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How To Make Your Own eBooks And Publish Them On Amazon
I'm sure that more than a few of you readers have a half-written book or useful guide you've put together to help people learn something. You've probably wondered if it would be possible to make money off of your book, or at least gain some exposure, by selling it as an eBook on Amazon. As long as you have already created something worth reading, the process of getting it into Amazon as an eBook isn't that onerous.
Keep An Eye On The Time Around The World With FoxClocks [Firefox]
The world has become a village, and New York is as close to Sydney as any other city in the world. I am speaking in digital terms of course. Thanks to the digital super highway, we need to just pick up the phone and dial our cousin or co-worker in the other corner of the world, or at least send him an email. But here, we may not be separated by immediate time, but we are yet to leapfrog the divide of time-zones.
3 Of The Best WordPress Forum Plugins
At some point, your WordPress blog gets popular, and then people start crying out for a community. I wrote before about BuddyPress, which is one approach to take that effectively turns your site into a social network; forums are another option. There are quite a few forum plugins out there, but I’ve distilled them down to the Top 3 to help you decide which will suit your as an admin and will be just right for your users.
Use Your Android Tablet To Boost Your Desktop Computer at Work
Android tablets have a ton of potential, with the ability to use bluetooth, wi-fi, awesome cameras on the front and back, a keyboard and mouse, and a small form-factor that make it highly portable. In my case there is no direct access to my 3G data account, but by tethering my phone, I can remedy that as well and get access to the Internet nearly anywhere in the world, even without a Wi-Fi network. It's cool, but how could I put it to practical use?
The 5 Best Places to Watch Competitive Gaming Online
Competitive gaming seems to be hitting its stride. Finding out where to watch professionals compete can still be a problem, however. For all their effort, a lot of the sites dedicated to pro gaming are tragically confusing, poorly updated or simply abandoned. Discovering decent sources can take a little time with Google if you’re not familiar, so I’ve done the legwork for you.
A Day in the Life of a Videogame Scriptwriter [Feature]
If you’ve ever played a videogame that you really enjoyed, chances are you haven’t noticed the characters or any speech in the game – or if you have, you probably won’t have considered that they’ve been created, fleshed out and given dialogue by a videogame scriptwriter. One such writer whose stock is pretty high right now is Dean Wilkinson, responsible for the wonderful instructional dialogue spoken by Stephen Fry in LittleBigPlanet and more recently the pen behind the words of Matt Berry’s Don Keystone in the forthcoming Worms: Revolution. We went out to meet Dean at his office, and see what it's really like to write scripts and content for high-profile videogames.
What Is the Windows 7 Reliability Monitor And How to Get The Most Out Of It
Embedded into Windows 7 is a useful reliability monitor that lets you not only visualize the current reliability level of your computer, but you can also see a historic log of how reliable your computer has performed over time. It is a great tool to research current software errors you may be experiencing. This tool also serves as a historic log and research tool for your Windows 7 reliability level over time.
Omea Reader: Free RSS Client And Newsgroup Aggregator [Windows]
For blogs, which are still on a popularity rise, RSS is one of the best ways to aggregate news updates. For web-based RSS aggregation, my go-to site is Google Reader. But just as some people prefer to use Outlook and Thunderbird instead of Gmail’s web interface, it may please you to use a desktop client instead of a web-based solution. For that, Omea Reader is one of the best on Windows.
Never Fumble In Darkness Again with Flashlight for iOS
At your seat in the cinema. In your car's footwell. Under the bed. These are all places where you will inevitably drop stuff, and retrieving them can be tricky, especially if it's dark and you haven't got a flashlight. Let's be honest now, how many people have you come across who has had a flashlight at the ready? In today's world, you would be mad to carry a torch or a flashlight around if you're not a tradesperson. Why should we? Our phones can double as a decent flashlight in an instant.
4 Digital Distribution Gaming Clients You Might Like More Than Steam [MUO Gaming]
Although we've been taught to worship anything Steam's Gabe Newell pushes out at us, it's very important to remember that you have other options to explore. I won't argue that anything beats Steam's annual sale during the summer, but make sure you keep your eyes open. Although Steam's community is unrivaled, there are a lot of other desktop and laptop clients that will allow you to buy, download, and manage your digital copies of games.
Use Embiggen's Large Font For Android So You No Longer Have To Shout
Remember that iPhone app called Say Anything? It basically lets you write anything in a huge typeface across your device's screen, so you can just wave your phone around the bar instead of trying to shout and be heard about the din. Well, if you've got an Android device, you're not out in the cold! Just install Embiggenand you can enjoy the same sort of cutting-edge in-your-face typography action.
LastPass for Firefox: The Ideal Password Management System
If you've not yet decided to use a password manager for your myriad logins online, it's time you took a look at one of the best options around: LastPass. Many people are cautious about using a password manager, while others are often just undecided about which services are safe enough to use. LastPass is one of the safest password managers around and it is made especially useful by being available as a plugin for a wide variety of browsers.
Why Won’t My Windows 7 Updates Install?
Windows Update is one of the key elements of Microsoft’s operating system for keeping your computer working and up to date. Without it, your computer would freely collect malware, unpatched security holes would be exploited and generally things would run pretty slowly. Fortunately, your computer does have Windows Update, capable of adding new functionality, fixes, service packs and device drivers to your Windows 7 PC or laptop. But what happens when Windows Update goes wrong?
Play DOS Games In Chrome With NaClBox and Google Native Client
There are a lot of exciting new Web technologies emerging at the moment, with Google’s Native Client joining HTML5 and CSS3 in paving the way to a more versatile and interactive Internet. Robert Isaacs has put this technology to good use with NaClBox, a version of DOSBox that runs in Google’s Chrome browser. The project is a little over a year old and has recently launched a closed beta for the site’s most exciting feature - the ability to upload your own DOS games and store them in the cloud.
Which Is More Secure, A Password Or a Pattern Lock?
Our smartphones carry a lot of personal information. All of your text messages, emails, notes, apps, app data, music, pictures, and so much more are all on there. While it's a very great convenience to have all of these on your phone, it's also a major security risk if all of this data is easily accessible. The best way to prevent simple unauthorized access is by setting some sort of lock on your phone. Two popular choices, especially on Android phones, are passwords and pattern locks. However, which one is the most secure to use? In order to answer that, we'll have to use our brains and some math.