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People are watching 2 billion videos a day on YouTube and uploading hundreds of thousands of videos daily. In fact, every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.
Thats a lot of videos but here is a quick tip. If you are watching YouTube and the video is fully loaded you can use the numbers on the keyboard to scroll through the video. '1'-'9'. That way if you want to go back half way go to number '5'.
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Ever wanted to convert something useful or just for fun, but you cant? Well, Clip Converter does it for you. Just simply copy and paste the media url into the box that says media url, and then select the file type you would like to choose, and then click download. That's how simple it is. It has a wide range of file formats that it can convert videos in. Some of them are MP3, WMA, and AAC. So try this converter out now here.
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As we gather more and more music in itunes things may get out of hand. I bet many of you have seen a little arrow to the left of your song like this:
What does this mean? Well, it means itunes can not locate the song you are trying to play. There is one way to prevent this, to Consolidate your library. This allows itunes to store all your music in one spot. Instead of having some in My documents, some in My Music and just spread out. To do this in Windows Go to File->Library->Organize Library... You will see a windows pop out like this:
Click the check box and click OK. itunes will gather all your songs into one place. You won't have that exclamation issue again but remember every time you add a song repeat the processes again. This tip works for Windows but if you know how to do it in the Mac post below. Thanks!
I am confident in saying that at one point in our tech lives we would open a media file and it would not play whether it be on a personal computer or some kind of media player. There are many solutions out there but many are limited in some form and/or require some kind of monetary fee. I have tried several converters many were limited in conversion types and the best ones were free to try but were costly. BUT as always there is a free alternative!!
SUPER by ERightsoft
Provides all the neccessary to convert over 90% of files to a file of your choice. I have also made gif from videos with this software.
Although what may prove to be an obstacle for you if your a regular pc user, whom utilizes the computer for just web, e-mail, and basic media use. The reason is because I feel the interface is difficult to figure out for those first timers out there and non power users.
The program WILL require some playing around with the options to get the best quality conversion possible. I say its definitely a must for those media users that like to share media through various file mediums for example convert a video that will play on iPod converted from and original format that is not supported by the iPod.
SUPER ERight Softwebsite
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
Want to replace WordPress and go more deep in creating your own domain? Well, here's a good website to go to. It's called 1&1. With this you can do many things. You can create a business website and all sorts of things. You can choose from all the website extensions. Some are like .com, .org, and .edu. The prices vary on what domain you use. For example, if you use a domian with a .com on the end will cost $7.99 per year. The cheapest one available is .us which costs $0.99 per year. So if you want to further into blogging, its time for upgrade time!
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Many have heard of bit.ly and tinyurl.com. These are URL shortening services. For the people who do not know what the purpose of a URL shortening services is, I will provide an example.
Let's say you have the URL that you want to send to a friend and it is:
www.onetechtip.com/ere89943kj3jo3uiw84rw93u4jnwfnsmenfsnf$978343&*^%93nq39... on so for and on.
You really do not want to tell your friend go to this website with a long URL. Instead you can paste the URL into a URL shortening services and in return will give you a short URL like:
shor.tl/website.
Now this is easier to remember and say.
Use this to you advantage and let me say that Google has released a URL shortening services at http://goo.gl/.
Whether working with the keyboard alone is much efficient than using a mouse is debatable, there are applications such as Launchy that push the debate in favor of working solo with the keyboard. Launchy is similar to Mac OS X's Spotlight, and more configurable than the search feature within the Windows Start button.
As you can see, the level of customization is deep. I think the most powerful feature is you can have different folders be searched for a specific type of file. For example, in most people's case, a great amount of different files get placed in the Documents folder, when only the ones that are accessed are Microsoft Word files! So instead of spending 20 seconds looking for a specific file, simply configure Launchy to your taste!
In the MS Word case, add the Documents directory and specify that only Word documents should be indexed. To do this, you would simply type in "*.docx" without the quotations where "docx" is the Word file type. In my case, I work with programming files, word files, pdf, etc. The variety is considerable, so I just have Launchy search and index all the various files but only within that folder. Placing such a simple restriction has a huge influence on how efficient Launchy will be at finding the desired file. By default, Launchy will index your applications, but you can always take it a step further! Questions, comments are always welcomed.
If you are a fan of user customization this is for you. Have you ever wanted to change the background of the screen that you log into? You know the one where you type your password in (if you have password lock enabled). Well, today's tip I will show share with a software that makes it quick and painless. Yes, there are ways to do this without installing software but this is for the everyday user whom does not want to go through a plethora of steps to change a picture.
The software I am describing is LogOn Studio by Stardock. LogOn enables the user to select a picture from their harddrive to be used as the background for the login screen.
The reason why you should use a program instead of going through a bunch of system files is :
Note: This assuming you are not comfortable messing around with your computer files that could effect your daily computer operations.
Once you have selected your picture select open and then save on the following screen and your selected picture should appear as a choice. For example I selected onetechtip logo.
Once you have selected your picture CLICK APPLY and you are done. :)
Download @ the Official Site:
http://www.stardock.com/products/logonstudio/
Many people store their info and notes in their flash drives. Flash drives are useful but not always durable. They can easily break, and then all your notes stored in their, are deleted. On the other hand, wrttn stores your notes safely online. You can access them any time and anywhere. It is simple, clean, portable, and media-ready. This website can store you the notes that you would like to see whenever, and you don't have to carry anything. So try it now here
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Video Lan, creators of VLC Media player, have created VLMC(Video Lan Media Creator). Before I begin, I have to warn you. This software is still in pre-alpha, which means it is not stable and still some features are not implemented. VLMC is like Windows Movie Maker. It is a free open Source video editing software. I have tested it out and I see a lot of potential in this software and when it's done i bet it will be better than Windows Movie Maker. Give it a try here or wait till they release the final version. It it available on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Want to stop paying for ring tones for your phone? Why not make your own with Audacity. Audacity is free and lets you edit mp3 files easily.
The final step involves transferring the file to your phone and it varies from phone to phone. Most commonly, USB or blue-tooth can be used but again, it depends on the phone!
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If your on Windows, you know and have been itrrupted by the Windows Update pop up that bugs you to restart your computer. That screen can be so annoying. There are just three options, to remind you later to restart your computer but no option to LEAVE YOU ALONE. There is a solution to that. If you head over to www.persistenceunlimited.com and download the application LeaveMeAlone you can have this software
temporarily turn off the source of these restart messages
it's that easy. Download it and be more productive.
Though flash memory has become cheaper over the last couple of years, the capacity in USB drives is still relatively small. On the other hand, Apple has done a fantastic job by increasing their storage capacity in their Ipod music players without forcing you to carry a brick in your pocket. What if you combine both? You actually can! An Ipod and virtually any portable music player can be used as a huge flash drive that is easy to carry around.
To do this, simply plug the device and it will behave like a flash drive! In this example, the Ipod gets assigned drive letter D; below, you can see a simple file transfer. Simple? Yes!
Have you ever purchased an item only for the item to not work after warranty expires? I'm sure many of us have experienced that scenario or know someone who has. Today, I will specifically discussing my experience taking apart a note book, specifically a Toshiba A105-S4084.
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A bit of background first. I purchased the computer in 2006, without warranty. Following the subsequent purchased it has been pretty reliable until the hard drive failed which i replaced and upgraded my self to a 320 gb and 7200 rpm hard drive from the original 120gb and 5200 rpm. I always try to make it point to others that often you could do the fixes yourself, especially when sending it in for repairs could be more costly. Most laptops these days have easily interchangeable parts.
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Unfortunately, the past year or so my laptop has had problems charging the source of the problem was determined to be the DC power jack. I looked up how much it would cost if it were taken in for repaired it would be more than $100 while the part alone costs $10. Therefore, I took this as an opportunity to put my skills to the test and learn something new about computers by disassembling the computer. Fortunately, i had backed up all my data two weeks before predicting the day it would not charge at all would be soon.
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As mentioned earlier, i did my research. I goggled searched for guides on how to take disassemble the computer laptopka provided a good guide to do so. (NOTE: laptopka has guides only for toshiba for others ones try laptoprepair101)
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Subsequently, the process went smooth, I did not break anything- i think. The entire disassemble took about it 2 hours but afterwards could do confidently do it again in less than an hour. This is my first time taking a notebook apart and fairly comfortable working with the necessary tools. The guide i used also listed the required screwdrivers to make the repair easy. The only difficulty i experienced was with disconnecting the ribbon type connections for example the connector with the keyboard and motherboard. Eventually, I found the source of the problem but did not have the replacement part. Unfortunately, the part was set to arrive the day after the disassemble but sadly has gotten lost in the mail :'( . I have to reorder the replacement. Hopefully, next weekend I could update you with how everything went being my first BIG repair. In the future, I hope to fix my broken camera LCD screen so look out for that as well.
If you have a family computer that lots of people use, and you want to block some minimized programs so others wont use them or open them, then you've come to the right place. This download called LockThis! locks the minimized programs that you have selected so they cannot be opened except with the password that was made by you. To activate this program, you don't need a password, but in the other hand, to dis-activate it, you do. So give it a try and download it here.
Remember Myspace? I know everyone is on Facebook now and animated pictures are not popular anymore but you never know when trends can reappear. Today's tip is how to create an animated picture or also called GIF. If you head over to Picasion.com and browse over to upload your pictures in sequence. You are able to change the speed and size of GIF. When you set just click "Create Animation". Below is an example.
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A couple days late, but apparently, there has been a settlement between chip maker Nvidia and computer manufacturers including Dell, HP and Apple. As it is, Nvidia supplies video chips to these companies for video capabilities for their respective computers. As Dell, HP, and Apple are major suppliers of computers, there is a high chance for people to qualify for a replacement especially if your computer failed in the last couple of years. To see if you qualify check here. Personally, I own a Compaq that failed recently, I will proceed with trying to get a replacement and will provide a follow-up if anyone is interested. [polldaddy poll=3883013]
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If you use Chrome as a browser and are curious on how much valuable time you actually waste on Face book. You can find out by downloading a Google Chrome extension. It simply tells you how much time you are on Facebook.
You need to have Google Chrome installed and the Google Chrome extension.
This is a simple and easy task to do. When you are on the page, it lets you know the owner, whom it was verified by, name of the website, and more. The process in which to find this info is really simple. Just click on the button named tools on the top of the Firefox page. Then hover down your mouse to the link called Page info and then click on that. Then a pop-up will appear and then click the icon with the security sign and there will be the info from the website. So try this out if you need to find the websites security info.
Ever since I got a tablet PC, Microsoft's OneNote has made it to the top of favorite software. In the latest 2010 Office release, Microsoft included a printer "driver". In other words, a PC recognizes a "virtual" printer even though the device does not physically exist. By default, the "virtual" printer should be installed. I had to do a reinstall of Office recently, but to my dismay, it would not show up! After doing some research, I came to the conclusion that in order for Send to OneNote to work, the XPS driver needs to be installed beforehand. Once you verify that the XPS driver is installed, just do a repair install of OneNote and you should be set!
If for some reason the XPS driver is not installed, go to "Turn Windows features on or off." You should find something similar to the window below.
