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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

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