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07 May 2013
How-Tos: How to share files on Android over a network

Send and receive files over a network between your Android smartphone or tablet and PC.
06 May 2013
How-Tos: How to Add Video, Images to Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn's newest feature lets you showcase your professional achievements by uploading presentations, documents, images and video to your profile. Here are step-by-step instructions for improving your LinkedIn brand.
How-Tos: Boot into Media Center on Windows 8

Here's how to make your Windows 8 PC or laptop boot directly into Media Center.
How-Tos: Where are recently opened documents in Windows 8?

We explain how to find recently used documents when using Windows 8.
How-Tos: Print multiple images per sheet on Windows 8

Here's how to print several images on one sheet, using Windows 8.
03 May 2013
How-Tos: My top five TextExpander snippets

My favorite TextExpander snippets
How-Tos: How to use Windows libraries

Windows libraries are great for bringing together related files from different folder - or even different PCs. We explain how to use this underused and undervalued feature in Windows 7 and 8.
02 May 2013
How-Tos: Use Net Uptime Monitor to help diagnose Internet problems

As I documented last week, I've been having intermittent problems with my Internet connection. Just when I thought I'd solved it, I woke up this morning to yet another massive slowdown.
How-Tos: How to draw a coat of arms

When tracing your family history you might find one of your ancestors was entitled to bear arms. Here's how to draw a coat of arms.
01 May 2013
How-Tos: How to use SteganPEG to hide documents in images

If you want to keep certain documents private, or share them with a friend without using encryption, what you need is SteganPEG. This free steganography tool lets you hide documents - or just about any file - in a JPEG image. Here's how to do it.
How-Tos: Automator workflow of the month: Quick media manipulation

Much as we depend on text, a lot of us deal with images, audio files, and movies as part of our workaday world. And it's not unusual that when working with such files you need to perform a minor tweak--rotate a picture, convert a music track to something that better harmonizes with iTunes and your iPod, or trim a movie that won't fit through an email gateway. All these tasks are possible, but it's a bother to launch an application, import the media, and do the deed for such seemingly minor tweaks. Thanks to Automator, you needn't. All this and more can be performed in the Finder. Let's see how.
29 April 2013
How-Tos: How to change your PC name in Windows

A step by step guide on how to rename your Windows PC, laptop or tablet.
27 April 2013
How-Tos: How to test-drive Office 2013 free for six months

Back in November, I told you how to get a 60-day trial of the then-new Microsoft Office 2013. That offer is still good, although it does require you to register with TechNet.
26 April 2013
How-Tos: How to make Windows 8 Modern UI look good on a large display

Windows 8's Modern UI can look great, but those live tiles can be a little too big on a large monitor. Here's how to make Windows 8 look good on a big monitor.
25 April 2013
How-Tos: How to Recover From a Twitter Hack

Do you know what to do if your Twitter account is hacked? Here are four steps to take to regain control of your account and ensure it doesn't happen again.
How-Tos: How to wipe a Mac: erase your Mac's hard drive

We explain how to wipe a Mac's hard drive, and then reinstall OS X.
How-Tos: USB drive has changed from FAT32 to RAW: how to get files back

What do you do when you can no longer access files on a USB flash drive? Our Helproom Editor explains how to recover files from a drive that has been reformatted from FAT32 to RAW.
24 April 2013
How-Tos: How to transfer Sticky Notes to a different PC

Sticky Notes can be a really useful program. But what happens to all your useful Notes when you upgrade your PC or laptop? Here's how to take your Sticky Notes with you wherever you go.
How-Tos: Unable to create bootable Windows 8 installation USB stick

Trying to create a Windows 8 bootable disk using the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool? It should work with Windows 8, but if it isn't working our Helproom Editor can help.
23 April 2013
How-Tos: 6 Big Data Analytics Use Cases for Healthcare IT

Making use of the petabytes of patient data that healthcare organizations possess requires extracting it from legacy systems, normalizing it and then building applications that can make sense of it. That's a tall order, but the facilities that pull it off can learn a lot.

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