Another month has come and gone here at How-To Geek. Now we take a moment to look back at the ten hottest articles for August.
Note: Articles are listed as #10 through #1.
Ask the Readers: What Desktop Music Player Do You Use?
We all love to listen to music on our computers whether at work or at home. This week we want to know which desktop music player you use for listening to music.
Jailbreak Your iPhone or iPod Touch with iOS 4 the Easy Way
In case you haven’t heard the news over the past couple of days, there is now an incredibly easy way to jailbreak your iPod Touch or iPhone running iOS 4. Here we will take a look at how easy the process is.
Add Extra Streaming Television Services to Windows 7 Media Center
Windows 7 Media Center is a great tool for watching live and streaming TV, but what if the included Internet TV isn’t enough? Today we look at the TunerFree MCE plugin to add more streaming choices.
Desktop Fun: Halo Customization Set
Do you love playing Halo? Then we have a great collection of wallpapers, icon packs, and fonts that you can use to customize your desktop.
10 Great Skins That Make VLC Media Player Look Awesome
VLC media player is terrific for playing all kinds of media files on your system but you may not care for the native look. We have a great collection of skins to help get you started on removing the “blah factor” and make VLC a lot more fun to look at.
How to Enable Ctrl+V for Pasting in the Windows Command Prompt
One of the more irritating problems with the Windows command prompt is that you can’t paste anything into the window using the keyboard easily—it requires using the mouse. Here’s how to fix that problem.
Other Ways to Use Your PC When Your Internet Dies
Nothing is more annoying than getting your Internet connection shut down, due to weather, or perhaps forgetting to pay your bill. Let’s take a look at some ways you can be productive and entertained without the Internet.
Checklist Guide for Reinstalling Windows
Do you need to reinstall Windows on your computer? Here’s a checklist of the things you should do before you make the leap and reinstall.
Complete Guide to Breathing New Life Into Your Old PC or Laptop
Do you have an older PC or laptop laying around just collecting dust and not sure what to do with it? You could sell it, but not get much for it. Here we bring you a guide on how to bring it back to life.
Complete Guide to Maximizing Your Android Phone’s Battery Life
You’re no doubt reading this article because you’ve got a shiny new Android phone, but there’s just one problem: you’re so addicted that the battery runs out on a daily basis. Instead of putting the phone down, let’s maximize the battery life.
Appolicious - Google may be snapping up a bunch of social and mobile gaming companies, but there are several others out there that are still doing their own thing. Scoreloop is one such company, expanding its Android reach with a new app and an updated Social Developer Kit. Good thing, as Android’s gaming options are still very pretty thin when compared to the iPhone’s.
Apple announced it will livestream Wednesday's music event. This is good for Apple, good for Apple fans, and good, maybe, for livebloggers.
Apple - Livestream - Macintosh - IPhone - Steve Jobs
Marketcircle has just launched its latest business app for Mac and iOS devices. Billings Pro builds on the award-winning Billings 3 for Mac and Billings Touch for iPhone applications to provide a multi-user time tracking and invoicing system for small businesses.
Appolicious - Google may be snapping up a bunch of social and mobile gaming companies, but there are several others out there that are still doing their own thing. Scoreloop is one such company, expanding its Android reach with a new app and an updated Social Developer Kit. Good thing, as Android’s gaming options are still very pretty thin when compared to the iPhone’s.
Appolicious - Google may be snapping up a bunch of social and mobile gaming companies, but there are several others out there that are still doing their own thing. Scoreloop is one such company, expanding its Android reach with a new app and an updated Social Developer Kit. Good thing, as Android’s gaming options are still very pretty thin when compared to the iPhone’s.
Morris Bailey and Dennis Gomes are paying $35 million for Resorts Atlantic City, at a time when gambling revenue is declining and customers are being siphoned off to Pennsylvania venues.
Apple is holding an invite-only press event Wednesday, September 1, in San Francisco. Above, a snip from the invitation that went out to journalists. If only we had some clue what this is all about? Look at that guitar. Just look at it. It's trying to tell us something. What does it mean? Anyway, Boing Boing will be represented, and we'll be providing some sort of live color commentary from the goat rodeo. Apple is live-streaming this one, for the first time in many years, too—so you can watch along from wherever you are at apple.com. As long as you aren't using a Windows box or an Android phone: "Viewing requires either a Mac running Safari on Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard, an iPhone or iPod touch running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad." Do join us in the morning. I'll be there in person, and Rob will no doubt be lending his acerbic wit and gadget-savvy to make our coverage worth tuning in to....
Appolicious - Google may be snapping up a bunch of social and mobile gaming companies, but there are several others out there that are still doing their own thing. Scoreloop is one such company, expanding its Android reach with a new app and an updated Social Developer Kit. Good thing, as Android’s gaming options are still very pretty thin when compared to the iPhone’s.
Amazon planning subscription video service to challenge Netflix and Hulu? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Late tips this evening suggest Sony could temporarily upstage Apple's special event tomorrow with the long-awaited launch of its own media subscription service. Sony's pre-IFA keynote tomorrow morning is believed to be kicking off a music and video subscription service that would start first on the PS3 and PSP but spread to all Sony devices, including its home theater line, PCs, Sony Ericsson phones and Walkman players. The Financial Times sources claimed would be just an early preview and that the plan would go live only in 2011, once content deals had been lined u...
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Apple has managed to line up two major TV networks for its 99-cent iTunes TV rentals ahead of tomorrow's event, a late leak may have confirmed this evening. Previously undecided Fox as well as ABC have reportedly agreed to offer at least some of their shows. The WSJ sources warned that Fox might only offer rentals for a short time as a trial balloon and that it wouldn't include shows where rights aren't uniformly in its favor, like American Idol....
ITunes Store - Television - Arts - Apple - IPhone
Appolicious - Google may be snapping up a bunch of social and mobile gaming companies, but there are several others out there that are still doing their own thing. Scoreloop is one such company, expanding its Android reach with a new app and an updated Social Developer Kit. Good thing, as Android’s gaming options are still very pretty thin when compared to the iPhone’s.
Appolicious - Google may be snapping up a bunch of social and mobile gaming companies, but there are several others out there that are still doing their own thing. Scoreloop is one such company, expanding its Android reach with a new app and an updated Social Developer Kit. Good thing, as Android’s gaming options are still very pretty thin when compared to the iPhone’s.
Neat little update for Pogoplug owners today: the latest firmware update adds printing support, allowing iPhones, Android devices, and anything else that can hit the diminutive home server's web interface to print files. Any HP or Epson printer from 2005 or later is supported over USB -- network printers just need to be on the same network -- and the firmware is rolling out now. Pogoplug is also shipping that 802.11 b/g/n wireless adapter it announced earlier this month today, as well as the more enterprise-focused Pogoplug Biz. We're also told the new firmware will enable some other features, but there's no breakdown yet -- we'll let you know when we find out. PR after the break.Continue reading Pogoplug adds printing support, wireless adapter and Biz start shippingPogoplug adds printing support, wireless adapter and Biz start shipping originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | |Email this|Comments
Appolicious - Google may be snapping up a bunch of social and mobile gaming companies, but there are several others out there that are still doing their own thing. Scoreloop is one such company, expanding its Android reach with a new app and an updated Social Developer Kit. Good thing, as Android’s gaming options are still very pretty thin when compared to the iPhone’s.
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According to a Mexican telco exec, Apple will release an iPhone 4 with an upgrade to its problematic antenna after its "free case" giveaway ends on September 30.…
Hey, do you hate reading? Well, finally Apple is feeling your pain. Tomorrow at 10AM PT, Apple will stream its fall event directly to your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod as it unfolds. Of course, if you're a Windows user or you're wielding some kind of satanic Android device, you'll be out of luck apparently. Unless we're misreading this line: "Viewing requires either a Mac running Safari on Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard, an iPhone or iPod touch running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad."
At any rate, you can tune to the livestream at apple.com, or if you really care about an untainted and supremely intelligent take on the proceedings, you'll follow along with our liveblog right here.
Apple to livestream its fall event originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Amazon is planning to expand its Video On Demand service into a flat-rate, unlimited service, insiders said this evening [sub. required]. The plan pitched to NBC, Time Warner, Viacom and other studios would provide unmetered access to at least "some" movies and TV shows, according to Wall Street Journal contacts. The service would work over both the web and at least existing devices, such as TiVo DVRs and the Xbox 360....
Apple - IPhone - Business - iPod - Microsoft
Media mavens will be pleased to see that a substantial update to Plex, the media center software for Mac OS X, has arrived as of Tuesday. Dubbed Plex/Nine, the...
Plex - Mac OS X - Media center - IPhone - Mac OS