Maximize Your WiFi Range for Free

If you have Internet access set up in your home, you can get the most out of your plan by maximizing your WiFi signal. Here are some handy (and free) tricks to boost your reach. First, increasing your signal is as easy as moving your home router. Instead of placing it by the TV or cable box, move it to the best place the the house: the attic. It has the least amount of walls and other obstructions, and is a central spot. Additionally, since radio waves spread laterally and down, your attic can be an ideal place for your router. Need an extra signal boost? Use an aluminum can. Start...

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Speed Up Your Android Device

Android smartphones and tablets can become slow and sluggish over time. These easy-to-follow tips will help make your device run like new. You may have noticed over the past few months that your once-speedy Android device has slowed down considerably. Simple tasks such as switching between apps or returning home are proving more troublesome than before, and you are now experiencing lag in all the wrong places. Things don't have to be this way, however. These simple tips and tricks can help speed up your device and make it perform like new.  More here >&g...

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UPDATE: Cool Web Effects - Lightbox Image Viewer 2.03a

As you may well have observed by now, the effect is not working any longer on my blogger as Google has adapted a similar approach to view images. I had, in that particular post, included the script in my heading and body, but these are conflicting with Google's implementation. However, you can still follow the directions and apply to Wordpress or your own web-site. Below is the original post: The Lightbox Image Viewer 2.0 expands upon the original Lightbox Image Viewer with a few new features. While the original version is great for viewing images individually on the page, Lightbox 2.0 supports...

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How do I manually install Flash Player on my Android device?

Flash Player for Android is no longer available for download from the Google Play app store, but Android users can still download and install Flash Player from the Archived Flash Player Versions page on the Adobe website.  To do so, please watch this instructional video or follow the steps below: Make sure your Android device is connected to the Internet. Open the Settings menu. Select Security (or Applications, on older Android OSs). Place a checkmark next to the "Unknown sources" check box. Tap OK to confirm your selection. Close Settings. Launch the browser. Search for "flash player archive page" or navigate directly to http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions. html On the Archive page,...

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12 iPhone Tricks You Didn’t Know You Had

Secret and lesser-known features are a great way to make interacting with your iPhone more productive and fun. Let us know in the comments which feature you were most surprised/excited to learn about. Let’s start with something simple. When taking photos, it is important to remember that despite the advanced eatures that come with the iPhone camera, it is still an iPhone. There are times when photos become jittery, but one way to lessen the possibility of blurry photos is to take photos by using your headphones as a shutter button. When in the camera app, simply press the center...

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How to Add Automatic "Read More" to Your Blogger Homepage

I am going to tell you something about read more links. The read more link gives you more page views and is very SEO friendly. This feature presents your visitors to a more enjoyable web visit, as it neatly maintains concise text in a manageable view, especially when you have lengthy posts. You can add Read More >> , Read Full Post, etc. I am using the text Read More >>.  Any text and even a small graphic can be employed on your preference. There is not too much difficulty adding the additional script, as long as you follow the steps given here. HOW TO INPUT THE CODES Note: before you make any changes on your templates, always make a backup of it. 1. Login in to your blogger account 2. Navigate to Template section...

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Windows 8.1 Tip: Optimize for the Desktop

After a couple of years, I am back blogging. I had some urgent personal matters to attend to but am back with a few pointers for the newest Windows OS. When Microsoft first released the “touch-first” Windows 8/RT in late 2012, customers cried foul. Here was an OS that seemed designed almost solely for the non-existent audience of Windows tablet users while ignoring the needs of over a billion traditional PC users. Well, Microsoft listened. With the Windows 8.1 update, Windows 8/RT users finally have a first-class desktop experience in which you can almost completely obliterate every trace of...

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Search Securely On Google Without Anyone Seeing What You’re Searching For

One of the biggest problem these days, when it comes to internet is, there are a lot of sniffers sitting around trying to capture every single word you type in on your computeJust imagine that you are trying to search for something on Google, something really personal, and what if this search of yours is being intercepted and is being read by a third party ?You are in your office, trying to find some information about a new job you are interested in applying. You run a search query on your system and this information goes straight to your bosses inbox!!Would you want to compromise your security to technology ? The answer is definitely a NO.Now Google offers search over SSL (those of you who have no idea what SSL is, follow this link), which...

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Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop, and can hide your icons when they're not in use

Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop and can hide your icons when they're not in use. A "Fence", a term coined by this program, is an icon group on your desktop. Fences is an add-on to your desktop, not a replacement. Rope off your desktop Fences allows you to create shaded areas on your desktop that you can place icons in. You can label them however you wish, and move/resize them anywhere on the desktop. Pre-included layouts help speed the process for new users. See your wallpaper again! Quickly hide & show all your icons with an easy double-click Double click blank space on your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they’ll return. We think this feature is so useful and unique, that...

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70 Windows 7 Tips & Tricks

Windows 7 is currently only a beta version, but it’s much better than the latest version of Windows Vista and it comes with a lot of new features. Unfortunately, some of them aren’t so easy to figure out, so I created a list of the most important tips and tricks and a step-by-step guide that will help you apply all of these great tips and tricks. 1. PC Safeguard I rarely let anyone use my PC because I’m afraid he will mess it up, but it seems Microsoft has been thinking at me and came with a solution. The PC Safeguard doesn’t let anyone mess your PC settings, because after the user logs off, the configurations are reset back to normal. Of course it will not restore the configurations changed by you, but only the ones done by other users...

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Repeating Seamless Background Image Tutorial Using Photoshop

A trick often employed on webpages is to use a seamless background that can tile both vertically and horizontally. If your website gets alot of traffic and you don’t like paying for extra bandwidth costs you need to optimize your site for every single kilobyte. This generally translates to NOT using a giant JPG as a background; (unless you’re doing silly myspace layouts). This tutorial will explain how to make seamless backgrounds for your webpages.Step One - Identify image you want to use as your seamless backgroundIn this case we’ve put together a 500x500 red and gray image that we think will...

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Your computer, without the computer using a portable application!!

What is a portable app?portable - carried or moved with easeapp - a computer program like a web browser or word processorA portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind.No Special Hardware - Use any USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod/MP3 player, etcNo Additional...

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How to Remove Norton Antivirus and Security Products

One of the most frequently asked questions how to uninstall Norton or McAfee antivirus and security products. Maybe its because trial versions of these products were preinstalled when the customer purchased the computer, or maybe you want to uninstall Norton Antivirus and install another antivirus software product.Other computer users may be trying to install an antivirus product and they are told to uninstall Norton before they can proceed even though it appears Symantec products are not running on the system.It's also amazing how many viruses attack Norton and Symantec products especially and disable them so they can wreck havoc on the computer.My personal experience with Norton Antivirus has been mostly positive. However, each successive...

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Create Dazzling Photo Effects for FREE Using Your Browser

Want to create cool digital photo effects but are a bit intimidated with more complex editors such as Photoshop? Try the world's most advanced image editor for FREE... click here to use if FRE...

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.NET Framework Cleanup Tool User's Guide

This .NET Framework cleanup tool is designed to automatically perform a set of steps to remove selected versions of the .NET Framework from a computer. It will remove files, directories, registry keys and values and Windows Installer product registration information for the .NET Framework. The tool is intended primarily to return your system to a known (relatively clean) state in case you are encountering .NET Framework installation, uninstallation, repair or patching errors so that you can try to install again. There are a couple of very important caveats that you should review before using this tool to remove any version of the .NET Framework from your system: This tool is designed as a last resort for cases where install, uninstall, repair...

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How To Capture A Frame From Any Video File

To capture a screen of any window you have one of two options: either you press the Print Screen key on your key board (or Print Scrn) to capture the whole desktop or press (Alt + Print Scrn) to capture only the active window. Black area? Read how to fix this. Open the video file using your favorite software. Press (Alt + Print Scrn) together on your key board, now you have copied the active window to the clipboard. Open Paint by going to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Paint. Click on Edit -> Paste (Ctrl + V) to...

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