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3 Firefox Add-Ons That Provide The Chrome Features You Love & Miss
As you’ve probably experienced yourself, when you get used to a browser, no matter the annoyances, there are certain features that really grow on you. Features you feel you cannot do without, and are keeping you from switching to a different browser. For me, after a year of using only Chrome, there were several such features that I sorely missed when I finally went back to Firefox. Luckily, there are some awesome add-ons.
Switch Between Startup Configuration Profiles With StartupSelector [Windows]
I'm a little old-fashioned in the sense that I prefer to use my desktop computer when it comes to just about anything online. No laptops or tablets for me, just a nice comfortable seat at a desk and a powerful desktop that can get me through the day and then some. One problem with using a single computer so regularly is that it can be a little tough to transition between "modes."
Geekli.st Lets You Show Off Your Geek Talent & Meet More Geeks
If you're a bit of a geek and you're online a lot of the time, you've probably heard of Github. But if coding isn't your schtick, you might not have a lot to put up there. So, in order to give geeks of other colours somewhere to hang out and show off their geekiness, Geeklist has popped up to fill the gaps. Geeklist is basically a social network for Geeks, which lets you share your achievements and connect with other like-minded geeks and companies.
Cuttlefish: Set Up Actions And Reactions To Automate Ubuntu
Automate things you're currently doing yourself. Cuttlefish is a new Ubuntu program that allows you to set simple rules that can save you time. It's kind of like ifttt, which automates your web apps, but works entirely on your Ubuntu desktop. It's actually very easy to use, and no programming skills are required to use this GUI-based tool.
How To Protect Yourself From Government Cellphone Surveillance [Android]
Let's face it, these days the likelihood that you are being monitored by someone is rising all the time. I'm not saying that everyone, everywhere faces the threat of cellphone surveillance, but there are plenty of situations where you could be at risk without realizing it.
3 Best Sites To Look For Simple Desktop Wallpapers
When it comes to the look and feel of your desktop, the wallpaper plays a big part. You'll probably be staring at your wallpaper whenever you're not surfing around in your browser, and since your desktop is basically your computer's symbolic home, you should make it feel like a home. So where can you get them? Here's my top three places I visit whenever I'm in the need for a new wallpaper.
How To Avoid Getting Tricked By Viruses That Want Your Money
Malware that attempts to part victims from their money is nothing new.There is another threat, called ransomware, that attempts to leverage the authority of some well-known organization to extract money directly from victims. Here’s how it works and what you can do to avoid it.
WinISO: A Complete ISO Workbench [Giveaway]
Fans of disc management software like Daemon Tools and UltraISO will be able to appreciate WinISO, a tool that combines the features of being able to create, extract, and edit ISO files while also giving you the ability to virtually mount and burn image files to a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray. We'll be giving away 25 copies of WinISO Standard 6 (retails for $29.95) this week, at a total value of nearly $750! Interested? Read through this article to get familiarzed with the features of this software and check out the bottom of this article for participation instructions.
Parrot AR Drone 2.0 Review and Giveaway
The Parrot AR Drone 2.0 is the most expensive remote control toy money can buy; it’s a smartphone controlled quadrocopter with a 720p HD camera, and it’s ridiculously fun, but quite temperamental. What follows is a review of the Parrot AR Drone 2.0 untainted. We purchased the review unit ourselves and will be giving it away to the MakeUseOf community. Read on to find out more about this $300 toy and how to be in the running to win it!
Soft2Base Automatically Updates 61 Popular Windows Applications
iOS and other platforms come built around automatic updates to core functionality and additional software that you should install. That's one huge benefit of having the App Store. Windows isn't quite there yet. However, that hasn't kept certain third-party developers from molding that sort of a feature for you. As mentioned before, Ninite makes that easy on you. Soft2Base makes it even easier, and I'll show you how today.
4 Cydia Tweaks That Will Make Google Chrome On iOS The Best Browser Around [Cydia, iOS]
You were excited when Google Chrome launched on iOS. I was too; but then I remembered that you cannot simply make it your default browser, and this makes it tough for me as I actually want to use it. I think the browser offers an overall better browsing experience than Mobile Safari; it just needs a couple of small improvements to put it over the edge.
How To Create A Security Question That No One Else Can Guess
In recent weeks I have written a lot about how to make online accounts recoverable. A typical security option is setting up a security question. While this potentially provides a quick and easy way to recover your account, it also presents a security liability in case the answer is easy to guess or research. Some websites have realized that standard security questions are far too easy to figure out, even by strangers.
Plan & Track Workout Success With Journal of Training
When it comes to fitness, one of the things that always makes me give up over time is the inability to actually see progress. Not that I can't drop 30 pounds if I try, but to feel as though that 30 pounds was something substantial can really give you that boost to continue on and lose the next 30. Planning and tracking your fitness efforts is really the only way to get that feedback.
How To Make a Pulsating Arduino LED Cube That Looks Like It Came From The Future
If you’ve dabbled with some beginner Arduino projects, but are looking for something a little permanent and on a whole other level of awesome, then the humble 4 x 4 x 4 LED cube is a natural choice. Construction is far easier than you might think, and using a multiplexing we can control all the LEDs directly from just a single Arduino Uno board. It’s great soldering practice, and the total cost of components shouldn’t come to more than about $40.
How To Make the Most of Your Kindle Fire's 8GB Storage
I almost ran out of space on my Kindle Fire last week. Sadly, I was away from my computer, which meant I couldn’t simply move data off the device – I would have to delete it! Fortunately, this didn’t cause much of a problem as I was able to connect to my cloud storage account, upload some bulky data and then download the new book to my device. I should add here that not all of the storage on my Kindle Fire was taken up with eBooks!
Visible Tweets: Full-Screen, Animated Display Of Any Twitter Search
Show off any search on Twitter from your TV screen. Visible Tweets is a web app that offers large, crisp text, quick search and beautiful animations, and is perfect for displaying tweets from across the room. Maybe you want to show off tweets about your business, at your business. Maybe you want to passively keep up with a certain topic. Or maybe you just enjoy seeing live information in the comfort of your own home.
Cure Backup Anxiety! Use PicBackMan To Automatically Bulk Upload Your Photos To Multiple Accounts
It’s time to hitch up the pants and do some backing up of all my precious memories captured in the snaps. In geek-speak, I am going to create redundant backups of my photos using multiple online storage services. Sounds impressive I bet! But doff your hats to the free software I have picked for this bulk job – PicBackMan.
3 Sites To Satisfy Your Late Night Hunger [US Only]
Dear MUO readers, I have a confession to make. I'm hungry. I'm hungry, and it's a late night as I write this. There is light rain trickling down my window, and I can hear the slow, sad song of a jazz man making love to his saxophone in the downpour, playing his heart out for tips that will hopefully satisfy his own food-related woes (somehow, I thought a dramatic introduction would really enhance this article to some degree. It didn't).