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Yahoo is widely known for its search engine, but the company also runs one of the top Web-based email services on the Internet. Similar to Gmail, Hotmail and AOL Email, Yahoo mail is used by millions of computer users to send and receive email and to organize contacts. Having a Yahoo account also allows computer users to use other Yahoo features. Through Yahoo you can tracking stock portfolios, chat online and read local weather and news stories through the company’s news feeds....

Microsoft Access can be used for managing all kinds of data, such as staff lists, sports statistics, store inventories and music catalogs. You can use Access to turn your tables, reports, queries and forms into web pages by exporting your data as HTML. Create your own HTML templates for Access to dress up your exported web pages, add your logo, include text and pictures, and include your site navigation. Elements from your Access database are added using special HTML comment tags called “tokens....

Updated February 10, 2017 Tap the “Settings” icon. Select the “Sounds” option. Tap the “On” option to the right of “Vibrate” under the Ringer and Alerts subsection. Press the “Home” button on your iPod Touch. Tap the “Clock” icon. Select the “Alarm” option. Tap the “+” icon. Move the dial wheels to select the time you want the alarm to trigger. The alarm will sound as well as vibrate at the specified time....

CorelDraw is one of the major vector graphics programs available. It has an array of tools and functions that help the graphic artist create graphics for any number of projects. The tools and functions can be a bit daunting to someone coming to CorelDraw from a raster-based program like Photoshop. For example, creating a transparent overlay in Photoshop is a matter of adjusting layer opacity levels directly. In CorelDraw things work a bit differently....

With Microsoft Word you can create your own DVD jewel case inserts. With Avery for Microsoft you can download free ready-to-use templates that include two-sided CD/DVD case inserts. These templates are designed to fit your jewel cases, so resizing will not be necessary. With a blank DVD case insert you can add your own graphics or pictures saved on your computer to create your own design. With a few extra steps you can also add text or captions to these DVD case inserts....

Raz-Kids is an interactive reading website that is designed for students from Kindergarten through 6th grade. The student’s reading list is recommended by their teacher, and the student’s Raz-Kids account is created either by the recommending teacher, or by Raz-Kids Customer Service at 866-889-3731. You can, however, create a trial account and test-drive the Raz-Kids site for seven days. The trial account may be created online, and does not need the name of a recommending teacher....

Open Microsoft Outlook 2007 and click “New Message.” Enter a subject for your message and add recipients in the “To:” field. Go to the “Options” tab and click “Use Voting Buttons” under the “Tracking” group. Choose one of the preset voting buttons: “Approve;Reject,” “Yes;No,” “Yes;No;Maybe” or click “Custom” to create your own options. Choosing “Custom” opens the “Messaging Options” window, where you can type the options for the poll in the text box beside the field labeled “Use voting buttons....

Maybe you want to create dirt bike stickers on your bike but want graphics that say a specific thing or that carry symbols that represent a group of friends who ride dirt bikes together on weekends. Creating graphics that can be placed on your dirt bike can be done without too much difficulty. You will need a graphic design program in which to create your designs. There are several you can choose from that range in price as well as skill level....

MWEB is a South Africa-based Web services provider. Founded in 1997, MWEB provides Internet access, hosting, email and other services. MWEB provides service for both homes and businesses, and serves 320,000 South Africans. MWEB allows you to use either an address provided by the company to log into and use its services, or to create and use any email address you want. You can create your own email address, using a private domain or a free-email provider, to use with your MWEB account....

Virtually every product you buy in a retail establishment has a barcode or UPC symbol as of 2011. Barcodes are black and white lines of varying widths followed underneath by a series of numbers. You can find barcodes on price tags or on the bottom of most boxes. Retailers and suppliers use barcodes to track an item’s manufacturer, the item type and item serial number. Retailers use scanners to read the barcode and charge you the correct price....

When copying the content of an iPod back to the computer, you will notice that these copied file are nonsensical. None of the files contain a single familiar artist, song or album title. The folders that hold the files have names like F01 and F02, and the actual files themselves appear to be a random configuration of digits. The file names will come back, however, by importing the songs into a program that can interpret the ID3 tags....

The Motorola Droid offers a quick and easy to erase your phone’s entire call log. However, you might want to keep the log and just delete certain calls listed. You do have the option of deleting phone calls from your Motorola Droid’s call log one call at a time. Tips Writer Bio

Deleting your browsing history is helpful in many ways. Although privacy concerns are generally some of the most common reasons that Internet users delete the history of websites they have visited, deleting your browsing history is also helpful in freeing up hard disk space on your computer, especially if you have not deleted your history for a long time. Using your web browser for a length of time without deleting your website history can cause browsing issues....

Creating a list of contacts in your phone makes it easier to contact people without the hassle of memorizing data, such as phone numbers or email addresses. Whether you’ve lost touch with a particular contact or need to reorganize your address book, deleting names from your contacts list is easy. Writer Bio

Updated February 10, 2017 Turn on the Dell computer. Press the “F2” key to access the BIOS. Highlight the “System” menu option and hit “Enter.” This will bring up a list of different performance options that relate to the BIOS, including memory and caching-related options. Highlight the option you want to disable. It will have the word “Enabled” next to its name. Hit “Enter.” Select “Disable” and hit “Enter” again to disable the option....

Ubuntu Linux makes use of passwords to authenticate user log-on requests in its default configuration. If your system is of a lower security priority and you believe that password information is unnecessary, you can disable password authentication to enable blank login requests from all users who access the proper username on the system. PasswordAuthentication no Writer Bio

More than just a family tree, a genogram can be used to illustrate numerous traits within and across three or more generations of a family. You can use shapes, lines and text to display each relative’s place in your family tree and identifying information, such as names and birth dates, as well as similarities in traits. For instance, you can highlight physical characteristics, occupations, family values or religious beliefs. Writer Bio

Although using the Zune Marketplace services by Microsoft is a great play to download music, having to pay for each song discourages some portable media users. Fortunately, there are several ways to get songs for free for a Zune.

If you manage your money in Quicken, it has the ability to import your financial data from the various banks and credit card companies where you do business. In order to download your Citi Card financial data into Quicken, you need to have an online account for your Citi Card. There is no charge for an online account and there is no fee to download your Citi Card data into Quicken....

Though the iPod shuffle does not have a screen like other iPod models, the method for downloading songs to your device is the same as with other devices in the iPod family: you connect it to your computer and then sync it with your iTunes library. You can either automatically sync your iPod when you connect it to iTunes or manually transfer selected songs to the device. Warnings Writer Bio