Cool VLC Tips & Tricks You Might Not Know About: "VideoLan’s VLC media player is a real box of tricks. We’ve already established that it pretty much plays everything, requires little in the way of system resources and is just as effective on a Windows operating system as it is on Mac or Linux."

The Best Of: Windows Software

The Best Of: Windows Software: "On this page you will find the best 102 free Windows programs for all your needs. We’ve taken the effort to categorize the apps and picked only those we believe to be the best ones and which will most likely be useful to you."

Crop PDFs the Easy Way

Crop PDFs the Easy Way: "PDF, as a file type, lies in between a document and a photograph. We can edit it like a document, but at its core, it is a photograph of a document. However, most graphic editors do not allow us to make edits to a PDF."

Nook Color Updates; Converts Nook to Simple Android Tablet - How-To Geek ETC

Nook Color Updates; Converts Nook to Simple Android Tablet - How-To Geek ETC: "Earlier this year we showed you how you could hack a Nook into a full Android tablet; now Barnes and Noble has decided to go that route themselves with an official Nook-to-Tablet update."

20 Classic Novels You Can Read in One Sitting

20 Classic Novels You Can Read in One Sitting: "You know that in order to become a better writer, you need to become a better reader — and so polishing off some classic novels is in your future. But who has the time?"

How to Get Rid of Ambient Noise in an Audio File using Audacity

How to Get Rid of Ambient Noise in an Audio File using Audacity: "If you’ve ever used a microphone to record your voice using your computer, you’ve likely been irritated by the background noise that is picked up along with your recording. Such background noise mars a recording, making it sound bad and amateurish. Luckily, there’s a way to fix this problem, and it won’t cost you a cent."

Firefox 4 Tips: Using Tab Groups

Firefox 4 Tips: Using Tab Groups: "For those who love using tabs, but tend to fill up the tab strip, Tab Groups are the perfect solution. With Tab Groups, you can sort your tabs in sets. This works well if you want to organize tabs by task or function. Another great feature of Tab Groups is being able to have your tabs on standby without using any memory like regular tabs use. Until you open a tab group, the tabs sit idle."

The How-To Geek Guide to Making Your Own Custom Ethernet Cables - How-To Geek

The How-To Geek Guide to Making Your Own Custom Ethernet Cables - How-To Geek: "Ever set up a router, only to find out you need two short Ethernet cables, and you’ve only got one long one? With a few tools and a little DIY geekery, you can start making all your own network cables."

4 Ways to Keep Your Lifeless Blog from Boring Your Readers to Tears | Copyblogger

4 Ways to Keep Your Lifeless Blog from Boring Your Readers to Tears | Copyblogger: "You’d better sit down.
I want to tell you something, and you’re not going to like it.
Your dreary blog is putting me to sleep.
I just visited your site, gave it the requisite three seconds of my attention, and found myself in Dullsville."

Your Worst Passwords, Ever | Lance Ulanoff | PCMag.com

Your Worst Passwords, Ever | Lance Ulanoff | PCMag.com: "In my lifetime, I have created exactly one awesome password. It's 24 characters long, includes letters and numbers, and is a memorable sentence that no rational person, with the exception of myself, would ever know. Every other password I've created—and occasionally still use—is crap."

Find Out when Facebook Friends Delete You

Find Out when Facebook Friends Delete You: "Many people pride themselves on the number of Facebook friends they collect, so when that number decreases without any warning, they obviously want to know why. Facebook does not notify its members when friends delete them, shielding the frienemy in infuriating anonymity."

View iPhone and iPad Tracking Data

View iPhone and iPad Tracking Data: "The major news organizations are reporting that all iPhones and iPads running IOS 4, in all its incarnations, has been tracking the exact whereabouts of their users for nearly a year. Apple has not yet released an official press release explaining their motives for such an invasive move, but you can still view the data Apple is collecting."

Our Picks: The 10 Most Essential Apps for Android Phone Users - PCWorld

Our Picks: The 10 Most Essential Apps for Android Phone Users - PCWorld: "The Android Market offers much more than just games and wallpaper apps, but a lot of the rest is junk. Let us make things easy for you. Here are ten free utilities or services that no Android user should be without. We've tested them all--and we continue to use them. (For reviews of more Android apps, see PCWorld's App Guide.)"

10 Things Killed by the Smartphone - PCWorld

10 Things Killed by the Smartphone - PCWorld: "Cisco's recent announcement that it was closing its Flip mini-camcorder business got us thinking. It's pretty clear that today's smartphones, with their excellent HD video cameras, are partly to blame for the Flip's demise. But how many other consumer products and services--digital or analog--are being killed off by the big, bad smartphone?"

Apps, Apps, & More Apps; An Infographic Look at Mobile Applications - How-To Geek ETC

Apps, Apps, & More Apps; An Infographic Look at Mobile Applications - How-To Geek ETC: "Mobile apps are more popular than ever with individual apps boasting download counts in the millions and application sales breaking into the billions of dollars; take a peek at the phenomenon with this app-focused infographic."

How to Use the New Features in Yahoo Mail (Beta)

How to Use the New Features in Yahoo Mail (Beta): "Recently, after undergoing changes just a few months ago, Yahoo began sending notices to all of its email users telling them that they are going to stop supporting all current versions of the existing Yahoo mail interface and that those subscribers that wish to continue to use their account must upgrade to the new version."

Convert Web Pages into Printable PDFs

Convert Web Pages into Printable PDFs: "Printing a Web page, especially one without a printer-friendly version, can be a paper-wasting nightmare. If the page is too wide, most printers will cut the page at an awkward point, which loses important text, often in the middle of a word."

How to Harness Technology to Score Amazing Craigslist Deals - How-To Geek

How to Harness Technology to Score Amazing Craigslist Deals - How-To Geek: "Craigslist is a great resource for scoring local deals but only if you’re adept at using it. Today we’re taking a look at tips and tools you can use to go from being a casual Craigslist user to a deal-scoring ninja."

Turn a Webcam into a Motion Detecting and Email Notifying Security Cam - How-To Geek ETC

Turn a Webcam into a Motion Detecting and Email Notifying Security Cam - How-To Geek ETC: "If you have an old web cam or two laying around you can convert them into a CCTV system that pushes email and growl notifications to you any time motion is detected in the area they are monitoring."

Best 5 Android tablets - CNET Reviews

Best 5 Android tablets - CNET Reviews: "Google's Android mobile OS is considered one of the best alternatives to Apple's iOS when it comes to smartphones and tablet computers. Unlike Apple's closed system of hardware and software, the open-source nature of Google's Android OS makes it inviting for many hardware manufacturers to try their hand at making an Android-based device. That said, it's a system that has been slow to bear fruit when it comes to viable competitors to the Apple iPad."

101 Ways You Can Write And Make Money Online

101 Ways You Can Write And Make Money Online: "As promised, I said I would make a more complete list of places us writers could go to make money, it took me some time to pull this together but in the end, I think it was well worth it."

Desktop Fun: “An Artist’s Desktop” Customization Set - How-To Geek

Desktop Fun: “An Artist’s Desktop” Customization Set - How-To Geek: "Whether you are creative in your spare time or make use of your talents for a living, having a desktop that reflects your artistic passions can be fun and inspirational. Add a touch of creativity and imagination to your desktop with “An Artist’s Desktop” Customization set."

Read Books by Email

Read Books by Email: "In the digital world, almost all of us make time to answer our email, but many of us think we do not have time to finish a book. Having Kindle apps installed on all our mobile devices helps, but there are still times when we are just too busy to read a book."

Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done

Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done: "Whether you're building or buying, the perfect computer isn't necessarily the product of the most expensive parts. Your perfect spec list makes up the machine that works best for you and your budget. Here's how to put it together."

How to organize your school work using Notely

How to organize your school work using Notely: "Notely is web application that allows students to organize their school work with To-Do lists, Calendars, class lecture notes, bookmarks, links, and lots more. This may sound scary to some people, but for kids who practically live on their computers, it’s a great way to avoid little scraps of paper with bad hand-writing!"

How to open God Mode on Windows 7 & Vista

How to open God Mode on Windows 7 & Vista: "UPDATE – Do not try this on Vista 64 bit [read comments]
Windows in God mode? On first instance this looks joke but it is true and NOT A JOKE. God mode makes you true Windows God allowing you to access all Windows settings without having to click or hop between different dialog windows. You can open God Mode in Windows 7, Vista 32 bit and Windows Server 2008 (32 bit) operating systems."

What You Said: What’s In Your Flash Drive Toolkit - How-To Geek

What You Said: What’s In Your Flash Drive Toolkit - How-To Geek: "Flash drives are such handy devices when you’re trouble shooting computers. You can run operating systems off them, stash portable apps on them, transfer data between machines, backup old data before system instability wipes it, and more. The simple flash drive has opened up a world of trouble shooting tips and tricks that simply weren’t imaginable to geeks of generations past. Read on to see what your fellow readers have stashed in their flash drive toolkits."

Recover Text from Corrupt MS Office Files

Recover Text from Corrupt MS Office Files: "As if hard drive failures or virus attacks are not devastating enough on their own, these electronic catastrophes often corrupt valuable files, rendering them useless, and leaving us at the mercy of expensive software which might or might not recover data from the files."

How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Files

How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Files: "Oh crap! You deleted a file a few days ago that you just realized you still need! And on top of that you already emptied out your Recycle Bin, so there’s nothing there! Well basically, Windows has nothing built-in that will help you recover your deleted file. However, thanks to the way Windows works, when you delete a file or even empty it from your recycle bin, Windows does not actually DELETE the file off the hard drive, it simply deletes the reference to the file."

Convert Audio Files the Easy Way

Convert Audio Files the Easy Way: "If you have an MP3 player that is picky about the type of audio files it will play, many of your older music files and audio files downloaded from the Web will need to be converted to a compatible format. Several desktop applications can convert these files, but usually one at a time, which wastes more time than most of us want to invest."

Geek Deals: Laptops, Media Gear, and Free Apps Galore - How-To Geek

Geek Deals: Laptops, Media Gear, and Free Apps Galore - How-To Geek: "If you love new gear but not high prices then we’ve got some deals for you; grab some deeply discounted laptops, monitors and HDTVs, and free mobile apps in this week’s Geek Deals roundup."

3 Free Places to Store Files in the Cloud

3 Free Places to Store Files in the Cloud: "The idea of saving files on the Web is not new. Most of us have been emailing files to ourselves and storing files on places like GoogleDocs and XDrive for years. But, with the re-branding of the internet as the cloud, many companies are revamping the idea of online storage for files. Many of these storage services are free for the first 1 GB or more. Here are a few of the most promising:"

How to Setup and Use Dropbox

How to Setup and Use Dropbox: "Dropbox is a free (for up to 2 GB of data) application that creates what looks like a virtual folder on your computer, but is in reality a web storage facility. Once installed it looks like any other folder on your computer and can be used the same way."

How to Find Thousands of Free Ebooks Online - How-To Geek

How to Find Thousands of Free Ebooks Online - How-To Geek: "You’ve got an ebook reader (or a laptop or netbook with ebook reading software) now you just need some free books to put it to good use. Read on as we show you the best places to score free books online."

The Top 30 Free Google Android Apps 2010 - Free Google Android Apps 1-10 - The Top 100 Free Apps for Your Phone 2010 | PCMag.com

The Top 30 Free Google Android Apps 2010
- Free Google Android Apps 1-10 - The Top 100 Free Apps for Your Phone 2010 | PCMag.com

Watch TV shows, HBO, and sports online for free

Watch TV shows, HBO, and sports online for free: "One of my most popular articles on this site over the last two years has been on how to watch DivX Hollywood/Bollywood movies online for free. People are always looking for ways to watch movies, TV shows, sporting events, etc for free."

Watch TV and Movies with Free Boxee Software

Watch TV and Movies with Free Boxee Software: "Boxee software, developed by the same people who created the Boxee Box, is one of the best programs to stream free movies and TV on your computer. This free software only requires a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and a graphics processor that supports OpenGL, DirectX 9 and 32 bit color."

Customize the New Tab Feature in Google Chrome

Customize the New Tab Feature in Google Chrome: "With all the browsers out there now, it’s difficult to figure out which one to pick and use; what’s worse, is once you pick one, you have to figure out all of its features. This is where we can help. One of the cool new features in Google Chrome is the ability to customize the New Tab feature. Here’s how you do it:"

How to Clean Your PC, Inside and Out - PCWorld

How to Clean Your PC, Inside and Out - PCWorld: "Disclaimer: PCWorld is not responsible if you turn your computer into a massive paperweight after trying one of the tips you're about to read. Cleaning a computer isn't rocket science, but certain techniques do carry more risk than others."

How to Use the New Advanced Search Features in Windows 7

How to Use the New Advanced Search Features in Windows 7: "With every new release of Windows, Microsoft has upgraded the search facility to allow users ever better ways to find the myriad of files, folders, images, videos and even e-mail on their computers. Windows 7 is no exception, though its advanced features are not very well known since Microsoft chose to hide them on the results page."

Week in Geek: New Malware Increases by 73,000 Per Day - How-To Geek

Week in Geek: New Malware Increases by 73,000 Per Day - How-To Geek: "This week we learned how to save cash, ink, and paper by printing more efficiently, get started with Minecraft, get DreamScene animated desktops back in Windows 7, make Windows Home Server into a domain controller, found out which Firefox add-ons slow you down the most, and more."

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Sit back, relax and YouTube - Cool Sites from The Kim Komando Radio Show® & Web site

Sit back, relax and YouTube - Cool Sites from The Kim Komando Radio Show® & Web site: "What's better than sitting down after a hard day's work and watching some TV? Relaxing in front of the TV is great, unless there's nothing on, of course."

How to Enable Flashblock in Chrome (And Make it 5000% More Secure) - How-To Geek

How to Enable Flashblock in Chrome (And Make it 5000% More Secure) - How-To Geek: "Most people don’t realize this, but when your PC gets infected from browsing a web site, it’s not usually because of your browser—it’s because of your plugins, like Flash, Java, and others. They are sadly insecure, but Google Chrome has a built-in option to make your PC much safer."

Get the Most Out of Your Taskbar in Windows 7

Get the Most Out of Your Taskbar in Windows 7: "The Windows 7 taskbar, as most everyone knows by now, is far more versatile than anything seen in Windows before, but what many people may not know, is that there is a lot more you can do with it, than simply pin things or use jumplists."

Ever Wonder Which Firefox Add-ons Slow You Down the Most? - How-To Geek

Ever Wonder Which Firefox Add-ons Slow You Down the Most? - How-To Geek: "The best thing about Firefox is that it’s incredibly customizable, but have you ever wondered how much of a price all those add-ons take? Here’s how to see which add-ons slow down Firefox startup time the most."

Did You Know You Can Copy and Paste Images Directly into Gmail? - How-To Geek

Did You Know You Can Copy and Paste Images Directly into Gmail? - How-To Geek: "When reader Artem wrote in with this tip, I was pretty surprised—turns out you can paste images from the clipboard directly into Gmail with Ctrl+V or the context menu… but only in Firefox 4 at the moment. In Google Chrome, it works a little differently."

Best Free Stuff for Your PC (and Mobile Devices) - PCWorld

Best Free Stuff for Your PC (and Mobile Devices) - PCWorld: "It may turn out to be true after all that the best things in life are free. Certainly when it comes to software and services designed to make your PC faster, more fun, and easier to use, there's no shortage of amazing freebies."

6 Super Security Freebies - PCWorld

6 Super Security Freebies - PCWorld: "Simple security: In last year's roundup of best free stuff, the beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials 2 impressed us. Since then, Microsoft has officially released the utility to the public, and our admiration has only grown. With its combined antivirus, antispyware, and firewall protection, Security Essentials provides a solid layer of protection against the most common threats without hobbling your PC or nagging you with annoying update reminders."

Top 10 Budget Desktop PCs - PCWorld

Top 10 Budget Desktop PCs - PCWorld

Epsilon Data Breach: Expect a Surge in Spear Phishing Attacks - PCWorld Business Center

Epsilon Data Breach: Expect a Surge in Spear Phishing Attacks - PCWorld Business Center: "Epsilon--the largest distributor of permission-based email in the world--revealed that millions of individual email addresses were exposed in an attack on its servers. While no other information was apparently compromised, security experts are warning users to brace for a tidal wave of more precise spear phishing attacks."

Free YouTube to MP3 Converter - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

Free YouTube to MP3 Converter - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com: "The minor quibbles we have with Free YouTube to MP3 Converter have nothing to do with its functionality. This effective freeware is ready to go right out of the box, but can be easily customized by the user."

What Your Computer Does While You Wait : Gustavo Duarte

What Your Computer Does While You Wait : Gustavo Duarte

What Your Computer Does While You Wait

This post takes a look at the speed – latency and throughput – of various subsystems in a modern commodity PC, an Intel Core 2 Duo at 3.0GHz. I hope to give a feel for the relative speed of each component and a cheatsheet for back-of-the-envelope performance calculations. I’ve tried to show real-world throughputs (the sources are posted as a comment) rather than theoretical maximums. Time units are nanoseconds"

How to Shutdown your Computer with a Cell Phone | Hack N Mod

How to Shutdown your Computer with a Cell Phone | Hack N Mod: "You can remotely shut down your computer from anywhere in the world using any cell phone with texting capabilities and Mozilla Thunderbird, a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook. It’s pretty simple to accomplish and the video above guides you through the step by step setup process."

Save Images with Transparency in GIMP

Save Images with Transparency in GIMP: "GIMP is one of the best programs for creating a transparent background behind an image. This free, open source image processing software program has advanced and sophisticated tools to both create your transparency and to create complex semi-transparent effects within the transparency."

Change photo backgrounds easily - Komando.com, Website for The Kim Komando Radio Show®, Komando Downloads

Change photo backgrounds easily - Komando.com, Website for The Kim Komando Radio Show®, Komando Downloads: "Even the most basic photo editors can do some pretty cool effects. You no longer need to buy expensive software to have fun with your photos.

One of the neatest tricks is to change the background of a photo. This lets you put your subject anywhere in the world – or even out of this world. Removing the original background can be a real challenge, though."

The 10 Most Ridiculously Awesome Geeky Computer Pranks - How-To Geek

The 10 Most Ridiculously Awesome Geeky Computer Pranks - How-To Geek

How to Fix Your Wireless Internet Connection Problems - Slideshow from PCMag.com

How to Fix Your Wireless Internet Connection Problems - Slideshow from PCMag.com: "Without question, your router is one of the most useful and convenient tech devices you own. But many of you probably view it as one of the biggest sources of frustration, anxiety, and downright anger."

How to Buy the Best Tablet | PCMag.com

How to Buy the Best Tablet | PCMag.com: "When the first Apple iPad and the Fusion Garage JooJoo were released within days of each other in early 2010, the world got its first real taste of tablets—and, what some might say, is an excellent summation of the breadth of quality future tablets would offer."