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Friday, January 15, 2010

This Week's Best Tech Tips from MakeUseOf.com


It's another week and another clutch full of posts. Actually, more than a clutch; did you know that we publish more than 40 posts a week? It is a delicate task to pick the Top 5 for the week. Think of this newsletter as a trailer before the movie. It's not the entire deal but just enough to whet your appetite. That's why we always want you to pay us a visit ('pay' is wrong here...we offer everything for free!).

Choose for your own self, the best of Windows, Mac or Linux posts. With those also come in depth technology explained articles and lately we have been coming up with more posts on iPhone and Android apps too.

But for the present task, let us pick some top posts from the hat.



The 5 Best Posts From Last Week



8 Steps To Regain Control Of Your Facebook Privacy



Facebook recently updated their privacy controls and its time we look at the changes. Things appear to have got stronger with tweaks to the privacy features relating to search visibility, photos and videos, relationships and contact information. You can start with the new Privacy Transition Tool.

Follow this post with its sequel - 8 MORE Steps To Regain Control Of Your Facebook Privacy

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6 MORE Ways To Set Up Dual Monitors To Be More Productive




If two heads are better than one, so can be two monitors. A dual monitor workspace is one of the most functional productivity hacks. This update collates some of the inputs we have got from our readers who have gone down the two monitor path.




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10 Innovative Ways To Use Twitter For Business




What's a social article doing at MakeUseof.com? Thanks to the web and technology, we can get away from a relationship without getting our ears chewed off. Though a relationship isn't a power button, this post gives a few hints on how we can try to turn if off without the side effects.

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What Do You Get If You Combine Dropbox and Mozy? Wuala!




Which is your favored online storage service? Is it Dropbox? Or is it Mozy? The new startup Wuala takes the plusses of both and creates a unique place to park your files.
 It's a win-win situation for all with the unique file sharing offer from Wuala.




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Are You A List Maniac? Check Out These Ten Sites That Are About Top 10 Lists


The web is filled to the brim with lists, especially of the Top10 variety. Perhaps it makes for easy and fun reading. Do you know that there are sites out there that cater to our appetite for Top10 kind of stuff? This site is a  Top10 look at the sites that keep the Top10 lists.

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The 5 Others That Deserve a Click

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