We brought out two new manuals in April, MakeUseOf Photoshop Guide and The Big Book of BitTorrent. The feedback to these two manuals was extremely positive with downloads going through the roof!
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
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