See if you can run a game you want on your system-Here's how!

                   Click Below--Follow Instructions-Easy

Easy way to take a screenshot of your webpage view

You don't need a special program to make it happen:   Here's how:

Need to show something computer-related to a distant friend or family member? Want to capture an error code for tech support? A screenshot is the solution.
As the name implies, it creates an image of your screen. And it isn't hard to do.
The easiest way to do this is with keyboard shortcuts. In Windows, just hit the Print Screen button on the keyboard (sometimes this is abbreviated as Prnt Scrn or in other ways). This saves the entire screen to the Windows clipboard. You can then paste it into an email or a graphics program.
On a Mac, Command + Shift + 3 takes a screenshot of the entire screen and saves it to the desktop. Command + Shift + 4 does the same thing, but you can select what area of the screen is captured.
Of course, sometimes you need a bit more control. Or perhaps you want to annotate the screenshot for the person receiving it.
In Windows Vista and up, go to Start>>All Programs>>Accessories and select the Snipping Tool. Click the upside-down triangle next to the New button to select Rectangular Snip. Then click and drag the red box over what you want to capture.
This will save a file you can edit, or you can paste the image right into an email.

Scanners? the quick way to do it!

Android’s integrated camera app doesn’t have any OCR capabilities. You could snap a photo of your document with the camera app and call it a day, but if you want to store that document as a PDF and perform OCR on it so you can search and understand its content, you’ll want to use a specialized app.
Google Drive is one such app that’s made by Google. It has integrated document-scanning and OCR capabilities. Snap a photo of a document and a PDF copy of the document will be saved to Google Drive. It will also use the power of Google’s servers to perform OCR on the documents, making it searchable in your Drive.
To do this, open the Drive app on your phone, open its menu, and tap Add New. Tap the Scan option in the list to scan and upload a document. Note that you could also add the Drive widget to your home screen and tap the camera icon on it to quickly open the Scan interface — this is useful if you frequently want to scan documents.

You’ll now see the scanner interface. Point your camera at a document and tap the button to scan it into Google Drive.

The great thing about this sort of app is that it’s not just a photo — Drive will extract the document part from the rest of the photo so it can be saved separately as a PDF file. You’re free to rotate and crop the document before saving it to your Drive.

Evernote

If you already depend on Evernote to organize your brain, you’ll be happy to hear that Evernote has this feature integrated. It can snap a scan of a document with your phone and save it as a PDF to your Evernote account, where you can access it from anywhere. Evernote’s OCR features will allow you to search through such scanned documents.
From within a note, tap the plus-sign button and select Page Camera.

Just center a page in the frame and tap the button to scan it. The nice thing about Evernote’s interface is that it makes it easy to scan multiple documents and attach them to a single note without ever leaving the scanner interface, while Drive is focused on saving each document as a PDF file with a separate save process.






Courtesy HTG

Check if a website is up or down...here's how

"Is It Down Right Now" monitors the status of your favorite web sites and checks whether they are down or not. Check a website status easily by using the below test tool. Just enter the url and a fresh site status test will be perfomed on the domain name in real time using our online website checker tool. For detailed information, check response time graph and user comments.

 Click on the image and it'll take you there to check...you can also add a bookmarklet to your toolbar to have it available whenever you need it!  Very handy...

How to hide Labels in Gmail that you don't want to see (IE Spam etc)

• Click the label you want to hide.
• Hold the mouse button while dragging the label to the More link beneath the list of visible labels.
  • The list may expand and More turn into Less as you do.
• Release the mouse button.

Gmail can also hide labels that do not contain unread messages automatically.
To make a hidden label visible in Gmail:

• Click More below the labels list.
• Now click the desired label, holding down the mouse button.
• Drag the label to the Inbox link under Compose Mail.
• Let go of the mouse button.

Hide Preset Gmail Labels Such as Starred, Drafts, Sent, Trash or Spam

To hide system labels in Gmail:

• Click more under the list of labels in your Gmail Inbox.
• Now click Manage labels.
• Click hide for any label (except Inbox) you do not want to be visible all the time.

Try a new hat-Fedora 18 Linux distribution is out...amazing

Get the .ISO HERE

Get LIVE USB creator HERE

Have at least a 4GB USB stick to install and run the Live Installer and give it a whirl

Read the "how to" on each of these pages if you are in doubt how to get it going but
you will be hooked on Linux after this.....

Tweaking with your custom Android rom

I recommend you get the Trickster Mod app from the Play Store....of course you have to
have a rooted Android phone....but this app will tweak both CPU's ..unlike most other tuners which only do one....plus many other awesome features...the ONLY one you will need!

Great app....get it HERE

Your Music- Your Way

iTunes can’t sync your music library to an Android device, and Google doesn’t offer an iTunes-style desktop app. However, there are several ways you can easily transfer your music collection to your Android smartphone or tablet.
Google’s Music Manager application even integrates with your iTunes music library, automatically copying your music to the cloud so you can stream it from anywhere and easily download it to your Android devices.

Upload Your Music to Google Play Music

Google Play Music is Google’s “music locker”-type service — like Apple’s iCloud. Google provides a desktop application known as Google Music Manager that can be installed on Windows, Mac, and even Linux. Google Music Manager scans your computer for music and uploads it to your  Play Music account. The application also functions similarly to iTunes Match — if it finds songs it knows about on your hard drive, it will automatically “match” the songs with its own copies in Google Music, saving you bandwidth and time by avoiding uploads. If it finds music it doesn’t know about it, it will upload your copies.
In addition to watching folders, Google Music Manager can also watch your iTunes or Windows Media Player library and automatically match and upload your music. (Music files with DRM are not supported.)
Note that Google Play Music is only available in certain countries. You can have up to 20,000 individual songs in your Play Music account.
To get started, install the Google Music Manager application on your computer. Tell it where you store your music — either in iTunes, Windows Media Player, or custom folders. It will automatically scan the locations and upload the music to your Google account. The Music Manager application starts automatically in the background and remains running, automatically uploading new music to your account.

Once it’s uploaded, you’ll find your music in the Play Music app that comes installed on many Android devices. If it’s not on your device, you can install it from the Play Store. You can stream your entire music collection from anywhere, assuming you have data or Wi-Fi access. Tap the header at the top of the screen to switch between All Music and On Device.

To store music offline so you can play it without connecting to Wi-Fi or using any precious data, long-press an album or song and select Keep on Device. Android will download a copy or your music, allowing you to play it anywhere. You can put music on your device and even listen to your entire music library when you have an Internet connection — no messing with cables or transferring music back and forth required.

Uploaded music is also available at Google Play Music on the web, where you can stream it from anywhere. If you want to download your music, you can use the Download my library button in Google Music Manager.

Copy Music Files Over Manually

While the above method is Google’s preferred method of putting music on your Android device, you can still do it the old-fashioned way. Connect your Android to your computer using a USB cable. Use Windows Explorer to copy your music files to the Music folder on your device.
You can also use the excellent AirDroid to copy songs and other files over Wi-Fi without even connecting your phone to your computer.

You can then play music on your Android device. The included Play Music music player will pick up music you’ve copied over manually, as will a wide variety of third-party music player apps.

Use Other Music Services

There are many other music services you could choose to use instead. You could store your music in Amazon Cloud Player and use the official Amazon MP3 app to play it on your device. You could subscribe to a music service like Spotify or Rdio for access to millions of streaming songs and the ability to download anything to listen to offline. You could use a streaming app like Pandora or TuneIn Radio to listen to music anywhere you have an Internet connection.
You could even use a third-party desktop app like SnapPea or Synx to sync your desktop music collection to your Android device, if you’d like an iTunes-like desktop syncing experience.

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Android may not have iTunes, but iTunes is a clunky desktop application that many iPhone users who use Windows don’t like, anyway. The future is wireless.

Courtesty HTG

Windows Blue.....boot options revamped

This is interesting. "Microsoft is planning to change the way its Start Screen operates with the release of Windows 8.1. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed to The Verge that the company is currently testing builds of Windows 8.1, known as codename Windows Blue, that include an option to boot directly to the traditional desktop. We're told that the option is disabled by default, allowing users to simply turn on the functionality should they want to avoid the 'Metro' Start Screen at initial boot or login." This won't disable Metro; the hot corners, task switching, and everything else that makes up Metro is still there. All this does is load up the classic desktop as the first application upon boot. Update: The Start button might be returning too.

Microsoft's change of heart follows criticisms of its approach to Windows 8 for traditional desktop PCs with keyboard and mouse usage. Accessory makers have attempted to ease the situation, but Microsoft has faced pressure from businesses and desktop users for options to suppress the Start Screen or bring back the traditional Start Menu and Start button UI. Third-party tools to revive the Start button have proved popular, but it's highly unlikely that Microsoft will opt to bring the Start Menu back to life itself. We're told that the boot to desktop option is simply designed to appease desktop users who wish to avoid the Start Screen environment.

Calendar Sync problems on your Android....

All of a sudden your reminders are GONE!

Happens ...

here's how to fix....

On most Android devices, the Calendar app is automatically synced with the Google Calendar server, and vice versa. If you experience problems with sync, these troubleshooting steps may help:

Check your network connection

The Calendar app needs an active data connection (mobile network or Wi-Fi) to sustain auto-sync.

• Make sure your device is not in Airplane mode.
• Make sure your device has a working signal.
• Verify that your device can get online (try going to a website in Browser).

Make sure Auto-sync is enabled

1. Press your device's < Home > button, then press < Menu >.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Accounts & sync.
4. Make sure the checkbox for Auto-sync is checked.

Turn sync off and on

1. Press your device's < Home > button, then press < Menu >.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Accounts & sync.
4. Select the account with sync problems.
5. Uncheck the box next to Sync Calendar to disable Calendar sync. Then check the box to re-enable Calendar sync.
   Note: If the box next to Sync Calendar was unchecked, simply check the box to re-enable Calendar sync.

After completing these steps, wait for auto-sync to resume (this may take several minutes).

Spring Cleaning anyone? How 'bout your Android Phone....dust bunnies look out!

Clean Master is an all-in-one cleaner app on android for cleaning app cache , unused files, residual files, search history and uninstalling apps. With this apps user can also Kill running Tasks and releases more RAM to boost your phone performance and save battery life without granting superuser permission.

Giddy Up and Go Get It over at the Play Store