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5 Ways In Which Xbox Live Has Changed Gaming – For Better Or Worse [Opinion]
It's difficult to remember a time when games consoles didn't connect to the Internet. I'm now so used to online features being an integral part of the gaming experience, that it's easy to forget that this wasn't the case just a decade ago. A decade is how long Xbox Live has been with us, with Microsoft launching the service in 2002. At that stage in time PC gamers had been playing online for many years, and the Xbox wasn't even the first console to feature Internet connectivity.
What Is DRM & Why Does It Exist If It's So Evil? [MakeUseOf Explains]
Digital Rights Management is the latest evolution of copy protection. It’s the biggest cause of user frustration today, but is it justified? Is DRM a necessary evil in this digital age, or is the model it supports no longer valid? Join me, as I explain all about DRM, why it’s needed, and why it just doesn’t work.
Windows Phone 8: The Complete Review
Question: how do you improve on perfection? Answer: you wait for someone else to have a go. A quick look around the smartphone market reveals that Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems are top dog, while Nokia’s Symbian, RIM’s BlackBerry and Microsoft’s Windows Phone are eager for scraps thrown from the table.
Stream Free 30 Minute Radio Shows Using BlogTalkRadio
Just as the Internet provides an opportunity for almost everyone to post a blog, a webpage, or a simple Twitter page, the ability to host your own radio show can be accomplished with a simple registration, using an online service like BlogTalkRadio. BlogTalk has become a popular audio podcasting platform for thousands of users who host shows on a wide range of topics.
Clean, Fast & Readable: Lightweight Versions Of Popular News Sites
Read the news without using up all of your bandwidth. A wide variety of sites offer mobile or text-only versions that work on any computer, but they're occasionally buried and hard to find on the modern web. There are more than a few reasons to want to know where these sites are, however. Maybe you don't like clutter? Maybe you're one of the millions still using dial-up, and want a low-bandwidth way to read news?
Carry Medical Information In The Palm Of Your Hand With WebMD [iOS]
Talking to a doctor is one of the most unnerving experiences, a patient or a patient’s family has to endure. It is compounded by the lack of knowledge on how to go forward. Thanks to medical reference websites and mobile applications, the chasm between medical jargon and layman’s understanding can be reduced. The free WebMD iOS app should be an essential app you should be carrying 24x7 on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
The Useless Web - StumbleUpon For The Strange Side Of The Internet
There are thought to be around 7.6 billion pages on the Web at the time of writing. Even I, someone who spends most of their life online in some capacity or other, would never be able to visit every single page. Having so many pages on the Web means a little curation goes a long way. Which is part of the reason MakeUseOf itself exists; to find the best sites on the Web so you don't have to do so. The thing is, a fair proportion of that total aren't going to be especially useful.