Install a Wii Game Loader for Easy Backups and Fast Load Times

What does this mean to you, the end user? Installing USB Loader GX and Setting Up Your Hard Drive Why USB Loader GX? There are more than a few USB loaders available but we selected USB Loader GX for this tutorial. Remember, keep the folder structure the same! A channel is actually an program installed on the Wii. but it’s possible for you to play without an SD card in the Wii....

January 11, 2011 · 2 min · 324 words · Donald Butler

Ask How-To Geek: Clone a Disk, Resize Static Windows, and Create System Function Shortcuts

Read on to see our fixes for this week’s reader dilemmas. Is there anyway to just copy the disk I have over onto the blank disk and call it good? The hardware is, part for part, identical. Fortunately we’ve got just the tool to help you. Read more here:Clone a Hard Drive Using an Ubuntu Live CD. Is there anything I can do? It seems like a very odd GUI choice to have so many fixed-size windows....

January 10, 2011 · 1 min · 165 words · Curtis Booker

How-To Geek Gets the Microsoft MVP Award, Thanks to You

Join us for some mutual back-patting and some terrible photography of all the award stuff.

January 10, 2011 · 1 min · 15 words · James Flores

HTG Projects: Create a Pop Art Sci-Fi Poster with an Inkjet Printer

Quick Links Looking to decorate your house with some cool artwork? Grab Some Great Graphics from the Internet Your theme could be anything, sci-fi related or not. For this example, weve used the eleven actors that have played Doctor Who since 1963. Since youre printing these images for your own decorative purposes, they fall under the umbrella of fair use. Keep in mind that using copyrighted images like for any sort of commercial sales is a big no-no....

January 10, 2011 · 2 min · 356 words · Vicki Stewart

The Best of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in 2011

Here’s the best of the bunch. Samsung Series 9 laptop Thin isn’t just for TVs anymore. But at least you don’t have to give any money to Apple. The new Samsung 3D glasses fixes 2 of the 3 problems with their 1oz frame and wireless charging station. Couple that with a declining market share and lack of apps and what does RIM do? This tablet shares so much in common with webOS it is could almost pass as the next HP slate....

January 10, 2011 · 1 min · 112 words · Christopher Scott

The Worst of CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in 2011

Here’s the ones that just didn’t make the cut. The Cliq 2 is designed specifically for the business user who wants to take advantage of the Motoblur skin. Not to mention a terrible reptile-like keyboard and a bad history of updates. Acer ICONIA Laptop How can a dual touch-screen laptop be one of the worst products at CES? The custom user interface tweaks were a nice touch (get it?) iGUGU Make an easy way to get your system screen on your TV....

January 10, 2011 · 1 min · 155 words · Melissa Christensen

HTG Projects: How to Create Your Own Custom Papercraft Toy

Youll also need aprinterand someheavy cardstock, preferably around 100 or 110 pound. fire up the file in Photoshop and look through the layers and groups. They are already masked, named, and separated for you to use. Simply print it using your favorite freeware program, and skip this step entirely. For instance, if you find the layer Geek Face, youll understand better how to customize your own. you’re free to pop any graphic you want into any of the colored squares....

January 7, 2011 · 2 min · 265 words · Chelsea Davis

Did You Know Facebook Has Built-In Shortcut Keys?

If you’re using a Mac, you’ll need to use Ctrl+Opt instead of Alt. Search Box: Alt + ? This shortcut key is the same in Chrome and Internet Explorer, but is Shift+Alt+? If youre in Firefox its Shift+Alt+3 and IE is Alt+3 and then Enter. Messages: Alt + 4 This shortcut opens up the Messages dialog. If youre in Firefox its Shift+Alt+4 and IE is Alt+4 and then Enter. Notifications: Alt + 5 This shortcut opens up the Notifications dialog....

January 6, 2011 · 1 min · 93 words · Justin Johnson

Network Your Computers & Devices: Step by Step

In his spare time, he runs the7 Tutorials web site.

January 6, 2011 · 1 min · 10 words · Jeremy Griffin

This Week in Geek History: Morse Code, Mars Rovers, J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday

Quick Links Every week we bring you interesting facts from the history of Geekdom. One interesting and lesser known aspect of the development of the telegraph is why Morse invented it. Classically educated at Yale he supported himself by painting the portraits of wealthy benefactors. Formally designated as Mars Exploration Rover A it was referred to more informally as Spirit. Spirit defied all expectations by surviving longer and traveling farther than NASA had ever intended....

January 6, 2011 · 1 min · 111 words · Timothy Mclaughlin

How to Combine Rescue Disks to Create the Ultimate Windows Repair Disk

The ones we’ve covered already? Create your ultimate boot disk with as many of the different utilities as your flash drive can hold. Once you’ve picked out your drive, the first thing you’ll need to do? Format your drive as FAT32. Choose FAT32 from the drop-down menu under File system, and then click Format. And it’s possible for you to use it to directly download Ubuntu as well. That’s pretty much all there is to that....

January 5, 2011 · 1 min · 81 words · Stephanie Harris

Three Alternatives to Apple’s Flaky iOS Alarm Clock

Check out these feature-packed replacements for dependable time keeping. Apples had some real trouble with the default iOS alarm clock over the last quarter. In light of all that, its pretty obvious you cant trust your iPhones alarm clock app. Weve rounded up some feature-packed alternatives to help you hit the ground running (and on time). Alarm Clock + also has a handy flashlight function. It comes with 11 built in alarm sounds or you could use a custom playlist....

January 4, 2011 · 1 min · 87 words · Robin Hooper

What is Camera Raw, and Why Would a Professional Prefer it to JPG?

What is Camera RAW? What does this mean? While it may seem like it means that it is simplyan uncompressed file format, you would be wrong. Any color space (aka color gamut) will be. Keep reading, as it can be hard to explain the reasoning behind RAW in a single section. Raw as a Digital Negative RAW is a minimally processed format. RAW is based on a similar idea. Each camera has its own method for capturing Camera RAW, and so create their own proprietary filetypes....

January 4, 2011 · 1 min · 177 words · Donald Palmer