Want to try out mobile websites designed for the iPhone and other mobile devices on your PC? Safari 4 for Windows lets you do this easily with their developer tools. By default, Safari will show standard desktop websites. Getting Started First check that you have Safari 4 for Windows installed. you might download Safari directly (link below) and install it as usual. Simply enter apple software update in the Start menu search box....

Want to keep in touch with your Facebook friends throughout the day? Here well show you how to easily add Facebook chat to the popular multi-protocol chat client Pidgin. Previously you could only add Facebook chat to Pidgin through a plug-in that didnt always work correctly. If you already have one, you should see it listed instead. Now, open Pidgin, and click Manage Accounts. Click Add… Then select XMPP from the Protocol list....

After all, a big reason to record programs is to avoid commercials, right? Today we focus on a fairly simple and free way to get you skipping commercials in no time. This conversion will be done automatically by WtvWatcher. This process does not “cut” or remove the commercials from the file. It merely skips the commercials during playback.WtvWatcherDownload and roll out the WTVWatcher (link below). To install WtvWatcher, you’ll need to have Windows Installer 3....

If you don’t have one already made, you’re able to easily make one followingthese instructions. We have also included the link to the restore disc below. Boot from the CD then select if your machine has 512MB or RAM or more. The disc will initialize… Then choose your language and keyboard parameters. However, if it doesn’t like in our example, tap on the Show Details button. In the Detect Hardware screen choose the Install Drivers button....

You should definitely take a moment to read this as it is very helpful. After trying our non-compatible extension again we were able to proceed with the install process. Notice at the bottom that compatibility checking has been overridden. Clicking on the extensions entry will reveal a new button in the lower right corner. The extension that we used for our example had no problems whatsoever so good news there....

Today we are going to take a look at the MC7 Sleep Timer for Windows 7 Media Center. This simple little plugin allows you to schedule an automatic shutdown time in Media Center. Note: At this point MC7 Sleep Timer doesnt work with extenders. Installation and Usage Download and install MC7 Sleep Timer. press the tile to initiate the timer and configure your parameters. The MC7 Sleep Timer will open in full screen mode....

Do you regularly need to pop in in multiple languages in Windows? This does not change your user interface language. This also works in Windows 7. Now, click Change Keyboards to add another keyboard language or change your default one. Our default input language is US English, and our default keyboard is the US keyboard layout. Click Add to insert another input language while still leaving your default input language installed....

Are you looking for a way to backup your DVD movie collection to AVI? It comes in both a free version and commercial version. For this tutorial were using the free Light Edition to convert a DVD to AVI. (Download link below). FairUse Wizard will open on the new project screen. Select Create a new project and pop in a project name into the text box. This will be used as the file output name....

Today we take a look at getting your data back from backups on your home server. Open Windows Home Server Console and click go for the Computers and Backup tab. Right-choose the computer it’s crucial that you restore files for and select View Backups. This will open a list of your recent backups. Check the box next to Always trust software from Microsoft Corporation and click Install. Now wait while the backup data is retrieved....

The Search Engine Icon will now be visible inside of your Address Bar as seen here. There are two display modes for search results (setting available in the Options). The first one shown here is Simple Mode where all results are in a condensed format. Notice that not only are there search suggestions but also Bookmarks & History listings as well. you could literally get the best of both when conducting a search....

So on the Vista machine open connection and Sharing Center. In this example we created a new folder called XP_Share and added some files to it. On the XP machine go into My web link Places and under web link Tasks select View Workgroup Computers. Here we need to double-press the Vista computer. So what we need to do is add the XP Machine as a user. Right-select Computer from the Start Menu or desktop icon and select Manage from the context menu....

Keeping your system and software up to date is very important in keeping everything running smooth and secure. Its also important to keep your geeky gadgets updated as well. Here we take a look at updating a Zune HD. Note: In this example were updating a Zune HD out of the box which hasnt been updated yet. Next launch the Zune Desktop software and you should get the following screen....

Last week we enjoyed looking at Windows 3.1 running in VMware Player on Windows 7. Heres the first setup screen. For the record, Windows 95 installed in about 15 minutes or less in VMware in our test. Strangely, Windows 95 offered several installation choices. They actually let you choose what extra parts of Windows to install if you wished. Oh, and who wants to run Windows 95 on your Portable Computer?...