This tutorial shows how to create an email account in Windows Live. Use Google search to find the Windows Live Hotmail page. When you get to that page, click on the button that says, "Get it Free". On the next page, you can choose your email address, ending with either @live.c ...more
I've seen numerous tutorials on how to create a "strong" password. This makes me laugh. These titles imply "one" password, which is wrong in and of itself. A person should have many passwords, all different, and all extremely long. People may ask how they're supposed to rememb ...more
In this how-to video, you will learn how to change the password to your hotmail e-mail account. This will be useful if someone knows your password or it is not unique enough to be safe. First, go to your web browser and log in to your hotmail account. Once you are in, go to th ...more
Having a secure password is essential in today's interconnected world. Hackers are just around the corner, and if you have an easy to guess or hack password that you use for all of your accounts, someone can login to all of your websites very easily. Look at this guide on how ...more
In this article, I'll show you how to make a simple Gmail notifier. Python can do various things in terms of notifications; sending commands to an Arduino unit, playing sounds, opening windows, etc. The code below simply plays some music, but the possibilities of notification ...more
To create an elegant WordPress blog or website from scratch without being noticed that you're a complete beginner, you need that drive and pairs of eyes and ears. It may seem difficult at first but it can truly be fun and exciting. In order for you to have a long lasting blog ...more
Anonymity is something that doesn't exist today. Everything you do in the world is tracked, from the purchases you make to surfing the internet—even taking pictures on your iPhone. Everything you have ever said and done on the internet is still there—somewhere. This is called ...more
On June 23, 2003, Linden labs created a free client program known as Second Life. This program allows users, or residents, to interact with each other in a virtual world by using avatars. Thanks to this program, residents are able to explore, socialize, and create and trade vi ...more
If you ever want to delete your Yahoo Account for any reason, the option to do so is not easily available on the site.In fact, many people do not even know that such a feature exists. However, this video shows the necessary steps required to do so. Of course, you need to know ...more
Tool is selected, followed by email accounts and a selection is made at the "add new email account" option , the "next" button is clicked. Pop3 is selected and the next button. The required information is filled in such as name, amail address, incoming and outgoing mail server ...more
Learn how to use Windows Vista remote desktop on your computer in simple steps. First go to Control panel, select 'User accounts' and create a password for your account. Now right-click on My Computer, select 'Properties' and click on 'Remote settings'. Now select the user you ...more
Learn how to delete your old Yahoo or Yahoo mail account in simple steps. First open your web browser and enter the web address for Yahoo to open it. Now log into your account using your Yahoo username and password. Go the account termination page, confirm your account termina ...more
Learn how to delete your old Yahoo account from this video in simple steps. First open your web browser on your computer and go to the Yahoo home page. Now sign into your account using your username and password. Now copy and paste this link "http://edit.yahoo.com/config/ dele ...more
This weekend, hackers broke into the servers of the popular shoe shopping site Zappos, giving them access to the personal information of 24 million Zappos customers. The user data taken included names, email addresses, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers, the last fo ...more
Advances in technology continue to make our lives easier and more convenient. If you want to send fax, for instance, you no longer need to own a fax machine. You can easily and quickly send fax directly from your computer in one of several methods, including via an Internet fa ...more
Six months ago, 1.3 million registered users of Gawker Media had their passwords compromised when the site was hacked by Gnosis. The passwords were encrypted, but 188,279 of them were decoded and made publicly available for all to see. Just three weeks ago, Sony Pictures was h ...more
Movies like to show hackers breaking passwords with fancy software and ludicrous gadgets. The reality of busting passwords open is much more mundane. Simple as it may sound, most passwords are broken purely by guesswork. Check out this infographic from ZoneAlarm, as well as th ...more
To quickly disable the UAC option on Windows Vista operating system on a computer first go to the control panel on your computer. Then go to user accounts, next click on turn user account on or off and you will be prompted to type in your password. Type in your password and pr ...more
In this video from wadeputtii we learn how to authorize or de-authorize a computer on iTunes. Go to iTunes, sign into your account. Now click on Share and you will see Authorize Computer or Deauthorize Computer. If you want to authorize, click on that and enter your apple user ...more
Follow along as we are shown how to set a password for a new user in Windows 7. -First, go to the Start menu. -Then go to Control Panel. -From there, go to User Accounts. -You can now choose the User or Administrator. -Then click on Create a Password for your Account. -When y ...more
In this how-to, Gary Rosenzweig of MacMost.com takes a look at best practices for making and storing passwords. You should have a different password for every account, for example, use secure passwords and store them in using a security utility. Learn how to store your passwor ...more
If you just got a new Android mobile phone, then chances are, the first thing you're going to want to set up is your email account, so you have instant access to your emails all the time, everywhere and anywhere. Setting up your specific email account or accounts is actually n ...more
This video demonstrates how to use Skype to make calls. The best thing about it is that it is free. You only need a computer, a microphone and a web camera. To use Skype, you first have to download the Skype software. This can be done through the website of Skype. Then install ...more
ClearTechInfo live up to their by offering clear and concise information on how to manage user account settings in the new OS from Microsoft, Windows 7. Begin by pressing the start button and going into the control panel. In here look for 'user accounts and family safety', ope ...more
Welcome to the second Null Byte in a series educating you on Social Engineering awareness and techniques. Today, I'm going to show you how a saavy Social Engineer would trick a friend into unknowingly surrendering their Facebook password. My intent is to warn and demonstrate h ...more
The purpose of this article is to discuss how you can change your Windows 7 logon screen. This post will explain how to require a user to enter a username and password by default like the classic version of Windows. I recommend advanced computer users carry out this task. It ...more
If you follow the Anonymous, Occupy, and IT security scenes, you have no doubt heard about a dox release. What is it? How can it hurt you? And most importantly, how can you protect yourself from it? Some of these steps might seem common sense, while others will be an ah-ha! mo ...more
If you're a small business operator and AT&T is your carrier, you'll want to take advantage of the AT&T Online Account Management portal for small business customers. This video shows how to request an online registration code (required to register your account), how to use it ...more
AT&T Online Account Management portal for small business customers is a great place to manage a sea of information, BUT, it won't do you any good unless you know how to log in. This clear how-to shows you how to enter your AT&T username and password so you can manage your acco ...more
In this tutorial, Brian teaches us how to make your wireless network secure. First, go to the start menu, then go to run and type in "cmd", then type in "iconfig /all". Now a new window will pop up and you will look for the default gateway. Find the IP address to log onto the ...more
Learn how to set up Internet on iPhone clones with this video. *First thing you need to do is to make an AT&T GPRS data account. *Tap on the service icon on your phone (which maybe network icon) and tap on data account and then tap on GPRS. * You will be brought to a list of ...more
Dropbox continues to make headlines with their recent programming blunder which left the accounts of its 25 million customers wide open during a four-hour time span. During the duration, anyone in the world could access any Dropbox profile by typing in any password. And seeing ...more
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to send a bulk email using Gmail. Go to www.download3000.com , search for ‘smartserialmail, download and install it. Open it up and create a profile by giving it a name, fill in the email address you are going ...more
Dafistps3dude4life shows us how to remove friends you have already requested and accepted from your Facebook account. First, sign in to Facebook with your account email and password. Next, look for a tab at the top of the screen with the "Friends" title. Click on it and you wi ...more
In this video about choosing a web hosting company. The narrator begins by saying that web pages are hosted on servers; the files that make up a web site are hosted or stored on a server. The narrator recommends a service called Host Gator. He indicated they are reliable and p ...more
Having an SSH or Secure SHell to tunnel your traffic through is something we have talked about many times at Null Byte. As we know, it allows us to securely route and encrypt our traffic through a remote server, effectively anonymizing us and protecting our traffic from all fo ...more
Keep your Runescape account safe from hackers by following the instructions in this video. Don't get hacked by giving your password away or using unsafe websites. Watch this video and learn how to take precautions against hackers so you can enjoy Runescape worry free.
This past Sunday, a group called Gnosis launched a massive hacker attack on Gawker media, one of the web's most popular blog networks (Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Jezebel, io9, Jalopnik, Kotaku, Deadspin and Fleshbot). 1.3 million registered users' passwords were compromised, and 188 ...more
As the image above suggests, it takes expertise (and perhaps sleuth) to actually hack into somebody's facebook account. But to steal a friend's password? If you're lucky, a simple mind game will do the trick. Read and learn: Image credit.
Looking for an easy way to keep track of your various usernames and passwords? Let this video be your guide. With 1Password, a simple password Windows password manager, it's easy and this clip presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. For more information, inc ...more
Looking for an easy way to manage passwords on a Google Android smartphone? This clip from the folks at Butterscotch presents one easy way—namely LastPass, an application which will securely store and recall all of your account information. For more information, including deta ...more
Life on the Internet is made up of passwords. You have a password for your Facebook, a password for your email, a password or your online banking - And the list goes on. In this video, learn how to create good passwords that are easy to remember. Tip: Never use the same passw ...more
It was bound to happen with all those numbers floating around in your brain – you've forgotten your Windows password. Here's how to recover it. Step 1 At the Windows login screen, click on the question mark. If you entered a hint when creating your password, a pop-up bubble w ...more
Locked yourself out of your computer? The Virtual Frank teaches you how to log in to Windows XP using the administrator account that you may not have known existed.
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to update websites from Firefox with the FireFTP add-on. Go to the Firefox add-ons page, search for FireFTP, add it to Firefox and install it. Restart Firefox to activate the add-on. Go to tools and click on Fir ...more
While we're waiting for Google to sort out the mess over suspended Google+ accounts, it's a good reminder that you have the option to download much of your Google+ data with Google Takeout. Google Takeout, created by an internal Google engineering team marketed as the Data Lib ...more
If you need to build a SQL query, you can choose one of two alternatives. The first and a rather old way is using a console. But if you build your queries in MySQL console, you have to remember all the commands and keys. This is not a convenient way, because query execution is ...more
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to update a website with an FTP client (v† la FileZilla). Download FileZilla client from www.filezilla-project.org. Find your server IP address from your web host, which will be found in the hosting control cent ...more
A lot of different places have computers with controls on them for several things; some have controls for installing software, some for running software, blocking websites, opening certain file formats, etc. Obviously, not all places use the same methods, and not all of the m ...more
In this video from AppleGenius0921 we learn how to enable a Live/Hotmail account on the Mail application on a Mac. Open Mail. In full name put your full name. Type in your email address and password and continue. Leave the account type on POP and name the description what you' ...more
In this video, we learn how to delete your Facebook account. First, go to your Facebook account and then go to your account options. From here, find the link on the page that will allow you to delete your account. Next, you will need to confirm you want to delete your account ...more
World of Warcraft is a super fun game, but as anyone who's ruling the game at level 80 (the level cap at the moment) will tell you, getting to 80 is a long and sometimes tedious journey. So why drudge along fighting bosses and other supernatural phenomenon for eighty levels w ...more
In order to register a domain name at Name.com, you will need to set up an account at Name.com. When you have set up an account, by supplying a username and password, you will need to log in. You will be able to check to see if your domain name is still available by typing it ...more
In this tutorial, we learn how to fix security mode for nds Wi-Fi. First, open the command prompt in Windows. Next, type in "ipconfig/all" in the black window that appears. After this, copy your default IP the screen just gave you, then type it into your address bar online. Af ...more
In this tutorial, we learn how to install an FTP server on any Windows computer. First, go to the website zftp server. Now, download this and install it on your computer, downloading the free version. When you install it, choose a password and enter your information, then cont ...more
In this tutorial, we learn how to delete your Gmail account. First, log onto your Gmail account and click on "settings". Now, click on "accounts", then go to "Google account settings". Once you click this, you will be directed a new page with your information. Under "my produc ...more
This video tutorial is in the Computers & Programming category which will show you how to use the online discussion site Voice Thread. Voice thread enables you to create an online discussion with your students. In this video you will learn how to open an account, how to open a ...more
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to create a new standard user and administrator account. Begin by clicking on the Start menu and select Control Panel. Then click on User Accounts and Family Safety and click on User Accounts. Now select the "Manage another account" op ...more
In this Computers & Programming video tutorial you will learn how to archive and preserve web pages. To do this, you don't need to install any program. You just need to sign up for a free account with iterasi. Go to the site and crate an account by typing in a username, passwo ...more
Facebook is an internet phenomenon which is quickly gaining popularity. For those who do not yet have a Facebook, this video will show you the basics of how to meet people and to connect with people online as well as how to set up your profile on the site. After creating an ac ...more