how to create a twitter account ?

How to create an account:

1. Navigate to http://twitter.com/ and click the yellow button on the right hand of your screen, or simply navigate to https://twitter.com/signup.
2. Fill in the first field with your full name.
3. Select a username. Try to pick something that describes you - whether it's a nickname, an interest or a hobby.
4. Enter a password. Be tricky! Make sure your password contains letters, numbers, and symbols.
5. Enter your email address.
6. Fill in the Captcha to prove you're human, not a machine!
7. Pick sources that interest you (more on this below).
8. Search for Friends, and follow them.

Tip: Choosing a Username

Your username is the name your followers use when sending @replies, direct messages, or Retweets. It will also form the URL of your home timeline. Please note: You can change your username in your account settings at any time, as long as the new username is not in use. Usernames must be fewer than 15 characters in length, and cannot contain 'admin' or 'twitter' in order to avoid brand confusion.

Tip: Entering Your Email

We use this to confirm your account before you can finish the signup process. Be sure to enter an email address that you actively use. Emails can only be tied to one Twitter account at a time in our system.

1. Finding Sources That Interest You

Twitter is more useful and fun when you're getting regular updates relevant to your interests, so try the following:

1. Select some of your interests from the left-hand side of the screen.
2. Browse the sources listed accounts you might like to follow. (A new list of suggested sources is generated every time you click an interest.)
3. Clicking the 'follow' button next to a user's name will add them to the list of users you are following. This is indicated by the number in the green square above the list.
4. After you've followed users suggested in one area of interest, select another and find more sources to follow!
5. When finished, click the blue 'Next: friends' button in the lower right hand side of your screen.

2. Getting Personal: Contact Import

If you choose, Twitter can scan your email address book in order to find contacts that are also using Twitter. It's a fast and easy way to find your friends.

1. Simply type your email address and your email password into the boxes, then hit 'Find friends.' Twitter does not store your login, and we will not use your email address without your permission.
2. When you see a list of the friends and colleagues found in your address book, follow them!
   • Follow all of them by selecting the blue 'Follow All' button on the right hand side of the results
   • Or if you'd like to see updates only from specific people, you can choose to ask to follow your email contacts individually using the grey 'send request' button next to their information.
3. Click the 'Next: others' button at the bottom of your screen.
4. A box will pop-up with your remaining contacts who are not on Twitter. To invite them to join Twitter, check the boxes next to the contacts you wish to invite - or click "select all" at the top.
   Please note: if you click 'select all' and proceed, it will invite all contacts in your address book.

3. Finding Friends with Twitter Search

To complete signup, search for anyone else you would like to add on Twitter. This example will demonstrate searching for Biz Stone, who did not show up in my contact import.

1. Type the name of the person you're searching for into the search box.
2. A list of matching accounts will show. Click the 'Follow' button next to any you wish to begin Following. A confirmation message will appear.
3. When finished, click the blue 'Next step: you're done!' button to finish the sign up process. You will be taken to your home page, known as your timeline, where you can now share information via Tweets, as in the example shown below.
4. Press 'update' and you've successfully posted your first Tweet. Congratulations and welcome to Twitter!

Fig. 11 - finding users via name search

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how to upload videos on facebook ?

Make sure the video is encoded in one of the following formats:
QuickTime Movie (mov)
Windows Media Video (wmv)
AVI Video (avi)
MPEG Video (mpg, mpeg)
Windows Media Video (asf)
MPEG-4 Video (mp4, mpeg4)
Mobile Video (3gpp, 3gp, 3g2)
Matroska Format (mkv)
Flash Player Video (flv)
DVD Video (vob)
Ogg Format (ogm)
Nullsoft Video (nsv)

you need to add the Video application to your account. You can find this application here, you can click this link after you log in.
http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/applica…

Once you have this application, follow these steps to upload a video:

1-Go to your profile.
2-Select the Wall tab.
3-Click 'Video' inside the Publisher box.
4-Select which type of video you'd like to make.
5-Follow the on screen directions for your particular upload type.

When you're done, click "Post" to generate a story about your video and store the video permanently in My Videos

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how to install windows operating system on mac ?

One of the huge advantages of getting an Apple computer with the Intel processor is the ability to run a native boot version of Windows. Lets face it, we still live in a Windows world no matter how much faster, safer, and more productive the Mac OS X operating system is.
But as Apple continues it’s rise in popularity, you can feel safe in making the switch to an Apple computer now because there really is nothing it can’t do. With the addition of Apple Boot Camp software, which now comes with the Leopard version of Mac OS X, you can easily setup Windows XP or even Vista as a dual boot system.
There are a few tips that I can give you to make this process go smoothly because even though it is easy to get everything setup, there are a couple of things in the setup guide that I didn’t bother to read first that caused problems.
The first step is to run the Boot Camp Assistant application. You can find this by going to Applications -> Utilities. Run through the steps in this wizard and create the partition for your Windows installation. When you finish, it will ask you to put your Windows installation disk in.  You will need to make sure you have a full installation disk, not an upgrade disk.  Also, if you are installing Windows XP then it has to be a SP2 install disk.
Put in the installation disk and restart. This will allow it to boot to the installation disk and start the Windows installation process. Go through the installation wizard to the partition selection page. At this page, select the Windows partition you created with the Boot Camp Assistant. On the format options, make sure you select the Full format FAT32 option. You cannot use the Quick format option or it will cause problems with finishing the installation.
After the Windows installation has finished copying the installation files to the hard drive and restarts, make sure you hold down the Option button so it gives you the option to boot into the Windows partition. If you do not do this, you’ll never complete the installation because it will just keep booting to the Mac OS partition.
Once you’ve completed the Windows installation, you’ll need to run the setup.exe program from the Leopard installation disk to let it finish setting up and installing the drivers to make all of the hardware function correctly in windows.
One last optional step to improve the access to your Windows OS is to buy and install Parallel’s Desktop 3.0 for Mac. This will give you the ability to run both operating systems at the same time as well as mirror and share files between the two operating system.

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how to learn computer basics online ?

Welcome to a short, easy-to-master, web based course on basic online skills. Our goal is to give you a solid foundation. Once you have understood these basics, you will have a clear understanding on which to build your future knowledge of and skill with computers and the Internet.
This course is divided into four separate modules: Computer Skills; E-Mail Skills; Word Processing Skills and Web Skills. Each module is self-paced and includes review questions so you can check how much you have learned.
To begin, click on any of the four module links below:
Computer Skills | E-Mail Skills | Word Processing Skills | Web Skills

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How to Buy Used Books on Amazon

Instructions

Sign In

1. 1
   Go to Amazon.com.
   
2. 2
   Click on "New Customer Start Here" or sign into your account.
   
3. 3
   Fill in login and sign in information.
   

Create New Account

4. Enter your email address. Click "Sign In" using our secure server.
   
5. Fill in Registration info: Name, Email, Password. Click "continue."
   
6. Your Amazon Account is set up.
   

Buy Used Books

7. Go to Amazon.com home page.
   
8. In the browse toolbar, click "Books."
   
9. Search for your book: book genre, book title or author. You also can use "Browse Keyword" toolbar categories.
   
10. When you find an item that interests you, click the title or the name of the item to see its product detail page.
    
11. Click the "New and Used" link to check out the list of books that are available in used condition.
    
12. Click the "Used" tab.
    
13. Check out reviews for the book's condition and seller info.
    

Shopping Cart

14. After finding the book that you are looking for, click "Add to Cart."
    
15. If you have more shopping to do, repeat steps 3-7 above.
    
16. If you are done shopping, go to shopping cart link at top of page.
    
17. Confirm shopping cart items. Enter quantity if it is different then default 1. Update the shopping cart if any changes were made to your order.
    
18. Click on yellow "Proceed to Check out" button on right toolbar. Sign in. Enter and verify your shipping address. Click "Continue."
    
19. Select shipping method and press "Continue."
    
20. Select your payment method. Fill out your payment information and press "Continue."
    
21. Review details about the products you ordered, billing info and shipping info. Click on "Place Your Order."
    
22. Check your order status for current info about shipping and delivery times.
    

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how to shop using paypal ?

PayPal is a money transfer site which allows an individual to send funds to others or make online purchases. PayPal is a popular site for transferring money online, but learning how to use PayPal will ease transactions.

PayPal is an online financial middleman that facilitates the transfer of money between people and businesses online. Users only need to share private financial information with PayPal, not unknown parties. PayPal can be used to buy things online, shop on eBay, or receive money from friends. There are three different types of PayPal account – Personal, Premier and Business

A PayPal account can receive money as soon as it has been created, but to use it to send money or to buy products online, the user needs to set up a means of getting funds into the account. Normally the PayPal account is linked to an existing bank account, or to a credit or debit card.

Paypal has been subject to scams and security issues which the user needs to be aware of. Paypal can also be linked to software such Quicken, Skype and Facebook.

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how to send email using outlook ?

Write an E-Mail Message, Send It Now

E-mail addresses must be letter-perfect in order for your mail to reach the intended destination, and Outlook Express is rich with options for addressing messages accurately. You type a few letters of the person's name in the To or CC (for carbon copy) lines, and then Outlook Express automatically supplies the full address from your address book.

1.	Click the Create Mail button. Create Mail button
2.	In the To box, type the first few letters of your recipient's name as shown below. When Outlook Express proposes the name you want, press the Enter key. If the name isn't in your address book, type the complete e-mail address. Capitalization doesn't matter, and there should be no spaces in the address.
3.	Repeat step 2 for each person you want to send the message to, separating names with a comma or semi-colon.
4.	To send copies of your e-mail, follow steps 2 and 3 above in the CC box as shown below for each person who will get a copy. To and CC fields on a new mail message
5.	Type a brief subject for your message as shown below. Outlook Express will remind you if you forget this.
6.	Click in the message area, and type your message as shown below.
7.	Click Send as shown below. If Outlook Express asks for confirmation of any name, click the correct name in the Check Names box, and click OK. E-mail message subject and body, and Send button

Protect the privacy of your recipients' e-mail addresses. The polite way to send e-mail to a large group of people—a change of e-mail address, a joke, and so on—is to put the recipients' names in the BCC (blind carbon copy) line. Names and e-mail addresses in the BCC line are invisible to everyone who receives your message; when a recipient opens the message, only the sender's name appears (in the To line). If the BCC line isn't visible, on the View menu, click All Headers. Then follow the instructions in step 2 above to add names to the BCC line.

Write an E-Mail Message, Send It Later

You can compose e-mail while your computer is disconnected from the Internet.

•	Follow the steps in the Write an E-Mail Message, Send It Now section above. When you click Send, Outlook Express lets you know that it's storing your message in the Outbox—it's in the Folder list—and then sends it automatically when you go online.

Save your e-mail. Outlook Express also automatically saves messages as you write them, so if your computer shuts down unexpectedly, your messages will be waiting for you in the Drafts folder. But for extra safety, it's not a bad idea—particularly for an important message—to save your e-mail message as you write. To do this, click Save, on the File menu.

Send an E-Mail Message in a Hurry

If Outlook Express doesn't send your e-mail messages as fast as you'd like, you can take matters into your own hands to speed them on their way.

•	Click the Send/Recv button. Outlook Express immediately sends all messages in the Outbox (and retrieves any messages from the Internet service provider). Send/Recv button on Outlook Express toolbar

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Attach a File to an E-Mail Message

It's easy to attach files to e-mail—a picture of the new baby, the paper you're coauthoring, your tax file for the accountant, or a favorite song. It's rather like paper-clipping something to a letter.

1.	In your message, click the Attach button. Attach button on e-mail toolbar
2.	Browse until you find the file you want to attach as shown below.
3.	Click the file, and then click Attach as shown below. If you want to enclose more than one file, repeat steps 1 through 3. Attachment box
4.	Finish the message if you haven't already, and click the Send button. Attach field showing attached document
5.	The attachments show up (!) here in the message.

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