If you have an iPhone running iOS 4 or later, you can share your cellular Internet connection with other devices, such as an iPad. Essentially, your iPhone converts its cellular Internet connection into a Wi-Fi signal for your iPad to pick up. You must first activate this feature on your cellular account; then you can turn on the feature in your iPhone’s settings. Once the feature is on, you can connect your iPad to the signal....

Decorative fonts and dingbats are an easy and fun way to add an interesting look to your document. Find a decorative font for a special headline or graphic, or just dingbats to add one or more simple pictures without using clip art. Tips Writer Bio

Pandora’s streaming music service works like a personalized radio station, selecting songs that share musical characteristics with songs and artists that you have indicated you like. Originally designed for use on computer Web browsers and then mobile devices, you can also listen to Pandora on your TV set using a variety of methods. Writer Bio

As long as you have a Skype account, you can log into Skype on any computer with Internet access without having to download Skype. Skype is free to use when calling from computer to computer, and includes video chat, voice chat and instant messaging.

Card readers are handy things to have if you own devices that use memory cards. By simply inserting a memory card into its proper slot, you can gain access to the files and folders saved on it. Because of the convenience these card readers provide, more and more computer manufacturers are including them in their machines (both laptops and desktops). HP is one such manufacturer. Using HP’s 5-in-1 memory card reader is easy....

Facebook chat is an invaluable tool for keeping in touch with Facebook friends. If you want to chat with those friends without having Facebook open in your Web browser, Trillian provides a solution. One of the benefits of this instant messaging program is that it can connect to many other non-Trillian accounts, including Facebook. Once you’ve integrated Facebook into Trillian, you’ll be able to chat with online Facebook friends and view certain aspects of Facebook through the program....

Windows 7 includes a Microphone Boost feature that amplifies the sensitivity on your microphone to record faint sounds. This feature is useful when using microphones that do not have high native recording volumes or you need to drown out loud background noises on directional microphones. You need to experiment with the settings to achieve optimal results, because too much boost can produce distortion and degrade recording performance. Warnings Writer Bio

Zotero is an application that allows you to collect, organize, cite and share different research sources. The program works from your computer’s browser and was originally only compatible with Firefox. However, with the release of Zotero Standalone, now use the Zotero program with the Safari web browser. While the Zotero Standalone doesn’t live in the Safari browser like the original Zotero, you can connect the standalone to Safari so they can work together....

The Olin Ross 6050 is a 1000-watt home theater system. It is a 5.1-channel system with two front speakers, two rear, one center channel and one subwoofer. Wiring the speaker system takes less than 10 minutes and requires no advanced knowledge of electronics. The speakers are compatible with any 1000-watt, 5.1-channel surround sound receiver. Writer Bio

Most computers, including the Dell Inspiron laptop, feature a few “check points” along the boot up process where the boot process can be paused and/or redirected for configuration, diagnostic, and troubleshooting purposes. If the computer experiences trouble booting the operating system, you can use these “check points” to troubleshoot and resolve boot issues. Interrupt the boot process of a Dell Inspiron using built in “check points” to help resolve issues or change boot process settings....

The AT&T telephone company creates the line of 1739 answering machines. This digital answering machine records up to 40 minutes of messages. The 1739 answering machine also automatically saves your messages until you delete them. It includes features like English and Spanish voice prompts, time and day stamp, memos (voice notes), memory, volume control and LED lights. (The LED lights up when you press a button on the answering machine....

When syncing your music to your iPod, you may run into unexpected issues, especially if your music library is vast, comes from multiple different sources and spans many years of collecting. There can be several different reasons why certain songs won’t copy to your iPod; the method you have to use to solve the issue varies depending on what exactly the issue entails. Writer Bio

When searching for an Internet provider, you may find services offered by AT&T and Comcast. Both of these companies offer high-speed fiber optic Internet service. AT&T has U-verse and Comcast has XFINITY. One comparison you can make between the two services is connection speed. Writer Bio

A “phone tone” refers to one of two things: the noise made when you dial a number on a phone keypad, or the noise made when a telephone (whether handheld or virtual like Skype) rings. The former are a necessity when using Skype to phone a call center, while the latter is a matter of personal taste. Skype does allow you to recreate keypad tones and to customize ringtones. Writer Bio

If Windows Media Player is lagging and running slow, you can adjust a few system settings to increase it speed and performance. Windows Media Player is a tool that allows users to open video, audio and picture files. It is a source of entertainment, but it becomes irksome if the software is not running at a normal level of performance. Once you speed up your sluggish Windows Media Player, you’ll be able to listen to your music and watch videos with no problems....

Updated February 10, 2017 Causes The BIOS itself is just a simple program loaded on a memory chip on the motherboard and, like every program, it can be modified. Any improper modification to the system BIOS can corrupt it. A corrupted BIOS is commonly a result of a failed BIOS update or, rarely, a powerful computer virus. Symptoms One of the most obvious signs of a corrupted BIOS is the absence of the POST screen....

The Nvidia GeForce 6150 SE is not a standalone graphics card like most of Nvidia’s Geforce line. The GeForce 6150 SE is an integrated motherboard GPU. It provides computers without a standalone graphics card, features that wouldn’t normally be available. Writer Bio

One of the lesser-known features of Excel is its ability to automatically generate subtotals on multiple levels using the application’s Subtotal feature. If you keep sales figures in your worksheet, for example, you can create subtotals for sales in each region, plus nested subtotals broken down by state and even city. To implement multiple-level subtotals, first use Excel’s advanced sorting function to rearrange your data into the right grouping levels....

Web authoring software is used to write HTML documents and create web pages and sites. HTML documents are simple text files that can be generated with HTML/XHTML editors and WYSIWYG HTML editors. Using web authoring software can help build web pages faster, an advantage if you are facing a deadline or a large project. There are several different types of web authoring software you can use to make great web pages without having to know all of the ins and outs of web page creation....

Strictly speaking, a camera’s lens is too simple to be comparable with the whole eye; however, an entire camera can meaningfully compared to the human optical system. A camera’s lens is analogous to the human cornea; photographic film or light sensors can be compared to the retina. Both systems can adjust the amount of light they allow in, by means of the iris in a human eye or the aperture control in a camera....