MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips - April 29, 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:

Run Programs Automatically Using Windows Task Scheduler

PCs are marvelous tools, aren't they? They can do so much for us, but they're hardly the user-friendly home computers promised in science-fiction, which can follow any voice command and perform self-maintenance. It would be nice, at least, if your PC could at least do some things on its own. How about automatic weekly disk [...]

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 26'th]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) CarbonRally - Living green has become more and more of an issue, especially now with Global Warming. It just seems [...]

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How To Move My Documents Folder To A Different Drive

Does 'My Documents' sound like a contradiction in terms? In Vista, we impersonally call it Documents but do we really pay attention to this folder which is one of the most important ones in our system? Of course, it is not the only folder we have. But it usually is the default one called [...]

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6 Useful Desktop Time Tracking Software

When I first started out being a freelancer and software developer, the one thing that is giving me a lot of headache is to estimate the project timeline and give a proper quotation. There are times when I quoted too less for an intensive project and end up receiving much less than the amount [...]

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10 Tips to Extend Your iPod's Battery Life

Listening to music on the go is an important aspect for anybody with a commute longer than 20 minutes, and you just can't beat listening to a podcast while in queue at the supermarket. But what do you do when the battery runs out? Failure is not an option, so here are 10 useful tips [...]

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Use Gmaps Pedometer to Create Walking Routes

A little while back I wrote about how I’m trying to change shape from something like a sphere to more of an upside-down triangle. I’ve got my tunes all adjusted for the pace, now I just need my walking routes. It’s been three years since I’ve done any jogging or walking for exercise, so I’d [...]

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 28'th]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) itpints - Real-time search engine that scans Twitter, Facebook status updates, RSS feeds of popular news sites and blogs and [...]

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Quinn - Multiplayer Tetris Game On Your Mac

If there’s one game that everybody knows, it’s Tetris. Ok, Pong and Pacman don’t come far behind either, but Tetris is an undeniable all time classic. Just thinking about all the hours I’ve spent playing, first on my old Mac OS 9, later on my cellphone, get’s me instantly nostalgic. Even the song has become a [...]

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Use Smart Installer Pack to Install All Needed Software at Once

Some time back we looked at how you can create a custom Windows XP CD so that you can include all you favorite software on the CD that would install automatically. If that was too much for you, here is a simpler way. Try out the Smart Installer Pack. While the Smart Installer Pack (sip) might [...]

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See What Are Top Listened Songs Online with We Are Hunted

Finding and listening to new music is one of my favorite uses of the Web. There are a ton of music sites out there that are constantly finding, sharing, and promoting great new music. Countless new artists are being discovered thanks to the Web, and the music world is booming because of it. Well, [...]

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5 Unique Websites with Very Useful Tag Clouds

Generally, tag or word clouds visually depict the words used in a given text. Frequently used words may stick out with an increased font size, groups of tags may appear in uniform colors. Additionally, tag clouds can visualize relationships of words. Tag clouds are much easier to grasp than simple lists, as words can be weighted [...]

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 29'th]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) AVGLinkScanner - A security add-on for your browser that automatically scans all the links on a webpage and marks them [...]

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MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips - April 27, 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:

Instant Messenger Hacks: 10 Security Tips to Protect Yourself

Most of us will agree that we are paranoid about email security and hack attacks. We should equally be concerned about the other popular connection device we use – the humble instant messenger. It is also open to some of the privacy risks we associate with emails. Especially in a business environment, unsecured IM installations are [...]

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5 Great Multi-Source News Websites

In the US, one major crisis facing the public is the dying of newspapers. As the Web becomes more prevalent and more important, newspapers are struggling to figure out how to make the Internet functional as a business model, and create a website as a destination similar to what a newspaper has been for [...]

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 25'th]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) Fotonea - Online collage creator that is capable of making eye-catching photo collages from images on your computer. No software [...]

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How To Use RSS Feeds To Download Torrents Automatically

There is a lot of content available on BitTorrent these days. Normally you would go to a torrent site, look for the torrent you want to download, download the torrent file and then add it to your torrent client for download. You can automate this process by using RSS and µTorrent (or any other [...]

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Are You a Reckless Web User? Secure Your Browser With AVG Linkscanner

I am a reckless web surfer and I admit it. But seeming most of my browsing is done via a virtual machine or my mobile device I am protected. But what about the millions of other users that are using their Firefox to browse sites blindly. We use our favorite web browser to search [...]

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5 Dead-Easy Ways to Create Your Own Panoramic Photos

You want to create your own panorama, but do not want to bother with messy details like control points and blending options? Here are 5 ways to get you up and running with your own panorama without getting embroiled in advanced photographic terminology. Clevr Clevr is a website that allows you to upload your overlapped photos, sort [...]

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How To Disable Internet Explorer

All great things (and not-so-great) must come to an end. You may find yourself, for various reasons, wanting to ditch Internet Explorer for a better browser. Some site security concerns while others prefer an alternative browser, Firefox or Opera, for example, that holds to open standards. Some simply think that Micro$oft iz t3h 5U><0R5, and [...]

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 26'th]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) Forumotion - Now you can create your own free unlimited forum in a snap with Forumotion. Personalize your forum with [...]

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Top Educational Websites For Children That Are Fun

There’s something about the phrase “top educational websites for children” that makes my stomach feel ill. It may be because I imagine parents plopping their children in front of a PC and only allowing them to play games that involve solving math problems or answering science questions. The torture!  However, I was from a generation [...]

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Ultrastar Deluxe - Free Singstar Delight on Your PC

There are many great pieces of karaoke software out there, but without any doubt, Sony’s SingStar is the most popular one amongst the general public. If you can get past the innitial embarassment, there’s really nothing greater than screaming your lungs out after a party, be it with friends or family. One of the main reasons are [...]

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Max – The Multitalented Audio File Converter in Mac

Once upon a time, my friend gave me a CD image file in the format of ".APE"; a strange format that I've never heard of. It turns out that it is quite a common audio format – known as Monkey's Audio (http://www.monkeysaudio.com/) - mostly used by Windows users. In the search for the application capable [...]

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The Big Book of BitTorrent: The Torrent Guide for Everyone

There are tons of ways to download files, be it pictures of last Christmas party, or that new cinema flick. Amongst them are the conventional direct download, FTP, and of course Peer-to-Peer. BitTorrent, an example of P2P, is a great, perhaps even the best way to download files, both in concept as in use - that [...]

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MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips - April 25, 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 Master The Power of Mac Shortcuts

In the terms of using computer, I'm more of a keyboard guy. This doesn't mean that I'm not using mouse, but I prefer to put my hands on the keyboard as much as possible. This also means that I use a lot of shortcut keys to get my work done. Using shortcuts is fast. A [...]

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5 Really Easy-to-use Freeware Video Converters

Our lives have turned into a big media center. Each of us likely have our own set of desktops, laptops, mobile phones, portable media players, handheld consoles, and MP3 players. The many video formats needed to run our gadgets just add more stress to our already media-entangled lives. With so many video formats and too little [...]

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Freebies: 15 Free Icon Sets for your iPhone

As many of you know the iPhone is a powerful device that combines incredible sleek design with advanced graphic user interface technology. Millions of users rely on the iPhone daily to aid them in smoothing out the rough edges of life, but why not apply creativity to technology with a collection of attractive icons? All [...]

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 23'rd]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) CometDocs - Comprehensive file & data conversion tool which lets you perform over 50 different conversions online. The site has [...]

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5 English Foreign Newspapers That You Should Read

Before the flaming starts, let me qualify that headline - I mean ‘foreign’ as in ‘foreign to me’. Yes, the web is worldwide and you may be reading from one of the countries that I reference. That’s cool. Welcome. The goal of this article is driven by the axiom that when there are two opposing [...]

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GunBound - Multiplayer Worms-like Shooting Game

I remember playing Worms at a friends place when I was little. We’d boot up the Windows 95 system, wait half an hour, and start playing. It was a really crappy computer, one of the crappiest I’ve ever seen. After two or three turns, it always crashed. And we kept rebooting, and kept trying, because [...]

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Fling Ftp: Automate your Backup with free FTP client (Windows)

I have been on the lookout for a good light weight backup solution. I currently use a crap load of batch scripts. I recently saw a mention of Fling on Lifehacker. And after reading about Fling FTP I decided to check it out. I browsed on over to http://www.nchsoftware.com/fling/index.html to download the 241kb file. After installing [...]

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How to Bypass Firewalls & Get into Blocked Websites in School or at Work with FreeProxy (Windows)

Okay kids, you’ve been searching the web for how to get into blocked websites in school, with no luck.  Face it, you’re living in a world where your parents and your teachers want to protect you from the vile and nasty evils that lurk on the Internet. Why?  Are there really child predators hiding in [...]

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Latest Picks from MakeUseOf Geeky Fun

Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf Geeky Fun during the last week. 1. Facebook Song: I'm On Facebook (NSFW) (video). 2. Facebook Manners: The 1950’s Style (video). 3. Digg Frontpage After Marijuana Legalization (pic) 4. The Ultimate Watch For Geeks (pic) 5. Homeless Frank - Laptop Hunters $1000 Video Parody (video) If you would like to keep up with all [...]

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 24'th]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) CaptionTube - If you ever need to add subtitles or text captions to Youtube videos you may try it with [...]

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GKrellM - System Monitor Tool with Tons of Great Plugins

GkrellM is not a new app. In fact, it have been around for a long time, even before Conky has existed. Despite its old age, it is still a powerful app that is used and loved by many people. Simply said, GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors that allows you to monitor your [...]

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6 Reasons Why Plurk Beats Twitter

Plurk is a microblogging platform. Compared to Twitter it’s similar but different. Most of all Plurk doesn’t cease to introduce innovations. And that’s what this post is about: differences and new features. Timeline Rather than in a vertical list, updates (plurks) appear on a horizontal timeline. When you scroll through the timeline you will pass date borders and scrolling [...]

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MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips - April 23, 2009

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 20'th]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) CornerShop - If you ever need to make rounded CSS boxes for the content on your site there is one [...]

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Identify The Title of That Song With Tunatic

Have you ever have that moment where you heard a song and wonder what’s its title and who’s the singer? I have, all the time. When on the move, whenever I heard a nice song (especially a foreign language song), I will record it down with my iPhone and use midomi to identify the title of [...]

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How To Convert Any Windows Program to Run on a U3 Drive

Have you ever been working on a different computer and thought, “Drat, I wish I had ProgramX with me. That would really help.” Or am I the only one that still uses the word ‘drat’? Yes, you could carry around a binder of CD’s and DVD’s with you, but that’s really cumbersome and doesn’t look [...]

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How To Make Microsoft Office 2007 Look Like Office 2003

I remember the first time I set my eyes on Microsoft Office2007. It was love at first sight because everything seemed so stylish. At second sight, I found myself a bit lost among the buttons of the new Ribbon menu. I knew there was a bit of a learning curve ahead of me. Though I mastered [...]

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Challenge Someone And Test Your Geography Knowledge

Geography involves more than just learning the names of nations, cities, & seas. It involves people. Geosense capitalizes on this fact by letting people from all over the world have fun relating about the different places that we each call home. This site allows you to play games to test your comprehension of geography, asking you [...]

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 21'st]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) ATM Hunter - An iPhone application which lets you locate ATMs almost anywhere around the globe using your iPhone. The [...]

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6 Reasons Why Firefox Dude May Want to Switch to Chrome

I did it. About a week ago, I took the plunge. I made Google Chrome my default browser, and now do almost everything within Chrome. I do miss Firefox every once in a while (after all, we were in a relationship for quite a while, and over a number of version changes), but I’m [...]

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OneSwarm Makes P2P File Sharing Private And Personal

Torrents are one of the most used file sharing networks at the moment, and becoming more and more popular by the day. As all of you probably know, torrents make every user into an uploader as well as a downloader, sharing the load amongst peers instead of burdening one server. Most people only know torrents as a [...]

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Easily Search Web for Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations & Images with Outwit

The intertubes are steaming with all kinds of documents and information that you can use as reference or guidelines for your projects, presentations, homework, research and what not. You can search for these documents and data using Google or any other search engine of your choice (ex. PDF Search Engine), however the results displayed as [...]

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5 Dead-Easy Websites to Share Files Without Signing Up

Sharing or sending files via eMail is very inconvenient. First of all some files are simply too big to be eMailed. Secondly, when the recipient downloads mail they cannot control when to download the file and for the time it takes until the eMail is transferred they are stuck. And last but not least, someone [...]

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Cool Websites and Tools [April 22'nd]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory.   (1) ContactHelp - On this site you can get direct access phone numbers and a few tips on how to avoid [...]

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The Must-see "New Tab King" Addon for Firefox (Windows)

Have you heard about the New Tab King? You haven't? Well then what do you see when you hit Control + T in Firefox? When you open a new tab do you see a blank window or is there some useful data you can use? Did you even know you could have some cool and useful things [...]

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