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How to Import Contacts to Gmail from Facebook

Gmail is not only one of the most popular email services but it is also one of the central areas where people store their contacts. However, with the advent of Facebook, many of our contact details find a home in our Facebook friends list. How do we combine the two? This tutorial will show how to export our contacts from Facebook to Gmail.

IE9: How Do I Fix Web Pages that Do Not Render Correctly?

Some sites may not render correctly when viewed with Internet Explorer 9. Many websites were designed for earlier versions of the browser and have not yet been updated. This tutorial demonstrates how to improve the look of these websites by enabling Compatibility View. Directions are also included for viewing all sites in Compatibility View.

IE9: Change default download location

By default, IE9 will save your downloaded files to %windir%/Users/Your username/Downloads. If you want to save your files to somewhere else, this tweak for you!

SMS through E-Mail: US Cellular, SunCom, Powertel, ATT, Metro PCS and Alltel

If you know the correct email address, sending SMS through email is simple. Here is an update to our previous popular post on emailing via SMS.

Windows 7/Vista: How to Extract Content from MSI Files

While there are plenty of utilities available to extract the contents of an MSI file, you can do it straight from the command line without using some third party application. These directions have been updated to show this works in both Windows 7 and Vista. Here’s how:

IE9: How Do I Add or Change Search Engines?

Internet Explorer 9 defaults to Bing as the search provider. However, many users want to use Google, Yahoo, or an alternative search engine instead. This tutorial shows how to add/remove search providers in IE9.

Sony PSP Go / PSP: How to completely wipe device and memory card and remove PSN ID

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This tech-recipe is for PSP and PSP Go owners who are looking to completely wipe / delete all media, saved games, games, and personal information on your PSP prior to selling or gifting. This includes removing your PSN account login info, deactivating your PSP from your PSN account and the actual formatting of the storage memory and any M2 memory cards you may have too.

Outlook 2010: Use Google Maps to Display Contact Addresses

By default, Outlook 2010 uses Bing Maps to map the addresses of your contacts. If you are a Google Maps user, you can change this so that it uses Google’s service instead.

Outlook 2010: How to Edit the Subject and/or Message of a Received Email

If you want to change the Subject of a received email to add something easier to recognize or find in the future or add (or delete) content to the message, Outlook 2010 allows you to do so, although the option isn’t exactly in a straight forward location.

Windows 7: Set a Program or Application to Always Run as Administrator

Typically in Windows 7, when a user runs a application, it will be opened without administrator rights. However, some programs always need to be executed with elevated administrator rights to work properly. This tech-recipe describes how to set a program to open with administrator privileges by default.

IE9: Display the Stop and Refresh Buttons Before the Address Bar

By default, Internet Explorer 9 has the Stop and Refresh buttons after the address bar. If you would like them to be next to the Back and Forward buttons, you can move them to display to the left of the Address Bar and keep your control buttons grouped together.

Itunes 10: How to use Ping in Blocked or Unsupported Countries

With the new Itunes 10, Apple has included a new social music network called Ping. The problem is it currently supports only 23 countries. Many users from all over the world are blocked from using the Ping service! These directions will allow users to enable Ping even in unsupported or blocked locations.

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