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Thursday, June 11, 2009

MakeUseOf.com - Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips - June 11, 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:

    Top 10 Sites To Find The Hot Selling Items From eBay

    A few years ago, I started selling a few items around the house on eBay. Realizing that I could actually sell cheap stuff for a reasonable price, I started scouring yard sales for the same sort of items. Finding items that would be popular on eBay meant testing the waters, realizing something was very popular [...]

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    How to Auto-Translate Foreign Languages in MSN

    If you're marketing a product or a service, there's no better way to connect with users than speaking their language. Also, in this age of web freelancing and social networking, we are likely to have non-English speaking contacts. As Saikat described before, you can try to learn the lingo using LiveMocha. You can also use [...]

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    Cool Websites and Tools [June 8]




    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) Electro-House Blender - Really cool online music mixer that allows you to create your own music tracks [...]

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    How To Run Windows Mobile 6.5 On Your PC Desktop

    It is no secret that I am running Windows Mobile 6.5 and have been for almost 6 months now.
    When I first started out, I was using a very slow beta that was horrible. But now, my WM 6.5 beta is very stable and all my friends are getting jealous.
    So, how do you know if [...]

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    How To Turn MS Word 2007 Into A Minimalist Text Editor

    Imagine the old world writers, ink pen in hand poring over a simple white sheet of paper. Nothing, but a flicker of an oil lamp to take their attention away from their work. Fast forward to the modern writer and his word processor. Keeping the eyeballs riveted on the screen is a tough task because [...]

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    Clicky - A Great Alternative To Google Analytics

    One of the most important thing to know, for anyone with a blog or website, is who’s visiting. We all love tracking our stats – how many visitors today?
    Who’s coming, who’s going, who’s subscribing? It’s a fun boost when there’s a spike in traffic, and lets you know when you’re doing something right.
    But that’s [...]

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    Pure Sync: Backup and File Synchronization Made Easy

    From Christoph Güntner's company, Jumping Bytes, comes an “easy to use” backup and synchronization tool that guides the user through complex settings with ease. Pure Sync scores high points all around, from a clearly laid out interface to advanced customization abilities and support for multiple storage mediums and transfer technologies.

    Unlike Mozy, Carbonite or Jungle [...]

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    Liberkey: 200+ Portable Software Wherever You Go [Windows]

    Liberkey (probably a play off of liberty, heh) is a freely downloadable program that groups a lot of portable software together to make life that much simpler for people who need simplicity. 
    And who doesn’t like simple, other than my grandmother? According to their website, they aim to be a “swiss army knife” type of [...]

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    Cool Websites and Tools [June 9]




    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) GymSearch - Nice map mashup application from GymPost.com. Using it, you can easily find local fitness clubs [...]

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    Create Your Own Email Client With RoundCube Webmail

    If you are running a website that supports PHP and MySQL, and you are sick of using the SquirrelMail to access your email account, then RoundCube Webmail would be the best solution to ease your pain.
    RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client packed with plenty of AJAX goodness. It comes with an application-like [...]

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    Remove Windows Mobile Duplicate Contacts With Contact Cleaner

    I have gone through a new Windows Mobile Device every year for almost 6 years now. I have had horrible incidents working with ActiveSync and my Exchange server, where I had duplicate copies of all of my contacts.
    This is a royal pain in the ass, to say the least. I have tried lots of different [...]

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    Controlling Web Access with Privoxy - Part One

    This is a method that is best used to control network users to only have access to a limited number of websites. Once the system is in place, you can work with Privoxy further to hone it to your needs. The system is not foolproof - no system for web access control is - however [...]

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