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Why are Some Netflix “Watch Instantly” Titles Only Available Until a Certain Date

Internet Usage

You may wonder why you cannot just bookmark a movie or TV show and watch it at your leisure, which seems to be the very point of these new services.…

Add a Self-Timer to Your iPhone Camera with FotoTimer

Mobile

Like the self-timer on your digital camera, FotoTimer gives your iPhone the ability to set a timer to delay your photo from being taken until you are ready (2, 5,…

How to Insert a Link Into an E-mail

Internet Usage

Visual instructions for inserting hyperlinks into e-mails with a variety of clients. Apple Mail To put a link into an Apple Mail message, highlight the text you wish to link,…

How to Open .7z Files

Windows

.7z files are compressed archive files similar to zip files. They originate from the Windows archiving software 7-zip, and can be opened by both 7-Zip and a variety of third…

How to Open a .WPS File

Office Productivity

A .WPS file is a word processing document that was composed with Microsoft Works. Microsoft Works is the baby brother of Microsoft Office — it has the same sort of…

How to Make Curved Text in Word 2003

Office Productivity

You can make curved text in a Word Document by using the Word Art drawing tool. This article shows the process of making curved text in Word 2003, but the…

How to Make Curved Text in Photoshop

Office Productivity

Photoshop has a “Text Warp” tool that can take care of curving your text. The Text Warp tool can also do arcs, bulges, shell shapes, flags, waves, fish, squeezing, twisting,…

How to Empty the Trash in OS X

Mac OS X

Yes, this is an article about how to empty the trash in OS X. Sometime in 2008, someone on Reddit complained that this site’s articles were too simple, and jokingly…

Change the Sound Output Device in Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Switching back and forth between sound outputs in OS X is really easy. For example, you can have a Mac Pro with speakers plugged in the back and headphones jacked…

Record Streaming Internet Audio with Audacity

Internet Usage

Windows and Linux users: You can record streaming Internet audio with everyone’s favorite free open-source audio editing software: Audacity. Audacity is available free of charge, and can be used to…

How to Batch Resize Images with IrfanView

Photography

IrfanView is a free downloaded the can be used to resize a large collection of images very quickly. Last week, we taught you how to batch convert images between formats…

Read Text from a Scanned Document into Word with OCR

Office Productivity

There are a number of OCR products on the market, but don’t go for your wallet just yet. If you own Microsoft Office, you already own software capable of Optical…

Batch Convert Images Between Formats with Image Magick

Office Productivity

Image Magick is a command line utility for converting, editing, and composing images. Image Magick can convert your JPEGs in minutes, probably even seconds. Let’s say you have a folder…

How to Set Up Gmail Over IMAP with Apple Mail

Office Productivity

Google rolled out free IMAP support on October 24th, 2007, allowing even more GMail fans to check their e-mail with desktop e-mail clients. If you are interested in finding out…

E-mail Explained: The Difference Between IMAP and POP

Office Productivity

While IMAP and POP are both methods of checking e-mail, they are very different from each other. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, and your decision between the two will…

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