Forgotten PC password

How to start your computer when you've misplaced your password.

Smartphones: 14 Great Things iPhones & BlackBerrys Can Do

Smartphones are intelligent, but with the 14 tips and tricks in this story, they could approach genius territory. We'll show you how to run seven separate devices from your iPhone, how to play Internet radio (mostly for free) on your BlackBerry, how to make free phone calls from an iPod Touch, and how to revive a dead cell phone battery (if it's detachable) while you're in winter weather.

For more, see the other stories in our '57 Amazing Things You Didn't Know Your Tech Could Do!' package, including our full list of tips and tricks.

Downloads for Managing Your Media

"With these 10 free and low-cost programs, you can organize and edit everything in your digital video and audio collection.

If you're a multimedia fan, you probably have a hard disk full of videos and songs. Keeping track of them all, playing them all and managing them all can be tough. To help, we've assembled a selection of downloads that can do all that for you and more. With these 10 free and low-cost utilities, you can download videos from YouTube, download streaming audio and even edit your own creations."

Convert your PDFs to Word Docs

"There are several well-regarded and free ways that take advantage of the Print function to transform just about any file type to a PDF. PrimoPDF and doPDF sit at the top of the list, but what about reverse engineering that conversion? Converting in the other direction, from a PDF to an MS Word-compatible format like doc or RTF is trickier.

For one thing, there are a lot of bad converters out there. Many PDF to doc converters have similar or even identical names, differentiated sometimes by nothing more than a cunning tap of the space bar. Many offer features that are hamstrung in various ways unless you pay for an upgrade, and just about all of them offer imperfect conversions. Even with these problems, though, you can get a reasonable conversion from the four programs and three Web-based services listed below."

Video Review of the Flip Video MinoHD

While it has its flaws and is a bit expensive, the ultrasimple Flip Video MinoHD produces impressive video for a camcorder of its size. I think I wanna get one of these. ;-)

TwitterView with filmmaker, Gabe Michael

In this TwitterVIEW, Ryan Yee of NerdBoyTV tweets an interview with filmmaker, Gabe Michael, one of the creators of "The Big Time." @GabeMichael talks about how he leverages Twitter, YouTube, and the Internet to produce a comedy that has its audience "talking back" literally through comments and tweets. http://www.thebigtimeshow.com/

Williams and Stone: The Twitter Revolution

"Twitter is the side project that took," says company co-founder Biz Stone, 35. 'Now it's our chance to do something transformative.'

When I arrive at Twitter's headquarters on a recent morning, Jerry Brown is waiting in the lobby -- just another day at the world's hottest high-tech company. 'It's pretty bizarre,' says co-founder Evan Williams, 37. 'At least once per day we look at each other and say, 'What the hell?' It's like we're living out the script of the ultimate start-up company story.'"

Keep Your PC Secrets Safe

Free Software Hides and Protects Your Private Bits and Bytes

"Everyone has something to hide. On their computer that is. Whether it's information about finances, romances, passwords or just private files you want to keep from the prying eyes of your friends, family members, co-workers or hackers.

Now SafeHouse, a company that sells security software for corporate applications, is offering a free program that lets PC users lock down their private data. SafeHouse Explorer is a full-feature, standalone app that hides, locks and encrypts documents, spreadsheets, photos, video or almost any other digitized info you want to keep secure."

SHOW #67 - NerdBoyTV: PersonalMBA & Addict-o-matic

In this episode of NerdBoyTV, Ryan Yee reviews the PersonalMBA website and demos Addict-o-matic.

AT&T to Offer $50 Netbooks - Don't do it!!!

AT&T will begin selling netbooks with integrated wireless Internet cards, selling them for as low as $50 — with a data plan contract, of course. The rollout will begin in Atlanta and Philadelphia.

People, Tweeple, and everyone else who will listen. NerdBoyTV does NOT recommend this. Wanna know WHY? When I did it, they failed to tell you that the 3G Broadband data transfer limit is ONLY 5Gigs per MONTH. My seven days of use (including overages) totaled $1,900!!!!! AT&T did reverse the charge and let me off the hook for maybe $50, but dammit, this almost gave me a heartattack. Better to buy the netbook outright and use with WiFi (free) or get an unlimited 3G plan (which are getting rarer if not impossible to find cause they don't really want Tweeple like me who stay connected like 24/7!).

NerdBoyTV says, "No, No, No. Buyer beware!"

Personal MBA - Best Business Book List

MBA programs don't have a monopoly on advanced business knowledge: you can teach yourself everything you need to know to succeed in life and at work. The Personal MBA features the very best business books available, based on thousands of hours of research. So skip b-school and the $100,000 loan: you can get a world-class business education simply by reading these books.

This page lists all PMBA-recommended books and resources for easy printing, bookmarking, and reference. For more information about the Personal MBA and book selection criteria, read the manifesto.

For your convenience, you can purchase these books on Amazon.com by clicking the "Add to Cart" button - your purchase helps support the PMBA. If you would like to purchase multiple books, check out the PMBA Batch Book Buyer tool.

Brandon's BubbleTweet Page

I really think we have a NerdKidTV in the works! My son, Brandon, picked up Twitter very quickly and now tweets like a champ! Checkout his Twitter page at http://bbltwt.com/ywzei.VERY well-done!