Tutorials

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  How-to: Get started with MySQL

  An easy step-by-step guide to setting up a MySQL database server, along with phpMyAdmin, on Fedora, CentOS, or Ubuntu

  By Paul Venezia | 15 November, 2012 11:13

  Tags: Database Administration, applications, mysql, software, open source software, Facebook, Data management

• Internet Explorer 9: A getting started guide

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.

  By Ian Paul | 16 March, 2011 01:32

  Tags: applications, Google, Microsoft, browsers, software, microsoft internet explorer

• Enable iTunes Home Sharing in iOS 4.3

  The next major iOS update is slated to be released this Friday, March 11, alongside the ultra-hyped iPad 2. One of the key features is a little something called iTunes Home Sharing, which allows users to stream music, podcasts, movies and more from PC to iOS device.

  By Mike Keller | 09 March, 2011 04:54

  Tags: Apple, applications, software, iTunes

• Digitize your movies

  Analog movies can be the easiest--or the hardest--medium to digitize, depending on the format you're working with. While older camcorder and video formats such as 8mm and Hi8 or VHS and Betamax tapes are easy to transfer, digitizing film can be difficult at best.

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 03 March, 2011 02:00

  Tags: applications, video capture, software, video, media

• Stop Facebook from cluttering your inbox

  There's a fine line between awesome and annoying. Take Facebook: Most of the time, it's great, but a few things about the service drive me crazy.

  By Rick Broida | 02 February, 2011 04:02

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, applications, e-mail, software, social networks, social media, internet, Facebook

• Upload and view videos in Google Docs

  Google Docs is becoming a more robust cloud-based productivity suite, and the addition of uploading, storing and viewing videos is a boon for sharing corporate presentations and the like. It's also a slick way to skirt your company's firewall on streaming video sites such as YouTube.

  By Brennon Slattery | 12 January, 2011 09:06

  Tags: Productivity Apps, Google Docs, applications, document management, Google, software, video

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  Quick tips for speeding up Mozilla Firefox

  Read on if you've ever been frustrated by slow performance in Firefox.

  By Rick Broida | 15 December, 2010 06:51

  Tags: Browsers & Add-Ons, Firefox, applications, software tips, browsers, software, mozilla

• Delete iPad documents in iTunes

  If you're an iPad user, you may have discovered a rather strange quirk in iTunes. Although the program makes it blissfully easy to add documents to certain apps by way of its File Sharing feature, there appears to be no way to delete those documents.

  By Rick Broida | 22 September, 2010 01:58

  Tags: Apple, applications, document management, tablets, software, iTunes

• Top 5 free Google Apps add-ons for business

  Google launched its Apps Marketplace back in March, effectively inviting companies to create business software for the cloud that would sit alongside the standard set of Google Apps.

  By Keir Thomas | 25 November, 2010 05:48

  Tags: applications, apps, Google, productivity, software, cloud computing, internet

• Firesheep, Blacksheep, and protecting your Wi-Fi data

  Despite the convenience, free public Wi-Fi networks like those found in hotels, Starbucks, and McDonald's are also a serious risk when it comes to your data and personal information.

  By Tony Bradley | 11 November, 2010 07:42

  Tags: Firefox, applications, browser security, security, mobile security, software, encryption, data protection, wireless security

• Windows 7: 10 Cool Keyboard Shortcuts

  Keyboard shortcuts are wonderful time-savers but many of us are either too accustomed to the mouse or too lazy to get beyond Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.

  By Shane O'Neill | 21 September, 2010 05:27

  Tags: taskbar, applications, Microsoft, Windows, Word, keyboard shortcuts, Windows 7, software, operating systems

• Viral video: A DIY guide

  Now that YouTube officially supports 15-minute videos, Andy Warhol's dictum that we'd all be famous for 15 minutes has proven more than a little prescient. Viral video is nothing to scoff at. There's more than just page-view bragging rights at stake--there's real money to be made. (Get popular enough, and YouTube will cut you in on ad revenue.)

  By Christopher Null | 18 September, 2010 10:30

  Tags: memes, consumer electronics, applications, Digital camcorders, software, digital video, camcorders, video, youtube

• 8 killer Safari 5.01 extensions

  Apple's new Safari extension gallery looks a lot like the iOS App Store, populated with colorful icons that hold strange and wonderful things. In case browsing the 100 extensions Apple offers for Safari 5.01 is too much effort, here are eight good ones to get you started:

  By Jared Newman | 29 July, 2010 08:15

  Tags: Browsers & Add-Ons, Apple, applications, browsers, software, safari

• Stop frustrating pauses in YouTube videos

  In response to some recent posts about YouTube, reader Miles wrote me to ask about YouTube "buffeting" (I think he means buffering, unless YouTube has started generating strong winds in his area).

  By Rick Broida | 15 July, 2010 08:10

  Tags: Photo / video, applications, Utilities, software, video, youtube

• Install the latest Firefox 3.6.6 in Ubuntu Linux

  Firefox 3.6.6 with crash protection is now available, and according to Mozilla it "provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins.

  By Brent W. Hopkins | 30 June, 2010 09:42

  Tags: unix, Linux, applications, browsers, software, Installation, non-Windows, operating systems, ubuntu, mozilla, Firefox, web browsers