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How Long Can You Use Sling Player Over 3G Before You Hit the 5 GB Limit?

Slingbox allows you to stream television programs, movies and videos to SlingPlayer on a mobile device over a Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G connection. If you stream content over a 3G connection, keep a close watch...

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How to Connect With Tango

Tango is a free application for mobile devices running either the iOS or Android operating system. You can use Tango to make free video calls to contacts over a mobile Internet connection or Wi-Fi....

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How to Manually Configure the Proxy Server for AT&T

Windows Mobile AT&T devices have an automatic setting that uses the default proxy server for an AT&T network. The AT&T software on the device also has the option to override the default,...

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How to Troubleshoot Windstream

Windstream Communications provides telephone, cable and Internet services to customers in 29 states. Telephone and cable troubleshooting requires calling for service at 866-445-5880, but...

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What Causes Color Distortion in TV?

According to industry website WebTV, understanding the scientific and technical nuances of how colors on your television combine and interact can take years. But you can learn most of what you need to...

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What Does It Mean When the Proxy Server Is Refusing Connections on My Computer?

The Mozilla Firefox browser occasionally refuses to load Web pages and instead displays a message warning that the proxy server is refusing connections. This can be frustrating for a user who doesn't...

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Different Web-Based Protocols

The Internet and the applications that run on it, including those for Web browsing and email, rely on a variety of protocols. By outlining a shared set of rules for communication, protocols allow...

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How to Create a Proxy Server With PHP

Developers and novice users use PHP (a complex programming language) to create and maintain dynamic and interactive websites and scripts. But PHP can be used for more than websites; it can be used to...

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How to Make a Server Public on XAMPP

THe XAMPP application installs Apache, PHP and MySQL services on a server without requiring the user to manually install each application. After you install the services, XAMPP has a console that lets...

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How to Configure BSNL Broadband

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.), one of India's largest telephony and Internet providers, provides broadband Internet to both private and business clients, using the PPPoE network protocol....

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HomeNet Manager vs. Network Magic

Network management software can be just as useful for a small home network as it can for business-sized counterparts. Help in the form of set-up assistance and ongoing network monitoring can make...

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Why Is Winipcfg Not Found?

You will not be able to find winipcfg.exe on any version of Windows newer than Millennium Edition. This can be disconcerting if you are accustomed to working with the application in one version and...

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How to Track Online Activities Through IP

When you use the Internet, your computer can be identified by a unique number called an IP (Internet protocol) address. Your computer's IP address is similar to a telephone number that can be tracked,...

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Are There Tracking Devices in Computers?

Physical tracking devices do not exist in modern computers, however, this doesn't mean other methods don't exist to track your online activities. Cookies gather information about your browsing habits,...

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Checking the Wi-Fi Speed on an iPad

Not only is an iPad easy to use, but also its portability lets you take your work anywhere that’s convenient to you. You can access apps from different locations in your company building or at a coffee...

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How to Activate a PayPal Security Key

PayPal is a low-cost and easy way to make and accept payments for online transactions. Its convenience in requiring only a username and password for use also exposes it to thieves and hackers who...

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Are There Hidden Websites?

There's a whole world on the Internet that you can't see from your Google or Bing Web search. Hidden websites abound. Some of them are used for sinister purposes, but many of them are hidden for good...

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How to Connect to Your PC Outside the Home

Many users manage their files from multiple computers, whether its a laptop and a desktop, or a work computer and a home computer. If you find that you need to access your computer on the go, multiple...

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Is DSL Easy to Self-Install?

Digital subscriber line service from your telephone provider is an alternative to cable or wireless for a high speed internet connection. In the early days of DSL, a technician came out to install it...

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How to: Linksys Wi-Fi Extender

A strong, reliable wireless signal is vital to accessing the Internet. Linksys' Wi-Fi Extender is a standalone device that receives and then repeats the signal being broadcasted by your existing...

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The Advantages of Wireless RF

RF, or Radio Frequency, refers to the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that are in-between infrared light but above audible sound. RF transmission are used in a range of technological...

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How to Open Your IP Port for a "Minecraft" Multiplayer Server

"Minecraft" is a game where players place and break blocks in a three-dimensional environment to create structures and artwork. Each user has an avatar and multiple users can play the game...

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Average Ping Speed

Average ping speed varies depending on the type of connection being used and how far apart the two communicating devices are from each other. Without counting for global distances, the average ping...

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What Is a PPP Packet?

PPP stands for point-to-point protocol. Its “packets” are actually network data, delivered over a switched network. PPP connections allow two routers to communicate over a long distance without using a...

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How to Get Comments to Work on Tumblr

Tumblr started out as a photo-sharing blog rather than a text-centric one. As a result, some features -- such as comments -- aren't part of Tumblr's core configuration. However, Tumblr does support the...

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How to Trace an Email Back to Its Original ISP

A return email address doesn’t always tell you the full story of that email’s source. However, every email sent includes full information about the path it took from the sender’s ISP to your inbox....

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Devices That Hog Bandwidth

If you are wondering why your Internet access has slowed down, or why your monthly bill is so high, any number of your Internet-enabled devices may be to blame. While no device in itself will hog...

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How to Make Two Modems Work in One House

Most households have a single high-speed Internet connection, such as cable or DSL. You can make two modems work in one house with a dual WAN router. A dual WAN router combines the Internet connection...

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How to Use Two Cable Modems With Shaw

Using Shaw cable Internet service with two cable modems is a cost-effective way to instantly double your available Internet bandwidth. However, you must use a router with two WAN ports for the...

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How to Import DHCP Reservations

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) reservations are permanent IP address assignments that are used to give a computer or networking device a static IP address. The DHCP service assigns...

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What Does Clearing the DNS Cache Mean?

If you have problems accessing a website that you use frequently, and are still able to get to other sites on the Internet, clearing your computers DNS cache may be the answer. If the website has moved...

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How to Stop Finder.Cox.Net Hijacking

Many Internet service providers (ISPs) have their own search pages that appear when you type a nonexistent address into your browser's address bar. These pages have sponsored results that are typically...

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How to Improve Ping Speed

The nagling algorithm aggregates small server-side data packets into large sequences of packets, preventing the client network from getting over-congested from an accumulation of too many small...

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What Is Server Cannot Be Found?

Many applications rely on servers. A computer user may use many servers during the course of the day. The existence of these servers usually only becomes known to the user when their absence stops a...

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What Does "Server Not Found" Mean?

Servers are encountered every day all over the Internet, without the user noticing their presence. Servers are the computing power behind the Internet, offering mass storage and processing power to...

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How to Install a Verizon Hotspot to a Computer

Verizon wireless hotspots offer mobile users the ability to connect using a wireless network card. Netbooks and laptops include a wireless network card, but some desktop computers have wireless cards...

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The Advantages of a Jailbroken Apple TV

If you purchase and watch media primarily using your computer and an Internet connection, the Apple TV media unit might be right up your alley. Apple TV connects your computer to your television,...

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What Is the Hashtag Game?

If you frequent social networking site Twitter, you may have noticed judicious use of the hash symbol, or "#", by users on the site, followed by a word or series of words. These are hash tags, and...

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How to Diagnose Wi-Fi Streaming Video Problems

Accessing the Internet over a Wi-Fi connection allows you to view video content on your computer wirelessly. You can stream a video from a website or directly to a video application on your computer....

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What Is SOAP API?

An API is an Application Programming Interface, defining how programmers access features in a specific application or working environment. SOAP stands for Simple Object Application Protocol and is the...

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How to Create Sockets With MinGW

MinGW contains header files, libraries and C and C++ compiler tools to create applications for Windows. A socket is the way one computer plugs into another. Once plugged in, they can communicate. Using...

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What Is Multiplexing and Demultiplexing?

You multiplex information when you combine several streams of data, then transmit them over a shared medium. When the transmission reaches its destination, the recipient demultiplexes the stream,...

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How Does a Virtual Keyboard Work?

If you use a smartphone, netbook or portable computing device and long for a full-sized keyboard, virtual keyboards might just be the solution. Virtual keyboards, both touchscreen and laser-projected...

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The Globalization of Video Games

Globalization isn't just a buzz word used in your economics class. It is also a force that is changing how companies create and release video games as well as altering how players interact within those...

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How to Test & Debug PHP IIS With NetBeans

The Netbeans software offers the "XDebug" add-on that lets you debug a PHP application on an Internet Information Services computer. PHP does not include an internal debugger, so programmers use the...

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DOS Command to Check if the SQL Port Is Open

Communication errors with your SQL server are caused by many factors including server errors, port failures and compatibility problems. When your SQL server displays response problems, start with...

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Why Is My Instant Queue Not Updating on Netflix?

Several situations can lead to your Netflix Instant Queue not updating, most of which are within your power to resolve. The Instant Queue feature is part of Netflix’s streaming video service, which was...

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ASUS Wi-Fi Problems

Wi-Fi support enables ASUS computers to move past the days of dial-up and wired networks and connect to the Internet without the use of cables. Issues with wireless connectivity are some of the most...

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Is There a Difference Between 12 and 16 Mbps Packages?

The difference between an Internet service package that offers speeds of 12 megabits per second and 16 Mbps lies mainly in the rate at which your connection downloads data from the Internet. Depending...

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How to Decode an IP Header

When data is sent over the Internet, it is encapsulated in packets that direct it to its final destination. These packets feature a header that contains a minimum of 20 bytes of data. The Internet...

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