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XP: Edit the Support Information Listed in the System Properties

Many companies label their computers by listing their information for assistance in the system properties screen. Here is how to edit that information.

Office 2003/XP: Remove Personal Data from Word, Excel, and Powerpoint Files

Microsoft Office keeps personal information in your document files. Here is how to remove it.

Unfollow Facebook Posts after Commenting

Facebook automatically sets you to follow a post after you have commented. Thus, you will get notified when additional people comment under you. However, if the post becomes an active debate, the notifications can become overwhelming. This tech-recipes will explain how to unfollow these noisy posts.

Open Explorer Window from Command Prompt to Your Current Location

You are eight directories deep in the terminal, and you want to open an Explorer window exactly where you are. By following these steps, you can accomplish this easily! This works in all modern versions of Windows including XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

PHP: Break Apart Strings with explode

PHP has a built-in function knows as explode which breaks apart a string using substring separators. This tech-recipe describes the use of the explode() function.

Illustrator: Increase the Number of Recent Fonts

By its default configuration, Illustrator remembers only the five most recent fonts that were used. This is a disadvantage when working on several large documents where font switching is required frequently. Configuring Illustrator to remember more fonts will improve efficiency.

CSK/SK2: Uploading Ringtones Via Hiptones XP/Hiptones XP Tips

This tech-recipe explains how to use Hiptones XP to upload ringtones that you have created for the Color Sidekick or the Sidekick 2.

XP: Change the Default Folder View/Make all Folder Views the Same

Do you prefer all your folders to have certain appearance, but you do not want to change them one by one? The following Tech-Recipes tutorial explains the quickest and simplest way to make all your folder views the same.

Android ICS: Control and Limit Data Usage without 3rd-Party Applications

On limited data plans, Android users have to worry about the amount of mobile data usage. Many apps exist within Play store to help control data usage, but most of them of them are inadequate. Luckily, there is a data usage feature included in Android ICS that will let you view, control, and limit your data usage painlessly.

Android ICS: Warn When Approaching Data Caps and Overage Fees

With Google’s latest mobile operating system Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Data Usage monitoring has been added.  By setting up alerts and limits that trigger before the monthly data cap is reached, users can avoid expensive overage feeds.

Delete a Boot Camp Partition

If you have installed Windows using Boot Camp, the partition has eaten away at some valuable hard drive space. When you are done with running Windows on your Mac and want to regain that partition space, you can delete the Boot Camp partition without affecting the data on your OS X partition.

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