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How to Conserve Battery Life on an iPhone
There are certain times when you want to extend the battery life of your iPhone so the battery doesn't die when you need access to your phone. For those times when it is critical to have a working iPhone, you may need to configure your phone to conserve...  more »

How to Change Your Twitter Background Image
Step by step on how-to change your Twitter background image to make a customized Twitter theme. Login to your Twitter account On the menu tab at the top, click on the "Settings" link. Now click on the "Design" tab. You'll be able to change the theme using...  more »

How to Setup Password Protection on an iPhone
Here's the process for setting up Password Protection on your iPhone: From the home menu, tap the "Settings" icon. Now select the "General" tab. Select the "Passcode Lock" tab. Enter your 4 digit passcode on the "Set Passcode" screen. Re-enter your...  more »

How to Configure a Connection String for SQL Server 2008 Express
Here's one way to setup your connection string for a SQL Server 2008 Express database for a live website using ASP.NET on Windows Server 2008. Open "Sql Server Configuration Manager" -> the click on "SQL Server Network Configuration" -> then click...  more »

How to Monitor Twitter Keywords in Real-Time
Wouldn't it be cool if you could monitor Twitter conversations in real-time based on certain keywords. Well guess what... you can, and the best part is it's super easy to do. You don't even have to download and install any software. A new website called...  more »

How to Create a New Facebook Group
Creating a new group on Facebook is easier than you think. To create a new Facebook group simply login to your Facebook account and then go to the following URL: http://www.facebook.com/groups/create.php Fill out the Group Name and all the groups details,...  more »

How to Capture Screenshots of an iPhone's Screen Display
Here’s a quick tip for iPhone users that allow you to capture a screen grab photo of your iPhone screen.  more »

How to Wrap Text in an Html PRE tag
To force long text lines to wrap in an HTML <pre> tag, you can use CSS code to wrap the text. The word-wrapping CSS code below should work to wrap long lines of text within the <pre> tag, in IE, Firefox and Safari... you may want to test the...  more »

How to Get the Base Url with Javascript for a Domain or Localhost
In the code below, you will be able to find the baseUrl of your website using javascript. The following javascript code will work when used on your localhost or when it's used in a live site (finds the root url of the domain address). Just add this...  more »

How to Locate the Cookies Folder in Windows Vista
Finding Cookies in Windows Vista is a little trickier than you might think. Most cookies are found in the following folder location: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low So you can just type that into the windows address bar...  more »

How to Calculate the Square Footage of a Room
To determine the square feet of a room, you will need to first measure the length and width of the room (in feet). Now simply multiply the length by the width, which will equal the square footage of the room.  more »

How to Create a Twitter Status Retweet Link
Here's how you can create a Twitter status link, so users can quickly retweet your message from a hyperlink on your website.  more »

How to Copy and Paste on Your iPhone OS 3.0
The long awaited Cut, Copy and Paste feature has just about arrived for Apple iPhone users. Yes you heard right, the next version of the iPhone Operating System 3.0 will allow users to Cut, Copy and Paste on their phone.  more »

How To Create a 'Buy Now' PayPal Link
In just a few steps, PayPal makes it really simple for you to create product buy now buttons or links for websites and email. Follow these steps to create a 'Buy Now' Paypal link: Log into your PayPal account. Click on the 'Merchant Services' tab, then...  more »

How to Turn Off an iPhone
It's very easy to turn the power off on your iPhone to conserve it's battery life. Follow these steps to completely turn off your 3G iPhone: Press and hold down the narrow sleep/wake (on/off) button on the top of the iPhone until the screen changes (hold...  more »

How to Set or Change File Associations in Windows Vista
Windows operating systems (such as Windows Vista), every file extention is associated with a default program. When you open a file, the program that is associated to the file extension will open the file by default. However, you can change or set the...  more »

How to Turn Off Norton Safe Web in Norton Internet Security 2009
After a recent Norton Internet Security 2009 update, I found that I was now seeing green circle checkmark icons in Google search results. When hovering over the checkmarks a Norton Site Safety box popped up alerting me that the site was safe (or not...  more »

How to Remove Excel Formula While Keeping Cell Value
Often times when using formula's in Excel, you want to keep just the text values that a formula outputs while deleting the actual formula from the cells. To keep a value in a cell while removing the formula that produced the value try the following: Type...  more »

How to Capitalize the First Letter of Text in Excel
Excel makes it easy to capitalize the first letter of every word in a cell. To capitalize each word you simply need to use the formula =PROPER(). For instance, if you have data in the cell A1, then you would want to enter the following formula in cell B1:...  more »

How to Export a Google Adwords Campaign
Google Adwords makes it extremely easy to export your Adwords Campaign into another advertising network. Google allows you to download an export .CSV file of your Adwords Account, Campaigns or Adgroups to your computer, which you can then easily upload...  more »

How to Access Play Controls for Music or Podcasts When iPhone is Locked
Quick iPhone tip on how to access the music play controls on your iPhone when it's locked.  more »

How To Enable Programs to Run as Administrator in Windows Vista
Here's a quick way to enable programs to 'Run as Administrator' in Windows Vista. Click on the 'Start' menu button, it's the blue circle located on the left-hand side of the Task bar. Now click on 'All Programs' Find the program you want to 'Run as...  more »

How to Block Websites in Internet Explorer 8
Learn how to block unwanted or malicious websites from opening in all versions of Internet Explorer, including IE 8.  more »

How to Import QuickBooks Data into TurboTax 2007 on Windows Vista
If your using QuickBooks and TurboTax for the first time all year, it can really cause a lot of headache's while you learn how to use the new software once again. I seem to go through this learning process ever tax season. This tax season was no different, as I came upon one issue while trying to use TurboTax Deluxe 2007 to import data from QuickBooks Pro 2008 on my Windows Vista machine.  more »

How To Quickly Delete Rows or Columns in an Excel Worksheet
Here's tips on how to quickly delete rows or columns from an Excel Worksheet.  more »

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