How-To Geek

Friday has rolled around once again and it is time to have some fun while finishing out the work day. This week we have a fun game where you are the lone remaining soldier who has to defend his fortress bunker.

Would you like to have websites automatically open encrypted and secure? Enable a set list of websites and the ability to create encryption rule sets of your own with the HTTPS Everywhere extension for Firefox.

The pdf format is an extremely popular way to store and share documents at home and work. This week we would like to know which pdf software you use.

Other browsers like Opera, Chrome, or IE let you duplicate tabs with the built-in functionality, and while there are plenty of Firefox extensions that provide this feature, if this is the only feature you want this might be the extension for you.

If you are excited about the return of Futurama then you will definitely want to look through our roundup of wallpapers, icon packs, and fonts.

This week we learned to transfer a drive image over a network using an Ubuntu Live CD, insert special characters with single keystrokes, change your wi-fi router channel to optimize wireless signals, run Android on a Windows Mobile Phone, bypass Firefox 4.0 beta’s incompatible add-on error, and more. Now that the weekend is here, you can kick back and enjoy our latest batch of geek goodness.

Dragons stir our imaginations in fantasy books and movies. If you love the fantasy genre, then you will definitely want to have a look at the first in our series of Dragons Wallpaper collections.

If it has been a stressful week for you then we have the perfect way to help you relax. This week’s game lets you become a demolitions expert and blow buildings up.

Every day new viruses appear with the sole purpose of compromising your personal information and computer systems. This week we want to know which anti-virus software you use.

If you run a minimal UI and hide the status bar then you do not have access to the security level lock icon. View the security level using colors in the address bar with the Glassy Urlbar extension for Firefox.

This week we learned how to restore the Wubi Ubuntu Bootloader, speed up OS X navigation with Quicksilver, integrate MS Office and Zoho online accounts, took a screenshot tour of the Windows Live Essentials beta, normalized the volume of MP3 files, and more. After such a busy week it is time to kick back and relax with our weekly roundup of geeky goodness.

The idea of traveling to and exploring new worlds full of wonder and adventure is very appealing. If you miss watching the Stargate SG1 & Atlantis series then get ready to explore our Stargate Wallpapers collection.

It is Friday once again and time for some fun on company time. Today’s game lets you lead a squad of penguin soldiers as they battle to conquer Antarctica.

Do you like to watch videos or monitor a certain webpage like Twitter while working? OnTopReplica lets you keep your favorite offline or online content on top of everything else.

Are you are a fan of Zoho’s online services and want easy access to locally stored files? Then you may want to have a look at the Zoho Companion For Firefox extension.

If you have a computer then it is very likely that you use some kind of word processing or office software on a daily basis. What we want to know this week is what office software do you use?

While browsing in Internet Explorer you may need a quick definition, thesaurus access, or a translation for a word. The Define with TheFreeDictionary accelerator lets you do all three as needed.

Have you been looking to integrate MS Office install and your Zoho online account? Then join us as we look at the Zoho Plugin for Microsoft Office.

Do you like to send notes and links to yourself or others while browsing with Internet Explorer 8? Now you can use your Windows Live e-mail account to send that information out using the Send with Windows Live Hotmail accelerator.

Sometimes you need something a little more general in nature for your desktop and dock icons. If this sounds like you then have a look through our General Desktop Icon Packs collection.

Would you like a simple way to manage your recycle bin from your taskbar or based on the age of deleted items? Then join us as we look at RecycleBinEx.

This week we looked at the New Office Web Apps, backed up data to a virtual hard-drive, ripped audio CDs in Linux, added videos to a Boxee queue, used TrueCrypt on Macs, and much more. Now that the weekend is here you can enjoy catching up on all the geeky goodness with our weekly roundup of links and news.

At night certain cities seem to take on a magic all their own. If you enjoy the scenic and colorful views of city lights then you will want to browse through the first in our series of Cities at Night Wallpaper collections.

If you are having a slow day and nothing looks interesting on the net what do you do? Instead of looking through the same sites again you could have fun finding new websites with the StumbleUpon extension for Google Chrome.

Do you need a quick way to change the user agent string in Firefox for a specific website? Choose the string that you need from a preset list (or from custom entries) with the User Agent Switcher extension.