Posts Tagged ‘Tips And Tricks’

Speed Tricks: Launching Programs Quickly With Windows’ Run Command

You may not know this if you haven't used Windows XP (or earlier) in a while, but all Windows versions have a killer feature that lets you launch applications quickly without having to install memory-eating launcher apps.

November 3rd, 2009
Speed Tricks: Launching Programs Quickly With Windows’ Run Command

7 Ways to Download Free Independent Music

If you consider your music tastes a little more adventurous than FM radio, you probably already know that the internet is a gold mine for good yet rather unknown music. It has allowed independent bands to flourish and often, they're more than happy to put out some free MP3's to get the word out about their songs.

November 2nd, 2009
7 Ways to Download Free Independent Music

How to Stop Google, Yahoo & Bing from Tracking Your Clicks

In 2008, Google said there's no such thing as complete privacy. You're being tracked all over the web by their AdSense ads, by sites that use Google Analytics and - probably the most important - their search engine. But Google Search isn't the only search engine that tracks your behavior.

October 21st, 2009
How to Stop Google, Yahoo & Bing from Tracking Your Clicks

WrapUp: SearchTabs Enhances Your Google Results, Find Source Images for Desktop Wallpapers, and More

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

October 15th, 2009
WrapUp: SearchTabs Enhances Your Google Results, Find Source Images for Desktop Wallpapers, and More

How to Make Facebook Worth Your Time Again

If Simon was a color, he'd be green. When Amanda reincarnates, she'll be a dog. If Max was a Friends character, he'd be Ross. If this sounds familiar, chances are that your Facebook home page is filled with random quiz results from your friends. While these apps may entertain some people, for most of us it is one of the major reasons to leave the quiz-flooded Facebook.

October 7th, 2009
How to Make Facebook Worth Your Time Again

WrapUp: GIMP’s Single-Window Mode, New Phoenix BIOS Boots PC in Seconds, and More

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

September 28th, 2009
WrapUp: GIMP’s Single-Window Mode, New Phoenix BIOS Boots PC in Seconds, and More

WrapUp: Free Software Foundation Trashes Windows 7, Tabs in Microsoft Office, and More

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.

August 31st, 2009
WrapUp: Free Software Foundation Trashes Windows 7, Tabs in Microsoft Office, and More

CyberNotes: Auto-hide any Firefox Toolbar

Having toolbars in a browser can be both frustrating and convenient. On one hand they can often cram a lot of useful functionality into a small area, but on the other hand they eat up precious space that could be used for viewing websites. After all, we know what your browser can look like when you've installed a few too many toolbars.

November 12th, 2008
CyberNotes: Auto-hide any Firefox Toolbar

Helpful Tip: Drag and Drop Using Exposé

Seeing that Ashley and I are still relatively new to the Mac world we are still finding some little gems that demonstrate Apple's eye for detail. A fine example of this is something I saw on the help page Apple developed to explain what Exposé is. It was there that I found out you can drag and drop files from one window to another using Exposé:

October 21st, 2008
Helpful Tip: Drag and Drop Using Exposé

Convert & Extract Audio from Videos

There have been a few times where I've wanted to extract audio from video files, but it's not always easy to find a free tool that can successfully do that. I highly recommend grabbing the free Pazera app if you ever find yourself in a similar situation. To make it even more useful the program also doubles as an audio conversion utility.

September 26th, 2008
Convert & Extract Audio from Videos