Latest Articles
Get More From Your Kindle: Tips, Tricks, Hacks, and Free Books
If you have an ebook reader chances are it's a Kindle.
Ask How-To Geek: Unmountable Boot Volumes, Opening Word Files in Works, and Removing Bootloaders
Every week we dip into our mailbag and answer your pressing tech questions.
How to Create a Cinemagraph; Still Photos with Moving Elements
Cinemagraphs, still photos with moving elements, are quite a trend in photography circles.
From the Tips Box: Extracting Audio from Any Video Using VLC, Sneaking Around Paywalls, and Delaying Windows Live Mesh During Boot.
Every week we dig into our reader mailbag and share the tips and tricks you email in.
How To Recover After Your Email Password Is Compromised
Your friends are reporting spam and pleas for money originating from your email account and some of your logins aren’t working; you’ve been compromised.
Ask HTG: ISO vs. TS Folders, Remembering Window Locations, and Converting Books for the Kindle
Every week we dip into our mailbag and answer your pressing tech questions.
How To Wirelessly Access Network Shares from Your iOS Device
Syncing files between your computer and your iOS device via iTunes can be tedious and requires that you tether to your computer.
Ask HTG: Android Versions, Simultaneous Headphone and Speaker Sound, and iPad File Loading
Every week we dip into our reader mailbag to answer your pressing tech questions.
From the Tips Box: Harmonizing Dual Boot Boxes, Upgrading Your Canon Camera, and Easy Keyboard Cleaning
Every week we dip into our tips bag to share some handy reader tips with you.
Play SNES Games on Your iPad with Wiimote Support
If there is one thing the iPad doesn’t lack for it’s games.
Wake Up Your Computers Using Your Android Phone
Add a trick to your Android phone's toolkit: boot your computers from afar by pushing the command from your phone to your home network.
Ask HTG: Multiple Gmail Instances, Securely Erasing SSDs, Using Disk Quotas
Every week we dip into our reader mailbag to answer your burning tech questions.
Top 10 Geeky Projects to Earn Yourself a Memorial Day ER Visit
What better way to kick off your summer than building something to dazzle your neighbors with a symphony of booms, zaps, thumps, and other assorted better-call-the-ambulance noises? Read on as we highlight 10 geeky and dangerous projects.
How To Remotely Backup Your Data for Free with CrashPlan
Backing up your data can be such a trivially easy affair that you don't have an excuse for putting it off---and risking your data in the process.
Ask HTG: Windows Media Player Dupes, Swapping Mouse Buttons, Customizing Word’s Default Font
Once a week we dip into our reader mailbag to answer your pressing tech questions.
What You Said: How Do You Backup Your Data?
With an increasing amount of our lives stored in digital format—financial documents, family photos, work projects—it is increasingly important to backup.
From the Tips Box: Desktop-based TXT Messaging, Indexing Offline Volumes, and Android Homescreen Folders
Once a week we dip into the reader mailbag and share some helpful tips.
How To Customize Your Android Boot Screen
If you're bent on customizing every aspect of your Android phone, this helpful guide will show you how to swap out the stock boot animation for a new custom one.
Ask HTG: Rebooting Too Frequently, Moving Microsoft Office, Tethering to a WiMax Laptop
Once a week we dip into our reader mailbag to answer your tech questions.
Create Custom Detailed Wood Burning Patterns with a Chemical Burn
You can definitely file this trick in your "awesome DIY science" folder.