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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips - May 5, 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:

    Cool Websites and Tools [May 2'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) BusinessCardStar - Here is another online business card designer that lets you make your own business cards online and then [...]

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    Tweak Windows XP/Vista/7 to Your Taste with XdN Tweaker

    Windows 7 has been out there in the wild for some time now. Its been there and its better than Vista. However the geeks that we are, we always want more and can’t just get enough of tweaking! Making tweaking Windows 7 easier is “XdN Tweaker”. XdN Tweaker has been around for some time and we [...]

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    How To Trace a Mobile Phone Location with Google Latitude

    The one drawback of being so heavily into both the latest technologies and cool Internet applications is that when the two seamlessly combine to form the ultimate, ultra-useful application with unlimited potential - it causes you to break into a cold sweat from just the excitement alone. Once I realized that someone can trace [...]

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    6 Excellent Mac Apps for Graphic & Web Design

    As a designer I know the importance of keeping up with the latest and greatest apps that enable you to design graphics and develop websites more efficiently. These apps for your Mac will allow you to increase your productivity and save ample amounts of time with minimal effort. No matter the job scape or your [...]

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    LED Binary Clock is Geeky and Awesome (Windows Only)

    Everything can not always be serious! The freaking weekend is upon us and I just discovered LBC – LED Binary Clock. It looks awesome on my desktop and takes up less than 5mb of memory. You have 5mb to donate to your own geeky credit don't you? This little download makes me think about my [...]

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    Cool Websites and Tools [May 3'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)  CarBibles - CarBibles is a comprehensive auto maintenance guide which explains in detail how different car parts work. Also includes [...]

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    11 Tiny and Useful Free Menubar Applications for Mac

    Not every application needs to always shows itself to be functional. Some just do their job quietly in the background while some hide themselves until they are needed. These are the perfect explanation on what menubar application do. Other positive points, they are really tiny – most are less than 1 Mb in size. Some [...]

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    7 Extensions to Fire Up Firefox Right-Click Menu

    What would Firefox be without extensions? Basically just another browser (well, still better than Internet Explorer of course) because addons breathe life into the raw browser skeleton. Extensions are a key ingredient to a successful browser because they provide extra functionality and in most cases, they simply make life easier for the user. Here is a selection [...]

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    Two Free Apps To Sync ANY MP3 Player with iTunes

    Apple products are generally more expensive than their competitors. Although the overall user experience of Apple products is better, most people are price sensitive. Which means Creative, Sandisk and the likes still have about 20% of the MP3 player market share. For those of you who doesn’t have an iPod but use iTunes as their [...]

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    Cool Websites and Tools [May 4'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) Alpoy - Newly launched animated avatar creator which lets you create animated avatars and then download them to your PC [...]

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    How to Fix Microsoft Office Problems with MS Office Diagnostics

    You are working on a vital spreadsheet and Microsoft Excel comes crashing down. MS Office applications do go down and all we can do is wring our hands or ring for support. But what if we could do a bit of sleuthing and get to the root of the cause ourselves? Sometimes the glitch may not [...]

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    April Roundup: Make Use Of Authors

    We brought out two new manuals in April, MakeUseOf Photoshop Guide and The Big Book of BitTorrent. The feedback to these two manuals was extremely positive with downloads going through the roof! Watch out for the next batch of new manuals in May. If there are any subjects you would like to see turned into a [...]

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