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In the box with a Canon EOS body there should be a USB cable and a CD, or two or three.  On the CD is EOS Utility.  Install the software, connect the USB cable and you should be in business.  As a practical matter, you might need a USB extension cord so you can move around a bit.  The cable that comes with most models is only about 3 feet/1 meter long.  The cable that comes with a 1D series is about 12 feet/4 meters long.

Also on the CD is a manual for EOS Utility, which is probably worth reading.  I have not tried tethering my 5D.  I read in one of the forums that you had to follow a specific sequence when untethering or you could screw up the camera!  Yikes!  I have not needed to tether it so I have not.  Sometimes I tether my 1Ds and I tried it out when I first got my 30D.  Another cool trick EOS Utility can do is release the shutter at a regular interval so you can build a time lapse movie.

 

This might be the long cable, I see there are a couple of options for longer cables:  http://www.henrys.com/60061-CANON-IFC-500U-USB-CABLE-FOR-EOS.aspx