How to Import Your Gmail Contacts Into Outlook
This guide will show you how to export your contacts from Gmail and import them into Microsoft Outlook – and help troubleshoot any issues that may arise during the process. …
How to Hide a .rar File Within an Image File
This tutorial will show you how to hide .rar files within .jpg (image) files – so that anyone who opens the picture would never know there was another file hidden within it. …
How to Send Email From the Linux Command Line
This guide will show you how to send email from the Linux command line and via shell scripts, as well as how to add attachments to those emails. …
How to Reset a Lost MySQL Root Password
This short but detailed guide will explain how to reset your lost or forgotten MySQL root password using either Windows or Linux. …
How to use your Nokia N95 as a Wireless Webcam
SmartCam turns a Symbian Series 60 phone with bluetooth and camera into a webcam ready to use with your PC. It is open source software, licensed under the GPLv2 and will run on Linux or Windows. There are commercial applications that will do the same thing, but I believe in using and supporting free, open source software whenever possible. …
How to Create Automated Linux/Unix backups
This guide will take you step by step through the process of creating automated backups in Linux (and most *nix Operating Systems). …
Increase Your Linux/Unix Productivity: How to Use crontab
This detailed guide will explain how to use the crontab command to schedule tasks in Linux/Unix. …
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How to Open and View .cbr and .cbz Files
This guide will show you how to open and view .cbr and/or .cbz files, which are often used for comics and ebooks. …
How to Use dstat to Monitor Your Linux/UNIX Server
This detailed guide will take you step by step through the process to use dstat to monitor your Linux (or Unix) server. …
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How to encrypt a USB thumb drive in Ubuntu
TrueCrypt is a free, open source, system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted filesystem. TrueCrypt is available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. Encrypted volumes can be used with any supported OS regardless of which OS they were created on. …
How to turn your Nokia N95 into a pedometer
This tutorial will guide you through turning your N95 into a pedometer using the Nokia Step Counter. …
How to Remove Shortcut “Arrow” Icons in Vista
This guide will show you how to remove the “shortcut” arrows that are present in the icons in Windows Vista. …
How to Record your Own Custom Ringtones
This detailed and step by step guide will show you how to record your own, custom ringtones to use on your iPhone or smartphone. …
20 Super-Helpful Bash Commands
Here’s a list of some of the bash commands that I use the most and a very brief description of what I use them for. …
Tweak Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 with WinSecret
This guide will show you how to use WinSecret, a simple and powerful tweaking application for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. …
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