March Roundup : Make Use Of Authors

We brought out two new manuals in March, The Idiot’s Ultimate Guide To Building Your Own Computer and The BIG Book of iTunes.  The reception to these two manuals was extremely positive with downloads going through the roof!

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