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Add a Home button for Chrome

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“How do I add a Home page icon for the Chrome browser?” 1. Click on the little wrench icon in the upper right hand corner. 2. From the drop-down menu click on “Options”. 3. Select the “Basics” tab. 4. Click on “Show Home button on the toolbar” to check it off and hit the “Close” […]

How to delete windows.old files

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“I recently upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 and noticed the old Windows Vista install which is in the windows.old folder is taking up a lot of my hard drive space. How do I delete windows.old folder and save some hard drive space? 1. Click Start. 2. Type in “disk cleanup” in the search box. […]

How to update the iPad software

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“I heard there’s a new software update for the iPad. How do I update my iPad? How to update the iPad: 1. Make sure you have the latest version of iTunes on your computer. 2. Connect the iPad to your computer. 3. If there is a new software update for the iPad you should get […]

How to convert AVI video files for the iPad

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A quick guide on how to convert AVI files so its compatible for the iPad. This should also work for other popular video formats as well. Step One: Download a copy of Handbrake from their website. They got Windows, Mac and Linux versions. Step 2: After you’ve installed Handbrake we can start converting our video […]

How do you retweet

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“I’m new to the whole Twitter universe, what’s “retweet” and how do you retweet? There will be plenty of times when you come across a “tweet” from someone you just have to share. This is where Twitter’s “retweet” feature comes in. When you see a tweet that’s important to you simply retweet (RT) it and […]

Transfer music from iPod to computer

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“I have all my music collection on a 2nd generation iPod and I recently bought an iPod touch so now i want to transfer the music I have from my old iPod to the new iPod touch. I deleted the original MP3’s from my computer so everything is just on the older iPod now. How […]

How to read comic books on the iPad

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Here’s a quick guide on how to upload your comic book collection from your computer onto the iPad. First thing you’ll need is a comic book reader application on the iPad, my personal favorite is “ComicBookLover for iPad”, its free so go ahead and download it. Once the app is installed we can then start […]

Blocking porn on the PS3 and Xbox 360

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“If we hook up our gaming systems to the internet (PS3 and Xbox 360) is there a way to block porn sites like I can do on my computer?” I would definitely check out Family Shield by OpenDNS. The free program can block adult websites from any device that connects to the internet which would […]

iPhone – How to block and turn off FaceTime video calls

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“How do I disable FaceTime video calls on my iPhone 4?” Not everyone likes the idea of video chatting on the iPhone 4 but thankfully Apple has made it pretty simple to disable and block FaceTime calls. How to turn off (or turn on) FaceTime video calls: 1. Tap the Settings icon 2. Tap Phone […]