It’s easy to think of a Kindle as just an eBook reader, but it’s so much more than that. It’s an MP3 player, portable web browser (with free Wikipedia access over 3G), gaming device, and image viewer. Some of these features only work on the Kindle Keyboard (also known as the Kindle 3G), while some also work on the Kindle Touch. Free 3G browsing is restricted to specific websites on the Kindle Touch....
How Can I Easily Check Wi-Fi Signal Strength From My Android Phone? Play Video Dear Wi-Fi Curious, I followed your guide to extending your Wi-Fi network with a mesh of Tomato routers. Everything is working great but what I’m really curious about is the change in signal strength around my house. Is there an easy way to use my Android phone like a mobile signal reader? I have a rough idea how strong/weak the signal was before I turned extra routers on but I’d prefer to not lug my laptop around to every corner of the house again....
The 4-Hour Chef isn’t just a cookbook. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure guide to the world of rapid learning from the best-selling author of the 4-Hour Workweek, and we’ve got 10 free copies for How-To Geek readers. META-LEARNING. Before you learn to cook, you must learn to learn. META charts the path to doubling your learning potential. THE DOMESTIC. DOM is where you learn the building blocks of cooking. These are the ABCs (techniques) that can take you from Dr, Seuss to Shakespeare....
Once your VMware tools are installed, you will want to launch the vmware toolbox utility, which must be running if you want copy and paste to work. Go to your command line, and run the following command: When you see this window pop up, you should be able to copy and paste I usually just send the window to another desktop so it doesn’t interfere with what I’m doing. Now you can copy and paste!...
Hexadecimal. The stuff inside your computer. But what is hexadecimal really? What do the strange and unfamiliar looking hexadecimal numbers stand for? How did hexadecimal come about? Learn more about hexadecimal today. What Is hexadecimal? The hexadecimal numbering system uses sixteen symbols (0 to 9 and A to F) to form and represent any number. The hexadecimal system is used inside computer and calculators. Hexadecimal is often abbreviated to hex and hex comes from the word hexagon, i....
Once a week we round up some of the great tips readers have sent into the tip box. This week we’re looking at how to enable the NumLock by default, stripping ads from iOS apps, and turning Christmas lights into audio-responsive party lights. Enable the NumLock Key On Boot Via Registry Hack Parthiv writes in with a handy little registry hack to enable the NumLock key on boot: I’d been Googling around for years, ever since I was still on Windows XP, for a way to get my keyboard to turn on the NumLock key by default....
Once a week we round up some reader tips and share them with the greater How-To Geek audience. This week we’re looking at speedy file renaming in Windows 7, fast access to bookmarks in Android, and a neat GPS-based todo list. Rename Files Sequentially and Quickly in Windows 7 Christoph writes in with following renaming tip: That is a handy trick, Cristoph, thanks for sharing! Add Android Bookmarks to Your Home Screen for Fast Access Mark writes in with the following Android tip:...
If you’re convinced your ink cartridge has more ink to share than it is willing to give up, you’re right. Read on to see how How-To Geek reader Max squeezes extra life out of his cartridges with plain old water. Max wrote in with his simple solution. He wasn’t as interested in refilling his cartridges as he was in getting all the ink out of them. Here’s his detailed guide to getting nearly every drop of ink out of your high-priced ink cartridge:...
When is Galaxy Unpacked? The next Galaxy Unpacked event will take place on August 10, 2022 at 9 AM Eastern Time, or 6 AM Pacific Time (more time zones). Samsung didn’t mention how long it will last, but the Unpacked event back in February for the Galaxy S22 series was over in an hour. Unlike most of Apple and Google’s events, there aren’t multiple keynotes or panels happening later to stick around for — just the single presentation....
Moving to “as code” for everything connected to your project helps you maintain consistency, track changes over time, and automate your processes. An effective implementation should let you ship reliable software more efficiently. In this article, we’ll explore some of the specific ways in which treating non-code as code improves the software development experience. We’ll also cover some of the things to watch out for as you move to an everything as code approach....
Docker makes spinning up containers a breeze. But how do you know if a container pulled from Docker Hub contains backdoors or malware? Docker’s Verified Publisher initiative addresses that very concern. Popularity Makes You a Target Cybercriminals like nothing more than easy routes to victims’ machines and, needless to say, the more the merrier. If a product or platform becomes hugely popular, you can bet that it catches the attention of the threat actors who will try to leverage that success to their advantage....
If you’re using Discord for voice communication, you may find that you need to tweak the audio bitrate to improve the quality of your calls. You can do this in Discord’s settings menu—here’s how. Change Audio Bitrate in Discord on Windows or Mac If you’re using the Discord web player or the desktop app on your Windows 10 PC or Mac, you can change the audio bitrate by hovering over the voice channel name in the channel list for your server....
We’ve already shown you some great ways to get your keyboard clean. For geeks that aren’t faint of heart, check out how to make your keyboard dishwasher safe and clean it with half the work and in half the time. Keyboards can be, and often are, literally dirtier than toilets. But taking off keys and swabbing with alcohol can really be time consuming and painstaking work, where making a keyboard dishwasher safe is a simple ten or fifteen minute job....
The cat command is very useful in Linux. It has three main functions related to manipulating text files: creating them, displaying them, and combining them. RELATED: How to Quickly Create a Text File Using the Command Line in Linux We’ve discussed using the cat command (among others) to create and view text files on the command line in Linux. But let’s assume you have three text files: file1.txt, file2.txt, and file3....
You may have seen instructions that tell you to “uncomment” or “comment out” lines in a configuration or source code file. This is a simple process, but may not be self-explanatory to people that don’t understand the file’s structure. The interpreter ignores lines marked as comments, which are only to aid humans in understanding the file. Because of this, comments can be used to disable or enable configuration options in configuration files....
Have you ever wondered how the “Most Visited” bookmarks folder included with Firefox works? It’s not just a special-cased folder – it takes advantage of the Places database introduced in Firefox 3, and you can create your own smart bookmarks. Firefox’s Places system stores your bookmarks and history in an SQLite database. Firefox includes a powerful query: syntax for working this this database, but this feature is all but hidden by default....
Recently we explained what RSS Feeds are and how you can benefit from them, and today we are back to show you how you can get all your RSS Feeds displaying on your desktop. Read on to find out how. Getting RSS Feeds on Your Desktop The first thing you need to do is grab a copy of Adobe Air. Once downloaded, double-click on the exe file to get it installed....
Everyone who uses Google services knows that Google has copies of your data—your search history, Gmail, YouTube history, and so much more. But did you know you can also download a copy of this data for yourself? Yep, and it’s stupid easy. RELATED: How to Opt Out of Personalized Ads from Google The product, called Google Takeout, has actually been around for a few years now, but it’s surprising how many people still don’t know about it....
Editing the Windows context menu can be done manually by hacking away at the Registry, but you may not be ready to dig in there just yet, in that case read on to see how you can get the registry keys generated for you. Creating Your Own Context Menu Items Head over to the Win7 Utilities website and grab a copy of the portable version of Your Menu. Once downloaded fire up the application and give your menu a name....
If you’d like to know your hard drive’s serial number for warranty or other purposes, there are a couple of ways to check this number in Windows 10. We’ll show you both graphical and command-line methods to do this. Know that both methods outlined below work for multiple drives, too, in case you use more than one hard drive with your PC. The Easy Way: Use a Graphical Method We recommend using Seagate’s free Drive Detect tool to check your hard drive’s serial number graphically....
