![[Tutorial] How To Convert Text To Audio MP3](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/file-open-as8d7d8y7iu98yuo798up.webp)
In this tutorial I will show you how to use free Windows app called Balabolka to convert many types of documents: doc, docx, txt, epub, pdf, odt… directly to MP3 audio. This can be quite useful for people who need to read long reports. By converting those reports into MP3 you can then sit back and listen them on your computer, a music player, phone, etc..
![[Tutorial] How To Find Faster DNS Server – Windows](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nameserver-asd46a54sd654as54d65a48g4hjio.webp)
For those users that don’t know DNS servers are used by your internet connection to make the correspondence between a domain name and the corresponding IP address. DNS servers used by Internet service providers are not the fastest. Some services like Google Public DNS or OpenDNS put at your disposal free DNS very swift. You can speed up your Internet browsing using these DNS servers rather than your Internet service provider and in this tutorial I will show you how to do that.
![[Tutorial] How to Jailbreak Your iPhone 4 On iOS 6 Using Redsn0w – Windows](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ios-6-jailbreak.webp)
The iPhone and Chronic Dev Teams have released the latest version of Redsn0w to jailbreak the iPhone 4 on iOS 6. This tool will allow users to complete a tethered jailbreak — meaning that if your iPhone 4 loses power, you must re-connect and boot via Redsn0w. This jailbreak will work with any A4 device, including the iPod touch fourth generation, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and original iPad.
![[Tutorial] How To Forward Port (Using UPnP) On Your Router](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/port-forward-ttj-logo.webp){kind=logo}
UPnP allows compatible applications to automatically change the settings on your router to add a port redirect. Unfortunately, some applications do not support UPnP and can not automatically redirect a port in your router. It is then up to you to connect to your router and manually add the port to redirect. For some users this may look like a bit complicated and risky procedure but to make everything simple and easy we will be using a free app for Windows called UPnP Port Mapper which allows you to automatically manage your port forwarding from your desktop without having to connect to your router.
![[Tutorial] How To Manually Update Windows 8](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/settings-as465s4d6a5s4d65a4s6d4a.webp)
Windows 8 comes with a new built-in updater which is scheduled to check for updates once per day. But if this updater is turned off or you don’t use your computer much often it may happen that you miss some important updates and leave your system unprotected. That’s why I will, in this tutorial I will show you how to check for Windows 8 updates manually.
![[Tutorial] How To Quickly Remove Entire Contents Of A Folder – Windows](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/empty-folder-8a9777a9sf464hy6464yhuffg.webp)
To delete the contents of a folder, you can select the files it contains and put them in the trash. However with few small changes inside Windows registry you can make this procedure much easier and faster by adding a delete command inside context menu that appears after right-clicking on a folder. In this tutorial I will show you how to enable this command.
![[Tutorial] Two Possible Ways to Delete All Facebook Chat Messages](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/facebook-ttj-messages-logo.webp){kind=logo}
If you want to keep your Facebook messages inbox clean but its filled up with hundreds of Facebook chat messages, it can be a nightmare – deleting each of them one by one. Unfortunately there is no option to delete your chat messages all at once but there are some add-ons for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, and once those are installed you will get the “Delete All” button right inside your Facebook messages page allowing you to Delete all your chat messages with one push of the button.
![[Tutorial] How To Use Google Talk To Get Instant Information](https://thetechjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/web-77d6a54s68df7g9876a54f8r7yi646re.webp)
Lots of people are using Google Talk instant messaging application to communicate with our contacts in GMail. But this little app can also be a powerful tool to get instant information tanks to a bot called Guru. Within Google Talk you can perform simple queries and searches through keywords, request weather information, translate a word, see the final sports result, check for currency conversion and much more. In this tutorial I will show you how to perform some of those queries and how to access Google talk Guru bot.