In one of my past posts, I discussed the dilemmas involved when choosing the best backup medium of our precious data. The debate was between online data backup systems like Mozy and offline backup mediums like CD/DVD/Portable hard drives
Today I’ll be showing ya’ all how to backup your data to an external hard disk using the wonderful Image For Windows software.
In other to make this tutorial as simple as possible, I’ve used a lot of captures in hope that you’d have your backup running in less than a minute
Should you have any problems with the whole setup, feel free …

As it is with mobile phone operating systems, usb internet modem firmwares can be upgraded to make the device function better. Some internet modems do have issues with connectivity and signal strength and upgrading their firmwares is sometimes the solution to the problem.
NOTE: In some cases, upgrading your modem’s firmware could ruin the modem for life so you ought to be sure of what you’re doing. Upgrading the firmware is almost the same thing as Flashing the modem but flashing is just the act of replacing the current firmware with a new firmware or an old one.

Last night, the curious …

Unlocking your USB Internet Modems is a great way of making sure that wherever you go, you are able to surf the internet on just about any network. Unfortunately some usb internet modems which are locked to the network provider might prove a bit difficult to unlock and MTN Nigeria’s FastLink Huawei modem is one of such modems.
For some reason, some MTN FastLink usb modems just don’t pop-up a window asking for an unlock code and that has baffled a lot of folks including me. Well one of the visitors here seems to have found a way to unlock his …

Downloading torrents over a slow connection is one frustrating task for those on dial-up connection and folks are constantly seeking new ways to download the files they want in record time. As we all know, the download speed of your torrents all depend on the speed of your internet connection, how many people are hosting complete versions of the file you want to download and how many people are connecting to those with the complete versions of your download.
Torrific has been around for some time now and pretty much makes downloading torrents faster than ever before, by downloading the torrent …

BlackBerry App World offers you access to the most popular and RIM approved BlackBerry application downloads. Unfortunately some "crucial" apps never make it into App World and thus installing them on your BlackBerry device becomes such a drag.
In my quest for another download manager for BlackBerry Curve 3G, I stumbled on the defunct Net Turtle v 2.0 by Matrixy Herry which was only available via PC download. Going through the BlackBerry Desktop Software again, I discovered a way of installing the app on my phone.
Here’s how I installed Net Turtle download manager from PC to my BlackBerry phone

Over the weekend, I performed an upgrade of my BlackBerry Curve 3G to OS 6.0 and loved the initial result until I discovered that I had less memory to install and run my favorite BlackBerry applications.
Apparently the new OS 6.0 comes with a ton of features that use up quite a chunk of the memory and most of these features aren’t really needed by most users thus I sort to wipe them all and increase my memory.
Google as always came to my rescue and thus I discovered BB Boss 2.2 for BlackBerry.
Here’s how I managed to increase the memory on …

Upgrading my BlackBerry operating system to OS 6.0.0.546 (Bundle 2475) has been on my mind for weeks now ever since I heard that BlackBerry OS 6.0 had been released for major BlackBerry models like Tour, Curve, Bold, Storm and Pearl.
Globacom Nigeria, my network operator as always wasn’t pushing the BB operating system (OS)upgrade to mobile phones nor did they have it for download on their site thus I sought out to find a reliable download source for OS 6.0 for my Curve 9300 3G which to my utmost shock/surprise had been available all along on the official BlackBerry website.
Unfortunately, …

The Work Offline feature of Mozilla’s Firefox is one stunning feature that most of us are yet to discover.
For those of us who aren’t connected to the internet 24/7, there are times when we need to quickly check on page which we’ve recently opened in our browser hours/days ago. Mozilla Firefox’s work offline function + browser cache helps us to achieve this.
Here’s how to quickly browse recently viewed web pages offline in Firefox 5.0.
NOTE: These pages are stored in your browser’s cache so in the event that you clear your cache, these pages will no longer be available.

Weeks back, the folks at Google Adsense included more countries into their Adsense For Mobile Content program and Nigeria made the list. Unfortunately implementing the google adsense for mobile content code on my wordpress blogs was nerve racking as I kept encountering this error:
PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function read_global() in *****/index.php on line **
I did a little bit of googling and finally solved the issue with this fix: Fix Call to Undefined Function read_global() Error in Google AdSense Mobile Content PHP Ad Code.
This tutorial is meant to make things easier for those of you who want to add …

If you own a desktop computer, laptop or netbook, at some point in time you would have sat in from of the damn thing waiting for it to respond while thinking to yourself "why is my computer is so slow? "

Anybody who has ever experienced a fast computer before can authoritatively tell you that working on a slow computer can be pretty exhausting especially when you have loads of work to do and you need to multitask.
Over the course of continuous usage of your home desktop or laptop computer, you’re definitely going to notice a decrease in speed as junk …

Just like most internet enabled mobile phones in the market today, every BlackBerry device in cases of emergency can serve as a modem to connect to the internet.
This tutorial will guide you through the quick steps needed to configure your BlackBerry Desktop Manager’s mobile internet settings and thus get you connected to the web. Please note that you’ll need to have another data plan with your network provider as you cannot use your BlackBerry data plan to surf the internet on your desktop/laptop.
If you’re a Nigerian, here are the internet data settings and subscription plans for the major GSM companies …

Have you ever tried downloading a large file of say 5MB on your BlackBerry device only to get a download failed error half way through?
Well we all are in the same shoes.
According to my network provider’s customer care team, RIM servers have a download cap which does not allow the download of files larger than 4.8MB. Funny enough, they do allow the download of mp3 files larger than 5MB. Strange no?
BlackBerry geeks say the download cap has been removed  in the new OS Version 6 which is only available to select networks and phones. Relentlessly I’ve searched for …

It’s been over 2 weeks now since I got myself a BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 with a Globacom Nigeria BIS plan.  Right from the onset, I battled to get it working 100%. Amongst the many problems I encountered were frequent inability to make phone calls while on the 3G network and inability to download files of over 4.8MB in size.
Of them all, the one that bugged me the most was the inability to sign in to my Yahoo Messenger. I kept getting the frustrating error message – Service Not Enabled For This Handheld.
After a few calls to the GLO BlackBerry …

By default, the BlackBerry Desktop Software comes with the ability to sync your media files like music and videos between your computer and mobile device but then it denies you the ability to access all the folders and contents of your blackberry thus the need to activate the BlackBerry to function as a Mass Storage USB Device.
In Mass Storage mode, you can easily transfer all the content  (e-books, softwares etc.) you downloaded to your BlackBerry to your computer.
The process is quite easy and only requires you to either download the BlackBerry USB and Modem Drivers (If all you need is …

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My last post was about how to unlock your Huawei and zte modems offline using Universal Master Code software.
That tutorial was for folks who wanted the ability to unlock usb internet modems without an internet connection i.e. offline.
Within the next couple of minutes, I’ll show you how to get the unlock code for your Huawei, Vodafone and ZTE USB modems online.
This online Huawei-Vodafone-ZTE usb modem unlocker supports the following models ONLY!
HUAWEI MODEL SUPPORT : E1550, E155, E156, E156G, E160, E160G, E161, E166, E169, E169G, E170, E172, E176, E180, E182E, E196, E226, E270, E271, E272, E510, E612, E618, E620, …

I’m so much in love with the blog WP Recipes as they are so innovative with their wordpress hacks. Here are 5 of their hacks that I find so uber uber hot

1. How to Display your feedburner count in full text
Simply add the code to your sidebar.php file or if you use the wordpress plug-in EXEC-PHP, add it to a sidebar text widget.
<? php
$fburl=”https://feedburner.google.com/api/awareness/1.0/GetFeedData?uri=YourURL“;
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $fburl);
$stored = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$grid = new SimpleXMLElement($stored);
$rsscount = $grid->feed->entry['circulation'];
echo $rsscount;
?>
Save it and you’re good to go.
Credit: How to Display your feedburner count in full text

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In recent times, mobile broadband internet has been made possible with the introduction of 3G enabled mobile phones and of course usb modems.
With a 3G enabled usb internet modem, you can browse anywhere, anytime as long as you have your laptop with you.
Sometimes, your internet service provider might go off air and leave you stranded without an internet connection thus the need to make sure that your very own portable usb internet modem is FREE to work on any network thus making migration smooth and seamless .
This quick tutorial will show you how to get the …

Google Chrome is the latest addition to the web browser software category. Amongst it’s many features is the use of extensions which expands it’s functionality.
I’m just going to talk about automatically checking the page rank of any site you visit using Google Chrome.

Step I:
Find the Google Chrome shortcut on your desktop or start menu and right-click on it. Select Properties and the image below will appear

Due to problems with PHPList emails ending up in spam folders or limits on the amount of emails we can send per day from our servers, some folks prefer using Gmail’s SMTP connection to send out articles etc. to their list.
For those interested, this quick tutorial shows you how to configure PHPList version 2.10.12 to send emails using PHPMailer 5.1 and GMail’s SMTP.
To begin with, you’d need to download the new PHPMailer 5.1 and then extract the content to your desktop or anywhere on your computer.
Open the class.phpmailer.php file within that folder and configure it as shown below under …

When I started building my mailing list @ StrictlyOnlineBiz.com, I mistakenly uploaded the wrong list of emails to my PHPList database and was having a tough time deleting them all one by one when I decided to do some research to see if there was a way of doing it a lot faster since the process wasn’t clear to the eyes by default.
Here’s how I cleared the users in my PHPList database.
Log into your PHPList admin area, click on Lists in the sidebar and then click on View Members for the list which you wish to delete all subscribers from
 

 
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