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Should we give you the sizzle or the steak? Well, why can't we do both! After all, whatever MakeUseof.com puts out there, is totally free. So, you can very well pick up both. The steaks are of course, the unfailing range of posts we continue to bring you every day. The sizzle is in the assortment of GIVEAWAYS we are bringing out every week. The next GIVEAWAY is coming up on this Monday and here's a little curtain raiser: March 5th could see you as the awardee of a free copy of TonidoPlug. TonidoPlug is a tiny software that allows you to access your apps, files, music and media from anywhere. That's not all because on Monday, you can you can also walk away with one of the 20 Webshare Pro accounts from the same company. We are also going to have a contest for web designers with savvy. The winner gets a hosting plan from Awardspace, totally free. Lots of runner up prizes too. How do I win? Well, grab a cup of coffee on March 5th and land on our frontpage. It's all going to be there. You can still participate in the current GIVEAWAY we are having. On offer are 5 one-year Sendible Marketeer subscriptions. The giveaway ends on Sunday at 2100hrs PST. Also announced were the Elite Keylogger Giveaway Winners. While you are visiting MakeUseOf.com, why not visit the MakeUseOf Polls and cast your vote for this week's poll on - How Many Operating Systems Do You Run? Last week we had asked you - How Did Twitter Affect Your Life? The results are out. Check out the results in the current poll page. If you have been following our regular Movers and Shakers section, you will know that we list the Top Ten most downloaded apps from a particular category. This week it's a selection of the Top 10 Most Downloaded RSS Reader Apps. Quite a few useful ones in that list and you can get them from CNET. Now, let's move on to the posts. Let's check out what has been happening the past week at MakeUseOf.com.
The 5 Best Posts From Last Week
Build A Remote Control Internet TV & Drop Your Cable Company
Paying through your nose to the cable company? Then this how-to is just for you. The simple and sure tutorial takes you through the setup of a home system using an Internet TV app called Miro and an Android phone as the remote control. Your very own 'idiot box' is free and gives you freedom from the cable company too. Read: Full Article
Top 10 Blackberry Storm Applications You Can't Live Without
This post covers a bunch of free Blackberry Storm applications. Checkout the list that starts off with an app that helps you find local restaurants and meanders through other apps that help with Twitter updates, local weather, find where you are and how to get to where you are going and much more. Maybe, you won't be able to live without them. Read: Full Article
7 Sites To Help Vent Your Anger & Recover From A Bad Day
The best way to recover from a bad day is to vent it out somewhere. There are varied websites where you can rave and rant to your heart's content. They serve as a platform for offloading all the deadweight you are carrying around and also as a viewfinder that tells you that you aren't the only one with problems in life. Read: Full Article
5 Cool Ways To Tag Your Friends In Facebook
In social networking circles, being tagged is quite similar to a badge of recognition from friends and peers. This article introduces you to five cool ways to recognize your friends and tell them that you remember even in the midst of a crowd. Read: Full Article
The Top 5 Free Apple Products & Why They Are The Best [Mac]
Top free posts are great ways to start arguments and flame wars. After all, everyone has their own sense of what's good, what's bad, and what's downright ugly. Join the chorus of yeas and no's as we take you through a list of five free Apple products. You may not agree with all of them, but heck...they are sure noteworthy. Read: Full Article

The 5 Others That Deserve a Click
You might find these five posts useful too -
3 Ways You Can Learn To Speed Read Online Top 4 Photo Sharing Websites To Share One Photo Everyday To Catch A Snoop: How To Tell If Someone Has Been On Your Computer How To Easily Track Your Personal Finances With Gmail and Google Docs 7 Things That Are Easier To Do In Ubuntu Than In Windows
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