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Friday, July 31, 2009

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips - July 28, 2009

The geeks behind MakeUseOf.com are dedicated to keep you up-to-date on amazing new websites and free software that can make your life easier. Here are some of our latest discoveries:

    Free Ringtones That Sound Like Real Phones

    You're pitching the business case for your great money-making-and-saving idea. All the C-Level types are there. Then all of a sudden, you and everyone else can hear the strains of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean. You didn't turn the phone off before the meeting.
    Who knew that your career would end to the song you moonwalked to [...]

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    Choosing A Laptop: 9 Great Review Sites

    Is your current laptop or computer slowing down your productivity? Taking too long to get simple tasks done on your PC? Tried everything to make it go faster, to no effect? If you have some cash lying around, it would be more worth your time to buy yourself a new laptop or if your like [...]

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    How To Analyze A Windows Blue Screen Of Death With WhoCrashed (Windows)

    Windows machines are often the subject of jokes within the computer geek community, and much of that bad credit is due to cryptic error messages that reveal very little information even to the veterans of this operating system.
    Of those type of errors, BSODs (Blue Screen of Death) are the worst and are often caused by [...]

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    Play and Download YouTube Videos On Your Mac with MacTubes

    YouTube has become one of the biggest names on the internet. If the number of hits the site gets a day is not convincing enough for you, try to find out how many YouTube video downloaders are available out there – either as online services, browser plugins, or stand alone applications.
    Choosing the best YouTube video [...]

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    Ophcrack – A Password Hack Tool to Crack Almost Any Windows Password

    There are a lot of different reasons why one would want to use any number of password hack tools to hack a Windows password. Of course, there are the good-hearted reasons, like helping your grandpa because he forgot his password and is locked out of his own computer. Then, there are the more dubious reasons, [...]

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    Make The Perfect Screencast With These 6 Great Tips

    Over the years screencasting, also known as video tutorials have became very popular on the internet. The reason that they have became so popular is because it lets a user record their screen and share it with others to show them how to do something on a computer.
    If you browse through sites such as YouTube, [...]

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15 Best Windows 7 Tips and Hacks

You have upgraded to Windows 7, love the new taskbar, and enjoy the power of using the cool Libraries feature.
But now you want more. You want the cool tips and tricks that make Windows 7 fun!
So here are the best ones to help you get the most out of your new OS. In this article, [...]

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How to Make Your Hotmail Sign In More Secure

Microsoft's Hotmail, having gone through many revisions, has been around since 1996; which may as well be "eternity" on the Internet. If you use this service, good security practices are in order, and I'm here today to help secure your Hotmail sign in. If you're not a Hotmail user, many of these tips can still [...]

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How to Make Index Cards in Microsoft Word 2007

I read somewhere that Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish naturalist, was the guy who invented index cards three centuries ago. That way he could pigeonhole vast amounts of data during his studies.
We might not need it for organizing heavy duty scientific information but index cards are one of the best ways to organize information of any [...]

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Break Free From iTunes With Amazon Music Downloads

Up until a few years ago, I had never really been into downloading music. Seriously – I was so old school. Give me one of those little radio-tuner players that look like a memory stick and I'm good to go.
However, one night I was sitting at the computer and came across one of the [...]

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How to Use Mozilla Firefox in Safe Mode

The Program menu of our computer lists two shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox. The first is of course the one which starts our Firefox browser. Strangely, we couldn't care less about the second one.
What is Mozilla Firefox safe mode? Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode) becomes the next resort when the regular browser comes crashing down. Firefox is [...]

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What Language Is This? 5 Online Tools to Identify Almost Every Unknown Language

이 웹사이트에 환영. 이것은 보기 원본이다
What language is this? Chinese? Japanese?
It's Korean actually. Detecting this manually would have taken me a lot of time. Fortunately, I found some very accurate tools that can do this automatically. They are all listed below.
The experiment: I tested the websites using sample text (1-2 sentences with 8 words) from the [...]

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The Ultimate Guide To Your Windows Mobile Phone [PDF]

If you have a Windows Mobile phone, you will know that stuff can occasionally get pretty difficult. These devices, which are basically mini-computers, have endless possibilities — and thus endless possible difficulties as well.
With that in mind, one of our long-time staff writers started working on a PDF manual covering everything a Windows Mobile user [...]

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Technology Explained: How Does Wireless Internet Work?

In my role supporting SCADA units in the field, I've often been asked how does Wireless Internet work. I usually answer with the question, "Which kind of wireless Internet?" Some people say that WiFi is wireless Internet, some think of radio-based Internet access as wireless, some even think of satellite Internet access as wireless. Then [...]

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8 Tips To Effectively Boost Your Wireless Router Signal

Look at it – staring you down so innocently, yet I know that your Linksys wireless router refuses to give you signal. Since you decided to place it in a corner to gather dust, using it only for its relay capabilities, it has decided to constantly bring up the feared "Limited Network Connection" bubble. Don't [...]

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5 HTML Tips to Create a Fast Loading Free Website

My HyperText Markup Language (HTML) skills are rusty for certain, but perhaps that qualifies me for this article. Back in the day when Friends was still on TV and AOL was sending out free coasters and mini-frisbees daily, I was creating websites to load on dial-up modems. As time went on, I had the nerve [...]

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How To Protect Sensitive Information by Erasing Your Hard Disk Completely

Maybe you are giving away your computer to one of your friends/family, or perhaps you are lending your hard disk to a friend. You don't want them to be able to get your data and see what you had stored on your hard disk, so you delete everything and scrupulously make sure that you cannot [...]

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Sunday, July 26, 2009

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Monday, July 20, 2009

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Friday, July 17, 2009

MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips

The geeks behind MakeUseOf.com are dedicated to keep you up-to-date on amazing new websites and free software that can make your life easier. Here are some of our latest discoveries:

    Rotate Your Desktop Backgrounds Automatically With WallPapa [Windows]

    Wallpapa is a lightweight application that can automatically switch your desktop backgrounds after a preset interval. Not only that, it also makes the process of changing your background easier than the built-in Windows interface. If you have been following MakeUseOf, you would know that I had recently wrote a post on High Resolution backgrounds.
    If you [...]

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    3 Free Uninstallers To Prevent Obsolete Files From Piling Up [Mac]

    Mac is famous for their "drag and drop" installation/uninstallation process. Most of the time, the term "installing an app" simply means copying the app into the Applications folder (or anywhere you want the app to be). And likewise, uninstalling an app means simply deleting it from the computer - something that you should never, ever [...]

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    Double Vision - Secretly Watch Videos at Work [Windows]

    There must have been times when you wished that you could be at two places or do two things at the same time. How about watching a YouTube video and working on your presentation at the same time? You could go for a dual monitor setup, or you can try Double Vision.
    Double Vision is one [...]

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    5 Free Password Generators For Nearly Unhackable Passwords

    In this increasingly hostile computer environment, it is essential to have a strong password for everything. Whether it's email, computer account or online banking, using your cat's name as a password is a very bad idea. And if you're afraid of not going remembering it because it's too long and complicated, I'm going to show [...]

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How To Get On YouTube At School Using Mobile Internet

So you're a YouTube addict, and you find it difficult to make it through an entire day without browsing through the latest videos at YouTube. You're desperately trying to find out how to get on YouTube at school. Now, you could certainly attempt to bypass your school's firewall using an application like FreeProxy, but as [...]

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Find Recently Available Or Deleted Domain Names with JustDropped

What do you do when you start a new web project and need a new site name? I know I use a service like GoDaddy or Register.com to do a domain name search to find available domains. Now, close to 2 decades after the Internet gained popularity, all the decent domain names have been taken.
Luckily, [...]

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3 Features of Google Driving Directions You Probably Never Knew

We know your problems. We know that if Aunt Martha sees your red sedan pass by her front porch, she will FORCE you to come in and try her lasagna. We know that you hate Toll Road #4339 Google Maps sends you on every time you want to go somewhere.
That is why I have compiled [...]

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Top 5 Websites To Listen To CDs Before Buying

How many times have you bought a CD only to find that most of the songs are not to your liking? I am sure most of you have this kind of experience. It is definitely not a good feeling, perhaps coupled with a pain in the wallet. This doesn't apply only to physical CD that [...]

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The 3 Best Desktop Radio Players For Windows, Mac & Linux

We make a lot of player recommendations here at Make Use Of, where everyone is an addict, and we've even given you advice on how to record streaming radio as mp3.
With the list of free players growing all the time (iffy companies are cropping up all over the web like raging teen acne - awful [...]

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Geeky Fun: Latest Hilarious Picks

 
Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf Geeky Fun during the last week.

Caps Lock Has A New Name (Pic)
Rare Genetic Dissorder: Duke Nukem's Disease (Video)
Go Home IE6! (Pic)
Medieval Helpdesk (Video)
MacBook – The Flying Edition (Video)
World's First Sat Nav – From 1920 (Pic)

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Search Popular RapidShare Files Easily with RapidShare123

Popular torrent trackers and websites, like The Pirate Bay, are going to be going the way of the dinosaurs. That's right, they will soon be extinct.
So, we might just have to find other methods of searching for and downloading files like television shows or movies from the interweb. I have been using a website called [...]

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Free Security Suite for Windows: Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free, comprehensive anti-virus with real-time protection, a decent detection rate, good integration with the operating system and small performance footprint.
So let's talk about the essentials. An incredibly small installer, clocking in at 5-7 MB depending on the platform, it gives you anti-virus and anti-malware functions, free updates, scan scheduling, all [...]

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4 Fun And Simple Things You Can Do Using Terminal [Mac]

Terminal is one of the utilities that is commonly found on UNIX-based computer such as Linux and Mac OS. It is where users can type commands asking the computer to perform certain tasks. Something like a DOS environment in Windows. Kinda geeky, isn't it?
That's why everyday computer users tend to avoid Terminal. People say that [...]

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The Best Free Algebra Homework Help Websites

The grade level where children make the transition from math to algebra can be very easy for some students, but difficult and confusing for others. Math concepts that are centered on clearly defined numbers and with all "factors" within the problem typically defined, are usually fairly easy for most students to follow and understand.
However, [...]

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10 Websites For Free Mobile Phone Ringtones & Other Mobile Downloads

Does music express the kind of people we are? I am not sure, but it's a direct barometer of our likes and dislikes. I guess going by the mobile ringtone rage and the number of websites feeding the craving, the idea of saying 'who we are' through music has entered the cells too. I am [...]

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Top 5 Tools To Make A Home Movie Online For Free

So, after Mark showed you how make quick and professional videos on Windows Movie Maker, you think you're cut out to be the next great online movie director? After shooting countless video clips and pictures, you now have to bring them all together with some video editing magic to create your movie.
However, renting an editing [...]

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Use Microsoft Office As An Offline Google Docs Editor with Offisync [Windows]

You would think that Microsoft Office and Google Docs working together is pretty much an impossiblity.   After all, the two of them are fierce rivals and the thought of the two company's products working seamlessly together is laughable.
Well not anymore, thanks to Offisync which allows you to use, update and synchronize your Google Docs onto [...]

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips - July 9, 2009

The geeks behind MakeUseOf.com are dedicated to keep you up-to-date on amazing new websites and free software that can make your life easier. Here are some of our latest discoveries:
 

How to Stop Annoying "Restart" Prompt after Windows Updates

Windows users can find many things to complain about, but in my opinion, the absolute worst "feature" of Windows XP is the Nagging Restart Dialog. In 2008, Mark showed you how to disable the Windows restart prompt temporarily. I'll extend on that and make it even simpler for future use.

I'm sure you've had to deal [...]

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4 Easy Ways to Burn CDs and DVDs for Free on Mac

These days, almost every aspect of our life could be digitized and stored as data. From contact list to office works, from private poems to family vacation videos; all has been turned into sets of binary codes. We even move our social life to the virtual world.
That's why modern people can afford to lose their [...]

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4 Cool Fake Viruses to Make Your Friends Freak Out

There's nothing wrong with a harmless prank, especially when the victim is anyone but you. If you want to have some fun with your friends (or enemies for that matter), drop these cool fake viruses into the folder located at "C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersStart MenuStartup", then watch 'em squirm.
Although the following fake viruses may seem [...]

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5 Cool Free Internet Games For Kids That'll Make Them Love Math

For most of us, math is a red rag and kids are no different. Packed into a game however, Math can be fun and easy. And once motivation kicks in, ambition will follow and your kids may easily master even difficult exercises.
Here are five cool free Internet games for kids that will get your own [...]

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How to Recover Deleted Pictures from a Digicam Memory Card

We come from dust, we return to dust. Thankfully, it's for us living beings and not for digital data. A slew of software makes it possible to recover files which have been lost. Where would digital forensics be without them?
Well, I am not getting into the criminal underbelly, but just jabbering about a long [...]

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Make Your Own DVD Movie Covers with DVD Print [Windows]

Don't let the name of this application fool you! DVD Print can print DVD covers but it also does music CDs as well. We have spoken before about other ways to create cases for our media –including this link to a popular sleeve creator. But for the DVD and CD freaks out there, this will [...]

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How To Easily Set Up Google Apps on Your Website

The other week I moved my email service over from Yahoo Webhosting to Google Apps.   I finally managed to stop the procrastinating after a year of dithering about and just did it - and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to set up.
This was one of the reasons why I procrastinated so [...]

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How To Access Hotmail Messages from Gmail

If you spend a lot of time on the web, either for leisure or work, you may find yourself having a lot of email accounts. I know I do. I have heaps that I regularly check; work, websites, personal. But I found myself wasting so much time logging in and logging out of Hotmail and [...]

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The 4 Retro Gaming Classics & Their Modern Counterparts

People like the feeling of nostalgia, and that's a fact. The fun of reliving old experiences is simply undeniable. Even when death arrives, people hope to see their past flash before their eyes.
This is one of the reasons we never let go of those retro gaming classics like Pong and Space Invaders. The fact that [...]

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