A voice changer is exactly what the name states; it changes the sound of your voice. In addition, many voice changers can go further than just changing the sound of your voice, many voice changers can change the gender of a voice (for instance, from female to male) and enhance the voice in many different ways. Types of Voice Changers There are three main types of voice changers, stand alone electronic devices that you speak into, devices that integrate with telephones and software based voice changes that can easily manipulate Read More
How to Set One’s Homepage in Firefox
Mozilla Firefox, which the Mozilla Foundation runs and Netscape owns, is a powerful web browser that allows users to browse the Internet, play online games, and check email. Since Mozilla Firefox was designed to be efficient, functional, and user friendly, users are able to easily access administrative tools from the Firefox button, obtain step-by-step support from the Firefox Support Homepage, and access thousands of free add-ons that no other web browser provides. Because of these features, Mozilla Firefox is one of the most widely used web browsers in the world. Read More
How Unix Timestamps Work
Unix stores two times for every file, the last modification time of the file and the last access time of the file. `ls -lT` displays the last modification time of files. bash-2.05a$ ls -lT timestamp.shtml -rw-r–r– 1 will staff 885 Mar 5 01:50:53 2004 timestamp.shtml `ls -lTu` displays the last access time of files. bash-2.05a$ ls -lTu timestamp.shtml -rw-r–r– 1 will staff 885 Mar 5 01:51:57 2004 timestamp.shtml To edit these times, you will need a program like SaintStat or fix.c. These programs are normally packaged with rootkit’s. You can Read More
GPS (Global Positioning System)
GPS stands for Global Positioning System. It refers to a system of satellites that constantly transmit a signal, and a GPS terminal that picks up those signals and calculates its position on Earth by measuring the distance between itself and two or more GPS satellites (by measuring the time it takes to receive the signals). How to Use GPS GPS operates using trilateration. Trilateration is the process of determining the position of an unknown point by measuring the lengths of the sides of an imaginary triangle between the unknown point Read More
How to Remove Spyware Manually
Manually removing spyware is not an easy task. Usually the best course of action to remove spyware from your computer is to download and install a free spyware removal tool that will do this job for you. However, sometimes a problem arises in which the spyware removal program is unable to delete the spyware files and they will have to be manually deleted. Because this involves finding files and deleting them, or making changes to a computer’s registry, manually deleting spyware should only be attempted by advanced to professional computer Read More
Digital Media Players
Digital media players are hardware devices that are designed to receive data from a source to be streamed and viewed/heard through a television or sound system. The hardware processes the signal in one of two ways: Wired Network – Some digital media players connect to the network through a wired connection. An Ethernet connection to a router is necessary to allow access to files on a PC or Network Storage location such as a server or hard disk that is set up through the digital media player. Wireless Network – Read More
What Causes Tides?
Tides are caused by the gravitational attractions between the Moon and the Earth. At some times, though, the gravitational pull of the Sun can lead to an even larger tide. The basics of a tide is that they are higher and lower depending on where the Moon is. If the Moon is right over that area, the tide will be low because the Earth is moving in that direction. If the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth, the tide will be high because the Earth is being Read More
SVGA (Super Video Graphics Array)
SVGA is an acronym for Super Video Graphics Array and covers a wide range of computer display standards used in the manufacture of computer monitors and screens. The SVGA standard was designed by VESA, the Video Electronics Standards Association. When using SVGA as a direct comparison to other display standards such as XGA (Extended Graphics Array) or VGA (Video Graphics Array) the standard resolution referred to as SVGA is 800*600 pixels. When the SVGA standard was first defined it referred to a resolution of 800*600 4-bit pixels (total number of Read More
How to Make Ringtones for the iPhone
Since Apple first released the iPhone, it has gained significant market share in the mobile phone market world-wide. The phone uses 3G and 4G data services in addition to WiFi connection(s). This allows it to be used as a comprehensive communications device from anywhere data services are available. One of the iPhone’s most popular features is allowing users to set custom ringtones for individual callers, SMS text messages, new email, and alarm settings. A common task that iPhone users face is making new ringtones from popular songs or other audio Read More
Internet Repeater
An Internet repeater is a device that allows amateur radio operators to communicate with each other over the Internet, much like how VoIP software allows telephone operators to communicate with each other over the Internet. Internet repeaters should not be confused with wireless repeaters, which allow users to extend the range of a wireless network. While many amateur radio hosts simply use their radio equipment to stream live radio shows on the Internet, Internet repeaters also allow radio operators to control remote radio locations, such as antennas and other broadcast Read More
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