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At one time, videos could only be made in a studio with professional equipment. Today, the ability to make video has become more mainstream. These videos are digital, not the analog of the past....

This article will show you how to open all those pesky files that are of the .rar file type. .rar files are a condensed version of a bigger file or collection of smaller files, similar to a .zip file.

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) marked the beginnings of a new era of gaming with classics like Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda, Kirby, Metroid, and countless others. Many of...

JAR is an archive file format. This format can be used to store many other much larger files inside of it, including games and programs. If you have a game or a program that you want to load onto...

There are tons of free books available online. With a free software application called TextWedge. You can use your iPod as an e-book reader. iPods read text files call them notes. The notes on an...

The process of "restoring" files means that you bring them back after you've deleted them. You can do this as long as it hasn't been too long since you've erased them from your computer. This is...

Icons are little images representing folders on your computer's desktop or chat images. Personalizing icons is a really simple thing to do and will set your desktop apart from others,...

LimeWire is an application that allows you to share information across the Internet or a local network. Enabling open information allows others to download music off of your computer. LimeWire...

There is a simple way to set a program up to start running whenever you log in to your Windows XP account. There is a startup folder that holds the key to every program that starts when you log...

Limewire is a P2P program. This means that you can use it to search for files, such as songs, that other users are sharing on the network. Once you've found a file that you like through the search...

When you download your digital pics onto your computer the big questions is how to manage all of them. Many of us have thousands of images stored on our computer with weird names like...

Digital cameras are capable of larger and larger quality photo files that can be several MBs in size. This size file is too large to download for articles on eHow and other websites. To change...

This eHow will tech you how to store all of your pictures in a central location and share them among all of your home computers.

Customize your Rainlendar desktop calendar with downloaded skins. The default skin is nice but I like things to match on my desktop.

Outlook Express was Microsoft's free mail and news client software package. While the Outlook brand has been closely associated with Windows computers, a version of Outlook Express (as well as the...

Have you ever had your computer tech tell you that you should back up your registry but you never bothered to do it? Here's a way that will let you do it automatically, every time you boot!

MiniUI is a web interface for uTorrent that was created as an alternative to WebUI for Mobile browsers. If you prefer minimal user interfaces, I highly recommend it. Even if you prefer uTorrent's...

There are a variety of instances in which you might want to search and replace the text in several files at one time. If you run a website with multiple pages and want to make a coding change on...

If you manage a multi-file system that requires frequent changes, such as a website, there is a hard way and an easy way to make the changes that need to be made. You can either go into each file...

AMVs are Anime Music Video files. These highly compressed files are commonly used on Chinese portable media devices, and saved at resolutions just large enough to fit small media player screens....

When video is captured on a DVR, the video files created are DVR-MS files. These digital video recording files are recognized by very few programs and editing software, and cannot be used on...

A font is a set of characters that is made up of a certain typeface and size. The most common fonts include Times Roman and Arial. There are many font sets out there that vary in size, shape,...

Do you have a Super Nintendo Emulator and now the only thing that you need is the games to start playing Super Nintendo well in this tutorial i am going to show you how to get super Nintendo games.

M4p is a proprietary audio file format used by Apple's free iTunes software. By converting a .wav file to a .m4p file, you can dramatically decrease its file size without reducing the sound...

MSVs are Memory Stick Voice files used by the Sony brand memory stick IC recorder line. Windows Media Player offers a Sony Player Plug-in that enables it to play MSV files, but it is the only...

A DSS file is a Digital Speech Standard file. DSS files are created by speech recognition softwares and digital voice recorders. While DSS files are quality voice files, they are compatible with...

There are many standard file types for digital video files. MOV is the standard file extension created by Apple for use in their Quicktime media player. It is possible to download a version of...

FLV files are flash video files used to create brief animated introductions on websites or to create simple video animations for popular streaming video sites. FLV files are perfect for websites,...

BearShare is a peer-to-peer network of file sharing users. Originally made by Free Peers, Inc. for Microsoft Windows, BearShare is now owned and sold by MusicLab. BearShare claims to have the...

Comic Book DS is a comic book viewer that allows you to view image-based documents on your Nintendo DS when you are not online. The file extension for Comic Book DS files is .cbds. Comic Book DS...

M4V is a Mac-based file extension used for video files in Apple's popular iTunes store. M4V files are widely compatible with Mac programs, operating systems and devices, like the iPhone and the...

If you have a PowerPoint presentation that you need to deliver to a large group of people, you don't have to gather them all into a conference room and project the presentation onto a screen. It...

MP3 has become one of the most widely used file types for saving audio for use on MP3 players or other portable media devices. 3GP is the file type designed for play on 3G cellular phones, though...

M4V is a Mac-based file extension used in the iTunes store. If you download any videos from iTunes, it will have the M4V extension. M4V can be read by all Mac products, like iPhone and iPod Touch,...

MP4 files have the capability of storing more information than a typical audio file. MP4s can show album covers and available album information on the screen of your MP3 player, cell phone or...

Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 is a free PDF viewing program produced by Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Reader is a popular free program, since PDF files are commonly used to display official documents. Adobe...

MPEG2 files are high-quality video files, but they take up quite a bit of space, so when it comes to burning the files to DVD or VCD, you won't be able to get much footage on the disc. DivX files...

AVI is one of the highest quality video file types available. AVI files take up an incredible amount of space though when compared with other video file types. DivX is a high-quality video file...

You can take any picture and resize it to fit your PDA, phone, or just about any other device online for free. There are several websites you can use, some a little harder to use than others. I...

Frostwire is a P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing program and service that lets you share music files, video files, programs, applications and documents with other Frostwire members. It's...

LimeWire is a popular file sharing application that allows for downloads of music and other files. Read on to learn how to install and set up the application, how to better detect which files...

Do you have images of your friends and family in a folder and want to show them off? Making a slide show out of JPEG images is the best way to capture your memories. You can post your slide show...

Downloading program from Limewire into your library can be an important step in keeping and playing different files and programs. Having them in a certain file in your library will allow you to...

Alice is a three-dimensional image creation software program. Games such as "The Sims" use this software. Alice is a teaching tool that allows students to learn how 3-D images and characters are...

You've worked hard getting just the right photos. When you go to view them or transfer them, they are suddenly gone. Deleted photo files on a memory card can seem impossible to restore when you...

When someone says, please zip the file and send it to me, do you wonder what they mean? Look no further, here it is in step by step instructions, with pictures too! A program is introduced here...

Although MP4 videos are the most commonly used for mobile devices such as the PSP and the iPod, you may eventually want to convert your videos into a format that is optimized for larger screens....

Peer-to-peer networking software such as Limewire is tempting to install. You can download the free version and get free music, software and games in exchange for sharing similar files from your...

If you get frustrated, as did I, when right mouse clicking to move a file, only to find very limited destinations, try this free download. It certainly streamlined my work!

LimeWire is a peer to peer file sharing program similar to Kazaa or Napster that is available via a free download on the Web. A lot of people don't like using it because it installs adware at the...