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The Young Strike It Big: 5+ Amazing Discoveries Made By Kids & Teenagers

You don’t have to be a grown up to be amazing. As kids, we all know we’re capable of much more than some adults expect, but when we become adults ourselves, we sometime forget that truly innovative thinking sometime comes from people half our age. That said, in today’s technology-filled world, we’re almost getting used to whiz kids developing apps, building startups and making enormous exits.

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What Can I Do With My Spare Computer?

We all know the mantra of efficient product usage: Reduce; Reuse; Recycle. When it comes to computers though, changing technology and the need for tech-minded people to upgrade makes it hard to reduce consumption. This means we're plagued with the problem of old computers lying around our sheds with need of a good home or project to give them new life.

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The MakeUseOf Toolkit Against Online Trolls [Part 1]

How many Internet arguments have you witnessed? Or better yet, how many Internet arguments have you participated in? I visit a number of forums and communities on a daily basis, and I see arguments all the time. But what really bugs me are the people who make crappy arguments and think that they've won. You might know these kinds of people as "trolls" - people who will come up with any and all types of nonsensical logic.

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5 Homemade Geeky Gadgets You Can't Find in Stores

Ever imagined a robot cameraman? What about your own affordable grappling hook? It’s too bad no one has invented anything like that stuff, yet. Bummer, right? No. These things have already been invented, and their inventors are people like you and me. I’m lying. These people are a lot smarter than me, and I could never invent anything like they have.

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5 Facebook Status Updates Guaranteed To Annoy [Opinion]

Facebook is, by all accounts, closing in on 1 billion users. That's an awful lot of people maintaining a profile on the site, and telling their family, friends, co-workers, and anyone else who will listen, what's going on in their lives. Social networking probably shouldn't be used as a replacement for real conversations and relationships, but many people appear to be posting anything and everything to Facebook.

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How To Conceal Your Computer Clutter: Same Cables, More Space

Despite decades of technological advancement the average home computer is still plagued by one obvious yet complex issue – cable clutter. Many home PCs are still plagued with more grasping tentacles than a low budget horror film. They reduce space and create an eye sore. There are ways to reduce clutter, of course, but some are expensive. What can you do if you want to spend less?

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Watch That You Don't Fall For This Common "Referral Spam" Scam

Just this week, I noticed a very popular scam resurface and begin circulating around message boards and similar Internet communities. The Internet is filled with scammers and other bad people. Those of us with years of Internet experience know all about receiving emails relating to 419 scams. They are relentless. You should consider this to be the lower tier of online scams.

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How To Save Web Articles To Read Later On Your Non-Tablet Kindle

We’ve all been there — you’re surfing the Internet and find a great article that you’d like to read. But there’s so much to do and you know you shouldn’t take the time to read it right now. So you decide to save it in your bookmarks to read later. When you go to save it, you realize all the other articles that you meant to read, that you’ve never followed up on, are there too.

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Top 5 Things Twitter Could Do To Deal With Spammers

No one likes a spammer. I don’t care if the spammer is your grandmother, your Uncle Harold, your second cousin, or your newborn child that you just took home from the hospital yesterday. “Aw, she’s so precious!” No. She’s not. She’s a spammer, and no one likes her. Oh, but the spamming will never cease. Wherever you are on the Internet, there will always be spammy links, especially on Twitter.

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AirDroid - Send SMS, Share Links, Transfer Files & More [Android 2.1+]

In the past, we have reviewed many apps that could make your Android phone even more spectacular. We do, in fact, have a great list of the best 100 Android apps we have encountered up to now, if you’re interested. Today, I will take a look at another extremely useful and slick looking Android app by the name of AirDroid.

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Download YouTube RSS Feeds Using These 2 Great Tools

YouTube offers a variety of RSS feeds for everything from uploads by individual users to search results for any phrase. With these tools, you can download YouTube feeds as video podcasts in iTunes or any other video-podcasting application. YouTube doesn’t normally make this easy – the feeds are designed to notify you of new videos and send you back to YouTube, not to let you watch videos offline.

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7 Videos That Will Make You Want a GoPro Camera [Stuff to Watch]

Clever marketing goes beyond memorable advertising when it demonstrates exactly what you are missing out on by not owning a product. I'm not usually a sucker for advertising, preferring instead to make my own mind up by trying out a product and reading reviews - but thanks to the many videos I've seen on YouTube, I want a GoPro camera. The GoPro HD Hero represents somewhat of a revolution in amateur high definition video.

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5 Initially Premium MMO Games That Are Now Free To Play [MUO Gaming]

It's hard to say where the gaming industry is heading, but freemium games are likely playing a big part in it. Where traditional games ask for your sixty dollars up front, freemium games take their cut through micro-payment, and advertising systems. It's shown to be a popular business model, and although the overall quality of these games is not always on par with their big-budget counterparts, they're quickly catching up.

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Create A Kid-Friendly Homescreen That Will Keep Your Phone Safe & Your Kids Entertained [Android]

Although I don’t yet have kids of my own, I was recently introduced to the world of children through my niece. As any good tech blogger would, I tested numerous Android games on her, and came up with a list of five awesome games she really enjoyed playing. Mobile games are great for kids, but can be somewhat nerve racking for the phone owners, who never know what the child might end up doing with the phone besides playing games.

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Chatter.com: The Private Facebook For Companies & Organizations

As quick as emails can be for communicating information, I still long for something more efficient with less clutter, especially when it comes to long threads of email correspondence. In looking for something different, I stumbled upon Salesforce's Chatter.com. Chatter is not a new service, but if your company or organization doesn't know about, it could be a useful alternative to traditional email and forum threads.

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10 Famous Geeks Who Changed The World (Not Who You Think)

If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of Giants. So, said the genius called Isaac Newton. What was true of one of the most brilliant minds of history should be true of every one of the esteemed people on this list. The number ten is just a minuscule figure for a lineup that is supposed to be of famous geeks who changed the world.

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11 Free MP3 Albums To Download [Sound Sunday]

Sound Sunday is a weekly feature promoting free album downloads. Every edition invites you to explore various genres and artists from around the world. This week takes you on a varied acoustic ride with audio challenges for both sides of your brain. Note that name your price albums can be downloaded for free by entering 0 in the price field. That said, we strongly recommend you to donate a few dollars for music you enjoy!

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What's the Difference Between Windows 8 & Windows RT? [MakeUseOf Explains]

With the Surface tablet announcement a few weeks ago and the final release of Windows 8 looming ever closer, some people are understandably going to be confused about the various versions available. I'm here to set the record straight; at least, on the differences between Windows 8, and Windows RT. Read on to find out about the various differences, as well as the pros and cons of each system.

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5 Programs to Customize the Appearance of Windows and Toolbars

Even in the latest version of Windows, Microsoft manages to (probably intentionally) leave out many thoughtful customization preferences when it comes to personalizing your visual experience. I'm not the type of guy who goes nuts over features like Metro and Aero. Even so, certain enhancements provide levels of functionality that are past that of just, "Oh, this looks nice."

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