February Roundup : Make Use Of Authors
February 2009 saw the beginning of a new feature at MakeUseOf – our downloadable PDF manuals. The first one is Simon’s PSP Downgrading & Upgrading Guide. The second one is the Essential Guide To Buying A Laptop.
These two manuals were instantly available to everyone when the posts first came out. But now they are only available to our RSS / email subscribers. So to grab a copy of the manuals, just subscribe to our RSS feed or email feed and a free copy of the high value information-packed manuals will be yours!
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
(By) Mark O'Neill is the managing editor of MakeUseOf.
I downloaded the laptop guide and i found it to be essential reading. Not only did it tell me what features to look for but also what pitfalls to avoid. A great resource fo anyone looking to buy a new laptop.
Thanks for the comment!