The Uniden Bearcat BC60XLT is an emergency scanner that features 30 channels and 10 bands. It allows you to program the device to scan the most important emergency frequencies in your area. The scanner will scan your local codes and stop when it detects a broadcast, giving you the latest information for your home town. Tips Writer Bio

The Microsoft model 1008 wireless optical mouse 2.0 connects to your computer through an RF USB dongle, and uses the Microsoft Intellipoint software bundle. The bundle allows users to customize the mouse’s features. Although this software usually downloads and installs automatically when you attach the mouse to your computer for the first time, occasionally you’ll need to manually install the software. The only information you need is the version of the operating system you are currently using....

An APK file contains the installation files for any Android game. If you have an APK file on your PC, you can copy the file directly to your Android device and install the game without connecting to the Android Market. This process is beneficial to test your own custom Android game, or to install a game sent to you by a friend to the phone. Writer Bio

Over the last several years, Canon has become an industry leader with its line of printers. This is apparent with the Pixma brand of printers. Pixmas are Canon’s all-in-one printers, which means not only can they print, but they also come equipped with the ability to scan and copy documents. In addition, all of the Pixma printers are compact in size, making them excellent for small business use.

The EasyPHP website and app development environment runs on any Windows PC with no setup at all. The powerful cURL command line tool retrieves resources of almost any type from network addresses. Install and use the two together to create a full development and testing environment for Web applications that use PHP, Apache and MySQL. Writer Bio

Microsoft Word is a part of the Microsoft Office family, serving as a word processor that can open various document types including standard DOC files, text files, rich text formats, Web pages and other formats. It can also import files created in other Microsoft Office programs to maximize user productivity. Installing Microsoft Office will associate DOC files so opening the document by double-clicking the file opens it using Microsoft Word....

Although Facebook has received bad press over the years for its complicated privacy settings, it does exceptionally well when it comes to security. When you have all the security settings enabled and a difficult password, it’s nearly impossible for someone to get away with hacking your account without your knowledge. However, a breach can happen. When it does, use the power Facebook gives you to see the devices signed in to your account and to kick them out....

Updated September 15, 2017 Watch the practice management software that is included with the Eaglesoft package. The CD features a variety of webinars designed to train you on the basics of Eaglesoft. The topics include insurance payments, coverage books, fee schedules, service codes, processing statements, medical history and new patient setup. Attend an Eaglesoft training seminar. The seminars start at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. You must register in advance for the training seminars....

While checking the warranty status or seeking support for your Dell laptop, you may encounter pages on the Dell support website that request the serial number of the computer. Depending on the computer, the Dell website may also refer to the serial number as the “service tag” or “express service code.” The unique serial number that identifies your Dell laptop is hard-coded in the main system board and printed on a label affixed to the bottom of the computer....

USB drives are recognizes by most BIOS systems as bootable drives. Since USB drives are more durable and portable than CDs or DVDs, and also because netbooks lack any type of CD or DVD drive, they have become popular methods of booting and installing operating systems. It isn’t as simple as copying the DVD files to the drive, however. Adequate formatting and file preparation must take place before the drive can be recognized as a bootable device....

Certain CDs have the ability to automatically run once they have been placed in your computer’s disc drive. This includes Music CDs and some software CDs that may have the built-in ability to AutoPlay. This allows a music CD to launch your preferred media player and begin to play music. This also allows game or software CD to launch the game or program as soon as the disc is read....

Updated July 21, 2017 Open a Web browser and navigate to HtmlCommentBox.com Copy the HTML code displayed on the page that loads in your browser. Left-click at the beginning of the code, hold down your left mouse button and drag to the end of the code. Right-click on the selected text and click “Copy” on the context menu to copy the code to your system clipboard. Load any Web page into the program that you use to edit your website....

Tri-fold brochures can be an excellent tool for getting information to people in an easy-to-use, eye-catching way. They fit in envelopes easily, read like standard books, and can fit in most pockets. Adobe has great programs for creating tri-fold brochures. The most common Adobe design tool is Photoshop. By creating two Photoshop documents, you can create a stunning brochure design. Writer Bio

Ringtones and alarms on the iPhone use the M4R audio format. If you already have an alarm tone in an M4A format, you can change the extension to make it compatible with your iPhone alarm. Apple ringtones and alarms are identified by the operating system because of the extension used. Changing the extension from M4A to M4R doesn’t change the quality of the ringtone or alarm. Additionally, when creating an alarm, you must make sure the audio file doesn’t exceed 30 seconds since only the first 30 seconds are available to your phone or alarm application....

Make girl avatars with the Internet-based avatar generators connected to sites such as IMVU, Gaia Online, eLouai’s Maple Story Avatar Maker or Meez. These avatar generators use a variety of art styles to create all manner of female avatars, from the sexy girls of IMVU to the sweet anime style of eLouai’s Maple Story avatar Maker. These generators work entirely within the Internet environment and require no expensive software, character modeling knowledge or artistic ability....

From printing letters to photos, your Hewlett-Packard (HP) printer is a small print shop packaged in one compact device. Along with vinyl decal paper and a design package like Microsoft Publisher, you can make your own homemade vinyl bumper stickers that can be placed on your car, motorcycle or other vehicle. Vinyl decal paper is available for purchase from retail and office supply supplies as well as online. The paper accepts ink like regular bond paper, but you must let the printed design dry before applying it to a surface....

In our fast-paced, technology-driven world, phone calls need to be answered as quickly as possible. In some situations, you cannot hear your phone ring and may miss a call. By setting your iPhone’s LED to flash when you have an incoming call, you will be able to answer your phone quickly and avoid missing vital communication with friends and co-workers. Writer Bio

Moving email from an old to a new computer can be complicated, but doesn’t have to be. Certain online companies offer email to their customers–they are called email providers. These include AOL, Comcast, Hotmail, Yahoo, Verizon, MSN, Juno and many more. Whether you receive email locally (a program like Microsoft Outlook checks your emails from online and downloads them to your computer) or you check your email using your Internet browser, moving them to a new computer can be quick and easy using Gmail’s Import Contacts and Mail feature....

A DCX file (also called a “Graphics Multipage PCX” file) is used to transmit multipage fax documents. DCX files are most commonly used with Microsoft’s Visual FoxPro program–a programming language in Windows. Windows does not come with a program that is capable of viewing DCX files. If you do not have Microsoft’s Visual FoxPro, or if you simply want to view the contents of the DCX file, there are third party programs available (e....

Excel 2007 introduced the new xlsx format to the Office suite. Opening these files in Excel 2003 often gave users an error message until they downloaded the compatibility tool. Once the compatibility tool is downloaded, these files can be opened in Excel 2003. This compatibility tool is available for download from Microsoft’s website and is free. The compatibility tool made it possible for all Office 2003 products to work with Office 2007 new file formats....