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Friday, June 5, 2009

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

    5 Websites to Learn a LOT More About Photography & DigiCams

    You can find out a lot about photography right here on MakeUseOf. Stitching panoramas, finding new cameras, adding borders to photographs, getting your images noticed, finding photos, photo blogs,  and a whole lot more, but sometimes you need a real fix. You need, in fact, to get amongst it. Here are some places to [...]

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    Recommendations On Movies, Music, Books From Glue [Firefox]

    Glue, a social network coupled with a Firefox add-on, manages to bring usefulness to the feature list – providing you with recommendations from your friends and from the Glue community, on movies, music, restaurants and more directly in your browser. It was created by Adaptive Blue, a New York based startup launched in 2006 [...]

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    Cool Websites and Tools [June 2]




    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 more cool websites and web app reviews subscribe to MakeUseOf Directory.



     
    (1) FrostBytez - File hosting service that provides 50 GB of free online storage space. You can upload [...]

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    Do you Doodle? Share your doodles with the world!

    I hate meetings. No really. I really, really hate meetings.
    But I do enjoy doodling, so a boring meeting plus a pad and pencil equals time-killing fun. I have been doodling since elementary school and I enjoy looking at other people's doodles’ as well. I am not talking about the application Doodle, either. I am talking [...]

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    The Ultimate 'Upgrade To Windows 7′ Guide – Part 2

    So, if you've read my previous post on Windows 7, you should have it up and running, ready to see what's different.
    First off, hear this. Most things are the same. Whether you were using XP or Vista, you'll generally find things in the same places, and find that they work in a similar way… Generally.
    And [...]

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    4 Very Light Alternatives to Adobe Reader

    Adobe Reader and the Portable Document Format (PDF) were a boon to Internet communications when first introduced. Finally, there was a way of sharing documents while preserving the formatting, regardless of the word processor software you used to create it. As time went on and PDF popularity increased, for some reason the Adobe Reader seemed [...]

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    Bing: The Next Big Thing From Microsoft

    After months of beta testing, Microsoft has finally launched their latest search engine, in replacement of the existing Live search – Bing.com. Many have said that this latest search engine is a great step forward (with respect to its previous Live search) and could possibly grab some of the market share back from Google. [...]

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    3 Web Apps For Staying On Top Of The Music Scene

    Tuesday is definitely my favorite day of the week. It’s when all the new music comes out, and the audiophile in me gets to have his fill of great new stuff – and terrible new stuff.
    Other than my Tuesday fix, though, I try to not spend too much time tracking bands and albums all [...]

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    Cool Websites and Tools [June 3]




    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 more cool websites and web app reviews subscribe to MakeUseOf Directory.



     
    (1) Barcode Generator - This web tool lets you generate printable barcode labels online. Barcode labels can be [...]

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    How To Place Your Widgets On The Desktop [Mac]

    Dashboard is one of the cool features of Mac OS X (starting from Tiger). With a push of a single keyboard button, Mac users have access to many mini useful applications called widgets.
    Users can add or remove widgets to fit their personal preferences. There are already thousands widgets available today on Apple's Dashboard download page, [...]

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    Compare Bing's search results with Google's using Bing Vs. Google

    You have heard about Bing right?
    I guess you would have to be under a rock not to. Bing really wants to steal the search engine market away from the big G and they realized that the only way to do this would be to build an awesome search engine. And guess what, they did!
    Google is already [...]

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    The Top 10 Grocery Coupon Websites for Cheapskates

    The first step in the process of saving a fortune on your grocery bill is simply accepting the fact that you’re a cheapskate. It’s nothing to be embarrassed about and it’s certainly nothing to hide. Back in my University days I would surf the Internet (which was very young at the time) for whatever grocery [...]

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