Now that you know how to apply custom themes to Windows XP, perhaps you want to take it a step further and install custom icons and cursors. This tutorial will guide you through doing just that. [click to continue...]

Considering how the N95 has a built-in GPS and the current version of Google Maps for Mobile supports it, I decided to give it a try. I’m sure we’re all familiar with the main Google Maps site. Google Maps for Mobile is an application written specifically to run on smartphones. [click to continue...]

mConnection is a handy little utility that displays a small window showing your data traffic usage and speed in real time. It stays on top of other windows so you always have this information available at a glance. This can be very useful for N95 users who are on a limited data plan. [click to continue...]

This has got to be one of the most useful Firefox extensions I have ever seen. No more clicking links one by one and selecting Open Link in New Tab. Snap Links allows you to draw a box around the all the links you wish to open and have them open in multiple tabs all at once. [click to continue...]

Customization is something I enjoy greatly. Why can’t we use user made themes in Windows out of the box? Beats me. Luckily, there are ways you can! What you need is something that will patch UXtheme.dll to allow third party (non-Microsoft) themes. This tutorial will guide you through installing, setting up and using Uxtheme Multi-patcher 6.0 to apply custom themes to Windows XP SP3, and I’ll share 5 of my favorite themes. [click to continue...]

This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to share your Nokia N95s built in GPS with your laptop, in Linux. [click to continue...]

After writing more than a dozen of these tutorials and installing and removing so many different applications, I thought to myself, there has got to be a faster way. WiFi is far faster than Bluetooth and far more convenient than digging for a USB data cable. I have a computer running Linux, I have a wireless network, and the N95 connects via WiFi so why not just run Apache on my computer and point the N95 at a directory on the computer?

I’m writing this tutorial using Fedora 9, but these instructions should be easily adaptable to just about any Linux distribution. Also, you can install Apache in Windows or OS X, and follow along with the steps in this tutorial. [click to continue...]

This tutorial will guide you through turning your Nokia N95 into a WiFi (wireless) access point. No more tethering via USB or Bluetooth. Using JoikuSpot Light, a totally free utility that works well as long as you only need to use HTTP and HTTPS protocols, you’ll be up and surfing in no time. You’ll have to go with JoikuSpot Premium if you need POP3, SMTP, etc. [click to continue...]

World Golf Tour is a free, Flash based (no download required) online golf game. You can play up to 9 holes on one of two courses (with more to be added soon) in a “closest to the pin” match. The “getting started” tutorial will walk you through how to play the game and explain each feature (club selection, swing type, aiming and striking).

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I’ll be the very first to admit it: I stink at video games. Flash based web games, console games, PC/Mac games. All of them. Not since the days of NES have I been even half-way decent. And even then, it was probably the hours and hours of time I put in that allowed me to finish games (usually on the “easy” level). That doesn’t stop me though - I still find the hugely entertaining, and World Golf Tour is no exception.

NirCmd is a freeware utility that allows you to perform tasks from the command line, .bat files, desktop shortcuts and even Launchy. There’s a large list of commands on the NirCmd website. I’ve picked out a few that I’ve found useful, but you may find another great use for NirCmd after reading through the examples. This was written and tested in WindowsXP but it should also work in other versions of Windows. [click to continue...]

Launchy is a open-source keystroke launcher for Windows (including Vista) covered briefly here last month. Here are some advanced tricks I’ve found for Launchy. [click to continue...]

So, I’m trying two new things with this post. The first is writing it as I’m looking into this application, and the second is actually using the application. It’s Instantbird, a cross-platform instant messenger built on Pidgin and Mozilla. It should be noted that this is far away from a stable release. [click to continue...]

Sumatra PDF is a very simple PDF viewer that I find to be faster than other programs like Adobe Reader (an 80MB app to read PDFs?) and Foxit. It may lack a lot of features compared to Foxit, but if all you want to do is quickly read a PDF after you’ve downloaded it, this is the program for you. You can download it here. It is also usable as a portable application, as it’s just one file with no external dependencies so you can easily run it from external USB drive.

After you have it installed, go to Start -> All Programs -> SumatraPDF and click on SumatraPDF. It might ask you if you want to make it the default PDF viewer, in which case you should say yes. If it doesn’t, you can go to File -> Make SumatraPDF a Default PDF Viewer.

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The following is another “guest blogger” tutorial by Skyler Huse

Foobar is an application I think everyone should try. It’s an audio player that plays a lot of different file types (MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CDDA, WMA and more with optional components). It also does more than just play your music. It can rip songs from CDs, convert songs to many other formats, you can edit the tags of your songs, customize virtual everything, and lots more. And the best thing about it is that it uses less ram when compared to most other audio players. This makes it perfect for using while playing games, if you use it for nothing else. [click to continue...]