In October, we took several new writers. If you’ve noticed, we have added more content on photography, Photoshop and Linux. We will also be emphasizing a lot on iPhone apps in the coming month so stay tuned! The two PDF manuals which were released in October were authored by Mark O’Neill — Twitter: Best Practices and Tips; and Dean’s Internet Music Guidebook. In addition to that, we published a round-up of all 15 MakeUseOf PDF Manuals. I’m sure that you’ll find all of them really useful!

Simon Slangen is our PDF Manual Editor, so if there are any subjects you would like to see turned into a downloadable PDF manual, enter your ideas in the comments below or send him an email at simon@makeuseof.com. You may also find the past manuals here.

So take a look at the articles that were published in October. Have you read them all?

Karl – Ask The Admin

Analyze Your Auto-Startup Programs Easily With AutoStart Explorer
Use Memoriser to Memorize Information Fast During Work Day
Sweet Home 3D: Be An Amateur Architect & Plan Virtual Rooms
A Free Open Source Alternative to Microsoft Visio
Run Various Windows Tasks Easily with System Helper Outer
Create Simple Free Surveys With SIS Survey
The 3 Really Good Web Forums I Couldn’t Live Without
Missed Connections Helps You Find That Missing Someone
Locate Local Useful Businesses & Services by Address with MashSpots
How to Convert A PDF to Text With Text Extractor
Control Your Windows PC using Your Face with eViaCam
Turn Your Pictures Into A Movie With PhotoFilmStrip
Create Drawings Online & Rate Others With SketchFu
How to Make Items or People Stand out in Black & White Photos
Vista Switcher – Replace Windows’ Alt-Tab With Something Cooler
Free App to Remove a Plethora of FAKE Antivirus Software
When Is Good – Easily Schedule Your Meetings With Co-Workers
Ninite – Easily Install All Your Favorite Free Apps In One Go
How To Watch NCAA Sports Games Online For Free
Use Household Register 2010 To Maintain A Home Inventory
Find Lost Space On Your Hard Disk With Space Sniffer
Scan Your Music Library and Repair Track Information with MP3 Diags

Saikat – The Things I Do

How To Make A Documentary Online That Will Spread Like Wildfire
Mindopia – Check out Occupation Descriptions for a List of Different Careers
5 Ways to Print Folder and Directory Contents in Windows
Wikia – A Wiki Community Portal With Any Topic You Care To Know About
5 Sites To Spread The Love For Google Doodle Pictures
How to Create An Email Signature in MS Outlook 2007 Using Office Clipart
How to Install Extensions in Google Chrome
10 Sites to Compare Google vs Bing Results Side By Side
10 Cool Extensions for Google Chrome
Create Your Own Free Video Emoticons With Robo.to
7 Google Labs Features That Help Us Avoid Email Mistakes
How To Hide Text In Microsoft Word 2007, Reveal It & Protect It
Yolink – A Search Accelerator for Deep Internet Research
Trillian Astra – Is It the Best Instant Messaging Client Now?
How To Sync Microsoft Outlook With Google Calendar
10 Keyboard Techniques To Create Cool Symbols
How To Customize Windows Notification Messages with Snarl
Facebook Impostors – Tips For Your Profile To Stay Safe From Scammers
How To Easily Make An Attractive Cover Page In MS Word 2007
TubeRadio.fm – A Slick & Cool Internet Music Player For YouTube
5 Good Image Search Engines Apart From Google Image Search
Lingoes – A Portable Dictionary and Multi-Language Translator in Your Pocket

Ryan – BetterContent

Top 5 Websites To Learn How To Hack Like A Pro
Top 5 Vista Tweaks to Increase Internet Speed
4 Sites To Find Stores Going Out of Business And Buy Up Surplus For Cheap
How To Convert Your Blog Articles Into Cool Videos
Gantter – The Ultimate Free Creative Project Management Tool
Create Collaborative Flowchart Masterpieces with Online Flowchart Software
Use BudgetSketch To Make A Household Budget That Works
How To Build A WiFi Home Surveillance System With Your PC
Deskbot – Your Own Free Talking Desktop Buddy
Technology Explained: What Is CGI Animation?
VZOChat – How To Videoconference with Your Cameraphone Webcam
5 Websites Where You Can Find and Write To Soldiers
How To Do A Niche Industry Analysis With Free Online Tools
Top 6 Sites For Any Fan of the Dilbert Cartoon Comic Strip

Dean – Tapping Thought

How To Use Your GPRS Cell Phone As A Modem
3 Apps That Help You Find Ways To Stay Healthy
Top 5 Websites To Watch Old Movie Trailers You Forgot About
How To Produce Your Own Internet TV Show
3 Cool Ways To Check Out An Archive of Google’s Doodles
How To Create A PDF Newsletter The Easy Way With MS Paint
3 Methods To Protect Your Web Images From Thieves
4 Easy Tips to Improve Your Blogger Blog
NaNoWriMo.org – Write a Novel In 30 Days!
A Simple Guide To Set Up Your School On Facebook
How To SEO Optimize Your Blogger Blog Titles For Higher Search Results
How To Install A Wordpress Blog Locally On Your Computer
How To Easily Download & Convert Videos From MegaVideo
Read Blogs On Your Cellphone With A Java RSS Reader

Simon – Wombat Labs

Clipfinder HD Finds Plays & Converts Internet Video Files
Orb – Free File Sharing and Streaming Program for Your PC
Top 3 Sites For Nintendo Wii Game Walkthroughs
The 3 Best Sites To Read Manga Online
How To Hack Your Facebook Account with Greasemonkey & Javascript
3 Cool Sources For Free Printable Fill-In Puzzles
The Best Websites For Free Clipart Downloads
The Top 3 Apps to Batch Rename, Convert & Resize Photos (Windows only)
Sublime Text: The Text Editor You’ll Fall in Love With (Windows)
The 3 Best Sites To Watch Your Favorite Classic TV Movies For Free
Meme – Yahoo’s Improvement on Twitter
ChromePlus – A Google Chrome Alternative With Some Spicy Extras
LitCharts Offers Literature Review Examples to Help You Study Fast

Varun – Tech Crazy

Try Linux Live CDs from Windows Without Using any CDs
Stick Brings Tabs to Your Desktop Wallpaper
5 Free Parental Control Software That Will Set Your Mind At Ease
Find Newer Versions Of Installed Software with Techtracker
Create A Virtual Machine Clone of Your Existing Hard Drive [Windows]
3 Tools to Discover & Install Awesome Linux Games
How To Get Aero Shake, Aero Peek & Aero Snap Features In Vista & XP
NirLauncher – Awesome Portable Utilities To Have On Your Flash Drive
How To Upgrade From XP To Windows 7 In 4 Easy Steps
How To Safely Uninstall Ubuntu From A Windows Dual-Boot PC
How to Install Language Packs On Windows
Top 10 Sites To Download Free Photoshop Textures

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

iWeb – Build A Quick, Easy & Beautiful Website [Mac only]
The Best Freeware To Do An Easy Wordpress Auto Install
How To Create Your Own Unique iPhone Ringtones Using Garageband [Mac Only]
How to Create & Broadcast a Podcast with Garageband [Mac]
Build A Cool Photo Gallery Website from Wordpress
Easily Make Quick Edits to Your Images with Acorn [Mac]
5 Free Apps To Substitute Apple’s MobileMe Service (Mac)
Unveil Hidden Mac OS X Features With Secrets
How To Create Impressive Documents and Templates on Mac
Synchronize MP3s To Non-Apple Devices with doubleTwist [Mac]
How To Share & Synchronize Research Data To Other Computers
Give GMail A New Appearance With Themes & A Firefox Extension

Guy – Canada Prepared

Technology Explained: Understanding The Internet Speed
Technology Explained: How Does a Router Work?
Top Five Superhero Fan Web Sites
TripSay Brings Travel Recommendations From People Like You
Technology Explained: How Does A Digital Camera Work?
Free Software Apps to Limit Your Kids’ Online Time
3 Free Microsoft Software Offerings You Might Not Know
3 Top Site For Games That Involve Your Hands
3 Sites To Get News That’s Good For A Change
How To Troubleshoot Weak Wireless Connections

Jackson

2 Simple iPhone Tips To Avoid Getting Work Done
Create Cool Fantasy Nicknames with Ryder – A Macho Name Generator [Mac]
6 Apps To Help You Focus & Be Productive [Mac]
Top 6 Coolest iPhone Tricks & Tips
Reviewing Dropbox For iPhone – Is It Up To Expectations?
Top 8 Things For Bored Teenagers To Do Online
Top 8 Things For Bored Teenagers To Do Online [Part II]
9 iPhone Apps To Help Soothe You To Sleep
atMonitor – A System Monitor On Steroids [Mac]

Tina

How To Convert a DAT File into A Word Document
20+ Prank Phone Numbers To Hand To A Bad Date
Top 8 Sites to Identify The Owner Of A Phone Number
A Beginners Guide To The Windows Command Line
5 Online Resources To Help You Unclutter & Decorate your Home
Re:Subj – An Easy Temporary Inbox for Group Discussions
How To Terminally Delete eMails In Thunderbird By Compacting Folders
How To Recover Deleted eMails From Thunderbird

Mahendra – Skeptic Geek

Threadsy – Integrates Your Email and Social Networks (+Invites)
How To Create & Share Screencasts On Twitter With Screenr
How To Backup & Archive All Your Facebook Data
Find Exactly What You Want with Zakta Social Search
Top 6 Sites to Find and Print Free Sheet Music
How To Choose Between 32-bit & 64-bit Windows 7 Operating Systems
LAlarm Laptop Security Makes Your Laptop Scream When Stolen

Bakari – Mac Photographer Tips

Photoshop Mobile – A Freeware Image Editor for Your Mobile
How to Automate What You Do in Photoshop with Actions
10 Flickr Groups For Serious Shutterbugs
10 Features You Should Know About Your Digicamera
Improve Your Photography By Using Live View

Will – PiccDrop

How To Build A Home Media Server From An Old PC
How To Lock Windows Folders With MyLockbox
5 Online Radio Stations To Get Your Music Fix

Angelina – Nothing Major

3 Reasons Why Students Should Be Using Dropbox
Top 8 Programs That Can Make Your Computer Run Faster
Milpon – The Only Remember The Milk IPhone App You’ll Need

Eyal – ProductiveWise

How To Create Shared Collaborative Google Maps
How to Create Free Websites Instantly to Share Information Fast
A Quick Guide To Google’s New Search Features

Tim L – timmyjohnboy

How to Take Easy Screenshots with Lightscreen Portable
Hoot! An In-Depth Look At Online Twitter Client – HootSuite
Wordpress.tv – The Best Wordpress Tutorials Ever!

Paul – You’re Stupid, I’m Not

5 Websites To Help You Become a Safer Driver
The Top Five Idle Time Games On Facebook
How To Create Self-Updating Excel Charts In Three Easy Steps

Jack – Jack Cola

How To Enable File Sharing On Vista Without Any Password
How To Publish Your Own Book (In Print) Cheaply

Bohed – TrueKolor.net

How To Add A Cool Tattoo To Your Photo in Photoshop
How To Make Photoshop Faster On Slower Computers

Tobias – personal tobias

How to Read PDF Files and Other Docs on iPhone & iPod Touch
OneHundredPushups – A Geeky Pushup Workout Program to Get In Shape

Grant – GrantBlog

How To Trace & Deactivate A Stolen Cell Phone
Livestream: A Free Video Streaming Host To Share Your Live Video Feed

Sharninder – Geeky Ninja

How To Make An “EXE” Installation File

Stefan – The Tux Geek

View Your Website’s Visitors’ IP Address & Keep Statistics

John

5 Best Websites For Space and Astronomy Fans

Corvida
Make Blogging Easier With Press This For Wordpress

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)
• May Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (1)

As per monthly tradition, MakeUseOf published a great and informative PDF manual. The Awesome Internet Guide to the Movie Addict by Saikat, teaches you everything you’ll need to know about watching and downloading movies as well as online resources to read up more about them.

Simon Slangen is our PDF Manual Editor, so if there are any subjects you would like to see turned into a downloadable PDF manual, enter your ideas in the comments below or send him an email at simon@makeuseof.com. You may also find the past manuals here.

Finally, we resurrected our Facebook fan page! We’re glad to announce that we’ve gathered close to 400 new fans since the middle of September. The fan page gives us the opportunity to interact with our readers (that’s you), listen to your suggestions and/or complaints and feature some of the most interesting articles from MakeUseof. We also provide our fans with “Sneak Peeks” — articles due for publication the following day. Be one of the privileged ones and join us on our Facebook fan page today.

Onwards to October!

Karl – Ask The Admin

Use S4ve.as to Store and Share Your Files For Free & Auto-Delete Them Afterwards
Use the Places Utility to Customize Locations in Open File Dialogue Box [Windows]
Get Cool Website Icons and Buttons For Free At IconFinder
Convert A File To HTML Instantly With File2.ws
Create Your Own Custom Magazine Covers With CoverDude
Drawing Cartoon Faces Easily with PimpTheFace
NeoK12 – Educational Kids Website that Teaches Your Children
Mr.Breakfast – All about Breakfast Cereals! Top 100 Cereals, History & more
Create Free Temporary Phone Numbers Easily with INumbr
How To Cheat at a Rubik’s Cube – The Geek Way to Rubiks Cube Solution
Superimpose Your Face into Other Photos with Photo505
How To Color Calibrate Your Monitor with Calibrize (Windows)
How To Tell If You Have a Hacked Wordpress Blog + Fix
Create Shortcuts to Your Most Used Folders with MedalFolders
Top 2 Sites To Play Old Nintendo Games Online
Toodledo- Online Task Management App with iPhone Integration
How to Recover Data from a Corrupt Memory Card or USB Drive
Top 2 Sites For Nintendo Wii Game Cheats
A Great Free Online Alarm Clock – MetaClock
Watch Free TV Channels On The Go With KitePlayer
Clean Up Your PC Safely With Hard Drive PowerWash

Saikat – The Things I Do

Dr.Web LinkChecker – Scan Files Before Download (Firefox)
How To Find Unknown Device Drivers By Their Vendor & Device ID
4 Easy Ways to Customize Common Dialog Box on Windows XP
3 Free Icon Changer Programs to Customize Your Folders
Trash Your Duplicate Files with Auslogics Duplicate File Finder
The 2 Easy Ways to Promote Your Latest Blog Post with an Email Signature
10 Powerful Productivity Tips & Tricks For The Outlook 2007
Don’t Click Delete – 10 Tips For The Recycle Bin (Windows XP)
esyPlanner – Manage Your Day With This Easy Scheduler & Daily Task Manager
Masher– Mix Photos, Videos and Effects into Video Slideshows
IdleBackup – Use Your Idle Time to Backup Data (Windows)
Google Fast Flip – Call It A New(s) Reading Experience
3 Ways To Strip Formatting From Text in MS Word 2007
How to Save Power with SetPower (Computer Power Management Tool)
3 Simple Free Virtual Drive Tools to Mount Disks & ISO Images
NetRocket Beta – Mission Control For Your Bookmarks
How To Autosave Docs with AutoRecover in MS Word 2007
Google Sidewiki – Sideswipe for Sharing Website Reviews
Tag2Find – Tag Files in Windows for Better Organization
MS Outlook Tip: How to Automatically Organize Incoming Emails
Three Free Portable Software Uninstallers For Your Flash Drive
BBC Memoryshare – Create Your Own Archive of Memories for Posterity

Ryan – BetterContent

How To Submit Reality TV Applications Online
Top 5 Yahoo Mail Classic Tips & Tricks
How To Create Simulated Model Train Layout Plans & Control Train With Your PC
Coollector – A Huge Movie Title Database and Collection Organizer
iCalendar Lite- A Free Transparent Desktop Calendar (Windows)
Top 3 Ways for Kids To Make Money Online
Create a House Floor Plan with FloorPlanner
2 Windows Vista Gadgets to Login to Facebook from a Sidebar
6 Facebook Hack Codes & Tips To Show Off Your Geeky Skills
Top 8 Websites To Find The Latest UFO Sightings
Geeks Weigh In: Does a Human Think Faster Than a Computer?
Find A Song Title Just by Humming The Lyrics

Simon – Wombat Labs

3 Websites To Publish & Share Your PDFs Online
3 Fun Poetry Video Games
How To Download Free Flash Miniclip Games and Carry Them on USB
4 Sites with LOTS Of Completely Free Ebooks That Don’t Suck
4 Sites Where You Can Download Old PC Games For Free
How To Perform A Secure, Ad-free Digsby Installation
Dungeons & Dragons Online MMORPG Re-Releases – Free!
How To Download Audio From BBC’s iPlayer Broadcasts
How To Make Your Own Banner For Your Website
3 Popular Free Online Logic Puzzle Games on Kongregate
Blood Frontier- Exciting New Free First Person Shooter Game
3 Website to Complain About Life and Let Off Steam

Guy – Extreme IT

5 Best Sites for Free Tattoo Designs
5 Great Sites with Cool Facts about Left Handed People
Learn How To Write Computer Program with SmallBasic
Facebook Lite Beta – Like Facebook Was When It Was Good
The Top 5 Sites to Prepare You for an Emergency
What is 2o7.net Tracking Cookie? All You Need To Know
Technology Explained: What Are Computer Chips Made Out Of?
5 Great Sites with Free Video Lectures from Top Colleges
5 Best Sites For Free Halloween Do-It-Yourself Projects
Technology Explained: How Does RFID Technology Work?
Top 5 Sites With Future Predictions About The World
5 Best Sites To Check For Company Product Recalls

Varun – Tech Crazy

Ditch Repetitions & Automate Your Work With Blaze Application Launcher [Win]
Your Easy Guide to Windows 7 Themes
4 Cool Firefox Tools That Are Not Addons
How To Create A Bootable USB Drive From Your Windows CD
How To Disable The Touchpad While You Are Typing
14 Application Cheat Sheets & Posters for Popular Programs
How To Block Ads In Any Browser Without Adblock
Two Undercover Twitter Clients That Don’t Let Others Know You Are Tweeting
How To Set Default Programs, File Associations & Context Menus Easily
Get Detailed Info About Your OS & Hardware with PC Wizard
How To Get an Early Preview of Microsoft Office Web Apps
How To Auto Shutdown The Computer (or Firefox) after Downloads Complete

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

How To Rip & Convert A DVD Movie For Your iPod (Mac Only)
How To Manipulate the Mac Menu Bar & Login Items
Upgrading Mac To Snow Leopard Using USB drive
7 Writing Addons for Turning Firefox into the Ultimate Writer’s Suite
How To Automate & Organize Torrents with Transmission [Mac]
Opera 10 Browser Review: 6 cool features that make it stand out
Carbon Copy Cloner – A Free & Powerful Backup Utility (Mac)
Use Quicktime X in Mac Snow Leopard for Easy Screencasting
2 Useful Tips For Organizing Electronic Files [Mac Only]
How To Setup A Self-hosted Wordpress Blog for Free
How To Trigger the Download of a File Remotely (Mac Only)
Add the Power of Gestures to Your Mouse with FlyGesture [Mac]
Top 7 Easy and Free Web Hosting Services

Jackson

How to Upgrade to Snow Leopard & What You Should Know [Mac]
How To Organize & Rearrange iPhone Apps from Your Mac
Bowtie – Really Cool iTunes Controller for Mac
Facebook’s New Toy – Desktop Notifications for Mac OS X
Notify – An Elegant Gmail New Email Notifier [Mac]
6 Things Windows Users should Know Before Switching to Mac
How To Share The Internet Connection Between Mac and PC
Bodega – A Centralized Mac App Store

Tina

6 Most Hilarious & Fun Science Websites
5 Websites To Keep Kids Busy & Happy
15 Popular Codes For Smiley Faces & Their Meanings
How To Add Other Languages to Your Windows Keyboard
10 Beautiful Green Grass Wallpapers
7 Steps to Make Computers Accessible for the Elderly
Top 10 Cool Uses For Old Computers And Laptops
How to Get Started In Second Life in 10 Easy Steps

Mahendra – Skeptic Geek

12 Solid Tips To Enhance Your Twitter Reputation
Read Your RSS Feeds in a Whole New Light with Feedly
Browse Flickr In Style On Your Desktop With Flickroom
10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy
How To Conduct A Free Criminal Background Check Online
3 Easy Steps to Lifestream with StoryTlr
4 Awesome Visual Search Engines to Transform Your Search
4 Good Alternatives to TweetDeck & Seesmic Desktop (Twitter Desktop Clients)
Build A Database Of Your Professional Networks With Gist

Dean – Ten Amp Talk

5 Useful Websites For Photographers
The 4 Great Blogging Apps For The iPhone
How To Connect Your PSP To The Internet
Top 5 Sites for PSP Game Demo Downloads
TAS – Free Easy To Use Financial Accounting Software
How To Twitter From A Low-Tech Cell Phone
The 4 Great Lunchbreak Websites for Online Freelancer
Find Volunteering Opportunities Near You with VolunteerMatch
The 5 Free Wordpress Templates To Dress Up Your Blog
iCyte: Capture Web Pages And Highlight Text In A Flash

Stefan – The Tux Geek

Tokbox & Etherpad: Potential Google Wave Competitors, Available Now
3 Useful Ubuntu Apps for Chemistry Students
4 Linux Applications To Keep Your Kids Ahead of the Game
Ubidesk: Fresh & Comprehensive Online Team Collaboration
How to Backup Your Computer With an Old Hard Disk

Jack – Jack Cola

Play Monopoly Online with Other People using World Streets
6 Websites to Track A Website’s Traffic
5 Tips to Prevent Internet Addiction and Study More Effectively
LAN Party Tips: How To Organize an Awesome LAN Party

Angelina – Nothing Major

How To Turn Gmail Into A Multitasking Machine (Part II)
How To Turn Gmail Into A Multitasking Machine (Part III)
How To Make Your Own Ethernet Cables
3 Cool Gadgets That You Can Build Yourself

Tim L – timmyjohnboy

How To Easily Share Links on Twitter with TBUZZ
5 Sites To Learn How To Repair Your Own Computer
5 Design Concept Websites to Get The Creative Juices Flowing
Change How Your Favorite Websites Look on Firefox with Customize Your Web

John

7 Alternatives to SparkNotes & CliffsNotes for Book Summaries
How to Track Breaking News Alerts Online With Twitter
Top 3 Sites For Nintendo DS Walkthroughs

Paul – You’re Stupid, I’m Not

6 Great Free Weight Loss Resource Sites
The 4 Proven Simple Tips to Organize Your Files on Windows
Top 10 Things To Do When The Power Fails

Tobias – Tobias Verhoog

How To Easily Update Firefox Portable
How To Customize Your GMail Inbox with Gmail Web Clips

Israel

How To Make A Video Tribute With Animoto

Grant – GrantBlog

How Installing an Active X Control Can Open The Door To Hackers

Eyal – ProductiveWise

Readtwit – Turn Links in Twitter Tweets into an RSS Feed

Benjamin – Trifutec

Clonezilla – Free Advanced Hard Drive Cloning Software

Jason K – Third Error

DeSmuME – A Free Nintendo DS Emulator to Play NDS Games On Your PC

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• March Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)
• June Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (3)
• January Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)

If that’s the case, here is a complete list of everything that came out during August. Why not see if there’s something you haven’t read yet?   You may have missed a gem or two.

Please also take a moment to visit each writer’s website to find even more posts for you to read and subscribe to.

Simon was on summer break this month so unfortunately there were no published manuals during August.   But he is back to work starting today so look out for some new MakeUseOf manuals coming soon!

Karl – Ask The Admin

Preschool Online Games That Are Fun For Children
Do an Internet Speed Test with SpeedTest
How To Disable CD/DVD Drives, USB ports, Floppy etc. on PCs in Your Home Network
Easy Mobile Internet Plan Comparison for United States
Use PowerPoint Video Converter to Convert PowerPoint Presentations to a Video
PicTreat- Online Free Photo Editing Software to Fix Your Pictures
Extend Your Laptop Battery Life With BatteryCare (Windows)
Make Unique Free Ringtones & Share Them With Friends
How To Split a Huge CSV Excel Spreadsheet into Separate Files
Monitor Files & Folders for Changes with HDD Profiler
How To Make A Creative Collage On Your Computer With Shape Collage (Windows)
How to Copy DVDs That Are Copyright Protected (Windows)
Check Your Blog or Website Status With Are My Sites Up
PadMapper Helps You to Find Apartments for Rent on CraigsList
Help Predict Airport Flight Delays & Save Time With Flightcaster
Use LicenseCrawler To Recover Your Lost Software Serial Numbers
Use OfficeTab To Give Microsoft Office Firefox-Like Tabs
Create a Free Disposable Web Page with DinkyPage
Videosurf – One Video Search Engine for All Video Sites
ThomasNet – An Awesome Repository Of Technical Information for DIY Men

Ryan – BetterContent

Make a Personal Budget on Excel in 4 Easy Steps
A Head-to-Head VoIP Review: Skype Vs Gizmo
How to Set Up Laptop Wireless Internet Access Through Your Cellphone [Windows]
5 Really Popular Online Job Application Forms: Burger King, Mcdonald’s, Wal Mart etc.
How To Have a Blog You Don’t Have To Babysit
Geeks Weigh In: Can You Fix A Scratched CD With Toothpaste?
4 Useful Microsoft Word Tips & Tricks You Should Know About
How To Use Skype To Record Calls or Conduct Interviews with HotRecorder (Windows)
4 Free WiFi Software Downloads to Get Most of Wireless Networks
3 Alternatives To Local Phone Companies That Will Save You Money
How To Resell eBooks For Free Online
How To Make A Calendar Template In Excel
Technology Explained: What Is Blackberry Technology?
How To Start A Blog That Gets Instant Traffic

Saikat – The Things I Do

How to Set Up Microsoft Outlook to Schedule Email Delivery
How To Recover Lost A Gmail Password With A SMS Message
2 Great Photo Tips to Digitally Enlarge a Picture Without Ruining Picture Quality
How To Automatically Batch Rename Photos With Dates They Were Shot
How to Trace an IP Address to a PC & How to Find Your Own
SmillaEnlarger – A Portable App To Increase The Size Of Digital Images
10 Great Windows Media Player 11 Tips and Tricks
Technology Explained: How Does An Email Server Work?
10 Firefox Add-ons To Find Friends On Social Networks
Immunet Protect – Free Antivirus Protection From The Social Cloud (Windows)
Top 5 Free OCR Software Tools To Convert Images Into Text
3 Cool Addons to Replace The Mozilla Firefox Downloads Window
How To Find A Book Without Knowing The Title Or Author

Simon – Wombat Labs

Jinni Recommends You Movies You Should Enjoy (500 Invites!)
How To Transfer Music From Your PC To Your PSP
Top 3 Sites For Video Game Soundtracks
Manga Fighter – MMO Arena Fighting Game For Kids
How To Send Completely Anonymous Emails
How To Hide Your Torrent Files Inside Pictures
How To Download Games Onto Your PSP For Free
Apocalypse Now With These 3 Online Zombie Games
How To Download Free Movies For Your PSP
Create Online Mind Maps with Seavus DropMind
3 Websites To View Your PDFs Online
A Perfect World International – Great Free MMORPG
The 3 Best NFO File Readers To Open Those NFO Documents

Guy – Extreme IT

Internet Security: How Criminals Hack Other Peoples Computers
4 Sites To Get Good Free Advice Online
How To Make Corrupt USB Jump Drives Work Again
Technology Explained: How Do Satellites Track Mobile Phones?
How To Get Data Off A Dead Hard Drive
7 Websites Women Should Find Interesting
Technology Explained: How Does StumbleUpon Work?
Design Your Own Custom Shoes Online & Buy Them
How To Build a Free Website That Makes Money Without Any Coding
5 Sites To Help You Prepare For the Flu Season
5 Great Sites To Watch Things Blowing Up
5 Must-know Tips For Safe Computing – Without Dying
4 Sites That Give You A Free Updated Proxy List

Varun – Tech Crazy

5 Excellent Downloadable eBooks To Teach Yourself Linux
Take Google Maps Offline & Get Maps You Can Print using Google Maps Buddy
How To Change Windows 7 Logon Screen
15 Great Ubuntu Tips For Linux Power Users
Run Commands & Applications With Numeric Keys Using ControlPad [Windows]
How To Disable USB Ports To Prevent Malware Infection
How To Run Windows Keyboard Shortcuts Using Your Mouse
The Best Way To Effectively Clean LCD Monitor Screens
Run Windows Commands Easily with Commands In Demand
10 Cool Google Reader ‘Send To’ Buttons You Can Use to Post Feed Content to Friends
3 Emulators To Play Free Old School Games On Your Linux Machine
How To Get Rid Of A Trojan Horse Virus That Won’t Go Away

Dean – Ten Amp Talk

How To Use Google Maps On Your Basic Mobile Phone
A Quick Road Trip Planning Guide For Techno Geeks
3 Sites To Find Free Unlocking Codes For Mobile Phones
Creating Your Own Website For Free with BlueVoda
Download & Convert YouTube Videos for iPod with DVDVideoSoft
Snaptu- Free iPhone Theme for Pocket PC or Cellphone
How To Make Unforgettable YouTube Videos
Technology Explained: How Does A Hard Drive Work?
Top 5 Current Email Scams You Should Know About
HyperEngine – The Best Free Movie Editing Software for Mac
Top 3 Sites To Download Free Blackberry Themes
Top 3 Sites To Make Flash Cards For Your Kids

Stefan – The Tux Geek

How To Move Your Music Library Online with Moof
LifeIO: Check Your Email, Read Feeds, Post to Twitter, Keep Notes & More From One Cool Site
Buying Music: iTunes Store vs Amazon MP3 Downloads
How to Collaborate Effectively & Increase Productivity with Shareflow
Linux Mint: Your Best Choice for a Desktop Linux OS
Lala – Really Cool New Site for Music Streaming & Downloads
Notely Helps Students Get Organized Online
6 Reasons Why Mozilla Firefox Is Safe Compared To Internet Explorer
Exercises and Techniques to Beat Writer’s Block With Plinky

Tina

15 Best Mozilla Firefox Skins To Customize Your Browser
3 Best Sites For Alternative Music Lovers
The Complete Guide: Troubleshooting Mozilla Firefox Problems
10 Best Mozilla Thunderbird Themes
WiFi for Dummies: 9 Common Mistakes Setting up a Wireless Network
How To Install Fonts on Windows, Mac & Linux
7 Cool HTML Effects That Anyone Can Add To Their Website
Top 7 Things To Do Online When You’re Bored

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

The 7 Simple & Great Tricks to Tweak Your Dock on Mac OS X
Back To Basics: How To Get YouTube Videos On Your iPod
How To Create A Portable Ubuntu Installation USB On The Mac
6 Great ‘Quick Look’ Features You Probably Don’t Use (Mac)
How To Take A Better Screenshot Image With Jing (Mac)
How To Organize Your Mac Desktop With Spaces
How To Automatically Update 3rd Party Apps on Your Mac
10 Best Safari Browser Plugins (Mac)

John

Faux News: 10 Best Websites for Fake News & Satire
12 Best Websites For Nintendo Fanboys
How To Control Search Engine Top Rankings for Your Name
Top 5 Sites With Free Strategy Guides For Gamers
Top 5 Sites To Search For Cheap Online Car Rentals
Top 10 Sites For Online Coupons & Promotional Codes

David – The 2.0 Life

7 Tips to Make Gmail The Best Free Email Service For Productive People
How to Host Your Own Talk Show Online
How To Conduct a Song Search By The Lyrics You Know
How To Organize Your iTunes Collection With TidySongs

Tobias – Tobias Verhoog

How to Make Your Blog Truly Interactive with Wibiya (Invites!)
The Best New Features Of Wordpress 2.8
Review & Discuss Unusual And Cool Gadgets with Gdgt
Top 3 Reasons Kazaa Lite English Is Better Than Kazaa

Jack – Jack Cola

How To Use Your Domain Name As An OpenID Login
6 Free Sites To Learn About Programming in PHP
10 Sites To Send Free Text Messages To Cell Phones (SMS)
How To Resize Images for Email right in Thunderbird & Outlook

Sharninder – Geeky Ninja

How To Play DOS Games Under Windows XP
How To Copy & Edit YouTube Videos On Your Computer
Top 6 Sites To Watch Horror Movies Online for Free
How To Set Up A Secure & Free Proxy Server

Eyal – ProductiveWise

Excel Printing Tips – 6 Steps For Perfect Printing
5 Great Search Tips for Finding Cool Links Shared on Twitter
How to Subscribe to & Download Only Podcasts That You’ll Like
ESL Tools for Better Writing in English as a Second Language

Jim – Different Perspective

How To Use Styles In Microsoft Word To Save A Lot Of Work
How to Keep your Backups Current with FreeFileSync (Win)
How To Save Time In Excel By Using The Fill Handle

Prasanth

How To Make A WiFi Antenna Out of A Pringles Can
Top 10 Websites For PlayStation 2 Free Game Cheats
Top 10 Free Online Tycoon Games You Should Try

Ellie – Ultimate Geek Girl

10 Great Google Gadgets For Your Gmail Sidebar
20 Must-Have Bookmarklets For Your Web Browser
6 Subway Map Tools To Navigate Your Way Through NYC

Tim L – timmyjohnboy

4 Ways To Use a USB or External Drive Like Your Own Mobile Computer
5 Sites That Promote Internet Safety For Kids
Conduct & Embed Online Interviews With Wetoku (Invites!)

Angelina – Nothing Major

9 Sites With The Latest Fashion Trends For Fashion Maniacs
7 Great Sites To Get Free Romance eBooks For The Hopeless Romantic
How To Turn Gmail Into A Multitasking Machine (Part 1)

Will – Piccdrop

3 Ways To Track Tour Dates Of Your Favorite Rock Bands
Top 6 Torrent Alternatives To The Pirate Bay
4 Great Sites To Do A Book Search By Plot or Subject

Mahendra – Skeptic Geek

The Ultimate Guide To Speeding Up Firefox 3.5
How To Share High Resolution Photos Easily With Seadragon

Leon

Download & Play a MMORPG Called Ragnarok for Free
Feel The Need For Speed with Google Earth’s Flight Simulator

Tim W – Twenty Ounce

How To Install LimeWire & Use it Without Getting a Virus
Visikid- Free Parental Internet Control Software to Monitor Your Child Online

Israel

How to Set Privacy Settings to Make Skype Safe Against Snoopers

Wez – The Tutorial Blog

How To Use Automator To Batch Rename Images on Mac

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• March Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)
• June Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (3)

Karl helps beginners find their way around a tricky device, and teaches advanced tricks to seasoned users in the Windows Mobile Guide. Stefan, whose name is now beginning to sound very household, reveals the secrets to building your own Media Center; and lays the groundwork to master your iPhone. If you haven’t checked out these PDF manuals, go ahead! They’re all free to download without any strings attached.

Simon Slangen is our PDF Manual Editor, so if there are any subjects you would like to see turned into a downloadable PDF manual, enter your ideas in the comments below or send him an email at simon@makeuseof.com. You may also find the past manuals here.

Right, let’s get down to the stories MakeUseOf dished out in July, shall we?

Karl – Ask The Admin
How to Find out How Long Your File Transfer Will Take [Windows]
Set Up Active Desktop Wallpaper With WallPapa [Windows]
Convert Foreign Currencies The Easy Way With CurrencyConv [Windows Mobile]
Milo- Find Cheapest Local Store for the Item You Want to Buy
Make Printable DVD Movie Covers with DVD Print [Windows]
Search Popular Rapid Share Downloads Easily with RapidShare123
Find Recently Available Or Deleted Domain Names with JustDropped
Pay Your Friends to Do Things for You with Do Stuff For Money
Hide & Protect Your Files with Easy File Locker [Windows]
Alice – Your Personal Shopping Assistant
DistortIt – Free Photo Morphing Software to Have Fun With Pictures [Windows]
Create a Watermark with WaterMarkLib to Prevent Photos From Being Stolen [Windows]
Track Your Reading and Catalogue Books with BookTomb [Win]
How to Restart or Shut Down Your Computer Remotely using Microsoft Outlook
Learn A New Language With Anki’s Flash Card System
Clean up your PC with Windows Installer Clean Up Utility
How To Easily Convert Video Files to DVD, MP4, VCD, MPEG, AVI … with VideoSpiritLite
How to Use a USB Jump Drive Like a Super Geek with Tech Tookit 2.0 (Windows)
Easily Kill Hung Processes on Windows with Super F4
The 6 Best Websites To Waste Time On
Search For The Manual You Need With Manuals Online

Varun – Tech Crazy
Sneak Around & Watch Videos at Work with Double Vision [Win]
Hamster – Time Your Tasks & Track Your PC Hours [Linux]
Discover the Hottest Top Internet Searches with Chromomulator
Easy GUI Management of Grub and Usplash Settings with Startup Manager [Linux]
3 Tips for Quick and Free Translation Between Languages
Save, Restore, Fix a Broken MBR with MBRWizard [Windows]
6 New Labs Features Introduced For Google Calendar
10 More Cool Things You Can Do With YouTube Videos
How To Protect Sensitive Information by Erasing Your Hard Disk Completely
How To Customize Your Linux Desktop With GnomeART-NG
A Beginner’s FTP Command Tutorial For Ascii or Binary File Transfers

Saikat – The Things I Do
10 Places To Get Cool Media Clips For PowerPoint Presentations
How to Recover Deleted Pictures from a Digicam Memory Card
How to Fix & Repair the Lost Link to The iTunes Music Library
4 Free Thumbnail Generators To Create Quality Photo Thumbnails For Your Website
Manage Application Updates With The ‘Google Updater’ Service [Windows]
10 Websites For Free Mobile Phone Ringtones & Other Mobile Downloads
5 Ways To Do A Site-Specific Search Using Search Engines
How to Use Mozilla Firefox in Safe Mode
Plagiarism Checkers: 5 Free Websites To Catch The Copycats
How to Make Index Cards in Microsoft Word 2007
How To Solve Any Windows Problem with Event ID
How to Create Top Quality Computer Desktop Wallpapers
How To Discover The RSS Feed Of A Webpage If A Link Isn’t There

Simon – Wombat Labs
Cue Online – Astonishingly Realistic 3D Pro Billiards Games
The 4 Retro Gaming Classics & Their Modern Counterparts
BonusLevel – Create Your Own Video Game Levels
Digital Video Formats and Video Conversion Explained
Xiah Rebirth – Martial Arts Themed MMORPG
Multi-protocol Downloader KCeasy Handles Gnutella, Ares and OpenFT File Sharing
Ophcrack – A Password Hack Tool to Crack Almost Any Windows Password
3 Funny Flash Games That Make Fun Of The Gaming Industry
How To Set Your Browser Homepage in 5 Browsers
Final Fantasy IV : Free ReMix Music Album
You Actually Can Earn Money by Taking Online Surveys
Exteel : Third-Person Online Robot Shooting
Play Baseball Like a Pro With MLB Dugout Heroes

Ryan – BetterContent
5 Free Website Stock Tickers for Financial Geeks
4 Rotten Websites That Everyone Should Hate
How To Get Companies To Send You Free Stuff With No Catches
How To Get On YouTube At School Using Mobile Internet
Ogame – A Free Online Strategy Game of Space War
The Best Free Algebra Homework Help Websites
Create Printable To Do Lists To Get Organized With iDailyDiary
4 Top Sites to Get Event Tickets Instead of TicketMaster
Break Free From iTunes With Amazon Music Downloads
How to Find a Free eBay Seller Template [eBay Tips]
Top 10 Disgusting Websites to Share With Friends
Learn Interesting Geographical Facts About Mars On Google

David – The 2.0 Life
Get Bite-Sized Reviews Of Everything With Blippr
Find Cool New People With a Twitter Search Using TwitterHIT
Ask & Answer the Web’s Questions with Aardvark [Free Invites!]
Find Out What’s Hot Right Now On The Web With OneRiot
How to Use Twitter with Multiple Accounts with Seesmic Desktop
Manage Your Bookmarks & Reading List with Instapaper
Discover What is The Most Popular Type of Music on Twitter With The Hype Machine
Check Out Hilarious Stand Up Comedy Routines And Jokes With The Laugh Button

Tim – Twenty Ounce
4 Better Alternatives To eBay’s Smart Search Tool
4 Cool Fake Viruses to Make Your Friends Freak Out
Download Torrent Files Hassle-Free with BTaccel [Free Invites!]
The 4 Fixes to Common Problems with iTunes for Windows XP
How To Install The Recovery Console in Windows XP
How To Make A Customized Background On MySpace
How to Make Your Hotmail Sign In More Secure
How to Set Up a Dual Boot Windows & Linux System with Wubi
How To Download Free Hulu Movies To Your Computer

Guy – Extreme IT
9 Free Ringtones That Sound Like Real Phones
Publish Your Own Book For Free With Some Help From PublishAmerica
5 HTML Tips to Create a Fast Loading Free Website
Technology Explained: How Does Wireless Internet Work?
Convert eBooks to MP3 Audio With Spesoft Text to Speech Software
Technology Explained: How Does Satellite Internet Work?
3 Sites To Help You Identify Different Kinds Of Drugs
Technology Explained: How The Internet Works

Jeffry – Super Subconscious
3 Free Uninstallers to Clean Up Obsolete Files [Mac]
Students: Free Apps To Help You Excel at School [Mac only]
4 Fun And Simple Things You Can Do Using Terminal [Mac]
How To Easily Manage Photos from Multiple Cameras [Mac]
Play and Download YouTube Videos On Your Mac with MacTubes
Folx – An Automatic Download Manager for Mac
3 Useful Booklet Printing Solutions For Mac Users
How to Change The Brightness Of Your Mac Display Beyond Default Levels
Three Free Calendar Applications For The Mac

Mahendra – An Unquiet Mind
20 Tips to Define And Manage Your Social Networks [Part 1]
20 Tips to Define And Manage Your Social Networks [Part 2]
How to Morph Into Your Favorite Celebrity Lookalike
How to Color Your Pictures Like Famous Paintings With FlauntR
15 Best Windows 7 Tips and Hacks
12 More Windows 7 Tips & Hacks
Create Your Own Top Movies of All Time List with Flickchart (FREE Invites!)
How to Set A Bing Wallpaper Desktop Slideshow In Windows 7

Stefan – The Tux Geek
5 Free Password Generators For Nearly Unhackable Passwords
Opera Unite – File Sharing, Messaging, Note Taking & more Right in your Browser
Free Security Suite for Windows: Microsoft Security Essentials
How To Analyze A Windows Blue Screen Of Death With WhoCrashed
Use Hunch to Answer Your Questions & Make Decisions
Technology Explained: How Does Skype Work?

Jack – JackCola.org
Measure Wi-Fi Signal Strength at Your Home with HeatMapper
How To Access Hotmail Email Messages from Your Gmail Account
How To Access Hotmail Email Messages from Your Gmail Account [Part II]
Choosing A Laptop: 9 Great Review Sites

Leon
5 Websites to Check Out Latest Buzz and Viral Videos
3 Features of Google Driving Directions You Probably Never Knew
3 Great Websites For Beginners to Learn How to Hit a Golf Ball
8 Tips To Effectively Boost Your Wireless Router Signal

Wez – The Tutorial Blog
Make The Perfect Screencast With These 6 Great Tips
PulpTunes – Share Your iTunes Library Online With Ease
3 More Cool Twitter Tools To Do Your Tweeting With

Angelina – Nothing Major
How To Mix Your Own Music Online & Be An Internet DJ
18 Great Sites to Learn a New Language
Audio File Formats Explained in Simple Terms

Jason – Third Error
How To Find Out Which Sites Have Embedded Your YouTube Videos
How To Start Your Own Internet Radio Station With Shoutcast
Stream Games To Other Computers With StreamMyGame

Jim Henderson – Different Perspective
How To Easily Create a Blog with Tumblr
3 Steps To Find Similar-Minded People On Flickr

Michael – Doodler Blog
The Ultimate, Free Online Color Schemer To Help Complement Your Colors
How to Color Correct RGB Images Quickly & Easily Using Photoshop

Israel
Top 5 Tools To Make A Home Movie Online For Free
6 Less Known Free Online Word Processors

Darko – FinderMind
What Language Is This? 5 Tools to Identify Unknown Languages
3 Forum Search Engines to Search 40.000+ Message Boards

Grant – The Grant Blog
The 5 Best Free RSS Icon Sets For Your Website
Cool iPhone Keypad Codes To Get Phone & Network Information

John
Top 5 Free Websites for Quality Copyright Free Photographs

Tobias – personal tobias
9 Steps To A Great Start In Friendfeed

Eyal – ProductiveWise
5 Recommended Bookmarklets To Simplify Tedious Tasks

Sandra – Your Fashion Oasis
The 3 Best Online Radio Players For Your Desktop

Tim Lenahan – timmyjohnboy
How To Use Facial Recognition in Picasa Web Albums

Brad – OwensDomain
Best Online Resources For New and Experienced Dog Owners

Travis – TQuizzle
Legacy Locker – life insurance for your online identity

Dean – Ten Amp Talk
Cool NASA Stuff: International Space Station Viewing, NASA TV, Videos and More

Ellie – Ultimate Geek Girl
10 Essential Software Apps For Web Development On A Mac

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)

Simon Slangen is our PDF Manual Editor, so if there are any subjects you would like to see turned into a downloadable PDF manual, put your ideas in the comments below or send him an email at simon@makeuseof.com. You may also find the past manuals here.

So, what has MakeUseOf served you in the month of June? Read on to find out.

Karl – Ask The Admin

Watch Hulu & Flash Videos On Your WM Device With Skyfire
Do you Doodle? Share your doodles with the world!
Compare Bing’s search results with Google’s using Bing vs. Google
Watch YouTube Videos on Your Large Screen TV
Restore Your Desktop Icons’ Position With Desktop OK [Windows]
How To Run Windows Mobile 6.5 On Your PC Desktop
How To Remove Duplicate Contacts on Windows Mobile
How To Submit Your Website To Bing & Google For More Traffic
How To Find and Remove Broken Shortcuts Automatically
Use Webslug To See How Fast Your Site Loads
How To Read Scratched CDs or DVDs In Windows
2 Websites to Verify Urban Legends and Email Scams
How To Control Your PC from Windows Mobile Cell Phone
Best Sites to Download Very High Resolution Wallpapers
3 Useful Websites for Free Downloadable Resume Templates
Find Great High Definition Movie Trailers Online
SmarterFox Makes You More Productive in FireFox
How To Become a Better Writer with VocabGrabber
How to Convert PDF to an Editable Word Document [Windows]
Portable, Multiple-Layered Image Editor — Fotographix

Varun – Tech Crazy

Enhance Windows Explorer’s Context Menu With Shell Tools
Check Your Website Design In Different Browsers With Adobe BrowserLab
10 Windows Command Line Tips You Should Check Out
Identify Unknown Files with TrID [Windows/Linux]
How To Tweet In Linux Using Pidgin
5 Little Desktop Apps You Should Check If You Mutlitask
How to Get Detailed Information & Benchmark Linux System
How to Put Home, Computer, Trash icons on Ubuntu Desktop
FARR – Launch Your Apps & Find Your Files Quickly [Windows]
Backup Program Data & Personal Settings with FBackup
Meiga – One of The Best Linux File Sharing Programs
10 Great Apps to Convert Audio & Video Files in Linux

Saikat – The Things I Do

How to Remove Microsoft Groove Synchronization
How To Change Default Webpage Source Editor Of Browsers
Use A Definition To Find The Word With OneLook’s Reverse Dictionary
How To Turn MS Word 2007 Into A Minimalist Text Editor
Top 6 Firefox Add-ons For The Movie Freak
How to Freeze a Part of a Word Document for Easy Reference
The Wordnik- Cool Online Dictionary with Sentences & Images
How to Email Smarter With Buit-In Time Zone Converters
10 Tips to Have Fun Using Advanced Google Search for Images
How To Twitter Quickly from Firefox, IE, Opera and Chrome
Gmail Tips: Four Degrees Towards Becoming A Gmail Ninja
How To Send Personalized Mass Emails in Outlook
How to Set Up Mozilla Thunderbird to Send Mass Emails

Simon – Wombat Labs

The Top 3 File Compression & Extraction Softwares
Fun Online Multiplayer Golf Gaming with PangYa
3 Ultra Cheap Alternatives To iTunes Store
La Tale – A 2D MMORPG Sidescrolling Action Game
How To Remove DRM from MOBI and PRC eBooks
Football Superstars – Live The Life Of Famous Football Players!
Runes of Magic – The Best Free Internet Multiplayer Game
Hacking Tips: Download Free Games for Your iPod
Audition – Groovalicious MMO Dancing Game
BOTS!! – Awesome Robot Battle Online Multiplayer Game
The 6 Cutest Sites with Silly Pet Pics and LOL Pets

Guy – Extreme IT

4 Very Light Alternatives to Adobe Reader
How To Set Up A Podcast On TalkShoe – The Forgotten Guide
How To Restrict Access to Websites with Privoxy [Part 1]
How To Restrict Access to Websites with Privoxy [Part 2]
3 Sites To Help You Change Your Life
How Do I Download Songs onto iTunes – A Tutorial
How To Download Streaming Video with DownloadHelper
3 Fun Programs For Free Fortune And Tarot Readings
Find Totally Free Unlimited Internet Access Almost Anywhere
3 Beginner Computer Tips That Are Often Neglected
Roblox – A Cool Lego-Based Free Virtual World for Kids

Ryan – BetterContent

4 Really Popular Prank Call Websites & How They Work
The Top 10 Grocery Coupon Websites for Cheapskates
The Best Free Websites To Find Foreclosed Houses
Top 10 Sites To Find The Hot Selling Items On eBay
Top 4 Web Tools to Create Free Websites Instantly
Top 10 Most Effective Job Search Websites
Top 10 Free Genealogy Websites to Find Ancestors
Find a Teenage Pen Pal Anywhere in the World With ePaLs
How To Deal with Spam and Report Email Scams in The U.S.
Customize Your Internet Search Results with Google SearchWiki
5 Geeky Ways To Ask Someone To Marry You On The Internet
How To Make A Budget And Wipe Out Debt With Quicken Online
How To Write A Movie Review Online and Earn Money Doing It

Tina

5 More Excellent Ways to Waste Time Online
5 Tools to Harvest the Potential of Your Firefox Bookmarks
Normalize MP3 Volume Levels with MP3Gain
5 Quick Steps to Manage Software Updates with SUMo
How to Send Big Files & Auto-open mailto Links in Gmail / Yahoo
Use Doodle to Make an Online Poll When Planning Group Events
Create A Free Travel Packing Checklist With Packwhiz
How To Read and Interpret Body Language
5 Cool Free Internet Games for Kids That’ll Make them Love Math

Damien – Make Tech Easier

Bing: The Next Big Thing From Microsoft
4 Great Alternative Clipboard Managers For Windows
Add Email Client to Your Website with RoundCube Webmail
Testing Google Chrome Alpha: Test #1 – Linux
5 Little Useful Sticky Notes For Linux
AcetoneISO – Easy ISO Manager for Linux
How To Pin Any Application Window To The Top
Su.pr – An Extraordinary URL Shortener from StumbleUpon
Top 5 Websites To Listen To CDs Before Buying

David – The 2.0 Life

Make Your Speeches Shine with Acrobat Presentations
3 Web Apps For Staying On Top Of The Music Scene
Sync and Share All Your Online Notes with 3Banana
Clicky – A Great Alternative To Google Analytics
Find Out Where Your Favorite Artists Are Playing With Jambase
ScribbleLive- No Hassle Blog For Live Blogging
Recover Hard Drive Space with TreeSize [Windows]
3 Really Cool Adobe AIR Apps for Movies and Music
The Best Windows 7 Feature: The Taskbar
Scoopler – Cool Real Time Search Tool for Twitter
OpenTable – Restaurant Reservations & Reviews Made Easy

Tim – Twenty Ounce

How To Turn Your Gaming Console Into A Media Center
Google Squared! – Google Search to the Next Power
Get Updates From All Your Social Networks With OrSiSo
How To Set Up Your Own Secured Wi-Fi Hotspot
How To Auto Backup Computer Files with CrashPlan
How To Get A Skype-In Phone Number For Free
How to Stop Annoying “Restart” Prompt after Windows Updates
Three Firefox Security & Privacy Add-ons that can Co-exist

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

8 Free FTP Clients For Mac
How To Place Your Widgets On The Desktop [Mac]
10 Really Fun Dashboard Widget Games For Mac
How To Run iLife From An External Hard Disk [Mac only]
Testing Google Chrome Alpha: Test #2 – Mac
How To Save & Share Software Updates on Mac
MindMapping: 3 Simple Idea Mapping Software for Mac
4 Easy Ways to Burn CDs and DVDs for Free on Mac

Stefan – The Tux Geek

Recommendations On Movies, Music, Books From Glue [Firefox]
Create Windows System Restore Point with 1-Click using SCRP
Pure Sync: Free Backup and File Synchronization Tool
Sync All of Your Media Files in One Place with doubleTwist
Hulu Desktop: Instant TV Shows and Movies on Large Screen
The 8 Best Book Review Sites
Safari 4: Is It Time To Switch From Firefox?

Jim Henderson – Different Perspective

5 Websites to Learn a LOT More About Photography & DigiCams
The Ultimate ‘Upgrade To Windows 7′ Guide – Part 2
How To Remove Clutter From Google Reader with Helvetireader
2 Great Ways To Automate Set Management In Flickr
Windows 7 Libraries Explained – And Why You Want Them

Mahendra Palsule – An Unquiet Mind

5 Tips to Maximize Your Windows Live Experience
Translation For MSN: Auto Translates Messages While Chatting
The Best Sites to Understand and Share Your Strange Dreams

Leon

Liberkey: 200+ Portable Apps Wherever You Go [Windows]
Orisinal.com – Cute Flash Games For All

Michael – Doodler Blog

Photoshop Pathing: How To Use Photoshop Pen Tool

Jason K – Third Error

How To Download and Play Kongregate Games Offline

Shannon – Shannon Rist

5 Free Twitter Tools For Smarter Tweeting

Grant – The GrantBlog

10 Really Cool Free Blackberry Applications

Will Mueller – Will M

5 More Greasemonkey Scripts To Make Browsing Easier

Brad – OwensDomain

The Top 5 Sites to Find Song Lyrics Online

TanaG – Information Technology Writer

7 Common Reasons Why Windows Can Get Unresponsive

Gary – Reichel Graphic Design

SparkPeople – Free Online Health & Weight-loss Community

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• March Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)
• January Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)

Simon Slagen is our PDF Manual Editor, so if there are any subjects you would like to see turned into a downloadable PDF manual, put your ideas in the comments below or send him an email at simon@makeuseof.com. You may also find the past manuals here.

Right, here’s a round-up of all the stories our writers have published during the last month. Have a skim through to see if you missed anything interesting.

Karl – Ask The Admin

LED Binary Clock is Geeky and Awesome (Windows Only)
Long URL Please Prevents You From Getting Rick Rolled (Firefox)
Total Defrag 2009 Special Edition [Now Free for Home Use]
How To Stop Spammers From Getting Your Private Info from Forums or Blogs
Create Hotkeys on Windows with Keyboard Tweaker
Fix Infected Non-booting Windows with AntiVir Rescue System
Things To Know When Using a WiFi Hotspot Or a Public PC
SearchMyFiles lets you Search Windows without Leaving Traces
Collaborate and Share Screen Sessions with up to 15 People Using Microsoft SharedView
EncodeHD- Easily Convert Media Files for Any Devices (Windows)
Backup your drivers with DriverBackup 2 [Windows]
Use GrabTube To Convert YouTube Videos Online
MyPhone Backs Up Your Windows Mobile Device To The Internet (Beta)
Repper Makes Your JPEGs Into A Crazy Design
StatView Adds A Whole New World To Outlook
How To Resend an Email in Outlook Express or Windows Mail Instead of Forwarding It
Nimi Visuals X Adds A Touch Of OS X To Windows
Get Important Reminders Sent By SMS With Remindd
Blog Directly From Your WM Device Via Windows Live Writer Mobile Beta
RegFromApp Monitors & Reports On Registry Changes Instantly

Varun – Tech Crazy

Tweak Windows XP/Vista/7 to Your Taste with XdN Tweaker
How To Optimize USB drive with NTFS
Save Energy and Go Green on Windows using Edison
How To Open, Edit and Print any Text Document File
How To Make Sure Your Computer Can Run Windows 7
How To Kill Unresponsive Programs without The Task Manager
Easily Sync Your Folders Without Dropbox
Keep track of your connection speed and usage with iTraffic
10+ Firefox Addons To Enhance Google Search
What’s new in Gmail: Imports, Images, Previews, Translations and more
Simple Image Retouches with Free Lightbox Editor
2 Alternatives To Share Large Files Instantly Using P2P

Saikat – The Things I Do

How to Fix Microsoft Office Problems with MS Office Diagnostics
Google Labs: Now You Can Search Web within Gmail
10 Little Known Google Pages Worth a Second Look
8 Cool Tips & Tricks to Make Most Of Google Chrome
How To Easily Remove Old Drivers from Windows
Customizing Headers & Footers For Printing Webpages
DeeperWeb Gets More Out Of Your Google Search
How To Remove An Application From Your Facebook Profile
View and Download Google’s Help Files As PDFs
How to Create Copyright and Trademark Symbols via Keystrokes [Windows]
How To Prevent A USB Drive From Running Anything Automatically In Windows
How to Download Embedded Flash Files using your Browser

Simon – Wombat Labs

3 Free Online Virtual Worlds
Wyzo Beta – The Web Browser for Downloaders
Dyson – Ambient Real-Time Strategy Game
Record Your Skype Calls On Windows and Mac
Asda Story – A Soul Mate MMORPG
Gravity Bone – An Experimental Espionage Adventure
Kantaris – A Great New Media Player Based On VLC
STALKER – Available Free Until This Weekend!
Hide Your Country Of Origin For Any Application
Three Challenging Puzzle Games To Rack Your Brain
BattleForge – Electronic Arts RTS Cardgame Is Now Free!
High-End Gaming From Your Browser Via InstantAction

Guy – Extreme IT

How To Use Xirrus To Figure Out WiFi Network Problems
3 Remarkable File Recovery Tools
Test Windows 7 RC on a Virtual Machine [Part 1]
Test Windows 7 RC on a Virtual Machine [Part 2]
Top 10 Conspiracy Web Sites
5 Awesome Do-It-Yourself Sites
Wolfram Alpha – A Step Closer to Star Trek’s Computer
How to Automate Mundane Tasks with AutoIt
How To Become a Paranormal Investigator [Best Sites]
Download Blogs For Offline Reading with BackStreet [Windows]
Browse, Download & Install Freeware Easily With FreeWareUpdater
4 Sites To Help You Find Cheap, Even Free Real Estate

Ryan – BetterContent

How To Trace a Mobile Phone Location with Google Latitude
7 Websites for Free Patriotic Wallpaper Themes
7 Great & Free Disney E-Cards Websites
How to View Private Facebook Profiles
Detect Fake Antivirus software & Spyware Removal programs
Top 5 Sites For Learning Piano Online
Best Workout Websites That Combine Technology and Fitness
Get Yourself Star Trek Computer Sounds
3 Easy Ways To Restart Your Computer Over The Internet
4 Great Websites To Make You A Visual Basic Guru

Tina

7 Extensions to Fire Up Firefox Right-Click Menu
Swine Flu – 5 Websites To Get the Facts and Follow Updates
3 More Exciting Ways to Discover Free Music
How To Stay Digitally Charged and Connected On The Road
10 Powerpoint Tips for Preparing a Professional Presentation
5 Steps to Save Paper And Go Digital
3 Wikis To Study Smarter Online
5 More Excellent Ways to Waste Time Online

Damien – Make Tech Easier

3 Useful Software to Backup Your Hardware Drivers In Windows
How To Build a Social Networking Site using Wordpress
3 Easy Ways To Preview a Partially Downloaded Video Files
12 Worthy Alternative Browsers for Linux
ZumoDrive – Cloud Storage Service With A Twist
Sugarsync vs Dropbox: The Battle Of The Cloud Storage Titans
6 Ways To Sync Music To Your iPhone Without iTunes
Specto: Get Instant Notifications In Your Linux Machine

David – The 2.0 Life

Sporcle – Cool Games That Make Learning Fun Again
FeedDemon Can Now Sync Google Reader to the Desktop
3 Great Sites for Following Conversations on Twitter
9 Awesome & Useful Google Maps Mashups
2 Sites Providing Simple Explanations For Complex Questions
UpDown Online Stock Market Trading Simulator Lets You Play Without Losing Money
Web Annotation For Students or Professionals From WebNotes (+100 Invites)

Tim – Twenty Ounce

How To Hide Files Like a Super Villain
How to Create a DVD from Any Video File
How To Make Your Own Windows Run Menu Shortcuts
How To Edit or Delete a Locked File or Folder
Automate Backups Simply with Backup Maker
8 Swag Stores From The Biggest Web Brands
Prioritize Important Emails in Gmail Using ReBoxed
Download Junkies, Update Your System With RadarSync

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

11 Tiny and Useful Free Menubar Applications for Mac
10 Small and Simple Yet Addicting Free Games For Mac
10+1 Undeniable Reasons Why I Consider Mac Better Than PC
OmniWeb – An Overlooked Alternative Web Browser [Mac]
Design Your Cool Web 2.0-ish Namecard using DrawIt Lite [Mac]
Download Torrents Without A Client Via Torrent2Exe [Windows]
8 Free FTP Clients For Mac

Joel – Grind Smart

6 Excellent Mac Apps for Graphic & Web Design
7 Firefox Add-On’s to Help Jumpstart Your Online Business
Panda Cloud – The Antivirus Like No Other You Have Seen
Blog & Read Feeds from your Phone with Mobispine

Stefan – The Tux Geek

Two Free Apps To Sync ANY MP3 Player with iTunes
How To Easily Encrypt Email or Text Documents [Windows]
How To Trace Your Emails Back To The Source
How To Uninstall Applications Efficiently And Remove Obsolete Files

Mahendra Palsule – An Unquiet Mind

5 Ways to Catalog Your Movies Online
ImgBurn – Easy & Free CD and DVD Burner App
Monitor Content Copying On Your Site Using Tynt Tracer

Charnita – Social Web Tools

How To Backup Your Twitter Archive
8 Simple Free Photoshop Alternatives that are under 2 MB

Sharninder – Geeky Ninja

5 Online Shopping Sites That Will Actually SAVE You Money
Compare Online Prices & Reviews On Your iPhone With SnapTell

TanaG – Informative Technology Writer

How To Automatically Restore Opened Folders After Restarting Windows

Sara Morgan

Protect Your Kids Online with Free Norton OnlineFamily

Ann – AnnSmarty

4 More Somewhat Interesting Ways to Earn Money Online

Jim Henderson – Different Perspective

The Ultimate ‘Upgrade To Windows 7′ Guide

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)

Watch out for the next batch of new manuals in May. If there are any subjects you would like to see turned into a downloadable PDF manual, put your ideas in the comments below or send Simon an email at simon@makeuseof.com .

And now here’s a roundup of the stories our writers have done over the past month.   I think you’ll agree it has been a very productive month!

Simon – Wombat Labs

Two Cool Apps To Work With Open Windows on Your Desktop
Quinn – Multiplayer Tetris Game On Your Mac
Ultrastar Deluxe – Play Free Singstar Delight On Your PC
GunBound – Multiplayer Worms-like Shooting Game
OneSwarm Makes P2P File Sharing Private And Personal
Battlefield Heroes Beta – Free Cartoon Shooter Game
Blurst – Several Games For The Unity WebPlayer
An Idiot’s Guide To Photoshop [Free PDF]
BumpTop, An Intuitive Interactive 3D Desktop
Edit Your Images In A New & Better Way With Seam Carving
Mightier – Innovative Puzzle Platformer Fun
Top 5 Smallest Java Games To Try
S4 League – A Tense Online Sci-Fi Shooter

Karl – Ask The Admin

See What Is Using Your Hard Drive’s Space (Windows)
Are You a Reckless Web User? Secure Your Browser With AVG Linkscanner
Fling Ftp: Automate your Backup with free FTP client (Windows)
The Must-see “New Tab King” Addon for Firefox (Windows)
Ever Wanted To Measure Your Bandwidth Usage? (Windows)
Check If Your ISP Throttling Your BitTorrent Downloads
Close N’ Forget Covers Your Firefox Browsing Tracks
Use SkipScreen To Bypass Rapidshare Advertising Waiting Screens
Optimize Your Web Connection With TCP Optimizer (Windows)
Make Webpages Easier On The Eyes With Readable
Use BackupURL To Save & Share A Website As You See It
Noggin + Babysmash = One Happy Baby! (Windows)

Ryan – BetterContent

Check All Emails & Get Email Alerts with POP Peeper (Windows)
Top Educational Websites For Children That Are Fun
How to Bypass Firewalls & Get into Blocked Websites in School or at Work with FreeProxy (Windows)
Change Bad Habits With Joes Goals
Lose Weight For Free With The Daily Plate
Rock On With Free Mixxx Music Mixing Software
Hallucinogenic Desktop Themes & Screensavers
Best Websites for Teens to Earn Money Online
How To Set Up Remote Computer Access With Your Mobile Phone

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

How To Add New Shortcuts to Mac OS X with Spark
Max – The Multitalented Audio File Converter for Mac
How To Master The Power of Mac Shortcut Keys
Slimming Down and Power Up Your Mac’s Service Menu
Batch Rename Your Files Easily – Mac Style (Mac Only)
Simple Ways To Organize Your Files In Mac
Maintain Your Mac With This All in One Utility Tool (Mac Only)
Expand Mac’s Dictionary App by Adding Additional Languages
Get Rid of Your Overloaded Anxiety With Anxiety – Mac Only

Damien – Make Tech Easier

6 Useful Desktop Time Tracking Software
GKrellM – System Monitor Tool with Tons of Great Plugins
Identify The Name of That Song with Tunatic
Easily Create & Manage a Podcast Blog with Podcast Generator
5 Excellent ToDo List Apps For Linux That You Might Not Have Heard Of
Tonido: Cloudless Computing On Your Desktop
5 Free Financial Software Alternatives To Quicken
8 Power Docks For Your Linux Machine

David – The 2.0 Life

See What Are Top Listened Songs Online with We Are Hunted
5 Great Multi-Source News Websites
6 Reasons Why Firefox Dude May Want to Switch to Chrome
Learn To Code At Any Level With Google Code University
Build The Perfect Music Playlist With MixtapeMe
3 Gadgets To Help You Get Social In Gmail
4 Ways To Find New Twitter Friends
Create Simple & Useful Screencasts With ScreenCastle

Saikat – The Things I Do

How To Move My Documents Folder To A Different Drive
Instant Messenger Hacks: 10 Security Tips to Protect Yourself
How To Make Microsoft Office 2007 Look Like Office 2003
3 Easy Ways To Send a Complete Web Page via Email
How To Password Protect Any Windows Program
How To Troubleshoot Your Windows With The MSconfig Utility
3 Ways To Remove Unwanted Email Formatting & Clean Your Text (Windows)
Share & Centralize Your Health Information With Google Health

Tina

5 Unique Websites with Very Useful Tag Clouds
Get A Glimpse Into Your Future With Those 4 Fun Websites
6 Reasons Why Plurk Beats Twitter
5 Easy Websites to Share Files Online Without Signing Up
3 Recipe Sites For The Post Fast Food Era
Collect & Share Your Music In The TunesBag
Stay Up To Date With Science News With These Sites
Share Your Trips With EveryTrai

Guy – Extreme IT

Plan Walking Routes with Gmaps Pedometer
5 English Foreign Newspapers That You Should Read
How To Convert Any Windows Program to Run on a U3 Drive
Free Network Monitoring Software With Spiceworks
How To Make Your Own Workout Music With The Right Beats
How To Use SpeedFan to Remotely Monitor Computer Health
Join a Cult Online: How I Joined, Started & Finally Recovered
Kids Can Learn Programming From Scratch

Varun – Tech Crazy

Use Smart Installer Pack to Install All Needed Software at Once
How To Use RSS Feeds To Download Torrents Automatically
10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About
Get Better Monitor Lighting That Feels Good To Your Eyes
Access Files, Folders, Emails & Twitter – All From A Menu
How To Analyse & Reduce Your Computer’s Power Consumption [Linux]
Linux System Administration Made Easy with Webmin

Stefan – The Tux Geek

10 Tips to Extend Your iPod’s Battery Life
How To Scan and Fax Documents Online for Free
How To Connect To Your Online Bank Account Safely
Opera 10 Beta ‘Turbo’ – Does It Still Have What It Takes?
FreeOTFE Encrypts Files On Hard Drives, CD and USB Sticks

Joel – Grind Smart

Freebies: 15 Free iPhone Icon Sets
Quick Zip File Compressor & Extractor (Free WinZip Alternative)
Optimize Your Windows PC for Better Gaming!
Blog Exclusively From Your Desktop (Windows)
Schedule & Manage Preset Tasks On Your PC (Windows Only)

Tim – Twenty Ounce

Restrict Windows and Web Access for Kids with KidsMenu
Run Programs Automatically Using Windows Task Scheduler
How To Disable Internet Explorer
7 Sites To Get Free Music (Legally!)
Get Quick Access To Your Google Calendar With GMinder

Jim – Different Perspective

Picasa 101 – Saving, Exporting & Uploading To Picasa Web Albums
[Google Picasa 101] – Master The Special Effects In Picasa
[Google Picasa 101] – How To Edit Your Photos
[Google Picasa 101] – View, Folders, Toolbars
[Google Picasa 101] – Getting Started

Mahendra Palsule

Top 5 Free Resume Hosting Websites
5 Dead-Easy Ways to Create Your Own Panoramic Photos
ow To Convert Audio Cassettes & LPs to MP3 in 5 Easy Steps

Sara – Grandroids

Try Fun Science Experiments At Home With These 6 Websites
Unique & Easy Last Minute Easter Goodies
Easy Digital Scrapbooking With Scrapblog

T.J – The Windows Fix

Divide Your PC Monitor Into Multiple Screens With WinSplit Revolution
View A Multi-Page Article On One Single Page With PageZipper

Gary Reichel

5 Websites Filled With Bravery & Greatness
How To Opt-Out From Unwanted Advertisers Online & Offline

Charnita – Social Web Tools

7 Great Plugins For Windows Live Writer 2009
8 Sites For Beating The Job Hunting Blues

Mark O’Neill

How To Find Unprotected Website Directories & Get “Interesting” Files

Jackson

Attain DivShare Nirvana With Daphnism [Mac Only]

Ann – AnnSmarty

3 Ways to See Most Favorited Google Search Result

Daniel – Scriptastique

4 Methods To Handle Passwords Safely Over The Net

James – Associated Content

Play Brain Building Games To Make the Internet Smarter

Grant – GrantBlog

Manage Your Various Online Identities With Chi.mp

Israel

5 Easy-to-use Freeware Video Converters

Maria

Top 4 Online Translation Services

Wez Pyke

The Top 5 iPhone Applications For Killing Time

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)

So we have decided to keep on publishing PDF manuals on a constant monthly basis as we believe that it’s obviously a popular feature.  Therefore we have promoted Simon to the editorial team to be in sole charge of planning new manuals, getting them published promptly and promoting them so that download counter explodes in our faces.

Watch out for the next batch of new manuals in April.  If there are any subjects you would like to see turned into a downloadable PDF manual, put your ideas in the comments below or send Simon an email at simon@makeuseof.com .

And now here’s a roundup of the stories our writers have done over the past month.   I think you’ll agree it has been a very productive month!

Ryan – BetterContent

10 Ways To Donate Your CPU Time To Science
How To Keep Your Credit Cards Safe When Shopping Online
6 Cool Downloads for Your College Kid’s Windows Mobile Phone
SimpleD Budget – Free Budget Tracker Software (Windows)
Organize Your Life With Yahoo Calendar
How To Spy On Your Spouse With Your Computer
Notepad Programming on Steroids for Application Developers
3 Excellent Blogs That Will Get You Out Of Debt
How To Email Photos From Your Mobile To Facebook Account

Jackson

5 Uses For Stacks You May Not Have Thought Of [Mac]
Switch Your Mac Function Keys with FunctionFlip [Mac]
Make Your Mac Sleep More Efficiently with SafeSleep

Karl – Ask The Admin

Count Down The Time Online With E.gg Timer
Take A Screenshot Of A Web Page With WebSiteScreenShots (Windows Only)
Use PDFVue To Fill Froms & Edit PDF Files For Free Online
Backup And Download Flickr Photos in Bulk (Windows)
Share Your Screen With Others Using Mikogo
How To Rip & Mount Multiple ISO’s Easily (Windows Only)
Tell If That JPG Image Has Been Altered With JpegSnoop (Windows)
PriceHub is Our Generations Blue Book! Find Car Prices Online
Clean Your Windows PC with Microsoft’s OneCare (Free)
Portable Everything Makes File Searching Instant On Your PC
Copy Multiple Files On Your Computer With RichCopy (Windows)
ChkFlsh checks your Flash Drives on Windows

Simon – Wombat Labs

Quake Live – Free Online Shooting Game in Your Browser
How To Free Your Music From The DRM Copy Protection
Two Free Transport Simulator Games
Discarded Online – A Free MMOCC Beat ‘em Up
Two Great ‘n Simple Nerdy Office Pranks to Play On Friends!
3 Add-ins To Boost Your MS Word Experience
Cross Fire – Free Online Fastpaced Shooter
10 Great Gaming Webcomics!
Project Powder – Online Multiplayer Snowboarding Game
yWriter – A Word Processor For Creative Writing
How To Recover Your Lost Video Game Keys (Windows)
JamLegend – Free Online Guitar Brilliance
Protect And Track Your Laptop In Case Of Theft

T.J – The Windows Fix

10 Of The Best Sites To Keep Your Car Running At Top Speed
TaggedFrog – Cool File Tagging App for Windows
WriteOnIt – Funny Photo Captions, Magazine Covers & Other
Tracks – An Advanced “Getting Things Done” Application
Search For Pictures On Your Computer & Online With Ginipic (Windows Only)
Two Online Services To Clean Up Your RSS Feeds
Get Free Public Domain Audiobooks From LibriVox
Create Your Own Flipbook With Flipbook Printer (Windows Only)
3 Tools to Test Run your AntiVirus/Spyware Program

Damien – Make Tech Easier

Shozu – The Mobile Social Networking Hub
How To Transfer Files Easily Between Linux Machines
Shutter – The Best Screen Capture Software For Linux
18 Wordpress Security Plugins & Tips To Secure Your Blog
5 Nifty Applications To Make Your Life Easier In Windows
Compress Your Images To The Last Bytes With Smush It
How To Easily Compress Video For Web With Movie Maker
Accessing KDE Applications From Your Windows

David – The 2.0 Life

6 Ways To Add Your Information To Evernote
How To Use Google Docs As A Slick Survey Tool
Two Ways To Never Miss A Television Episode
4 Adobe AIR ToDo List Apps For Managing Your Tasks
5 Reasons Digsby’s A Must-Have IM Client
Mark Up Your Documents with A.nnotate
5 Great Alternatives To Google Docs You Should Consider
Super Simple Sticky Notes From Jjot

Saikat – The Things I Do

QuickWiki– Wikipedia & Wiktionary Addon for Firefox
5 Apps to Check the Speed of Your USB Flash Drive (Windows)
How To Make Your Own Books From Wikipedia
5 Ways to Make Your Own Screensavers (Windows)
Design Great Looking Crossword Puzzles For Yourself (Windows)
8 Sister Wikis from Wikipedia We Should Be Aware About
10 Search Engines To Help The Environment
10 Websites For A Daily Fix Of Sayings & Quotations
Lazarus – Bring Your Form & Browser Data Back From The Dead

Jorge – GeekLad

How to Create Animated Gifs from Images & Video
How to Tunnel Web Traffic with SSH Secure Shell
Build Virtual Lego Models On Your Computer With Lego Digital Designer
How To Install Firebug In Browsers Other Than Firefox
Block Unwanted Calls On Your BlackBerry With CallsBlocker
Preview Sites in Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer with Microsoft SuperPreview
Instant Conference Calling With Gizmo5
Find Out What’s Hot On Wikipedia With Wikirank

Varun – Tech Crazy

How To Download Books From Google Books
3 Tools To Manage Windows Processes Better
How To Reset Any Linux Password
Modify Websites For Better Reading & Printing
Play Games Inside Your Linux Terminal
10+ Best Firefox Addons for Security and Privacy
How To Extract Text From Images (OCR) – Windows Only
10+ Sites To Add Amazing Effects To Your Photos

Tina

Online Resources To Battle Frauds, Urban Legends & Spam
5 Stylish Websites For Women
10 Unique YouTube Channels You Should Watch
3 Dead-simple Apps For Note Taking & List Making
Online Resources for Planning Your Next Vacation
3 Alternative Ways to Consume the Latest News
7 Innovative Gmail Labs Features You Should Try Out
5 Hot Tools To Complement Your Twitter Experience

Stefan – The Tux Geek

Cloudo: Your Entire Operating System In The Cloud
Safari 4 Beta Browser: Why Is Everyone Hating It?
Build & Show Presentations Online With 280 Slides
Oodle: Make Use Of Better Online Classifieds
Install An Open-Source Cloud Operating System On Your Server
Coda.fm – Music Album Torrents Directory (Q&A with Admin)

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

Easy Blogging With The Flock Browser
Automate Your Mac & Your Home With Proximity (Mac Only)
Having a Conversation With Your Mac Computer
How To Set Up An Anti-Theft Alarm On Your Mac Laptop
11 Cool (& Sometimes Useless) Things You Can Do With Your Macbook
How To Play Mac Games Without Using Keyboard Or Mouse

Joel – Grind Smart

Upload Images To Photobucket Using Firefox
How To Make Any Firefox Add-on Compatible with All Versions
How To Listen To Millions Of Songs For Free On Your Desktop
Create PDF Documents From Any Windows Application
Twittastic Desktop Twitter Client With Nifty File Sharing Tools

Ann – AnnSmarty

How to Expand Google’s Universal Search
How To Have Fun With Online Personality Quizzes
How To Search Multiple Social Media Sites At A Time
12 Sites To Spot Cool Daily Gadgets

Tim – Twenty Ounce

Online Alternatives To Popular Board Games
How to “Friend” Someone on Facebook & Hide It From Your Status Updates
Have All Your Social Updates Collected & Sent With NutshellMail
Synchronize Your Home Computer Network With Windows Live Sync

Guy – Extreme IT

The Seven Wonders of The World (Wide Web)
The 7 Websites Every Man Should Be Reading
Fantastic Funeral Services – What A Way To Go!

Jim – Different Perspective

How To Create A Photo Mosaic On Your Local Computer
Securely Organize Your Notes Online With 3tags
BestInClass Helps You To Find The Best Digital Camera

Sara – Grandroids

8 Websites Every Microsoft .NET Developer Should Know About
How To Speech Enable Your Blog
Feeling Depressed? Here’s The Top 5 Good News Websites

Jason – Pleasant Nights

Adobe Photoshop Tips: Photoshop Layers Tutorial
Adobe Photoshop Tips: Selecting with Quick Mask

Daniel – Scriptastique

Top 5 Sites To Learn Some CSS Programming
4 Alternative Uses For Your Gmail Inbox

James – Associated Content

5 Ways To Avoid Letting Your Computer Kill You
How To Create A Coupon Organizing System In Zoho Notebook

Charnita – Social Web Tools

How To Delete Unwanted Online Accounts Easily
The Best Sites For Making International Telephone Calls

Kyle – Lost In Technology

KeyDb – A Portable Password Manager

Grant – GrantBlog

3 Sites to Stream Live Video From Your Cell Phone To The Net

Cody – Minimalist

3 Ways To Remove The Windows Vista Taskbar

Israel

5 Fun Personal Web Apps to REALLY Track Your Life

Matt – m4tt

The Top 8 Websites To Sell Your Stock Photos

Sandra – Your Fashion Oasis

Google Analytics Tips You Should Know About For Your Blog

Will – PiccDrop

Five Free Temporary Email Services To Avoid Spam

Sharninder – Geeky Ninja

Tweak Your Windows OS With Portable Ultimate Windows Tweaker

Maria

Place Yourself & Your Downloads Into Orbit

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• June Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (3)
• January Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)

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Here, as usual, are a roundup of the posts featured on MakeUseOf during February from our writers.  Take a look and see if you missed anything, and as always, we love to hear your comments!

Jorge – GeekLad

Explore the Night Sky With Stellarium
File Your Taxes Online For Free with TaxACT
Post To Your Blog With W.Bloggar
Test Drive Linux Operating Systems with VirtualBox
Stitch Panoramic Photos Together with CleVR
Increase Image Resolution: Convert Raster Images to Vector
How To Get Google Reader Shared Items From Anyone
Take Control Of Your Windows Taskbar & System Tray With TrayIt!

Ann – AnnSmarty

Delicious Toolbox : Organize Your Web with Delicious
All You Need For Making Awesome Screenshots
Make Your Own FireFox Search Plugins & Other Tips
Amateur’s Guide To Customizing Website Design With FireBug

Karl – Ask The Admin

FeedMyTorrents Keeps TV Shows Downloading Automatically
Identify Language of Text with Polyglot 3000
How To Remove Old Versions Of Java Runtime from Your PC
Printable Checklist : A No-Nonsense Online Checklist Creator
TaskswitchXP- Windows Alt Tab Replacement with tab preview
Show Your Outlook Calendar On Desktop with Desktask
How To Remove MetaData From Photos (Windows)
Use Rapidstack To Find Favorite Rapidshare Download Links
How To Share A Printer Over The Internet
Become a Windows Clipboard Master with ClipGuru
Tag, You’re It! Embed Data Into An Image For Mobile Browsing
Easily Create & Edit Windows Partitions With PartitionMagic

Tina

8 Best Daily Jokes Sites To Lighten Up Your Mood
5 Websites To Help You Become a Happier Person
How To Make a Great 404 Error Page & 10 Examples
Where To Look For Contemporary Art Online?
Keep Windows on Top & Minimize To Tray with PowerMenu
How To Maintain a Professional Reputation Online
How To Save Printer Ink & Make It Last Longer
The 10 Best Websites To Swap Books, CDs, DVDs & Games

Jackson

Sounds To Help You Sleep, Relax, Concentrate Or Wake Up!
Postbox: An Alternative Email Client For Mac
ISUploader – The Only DivShare Desktop Uploader [Mac]
How To Fix Macbook’s Crackling Sound Problem
Establish File-Sharing & Notifications Between Networked Macs
Stream Your iTunes Library To iPhone Over The Web [Mac]
How To Extract Audio From FLV Files [Mac Only]
How To Deal With Spilled Coffee or Coke on Your Macbook

Varun – Tech Crazy

How To Use Scripts & Plugins in GIMP
How To Run Linux Style Cron Jobs on Windows
Monitor Your Linux System Stats with Conky
8 Ways To Enhance Your Instant Messenger
4 Websites to Learn Cool Linux Command Line Tricks
How To Password Protect GRUB Entries (Linux)
How To Automatically Install Required Software After A Reinstall
Create Stunning Photo Mosaics In Minutes

T.J – The Windows Fix

Extend Google Talk Into A Remote Access Tool With GBridge
3 Internet Clipboards for Sharing Notes & Code Snippets
3 Commenting Systems & 3 Apps to Track Comments
Quickly Search All Of Your Favorite Sites With Sputtr
Track Your Time On The Computer With Manictime
Two Replacements For The Windows Laptop Battery Meter
Get “Real Time” Google Results With Keyboardr
Two Home Inventory Tracking Apps to Insure Your Assets

Damien – Make Tech Easier

Schedule & Automate Tasks In Linux With Gnome Schedule
The 7 Best iPhone Apps Review Websites
6 Great Apps to View Disk Usage in Linux
6 Free Blogging Clients for Linux Users
How To Create & Edit The .htaccess File For Your Site
How To Play Console Games On The iPhone
Two Useful Apps To Perform Copy/Paste in iPhone
Ziibii For iPhone – Receive Your Social Network Updates All In One Place

Simon

Control Any Game With Your Webcam Using CamSpace
How To Add Subtitles To A Movie Or TV Series
The 5 Hardest Games in the Online World
How To Cheat With Your BitTorrent Ratio
DimP – Direct Manipulation Video Playback (Windows)
How To Play Your Games In ‘Real’ 3D (Windows)
The 2 Best Free Online Soccer Games
Play Poker Online On Windows & Mac Computers
The PSP HomeBrew Apps (Pt. 1)
The Top 3 Online Multiplayer Games (MMO) For Youngsters
Swapaskill – Swap Skills & Trade Favours With Others
Kuma Games – Free Episodical Gaming

Saikat – The Things I Do

D-FileMU – A Small But Powerful File Renamer (Windows)
20 Ways To Increase Laptop’s Battery Life
How to Start Google Chrome in Incognito Mode by Default
10 Cool Software Easter Eggs To Discover
5 Easy Ways To Back Up Your Microsoft Outlook Data
10 Ways To Speed Up Torrent Downloads
How To Make Use Of Research Feature in Microsoft Word 2007
Send Your Photos To Your Picasa Web Album With An Email

David – The 2.0 Life

5 Wi-Fi Hotspot Finders To Find Free Wi-Fi Spots Near You
The 5 Good Free Windows File Managers
5 Online Instant Messaging Services to Chat with Friends
Use Your Voice To Get Things Done With Dial2Do
5 Gmail Labs Apps Worth Enabling
7 Ways To Make Use Of Evernote
Sync iTunes Library to iPod and your Music Folder (Windows)
Plan Your Next Party & Invite Your Guests With Anyvite

Ryan – Better Content

Tazti – Search Web, Play Music & Control Programs using Voice
Using Yahoo Go to Stay Connected On Your Mobile
Top 5 U.S. Apartment Search Engines
Search Craigslist With The CraigsList Reader (Windows)
Top 10 Professional Sample Code Websites For Programmers

Tim – t1mwats0n

How To Secure & Encrypt Your Instant Messaging Chats
The Six Ways To Add A Chat Room To Your Website
3 Amazing Windows Vista Themes for XP
4 Multi-Search Engines You Should Consider For Your Home Page
DJ The Easy Way With These Top 3 Sites For Music Playlists

Joel – Grind Smart

Split Windows into Multiple Desktops with WindowsPager
2 Addons to Add Internet Parental Control to Firefox
Preview Firefox Tabs as Thumbnails with Showcase

Jason K – Third Error

Three Active Desktop Replacements for Windows
5 Ways To Access Your Google Tasks
Setup A Fake IRC Server With phpFreeChat

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

5 Mini Browsers For Mobile Phones
5 Ways To Bypass Torrent Connection Blocking
Browse & Open Files From Inside Archived Folders

James Withers – Associated Content

Sync Your Bookmarks with Google Search Results Using Qitera
How To Use An Online Stopwatch To Increase Productivity

Wez – The Tutorial Blog

Stream Music For Free With Spotify (+ Invites)
Edit Images Online with The Aviary Photo Editor Suite

Sharninder – Geeky Ninja

How To Format A New Internal Hard Drive
How To Access & Use Gmail Offline

Kyle – Lost In Technology

Update Your Thunderbird Address Book with Address Crawler
Check Internet Connection Speed with MyConnectionPC (Win)

Milind – Smoking Apples

From Wordpress to iTunes: How To Podcast With Wordpress

Kabir

2 Free Tools To Make Your Own Text Font

Stefan – Tux Geek

4 Easy Ways Fix Music Tags & Organize Music Library

Jim – Different Perspective

Add A Digital Signature To Photos Using Your Handwriting

James Yeang – Friedbeef

5 Speedy Tips For Faster Browsing In Firefox

Will – PiccDrop

Four Free Sites to Share Your Music On Twitter

Guy – ExtremeIT

How To Find Someone’s Email Address

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• March Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)
• June Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (3)

Many of you have also been asking where the podcast is.   Don’t worry, the podcast is only on hiatus and will eventually return.  Jason is taking a well deserved extended holiday and we also decided to review the podcast and see what we could do to improve it, what new features we could add to it, what existing features should be tweaked or removed and so on.

And now, here are January’s stories, in case you missed any.   Onwards to February!

Jorge – GeekLad

Get A Free UK Phone Number & Make Free International Calls
Mount CD or DVD Image Files Virtually Using A Portable App
How To Create An Unattended Windows XP Disk
How To Reinstall Windows Without Losing Your Data
Make Microsoft Remote Desktop A Portable App
How To Allow Multiple Remote Desktop Connections on Vista
Encrypt Your Gmail Messages With FireGPG
How To Install Windows 7 on a Virtual Machine with VirtualBox

David – The 2.0 Life

8 Ways To Make Use Of Drop.io
5 Cool Windows Mobile Apps To Have On Your Phone
8 Easy Ways To Manage Tasks With Remember The Milk
3 Simple Ways To Send Big Files Over The Internet
6 Useful Last-Minute Booking Sites For Your Next Trip
5 Tools To Make Craigslist Even More Useful
6 Sites To Make Flying A Whole Lot Easier
3 Ways To Read The News A Little Differently
10 Websites To Make You A Photoshop Ninja

Simon

WeGame.com – YouTube for Video Games
The Best Sites To Download Free Music
3 Fun Games To Start The Year With A Bang
The Best Anime Sites On The Web
The Casual Collective – Fun Online Multiplayer Flash Games
VGRequirements – Find System Requirements For Video Games
Browse Safely & Avoid Viruses & Spyware With HHOTT
GotGame Rogue – A Full Featured In Game Internet Browser
Design Your Perfect Fighting Moves With Toribash

Tina

6 Cool Sites to Help You Keep New Year’s Resolutions In 2009
5 Ways To Clone & Copy Your Hard Drive
The 10 Most Stunning Photo Blogs
Express your Gratitude With Thanks-O-Meter
How to Set Up Message Filters In Thunderbird
Websites For Students: 10 Online Learning Tools
3 Cool Science Experiments You Can Do At Home
Travel The World With Hello Backpacker
3 Fun Avatar Creators To Represent You Online

Karl – Ask The Admin

Map Your FTP Drive As A Local Drive with NetDrive (Windows)
FileHippo Update Checker Keeps Your PC Software Updated
ToddlerKeys Makes Your Windows Computer Baby Friendly!
A Free Portable Alternative To Windows Task Scheduler
How To Repair Broken AVI Files That Won’t Play
How to Grab Only Files You Need from Online Zip File (Win)
Iconvert Converts Your Icon Files Across Multiple Platforms Online
Find A Lost Love Or Be A Part Time Detective With Pipl
Send A List Of Links As A Single URL With Link.In

Damien – Make Tech Easier

Snapter – Scan Your Documents Without A Scanner
SpeedCrunch – High Precision Freeware Desktop Calculator
Keep Your Passwords Secret On A Public Computer With KYPS
Ubuntu System Panel Gives Quick Access To Your Applications
How To Encrypt Files in Linux with eCryptfs
11 Useful Tools To Check, Clean & Optimize Your CSS File
Speed Up Your WordPress Blog With PHP Speedy
How To Easily Change Your Usplash Screen In Ubuntu
A Review Of The Internet Explorer 8 RC1 Browser

Saikat – The Things I Do

10 Quick Ways To Print Calendars Online
Check Your Spellings On The Fly With TinySpell (Windows)
How To Spell Check With The Firefox Dictionary
How To Create Your Own Fonts & Characters on Windows
5 Ways To Find Duplicate Image Files On Windows PC
Make Animated Characters Talk With Microsoft Agent Scripting Helper (Windows)
Make Your Own eBooks With eBook Hood
Watch YouTube Or Google Videos Inside Gmail Chat

Varun – Tech Crazy

How To Fix Missing DLL File Errors
How To Unlock Adobe PDF Files
How To Add Custom Functionality To Nautilus [Linux]
Map Online Service As a Network Drive with Gladinet (Windows)
Top Torrent Search Engines for All Torrent Downloaders
How To Make Your Own Windows Live CD
13 Plugins to Make Gedit a More Useful Text Editor [Linux]
5 How-To Videos Sites That Don’t Suck

Jackson

Focus On Quality By Doing Less On Your Mac
The Best Free Multi-Item Clipboard Managers for Mac
20 Websites Every Apple Fan Must Bookmark
Are Anti-Virus Programs Necessary For Mac?
Control iTunes Remotely with your Hands & Feet [Mac Only]
Add HTML, Random Quotes, iTunes Status & Images To Your Mail Signature [Mac Only]
4 Apps To Make Your Own Motivational Posters
Add Facebook Profile Pictures To Your Address Book [Mac Only]

T.J – The Windows Fix

Scuttle – Create Your Own Del.icio.us Site
Unfreeze Your Windows Computer With AntiFreeze
12 Great Ways of Spicing Up Your Windows Desktop
Securely Synchronize Your Browser Passwords With LastPass
Get Incredible Web & Image Suggestions With inSuggest
Two Very Useful Web Apps To Get The Most Out Of Netflix
4 Tools You Need To Predict The Death Of Your Hard Drive
Convert Your Old PC To Network Attached Storage With FreeNas

Ryan – Better Content

Let Your Geeky Kids Play Online With KidZui
How To Post To Blogger From Your Cell Phone
How To Keep Your Paypal Account Safe From Hackers
How to Remove False Information about Yourself on Internet
Go Ghost Hunting with Your Internet Browser
Convert Anything To PDF Format Using PDF995
3 Tools To Conduct Better Research On The Internet
15 Websites to Trace People Online

Jimmy – Mason Tech Beat

4 Torrenting Pitfalls To Avoid – And What To Do Instead
Let Vlingo Manage Your Major iPhone Tasks By Voice Control
Stop & Delete Spyware With Malwarebytes [Windows]
Safe Torrent Downloading with Vertor
SpywareBlaster Can Stop Spyware Before It Starts [Windows Only]

Joel – Grind Smart

ProgDVB – Watch FREE Satellite TV On Your PC
5 Super Easy Email Apps You Should Check
Improve Your Organizational Skills With To-Do DeskList
3 Firefox Add-Ons To Help You Blog More Easily
Instant Housecall Helps You Give Free Remote Support For A PC

Ann – Ann Smarty

The Most Fun Ways To Track Digg Stories
23 Sources Of User & Expert User Reviews
How To Safely Complain About Your Boss or Job Online
4 Extensions to Search & Organize Firefox Browsing History

James Withers – Associated Content

Use Your Cellphone To Send All Your Thoughts & Ideas To Jott
6 Reasons To Fire Your Event Planner & Use Google Instead
Assemble A No-Fuss Mailing List Using Zotero & Gmail
Turn Your Cellphone Into A Copy Machine

Kabir

5 Sites That Will Change The Way You Work With Digital Photos
13 Alternative Search Engines That Find What Google Can’t
How To Create Custom Themes For Firefox With Personas

Wendy – The Computer Lady

4 Online Calendars To Help You Get Organized
Create Cool Animated Avatars Using Your Webcam
Trade Books, CDs, & Video Games For Free With SwapTree

James Yeang – Friedbeef

7 Reasons Why You Should Try Out Windows Live Writer 2009
5 Ways To Reduce The Power Consumption Of Your Computer
How To Find The Best Hotel Deals Online

Matt – M4tt

Organize Your Party Online with Atomeet
Create Great Looking Excel & PowerPoint Charts With Chart Chooser

Tim – Twenty Ounce

Practice Your Vocabulary With VerbaLearn
How To Create Your Own IRC Chat Channel

Sam – SocialPost

4 Microblogging Platforms For Running Your Own Community
Combine and Synchronize Email Accounts with Fuser

Guy – Extreme IT In The Oil Patch

How To View Passwords Hidden Behind Asterisk Characters
Check Your IDE Transfer Mode To Make Your PC Faster

Milind – Smoking Apples

WEB DESIGN: 5 Sites To Get Inspiration and Ideas
7 Tools To Integrate Twitter With Your Wordpress Blog

Jason K – Third Error

Firefox Addons to Make Meebo (Online Chat) Even Better
How To Download Music From Deezer, Pandora And More

Jim – Different Perspective

How To Create Flickr Slideshows
Create Social Storylines With Capzles

Kyle – Lost In Technology

How To Create Privacy Policy & Disclaimer For Your Blog
Protect Your Privacy On P2P With Peer Guardian 2

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

How To Install Wordpress Blog Locally On Your PC
Cover Your Tracks & Be Anonymous On The Net With JAP

Moin – A New Morning

Split Big Files into Smaller Ones with GSplit

Ben – Tic Tech Toe

Top 4 Desktop Search Tools To Find That Elusive File

Grant – GrantBlog

Five Great Online To-Do Lists You Should Check Out

Sharninder – Geeky Ninja

Send & Receive Yahoo Email Using Your Desktop Email Client

Travis – TQuizzle

Stream High Quality Internet Radio Stations To Your Computer Or Mobile

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• March Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)
• June Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (3)

But before we can completely close the book on 2008, here is a quick roundup of our authors stories from December. Why not take a quick look and see if there’s anything that you missed from the previous 4 weeks while you were busy being dragged around the shops for Christmas presents?!

December was a month in which we completely changed the design of our site! When we held a poll, 56% of you said you liked the new design.   If you haven’t voted yet, please do so now!

We have big plans for 2009.   What will they be?   You’ll just have to wait and find out!

Damien – Make Tech Easier

Cooliris For iPhone: Surfing The Web With 3D Experience
10 Great Thunderbird Addons You Must Have
How To Install Microsoft Text Fonts In Ubuntu Linux
Play Linux Games From A Live DVD
7 Free Open Source Video Editors For Linux
6 Ways To Use iPhone As An External Hard Drive
Create Short URL’s and Track Clicks On Your Site with Shorty
How To Create An Animated Loading Image Easily
Easily Create A Professional Web Photo Album With Jalbum

Jimmy – Mason Tech Beat

Twitter Tweaks: 5 Tools To Make You An Elite Tweep
Get Your Online Profiles Organized With PeopleBrowsr
5 Great Web Comics You Should Read [Part 2]
How To Get Featured On Your Favorite Podcast In 6 Steps
7 Things Google Chrome Needs – Now That It’s Out of Beta
Executor: A Power Program Launcher for Your Windows PC
15 Twittery Things For Your Holiday Enjoyment

Tina

Manage & Share Your Media Files With One Terabyte Of Free Oosah
Create Online Music Playlists with Actionext
The Best Sites For TV Show Episode Guides & More
10 Ways to Enhance Brain Fitness Online
Google’s Top 10 Hidden Treasures
Discover Cool New Music in the SoundCloud
Best Online Alarm Clocks For Naps At Work
The Best Sites To Watch Movie Trailers Online
5 Interactive Ways To Monetize Your Blog & Increase Traffic

Jackson

Transmission vs uTorrent [Mac Only]
Improve Window-Management in OS X with Afloat [Mac]
The Best Reference Sites For Medical Students
Use Stacks To Save Websites For Later Reading [Mac]
SafariStand – A Cool Safari Plugin You Should Install
Spread The Joy To Your Mac – Christmassify It! [Mac Only]
Improve Your Photo Booth With 90 Free Effects [Mac]
How To Speed Up Your Mac Without Spending Any Cash

Karl – Ask The Admin

How To Use Multiple Keyboards and Mice On One Computer
5 eBay Tips On How To Buy & Sell BETTER
ZScreen – Make Screen Captures & Upload To Imageshack
Bump Your Desktop Icons With Shock Desktop (Windows Only)
Use One Keyboard & Mouse For Two Computers (PC Only)
Enter The World Of Cloud Computing Using AirSet (Any OS)
MiniMe – Minimize All Programs To Taskbar
bitRipper Brings Windows Users One-Click DVD Ripping
Backup & Restore Your Internet Explorer Browser Settings

Varun – Tech Crazy

Get More Browser Addon Suggestions With “Fashion Your Firefox”
Some Of The Best Greasemonkey Scripts For BitTorrent Users
Use Videos As A Screensaver Or Wallpaper [Windows]
Use Your USB Stick As a Key to Boot Your Windows PC
Get Cool Effects For Your Photos With Dumpr
Create Avatars Online Without Any Image Editing
Capture.NET: A Swiss Army Knife For Your PC [Windows]
How To Repair Damaged CD’s Or DVD’s & Recover Data

Saikat – The Things I Do

How to Hide Folders Using 7 Free Apps
Design An Open Source T-Shirt With Mozilla
6 Ways To Convert A PDF To A JPG Image
5 Ways To Create Custom Multiple Signatures In GMail
Send Video Greeting Cards with YouTube’s Holiday Cards
Photology – Must-have Photo Search Software for Windows
Open Up Your Right Click Menu Options with Open++ (Windows)

Simon

How To Backup & Import PS3 Game Saves
Synergy- Multiple Computers On One Mouse & Keyboard
I’m In Like With You – Online Multiplayer Gaming Site
The Best Free File Download Managers for Windows
The Best Sites for Game Previews and Reviews
Yo Frankie! – Free Open Source Platform Game

Jorge – Geeklad

Give Your Wordpress Comments A Makeover With Disqus
How To Add Google Talk to Your Webpages
How To Create a Search Button for the Google Toolbar
How To Launch Any Windows App At The Touch Of A Button
Anonymous Internet Surfing with Tor

T.J. - The Windows Fix

4 Great Ways To Keep Track Of Your Expanding Book Collection
8 Better Alternatives To Common Windows Apps
Google Image Ripper – Remove Thumbnails From Image Search
3 Ways to Reset Forgotten Windows Administrator Password

Ann – Ann Smarty

10+ Websites To Keep You Updated On Green News
21 Sites To Find Out What’s Hot Online
8 Tips To Make FireFox Search Friendly
17 Greasemonkey Scripts to Diversify Your Social Media Experience

Ted – YouBundle

3 Contextual Ad Alternatives To Adsense
6 Domain Generators To Find That Killer Domain Name
7 Almost Unknown Google Search Engines You Should Use

Kyle – Lost In Technology

Three Ways to Find Open Registration on Private Torrent Sites
Send Your Digital Business Card via Text Message (US Only)
Manage Your Tasks On Your Desktop With Task Coach

Matt – M4tt.net

Close and Re-open Running Programs with SmartClose
How To Reduce Firefox 3 Load Time On Windows
Backup Your Email and Browser Profiles With KLS Mail Backup

Laurence – Extendably

PostRank – The Easy Way To Filter RSS Feeds
Songbird 1.0 Hatches! Download It Now
Flock – The Ultimate Student Browser

James – Friedbeef

Elevyn : How To Change The World One Basket At A Time
JoikuSpot – Connect Your Laptop to Internet via Cell Phone
How To Create A Disposable Webpage

Wendy – The Computer Lady

Create A Website For Free with No Annoying Ads
Generate Income With A Free E-Greeting Card Website
How To Create A Tag Cloud For Blogger

Sharninder – Nomadic Rider

How To Open Microsoft Word 2007 docx Files
Convert Email To A Text Document in 1 Click (Gmail)
Find Torrents Of Your Favorite TV Shows With TED

Ken

Be Cool: 3 Websites To Learn Cool Tricks & Impress Friends
10+ Web Tools To Save Your Butt In School
Where To Get Cool T-Shirts Online

Ryan – Better Content

3 Ways To Check Movie Show Times In Your Area
Google Maps Adds GPS To Mobile Phones
The Best Tools To Watch TV On Your Computer

Sandra – Your Fashion Oasis

Ten Cool Gadgets You Must Add To iGoogle
3 Tips For Getting More Out Of Creative Commons

Joel – Grind Smart

Add Power To Mobile Browsing with Skyfire Browser
Store Your Thoughts, Ideas, Notes, ToDo’s etc. on WikiPad

Michael

How To Connect A Laptop To A TV
Desktop Dining – The Best Places To Order Pizza Online

Ben – Tic-Tech-Toe

5 Methods To Bypass Blocked Sites
4 Tools For Creating Screenshots and Screencasts

Tim – Twenty Ounce Enterprises

4 Easy Tools For Sharing Large Files Over The Internet
Too Much To Tweet? Tweet It With Twitblogs

Jim – Different Perspective

4 Ways To Watermark Your Images Online

David - The 20 Life

Make The Web Your Notepad With WebNotes (+100 Invites)

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

3 Alternative Rapidshare Download Managers

Moin – A New Morning

Enhance Vista’s Start Menu Search with Start++

Ravi – Ahren Code

What are you lookin’ at? Cool Sites To Feed Your Photo Fetish

Stefan – The Tux Geek

Juice – An Excellent Quick Reference Sidebar for Firefox

Guy – Guy McDowell

Really Delete Your Browsing History – wipe MRU & index.dat files

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• March Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)
• June Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (3)

7 new writers had their first story published, Jason brought out 12 podcasts, but the biggest event of the month was of course the MakeUseOf domain being stolen from us and then being retrieved.   It’s been quite a month!

Let’s hope December is a lot quieter!

Karl – Ask The Admin

Gmote – Bringing Mouse Gestures To Your Windows Desktop
Monitor Log Files In Real Time With BareTail (Windows Only)
Want WebEx-like Control Over A Remote Computer For Free?
Rightload – Add Quick FTP Options to Windows Explorer
How To Backup Your Gmail Account To YOUR Hard Drive
Stick This On Your PC – Sticky Notes For Your Desktop
Convert Those PDF’s To Word. Get That Text Back!
Resize MANY Images Quickly With Fotosizer & EasyThumbs
Get Detailed Information About Files With Filealyzer (Windows Only)

Tina

Two Directories To Find Cool Adobe AIR Applications
Where To Research Material For Your Homework
Dump Delicious And Dig(g) Deeper With Twine
Use The Internet To Save The World
Publish Custom Newsletters With LetterPop
How To Make XP Look Like Windows 7
Discover Music & Videos The New Way With Soundflavor
5 Ways To Fix A Stuck Pixel On Your Screen

Varun – Tech Crazy

Add Google Calendar, Docs and Gadgets to Gmail
Send & Track Group Messages & Conduct Polls With Notifu
Fix Unresponsive or Frozen Linux Computers using Shortcuts
Edit Files Collaboratively With Gobby
6 Power Ways To Customize & Enhance Windows
3 Software Updaters to Keep Your Programs Up To Date
Organize Your Life With Springpad
P2P File Sharing From Within Your Browser With LittleShoot
How To Create A Custom Splashimage For GRUB

Jackson

Lockdown Will Secure Your Mac While You’re Away
How To Easily Share Files Between Mac & Windows Computers
Quickly Clean Your Laptop Keys With Keyboard Cleaner [Mac Only]
Get Front-Page Digg Stories on your Desktop with DiggUpdater
8 Apps Which Will Definitely Spice Up Your Desktop [Mac Only]
Get Any Youtube Video to Your iPhone/iPod Touch in 2 Clicks [Mac]
Bring Back Those Polaroid-ish Photos With Poladroid [Mac Only]
10 Essential Mac Apps To Install After Formatting v2
Stainless – Google Chrome’s Mac Twin [Mac Only]

Simon

How To Cheat In Every Computer Game With Poke
The Best Fun Betting Websites
How To Downgrade your PSP & Upgrade to a Custom Firmware
How To Downgrade PSP & Upgrade To A Custom Firmware (Pt.2)
4 Great Papercraft Websites To Waste Time
Revive Old School FPS Gaming With Marathon (Multi-Platform)
Make ‘Frets On Fire’ Even Better With Mods (Win/Mac/Lin)
Foldit – Solve Puzzles For Science
Unity – Great 3D Games On Multiple Platforms & Browsers

Damien – Make Tech Easier

How To Recover Deleted Files From Your Linux System
Using Your Linux Computer As A UPnP AV Server (Part 3)
How To Create Strong Passwords That You Can Remember Easily
4 Great StumbleUpon Alternatives To Discover New Sites
8 Great Alternative Desktop Managers For Linux
Kaltura Adds Video Management Capability To Your WordPress Blog
Manage & Collaborate Your Projects With OfficeZilla
How To Jailbreak Your iPhone Easily With The Pwnage Tool

Saikat – The Things I Do

IncrediMail – Have Some Fun With This Email Client (Windows)
Using MS Word 2007 for Fast and Easy Blogging (Windows)
10 Uses of Google Alerts For A Freelancer
3 More Tools to Customize the Right Click Menu (Windows)
Collaborative Drawing Online On The Dabbleboard
It’s Official – Change The Look Of Gmail With Colorful Themes
Make Your Own Sticky Notes with Notepad (Windows)
Scrapboy- Desktop Client for Facebook, Myspace & Orkut (Win)

Jimmy – Mason Tech Beat

Turn Your Amazon Links Into Affiliate Links
6 More Sites to Upgrade Your Twitter Experience
i.TV iPhone App Turns Your iPhone into the Ultimate TV Companion
6 Apps That Will Turn Your iPhone into the Ultimate Reference Book
BrightKite On The iPhone Tears Up The Location-Based Ballgame
Batch Edit Your Images with GIMP
Google’s Mobile iPhone App Takes Voice Recognition to a New Level
Create Custom iPhone Ringtones with iRinger [Windows Only]

Wendy – The Computer Lady

How To Add A Simple Search To Your Blogger Blog
5 Top Statistical Site Traffic Trackers
Send Free Email Newsletters With YMLP
How To Create A XML Sitemap In 4 Easy Steps

Ann – Ann Smarty

16 Flickr Search Tools That Are Fun to Use
3 Less-Known Free Online Resume Builders
50 Tools & Resources For Christmas Gift Ideas
Tweak Your Daily Searching With These Browser Bookmarklets

Jorge – GeekLad

How To Make Windows Live Writer A Portable USB App
How To Turn An Old Router Into A Wireless Bridge
Explore Space Right From Your Computer With Celestia
Codeflux’s Fast and Easy Internet Diagnostic Tools

Will – Advanced Tech Solutions

Top Free Media Converters for Windows
Top 3 Sites For Streaming Your Music Anywhere
The Top 5 Tips and Tricks To Unlock Vista’s Potential

David – The 20 Life

7 Reasons Diigo Tastes Better Than Delicious
9 Ways To Use Your Cellphone To Get Information Online
5 Ways To Create Your Business Card 2.0

Jim – Different Perspective

5 Ways To Get Your Images Noticed In Flickr
3 Easy Ways To Add Borders To Your Photos
Clipperz – Online Password Manager (with Offline Option)

Tim W – Twenty Ounce Enterprises

Hordit – A Digital Packrat’s Best Friend
Go Green and Get Some Free Magazines
Browse Through History With Online Photo Archives

Sam – SocialPo.st

5 Online Tools to Help You Manage Your Money
Zenbe – All Your Emails In One Place
Create Beautiful Web Pages In A Snap With SnapPages

T.J. – The Windows Fix

Snackr – Fancy Feed Reader (Adobe Air App)
Locate the Best Cell Phone Coverage in Your Area With Signal Map
Extract Your Concert DVD Audio to MP3 With 4 Simple Tools

Charnita – Social Web Tools

9 Useful Sites For Finding People To Follow On Twitter
FleeQ – Take Your Site’s Search to The Next Level & Earn Money

Sharninder – Nomadic Rider

Easy & Powerful Online Image Editing With Pixlr
Watch Any Site for Certain Stories with Notify.Me

Laurence – Extendably

A Make Use Of Interview with Digsby’s Steve Shapiro
A Make Use Of Preview Of Windows 7

Matt – M4tt.net

4 Microblogging Firefox Tools You Shouldn’t Ignore
Make Your Wordpress Blog iPhone Compatible with WPtouch

Kyle – Lost In Technology

Host Your Own Lifestream with Sweetcron
Get Click Heatmaps for Your Website with ClickHeat

Jerry – Realty Tech Bytes

How To Create a Ringtone For The iPhone In iTunes

James – Friedbeef

Bullfighter – Simplify Your Writing & Gain Results

Ravi – Ahren Code

5 Apps To Get More Out Of Your NEW Mac

Ken

Find Best Black Friday Deals NOW with BFads (Black Friday Ads)

Stefan – Tux Geek

10 Cool Linux Apps You Maybe Didn’t Know About

Ted – YouBundle

5 CPA Alternatives To Adsense On Your Blog Or Website

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• May Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (1)

October has been a busy month at Make Use Of headquarters with an increase to five stories a day and a start in hiring again.   Seven new writers made their debut articles in October and we moved from one long Sunday podcast to three short weekly podcasts.   If you missed any of them, click here to scan the list and find the ones you are looking for.

As we head into a chilly November, we hope you’ll keep warm by snuggling up and reading Make Use Of! 

Jackson

Safari Search Plugins Showdown: Glims vs Inquisitor [Mac Only]
Paparazzize Your Webpage Screenshots [Mac Only]
Macnifying OS X: Manage Foreign Languages On Your Mac
Free Alternatives to 10 Popular Commercial Mac Applications (Part 2)
Do More With Your Webcam Using Gawker & Eyesight [Mac Only]
How to Improve Your iTunes Experience (Part 1) [Mac Only]
How to Setup Easy Remote Support on the Mac
How to Improve Your iTunes Experience (Part 2) [Mac Only]
Take A Closer Look At Your Pictures With Cooliris

Tina

Finally Stick To Your Resolutions With StickK
How To Broaden Your Musical Horizons Online
3 Easy Tools to Record Streaming Music as MP3 Files
Become A Star In The Plurk Universe With These Tips
Make your Desktop Bigger with 360desktop (Windows)
Magically Hide & Unhide Desktop Icons in Windows with Iconoid
How To Block Annoying Ads in Firefox
Make Gmail your Default Desktop Mail Program (Windows)

Will – Advanced Tech Solutions

WinHack – Speed Up Your Computer (Part 1)
WinHack – Speed Up Your Computer (Part 2)
Change The Windows Logon Screensaver And More (Win XP)
Three Quick Registry Tweaks to Customize Windows Like a Pro
How To Add & Remove Entries from The Windows Right-Click Menu
How To Speed Up The Shutdown Of Your Windows
3 Essentials to Keep Windows in Top Shape
Top 5 Free Media Players For Windows
Top 4 Sites To Download Free, Legal Concert Recordings

Karl – Ask The Admin

PrintWhatYouLike Helps You Conserve Paper, Ink & Sanity
Open Two Different Instances Of Outlook With ExtraOutlook
Who Is Connected To My iTunes Library? (Windows)
Modify Vista’s Horrible Prompts With Norton’s UAC Tool
How To “Find And Replace” Words In Multiple Files
Do Multiple Search & Replaces in Several Files with BKReplaceEm
Use doPDF To Convert Documents To PDF For Free (Windows Only)
OpenDNS Works As A Great Free Web Content Filtering Solution

Damien – Make Tech Easier

Linux: 6 Useful Extensions to Improve Nautilus Functionality
Now Boarding – An Addictive Adobe Air Game
Create & Share Your Self-Made Games With Sploder
5 Alternative Screen Capture Tools For Your Mac
The 5 Best Open-Source Social Networking Software
9 Must-Have OpenOffice Extensions
5 Wallpaper Changer Apps For Linux
Using Your Linux Computer As A Media Center (Part 1)
Using Your Linux Computer As A Media Server (Part 2)

Simon

Check The Movie Quality Before You Start Downloading
5 Rhythmic Flash Games To Groove Up Your Day
Great Webcam Gaming With Webcam Mania
The Best Online Flash Games
4 Websites for Great Wordpress Themes & Blogger Skins
A Guide To Online Flash Shooter Games
How To Score Money With T-Shirt Designs
Rakion, Another Great Free MMO Game!
Great Cooking Websites from a Different Perspective

Jimmy – Mason Tech Beat

How To Find All The Great New TV Shows Online
Fancast Mixes Local Listings with Free Streaming Video
A Bunch Of Easy Ways To Spice Up Your Twitter Page
Tips & Sites For Finding Freelance Blogging Work (Part One)
Tips & Sites For Finding Freelance Blogging Work (Part Two)
Is YouAre Poised To Become The New Twitter?
6 Of The Best Items For Your Blog’s Sidebar
What Are QR Codes? Digitize your World & Back Again
Google Earth Comes To The iPhone

Varun – Tech Crazy

Tweak Your Windows Operating System With Xpy
5 Review Sites To Help You Find The Perfect Hotel
aria2 – Fast Multiprotocol Power Downloader App
Detach Google Services From your Browser With GMDesk
CleanMem – A Windows Memory Cleaner That Works
How to Access your Torrent Client & Download Torrents Remotely
ZIM – A Desktop Wiki / Note Taking App [Linux, Windows]
The Ubuntu Upgrade Guide

Wendy – The Computer Lady

5 Legitimate Online Self Employment Opportunities
Blog Contests & Promotions Made Easy With ContestMachine
5 Non-Partisan Web Tools For Election 2008
How to Link Multiple Gmail Accounts Together in 4 Easy Steps

Saikat – The Things I Do

4 Free Tools to Download and Take Wikipedia Offline
Hitman Pro: Unleash 8 Anti-Spywares with a Single Click (Windows)
6 Ways To Search ‘By Date’ On Google

Tim – Twenty Ounce

Fight Spam & Email Overload With OtherInbox
Get Your Favorite RSS Feeds in your Twitter Account
12SecondsTV – 12 Seconds of Fame (or Infamy)!

Ann – Ann Smarty

How To Become An Online Power Shopper With The Right Tools
The Best 3 Tools to Search for Images Online by Color
7 Online Wishlists to Help You This Holiday Season

Bill – Tech Thoughts

Steal Your Friends Passwords and Software Licenses!
How To Protect Your Gaming Assets on MMO Games

Kyle – Lost In Technology

Analyze and Benchmark Your PC with FreshDiagnose
Recover Lost Computer Files with Undelete Plus

Sharninder – NomadicRider

5 Gmail Labs Features Everyone Should Try
Vista Utilities Makes Configuring Windows Vista Easier

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

Five Webtop Alternatives For Cloud Computing

Laurence – Extendably

Highlights of the Zune 3.0 Music Manager

Moin – A New Morning

8 Best Defragmenters To Keep Your PC Running Like New

Matt – m4tt

Amazon Windowshop: Virtually Shopping On Amazon

James – Friedbeef

How to Search For the Perfect Color Scheme

David – the20life

9 Ways To Use Twitter – No Website Necessary

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• March Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)
• June Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (3)
• January Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)

September has been an eventful month at Make Use Of – our games section finally took off properly and Ross started with us.   Our adjustments to the comments board – including the ability to subscribe to follow-up comments – has also seen an increase in comments coming in which is really nice.

If you want to take advantage of this feature, just tick the “notify me of followup comments via email” box at the bottom of the story comments box before submitting your initial comment.   Then whenever someone else comments on that story, you will be emailed the comment.    Not to worry though – if you decide you don’t want to be notified anymore, Wordpress makes it easy for you to unsubscribe from the emails.

Oh and have you uploaded an gravatar yet so your comments are personalised with your face or an icon?   If not, it’s very easy!   Just go to Gravatar.com, make a free account and upload your image!   The account is also valid for many other sites apart from Make Use Of!

And now, in case you missed any of September’s stories, here are what our writers published in the last 4 weeks :

Jackson

9 Useless Applications Just For Fun [Mac Only]
16 Free, Fun, Simple & Addictive Games to Take the Edge Off
Macnifying OS X: Learning To Utilize Activity Monitor on Mac
Supercharge your Mac Dock with these 4 tools [Mac only]
Free Alternatives to 10 Popular Commercial Mac Applications
How To Be More Productive By Taking Breaks [Mac Only]
Macnifying OS X: Migrate iTunes and WMAs from Windows to Mac
Psst….Silence Your Mac’s Start-up Chime

Karl – AskTheAdmin

Recover Your Lost XP, Vista & Office Serial Numbers
Track Storms and Hurricanes with StormPulse
Introducing Portable Mouse Gestures with Mazzick
Avoid Speeding Tickets with SpeedTrap
Have multiple IP configurations? Manage them with NetSetMan
Backup Your Windows Mobile Device Without ActiveSync
Shrink your Outlook PST by Removing Your Email Attachments
HopStop Helps Me Find My Way On The Subway

Jimmy – Mason Tech Beat

5 Great Apps To Turn Your iPhone Into A Powertool
MakeUseOf Your iPhone: Wikipanion (Wikipedia App)
7 Tips to Improve Your Twitter Tweets
Customize Your ‘Send To’ Right-Click Windows Menu
MakeUseOf Your iPhone: 3 Travel Apps To Hit The Road With
Fill the Space Between your Blogs with Posterous
MakeUseOf Your iPhone: Set Up Voice Dialing With Cactus
7 More Fantastic Podcasts for Geeks
Track Your Short URL Links With tr.im

Tina

How To And Where To Find Answers Online
Google Chrome – A New Chapter in Browser History?
Keep Track of Wish and Gift Lists with Kaboodle
3 Steps to Regain Your Privacy in Google Chrome
Five Steps to a Better Search Experience in Firefox 3
7 Tips for Private eBay Sellers
7 Online Resources To Help You Improve Your Writing
Manage Your Life with Free Online Time Management Tools

Varun – Tech Crazy

Mathway – A Step By Step Mathematics Problems Solver
Take & Manage Awesome Screenshots on Windows, Linux and Mac
Mount Zip Files, CD/DVD Images & Encrypt Folders
FormatFactory – A multifunctional Media Converter
5 Cool Apps to Make the Linux Terminal More Productive
Make Beautiful Online Presentations With Sliderocket
Locate32 – Lightning Fast Desktop Search Tool for your PC
A Look At The New Google Moderator

Simon

MUO Games – Archlord: A Free Jawdropping MMORPG
MUO Games- Old School Console Emulation on Windows, Mac, Linux
MUO Games – The Best Websites to Play Flash Games
Manage Your Games, Books, DVD’s and Audio With Libra
MUO Games – The Best Free Online Racing Games
MUO Games – Put Yourself In The Game With Pictogame
MUO Games – Analyze Your Computer For Game Compatibility
MUO Games – 4 Web Games to Kick-Start your Brain

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

Four Free Creative Writing Applications For The Mac
How to Find and Read Comic E-Books Online
Faster Internet & Anonymous Net Surfing Through Toonel
MUO Games – Cave Story: A Tiny Addictive Game

Jerry – Realty Tech Bytes

Liven Up Your PowerPoint Presentations With LiveWeb
Five Things I Like About The iPhone & Four That I Don’t!
5 iPhone Apps That You Are Likely To Use Regularly

Laurence – Extendably

An Introduction To Codecs, Converters and Rippers
Behind the Scenes Of Songbird – An Exclusive Interview
Not To Miss Microsoft Software Giveaways for Developers

Ross – Simple Help

MUO Games : Top 5 Free Cross-Platform FPS Games
Quickly Create Temporary Email Addresses with YopMail
8 Opera Widgets for Web Designers and Developers

Damien – Make Tech Easier

7 Useful Hacks To Improve Your Google Chrome Experience
Tweak Mac Leopard’s Hidden Settings With xMod

Kyle – Lost In Technology

Master Your Website Traffic Stats with BLVD Status
Monitor Your Computer Fan Speed With SpeedFan

Blake – The New Geek

iContact – Bring your Gmail Contacts to the Desktop
Test Your Site In Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer

Ken

Dress Up Your Desktop Sidebar with Samurize
15+ Podcasts Every Geek Should Listen To

Ben – Tic Tech Toe

3 Tools to Control Your PC from A Distance Using Remote Access
PCHelpware- Lightning Fast Tool for Remote Support (Windows)

Will – Advanced Tech Solutions

WinHack – How to Change the Windows Start Button (Win XP)

Mackenzie – Ubuntu Linux Tips & Tricks

Gwibber – Twitter, Facebook, Pownce, Flickr etc. Client [Linux]

Charnita – Social Web Tools

9 Cool Google Search Shortcuts You Should Know About

Abraham

Take and Manage Notes in Linux With BasKet

Saikat – Grafitti Splash

Give Your Presentations A Boost With ZoomIt (Windows Only)

Dave – System Bash

How To Set Up Your Own WampServer

Bill – Tech Thoughts

Remove Unwanted Photo Elements With Photowipe

Sharninder – Nomadic Rider

4 Tips to Speed Up Your Windows Vista PC

Abhijeet – Jeet Blog

Manage & Protect Passwords and Other Data with LockCrypt

• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• March Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)
• June Roundup: MakeUseOf Authors (3)
• January Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)

I’ve had someone email me during July and ask why we don’t include the editors’ stories in this list. The reason is that this roundup is another opportunity for us to promote our writers, not our editors. The writers are what makes Make Use Of truly great. The editors write good stories too (thank you, thank you….!) but we don’t seek fame or glory. Oh no. We’re quite happy with our million dollars a year in salary and stock options along with the private jet and jacuzzi. We’re quite humble!

So as always, thanks to our writers for all their contributions in July. If you missed out on any of the podcasts, please do catch up on Jason and his silky seductive voice! Oh and while you may be crashing out on the beach during hot balmy August, please do keep reading us!

Tina – Tinsie Recommended

Cleaning and Stain Removal for Bachelors
One Online Tool to Handle Five Tedious Tasks
Socialize Your Television Experience With TIOTI
Get a Grip on eMail Spam Before It Gets A Grip On You
The Challenging World Of Image Editing
Offline Browsing Anywhere Anytime – Part One
Get your TV Entertainment Fix Online
Save and Backup Websites with HTTrack
Be Lazy and Work Better with Adobe Reader

Karl – Ask The Admin

Phonevite – Blast Out Voice Messages To Your Team For Free
SteadyState – Mess up, Reboot & Everything Is Fixed!
Get Your Computer Startup Under Control With Autoruns
Highlight The Web And Send It To All Your Friends
Ncleaner – The App That Tells CCleaner To Take A Hike
Word Bubbles for Dummies. Make your images speak with Kyolo!
11 Firefox 3 Extensions That I Can’t Live Without
Wordle – Become Addicted To RSS Feeds The Fun Way
WhoCalled.US Tells You About That Call You Missed (US Only)

Jackson – Macnifying

Manage your iPhoto with these plugins
5 Little Mac Apps That Flickr Will Thank You For
Capture Edit & Share Your Screenshots With Skitch [Mac Only]
Ten Tools To Keep Your Mac In Tip-Top Shape
Keep Your Mac Awake With A Dose Of Caffeine
Become A Cunning Linguist With Foreign Languages On Your Mac
Facebook Updates sent to your Desktop via Subsume [Mac Only]
One-click backup of your iPod with podUP [Mac Only]
Macnifying OS X: Introduction and working with NTFS Drives

Abhijeet – Jeet Blog

Liberate, Sync and Share Your Media With DoubleTwist
7 Ways To Stay Informed And Up-To-Date Online
Jogli – Probably The Coolest Music Search Engine
Organize your Music Collection Effectively With Media JukeBox
6 Cool GreaseMonkey Scripts To Rock Your Friendfeed
4 Awesome Tools To Save Pages For Reading Later
FlauntR – A Killer Online Image Editing Tool
Mobipocket – An Awesome ebook Reader Which is Free

Wez – The Tutorial Blog

Transmission, The Lightweight BitTorrent Client
Stay Socially Connected Online With Yoono
3 Windows Text Editors For Programmers
Manage Your Time Effectively Online With Slife [Mac Only]
Shiira – Another Alternative Mac OS X Browser
Get Assisted By Butler On Your Mac
Analyze Your Website Visitor Data In Real Time With Woopra
Listen To & Watch Music Videos Online with Muzu

Jerry – Realty Tech Bytes

Syndicate Your Property For Sale With Postlets
The 5 Most Significant Online Property Search Websites – Part 1
The 5 Most Significant Online Property Search Websites – Part 2

Lee – Unsightful

Google Gadgets To Download For The Fun Of It!

Bill – Tech Thoughts

Spyware Terminator – Free Real-time Spyware Protection
Threats In Your Email – Are They Real or Not?
ProcessQuickLink 2 Takes the Tease Out of Windows Task Manager

Laurence – Shipping Seven

Remove Censorship & Browse Anonymously With Xerobank
Eight Great Songbird Extensions Worth A Test Drive
Six Things I Love About The Opera Browser
6 Things You should Download after Getting Vista
Time To Get More Social By Downloading Flock 2.0

Varun – Tech Crazy

Sync Yourself with Syncplicity… With a Gift For MakeUseOf Readers!
Live it like a spy: Create a fake “You”
10 Tools to Overhaul Your Windows Interface
Glary Utilities – System Maintenance Made Easy
Browse the Web in 3D with Pogo

Ellie – The PinkC

Go Gift Shopping with Amazon Gift Central
ChipIn – The Easy Way to Raise Funds Online

Simon

Top Five Free Online Shooter Games – Must Read For Gamers
3 Web-Based IM Clients For Chatting The Night Away
How To play Sony PlayStation (PSX) Games on your PC

Mackenzie – Ubuntu Linux Tips and Tricks

GRAMPS: Open Source Genealogy

Daniel – Hack Your Day

Keep A Personal Online Diary With Penzu
Schedule & Manage Your Messages With Sendible
Manage Your Money Safely with ClearCheckbook

Suresh – Digital Quest

TinEye – Searching For Images With An Image

Saikat – Grafitti Splash

LiveMocha – Smell The Coffee & Learn The Lingo
WebAnywhere – A Tool For Blind People To Get Online Anywhere
Amic E-Mail Backup – A Good Thing in a Small Package

Ken

Work With Others Online Without Tearing Out Your Hair
How to Quickly Restore Deleted Data in Vista

Kyle – Lost in Technology

Retaggr Lets People Know Who You Are
Take Screenshots From Your Browser with Kwout7
Replace Windows Explorer With A More Powerful Alternative

Jimmy – Mason Tech Beat

IrfanView Blows Windows Viewer Out of the Water
Revo Uninstaller Will Hunt Down Your Bloatware
Internet Magic: From the Web to the Parlor

Abraham

Learning The Linux Lingo
An Introduction to the Linux Command Line

Will – Advanced Tech Solutions

Arkiva – All Digital All the Time

Jeffry – SuperSubconscious

Download Free Music, Videos & Movies On iTunes
Grant PDF Print Power to Your Website Visitors

Nick – Tech Network

ManyCam – Do More Things With Your Webcam

Charnita – Social Web Tools

5 Social Aggregators To Keep you Updated

Blake – The New Geek

How To Install Linux With Ease Using UNetbootin

Dave – SystemBash

Creating Your Own Personal Virtual Private Network with Hamachi

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)

Looking back, it was quite a month. As well as FIVE podcasts being broadcast by Jason (who was promoted to Make Use Of’s Podcast Editor), we also had SEVEN new writers having their debut articles published! So it’s been a very busy month and July promises to be even busier!

So, following a Make Use Of tradition, here are all the articles that our writers did during the month of June, along with a link to their personal blogs. This is good if you’ve been too busy to follow us on a day-to-day basis. You can look over the list and see if you’ve missed anything.

Thanks to all of our writers for everything they wrote and contributed to us. Stay tuned to Make Use Of during July for more articles from the team and also from some new writers who will be joining us.

Mackenzie – UbuntuLinuxTipsTricks

Linux Eye-Candy

Ellie – ThePinkC

Manage your iPod with SharePod
6 Little Known, Yet Useful Gmail Tips

David – Beta Cubed – [B^3]

SpaceTime 3D Browsing: Gimmick or Innovation?
Demo Great Webapps with Yahoo! BrowserPlus

Tina – Tinsie Recommended

Cool Search Engines To Remember
Become a Secret Steganographer: Hide and Encrypt your Files
Take Flickr Straight to your Desktop with Interactive Wallpaper Updates
Enhance your Firefox Page Failure Options
Become Swift in Handling Multiple Open Windows
Last Minute Spring Cleaning of your Windows XP System
Become a Sprout Builder On The Web
Advanced Online Note Taking Made Easy
Break the Speed Limits to Your Internet

Nick – Tech Network

Cool Windows Media Center Alternatives
Securing Third Party Software With Secunia PSI
The 3 Best Programs for Subscribing to Podcasts

Karl – Ask The Admin

Can I Find My WiFi Encryption Key from a Machine That’s Online?
Let the Little Ones Enjoy your Computer. BabySmash Time!
AIM Express lets you use IM without installing a client
Scared of the Windows registry? WinSecret makes tweaking easy!

Jimmy – Mason Tech Beat

Enso Launcher: It Will Make You Feel Like a Hacker
Psst…Do You Plurk?
IM Feeds – A Tool for the RSS Power User

Bill – Tech Thoughts

Free CD/DVD File Recovery Tool – CD Recovery Toolbox
RU Botted – Watches your System for bot-related Activities
Rogue Software Lies – Hang Onto Your Money!

Varun – TechCrazy

Say Goodbye to Adobe Creative Suite
A tryst with Syncplicity
Acrobat.com : Work. Together. Anywhere
Bringing Command Lines to The Web: Yubnub and More!
How about some WINE with your Linux?
Get Geeky and Fix your PC with HijackThis

Jeffry – SuperSubconscious

Frostwire : A Clone That Surpasses The Original
Downloading Difficult Multimedia Files Using The Safari Browser

Will – Advanced Tech Solutions

Best Programs To Keep Your Computer Secure
Top Free Hosts To Store Your Files Online
Another Five Unheard Of Search Engines
The New RSS Feed Reader Wars!
How to Lock Or Hide A Folder, A File Or A Drive On The Computer

Daniel – Hack Your Day

Using CSS to Create Document Templates
4 Tools for More Productive Twittering
Manage your Online Social Life with SecondBrain

Laurence – ShippingSeven

4 Tools to Update the Status Messages the Easy Way
Pimp Your Digsby With Skins And Emoticons
Take Advantage Of The New Windows Live Writer
Five Places To Play Risk Online
Utilizing Windows Search 4.0 (Part 1)
Make Money Online From Your Humorous Pet Video

Wez – The Tutorial Blog

5 More Cool Adobe AIR Applications
5 Screensavers for Mac OS X and Windows
Backup and Sync your Firefox User Data with Weave

Abhijeet – Jeet Blog

Addict-o-matic: A Cool New Way To Search Multiple Sites
DailyMe: An Excellent Personalized News Aggregator
8 Cool Google Reader Features Which You Might Have Missed
ClutterMe – Simple Yet Amazing HomePage Creator
Get The Awesome Read it Later Extension For Firefox 3
Stay In Touch With Your Old Flickr Photos With Photojojo’s Time Capsule
4 Quick Ways To Download YouTube Videos Off The Net
Hooeey – Track And Organize Your Web History From Any Computer

Shankar – Killer Tech Tips

5 Awesome Apps To Make Things Easier On A USB Drive
Feedly – A New Firefox Start Page Addon You Can’t Afford To Miss

Lee – Unsightful

Trustware Bufferzone Has Your Browser’s Back
10 Short URL Services Face Off!
ScribeFire vs DeepestSender: One Blogging Addon to Rule Them All!
TeamViewer – Be A Remote Support Superhero!
5 Sites To Play Old Computer Games Once Again
PMOG : The Social Browsing War Begins!

Michael and Eric – WLM Tips

Introduction to Linux Gaming

Kyle – Lost In Technology

Find Tweeters in Your Area with TwitterLocal
4 Applications to Give Windows XP Mac Functionality
Find Feeds You Like With Toluu – And Grab An Invite

Dave – SystemBash

Create DVDs Out of AVI or Other Media Files

Kevin – Tech Network

RapidoWrite – The Mac App That Your Fingers Will Love

Simon

Keeping Under the Radar and Securing Your PC Files
The Filter: How ‘Discovering’ Media Should Be!
Download Torrents To Your Console Or Your Mobile Phone

Ken

How To Quickly Hide Your Web Surfing From The Boss!
“Useless” Websites you should Bookmark

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)

May has been a huge month for us. We’ve had a lot of new writers starting and we also started podcasting! So a big thank you to our writers. Here are a list of sponsors and author posts along with links to their personal blogs :

MakeUseOf Authors

Wez : The Tutorial Blog

An Overview of QuickShareIt (Mac Only)
Chat Online with VOIP Application ooVoo

Laurence : Shipping Seven

Windows Live Mesh: Get your Data on any PC from any Device
Essential FREE Tools to Learn Guitar Playing Online
Taking The Maxthon Internet Browser For A Test Drive
6 Useful Vista Features You Didn’t Know About

David : Beta Cubed

Studeous – Collaboration Suite for Teachers and Students
QuickInsert: Protect, Share, and Sell Content on your Site
Adobe Media Player: Yet Another Online Video Distributor

Shankar : Killer Tech Tips

Check if Compiz will run well on your Linux Box with Compiz Check
Use Skribit On Your Blog to Get Reader Suggestions
Be more productive with Launchy Keystroke Launcher

Tina : Recommended

Keep your Windows Up To Date with UpdateStar
Ways to Build your Custom Browser Start Page
5 Excellent Ways to Waste Time Online
Give your Desktop a Fresh Look with MyColors
Is Your Wireless Network Safe?
Add some Glamour with Royalty Free Images
Your Computer, Your World – How to Keep Out the Mindless
Master the Google – Search Like a God & Save Time

Abhijeet : Jeet Blog

6 Excellent Firefox Extensions Made To Save You Time
Three Awesome Tools To Create Your Own Social Networks
6 FREE Tools To Get The Best Keywords For Your Site
Omnisio: Great Way To Edit And Mix Videos And Presentations

Renee : ShopWiki

Trendrr: Track, Compare and Share Data
Keeping Track of Live Music In Your City

Jeffry : SuperSubconscious

The First Wordpress Plugins You Must Install

Dave : SystemBash

Battle of the Minimalist Text Editors
The PC Repair Toolkit in your Pocket: Boot CD on a USB Stick
Automatic Backup and Version Control on Windows
6 Smart Websites To Save Money on Gas

Ellie : The PinkC

Organize And Manage Your Music Collection With MediaMonkey
Use Online Apps Offline with Google Gears

Kyle : Lost in Technology

Mid-Game Messaging and More with XFire (for Gamers)
Brightkite Takes Social Networking Local
Organize Your Windows Start Menu with SMOz

Michael and Eric : Windows Linux Mac Tips

Top 5 Facebook Applications That Don’t Suck

Jason : Pleasant Nights

MakeUseOf.com Podcast #1
Three More Great Twitter Tools Worth A Look
Make Use Of Podcast #2: Beer, Lederhosen & Twitter
Make Use Of Podcast #3: Images, Pando, Maxthon & Evernote

Karl : Ask The Admin

The Wayback Machine – Browse The Internet Of Yester-Yore
Use LocatePC to Secure and Find Stolen PC for Free

Daniel : Hack Your Day

Dreamweaver quality code editing with Aptana
Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox

Varun : Tech Crazy

Public Computers Made Safe – Security Tools and Tips
Free Open Source Counterparts of Windows Software

Will – Advanced Tech Solutions

Grooveshark – Free Legal Online Music

Bill – Tech Thoughts

Free Port Analyzers – Defeat Spyware And Botware

Sponsors

Now it’s time to say Thank You to our beloved sponsors:

• Dealighted – Deals and Coupons
• FontStock – Free Fonts
• LaunchSoon – Get a “Launch Soon” page for your web service.
• AVS Media – Video and Audio Tools and Converters
• WonderHowTo – How To videos, instructions and hacks.
• AdesBlog – A blog about Blogging Tips and Entrepreneurship.

You can find out about sponsorhip opportunities on MakeUseOf.com on our advertise page.

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)

So a big thank you to our writers, some of whom started for the first time in April. Here are a list of their posts along with links to their personal blogs :

Dave – SystemBash

Free Voicemail Replacement with YouMail
How To Map a Local Windows Folder to a Drive Letter
OpenID Overview and Four Awesome Providers
Keeping Safe on the Web: 8 Firefox Addons for Privacy and Security

Shankar – Killer Tech Tips

Five Things To Do After Installing Windows Live Writer
Control how Firefox Caches Websites with Better Cache
7 Windows Explorer Addons for Power Users
Become a Rockstar Note Taker with Evernote: Review + 100 Invites

Jason – Pleasant Nights

5 Free Tools to Add to your Mac Menu Bar
Whadja say? Online Word Pronunciation Guides
The two week Safari challenge
The Two Week Safari Challenge: Part II

Jackson – Macnifying

4 Useful Plug-ins to improve Apple Mail
Audio Converters for Mac : Max vs XLD
Dashboard Widgets You Can’t Live Without [Mac Only]

Karl – Ask The Admin

Downloaded an Unplayable Movie? Gspot & Klite to the Rescue!
Use Google’s new Mobile Directory without a Keyboard!
AngryIpScanner – not so angry, free and open source IP Scanner

Renee – ShopWiki

Easily Share your Mixtapes with Muxtape
SearchMe: Cover flow visual search
Lala.com – Refresh Your CD Collection, Trade With Others [US only]

Wez – The Tutorial Blog

Pencil, A Free Multi OS Animation Application
6 Alternative Chat Applications for MSN on Mac OS X
Useful Widgets for the Opera Browser

Tina – Recommended

Three Cool Desktops from MakeUseOf Readers
What the Flock – the Social Browser Revolution
Software Made in Germany – Variety and Top Quality

Mackenzie – Ubuntu Linux Tips Tricks

Put your Life On a USB Stick [Linux]
Virtualization-Free In-Windows Linux Installation

Rich – Rich-Page

Free Traffic Analytics Tools you Should Know About
Web Metrics 101 – What DO all these Terms Mean?

David – Beta Cubed

4 Great Applications for the Graphic Designer on a Budget
Easily Install Non-Native Packages in Ubuntu With Alien

Michael & Eric – WLM Tips

How to Make a Great How-To Video
How To Repair Corrupted Word Files

Laurence – Not Waving

Windows Live Skydrive & 3 Alternative Storage Services
Why I’m Digging Digsby

Nik – Author Page

Record Streaming Audio with Screamer Radio

Alexander – Techbellion

Access Gmail Mobile on the iPhone and iPod Touch

Anthony – Radicitus

Gyminee – “Stay Motivated. Have Fun. Get Fit.”

Daniel – HackYourDay

Switching to Linux: Linux Alternatives to Windows Apps [Part I]

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)

First of all, we would like to thank all of our writers who contributed to MakeUseOf during March. Here’s a selection of each writer’s work during March along with the link to their personal blog, if you’d like to check out what else they are up to.

Jackson – Macnifying.com

Things – ‘Getting Things Done’ simplified
Blast your Status Message with MoodBlast
10 Essential Mac Apps to Install After a Reformat
Send several GBs of data to Friends using Podmailing
Site-Specific Browsing with Fluid
Music Sharing with Mojo
How to Instantly Increase Productivity on Your Mac [Part 1]
How To Instantly Increase Productivity on your Mac [Part 2]

Shankar – Killer Tech Tips

10 Tips to Manage Photos Better using Google Picasa
15 Addons to Enhance your Instant Messenger
How to Save and Monitor Bandwidth when using Firefox
3 Ways to access ‘Must Sign Up to View’ Sites
Get Back your Screen Space: Maximize Firefox Viewing Area
5 Tools to Track How Much Time you Waste while Online
How to Make Windows XP look like a Mac

Dave – SystemBash

Using Keepass to Secure Your Online Accounts
Diagnose Email Server Problems with Free Tools
DropBox : Review, Invites, and 7 Questions with the Founder
Total Media Domination – Your TV, Video and Audio on any Device
How to Remotely Control your Windows Mobile Phone from Desktop

Mackenzie – Ubuntu Linux Tips & Tricks

What’s This “Linux” Thing and Why Should I Try It?
Getting Stuff Done on Linux [Part 1]
Getting Stuff Done on Linux [Part 2]
Put your Linux Distro on a Live CD

Tina – Tinsie Recommended

Docks – The 6 Best Friends of your Windows Taskbar
6 Tools for Elegant Taskbar Tweaking and 1 to Repair
Eight Ways To Get Yourself An Online Desktop
Second Life – What is the Hype?

Karl – Ask The Admin

IT Knowledge Exchange – A free version of Experts Exchange
Stay in Sync with your Significant Other using free Exchange Server
SocialMarker: Submit your Posts to Mutliple Social Bookmarking Sites

Daniel – Hack Your Day

How to Insert custom Quicktags into the Wordpress Editor
Todoist – Simple but Powerful Task Management App

Anthony – Radicitus

3 Floor Design Services to Decorate and Plan your House
3 Must-check Traveller Websites before your Next Trip

Steve – Crenk

8 Adobe AIR Apps that DON’T Suck

Rich – Rich-Page.com

7 Reasons Why your Website Won’t Last Without Analytics

Michael and Eric – WLMTips

5 Excellent Firefox Extensions to Manage your Bookmarks

Special Thanks :

- Steve: for selling our ads
- Dave: for keeping our servers healthy
- Travis: for helping me with tech issues
- Mark: for LOTS OF stuff
- Kaly: for running MUO Directory and Geeky Fun
- Aibek: for being born everything else

March Sponsors

WildApricot – Online Membership Software with Event Registration, Website Management and Much More!.

Ades Design – Professional Logos for Only $15.00 each.

If you’re interested in advertising on MakeUseOf.com check out sponsorship opportunities here.

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)

Shankar – KillerTechTips.com

How to Sync Files between PC and USB Thumb Drive
The Best, Free Alternatives to Nero CD/DVD Burner
Best Alternatives to the Windows Start Menu
30+ Online Resources to Expand your English Vocabulary
Tweak Ubuntu the Easy Way

Dave – SystemBash.com

Top 5 Airline Flight Tracking Websites
Ditch Your Cable Company With Free, Legal Alternatives
2-Step DVD-to-PC or iPod Video Conversion using Free Software
Using Last.fm to Improve your Audiovascular Fitness

Travis – TQuizzle.com

29 Web Apps Perfect for the iPhone
Run Web Apps on your Desktop with Prism
Easy Blog Publishing with Microsoft Live Writer
5 Free Screencasting Apps for Creating Video Tutorials

Tina – Tinsie.net

6 Amazing Web Communities for Exchanging Favors
3 Steps to an Organized Desktop
The Best Resources to Pimp Your Wallpaper

Sumesh – TechZilo.com

4 YouTube Tools you Probably Don’t Know About
6 Internet Explorer Addons for Better Web Browsing

Karl – AskTheAdmin.com

Top 10 Blogger Hacks and Tips

Linda – CoolOnlineTools.com

Aggregate your Favorite Websites on One Page

Aseem – Online-Tech-Tips.com

5 Ways to Create Beautiful Slideshows of your Digital Pictures

We have also received lots of positive press coverage from a number of extremely popular sources, including:

• MSN Tech (tech.msn.com)
• Fast Company (www.fastcompany.com)
• AOL Small Business (smallbusiness.aol.com)
• Spiegel (www.spiegel.de)
• LifeHacker (www.lifehacker.com)
• DownloadSquad (www.downloadsquad.com)
• DumbLittleMan (www.dumblittleman.com)

When it comes to website traffic, February was another record month for us. MakeUseOf.com had 1.251.718 visits resulting in 1.831.907 pageviews. That’s about 65.000 pageviews per day.

Finally, special thanks goes to our very first sonsor WildApricot – online Membership Software with Event Registration, Website Management and Much More!. If you want to know how Wild Apricot can help your business see:

Top 10 Benefits: How Your Organization can Benefit from using Wild Apricot

You can find out about sponsorship opportunities here.

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)

Thanks to all of our writers who contributed to Make Use Of during January. Here are a selection of each writer’s work during January along with the link to their personal blog, if you’d like to check out what else they are up to.

Shankar – Killer Tech Tips

• 30+ FREE Desktop Applications for Bloggers
• 10 Quick Fixes to Make your Windows Computer Faster
• Pidgin – Tips and Tricks

Travis – TQuizzle.com

• 12 Google Services with Mobile Access
• 10 Free Online Malware and Virus Scanners
• How To Get the most out of OpenDNS

Daniel – Hack Your Day

• How to Install a Wiki on your Website
• Ways to Stay on Top of The News

Karl (aka TheAdmin) – Ask The Admin

• MetrO – Ultimate Public Transport Guide for Your Phone
• One Network Admin’s Tool to Rule Them All

Linda – Cool Online Tools

• 4 File Shredders to Make Deleted Data Unrecoverable
• Access Blocked Websites using Proxy Servers

Tina – Recommended

• Google Earth: Cool Resources and Plugins
• 10 Free Image Editing Programs for your PC

• September Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (3)
• September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (8)
• October Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (1)
• October Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors (1)
• November Roundup : Make Use Of Authors (0)