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What's Up With eMule These Days? Is The File Sharing Network Slowly Becoming Obsolete?

Believe it or not, eMule is still alive and kicking. These days, file sharing is all about BitTorrent and file-hosting websites like RapidShare and the ill-fated MegaUpload. Many of the older file-sharing applications have long-passed - LimeWire, Kazzaa, AudioGalaxy, Napster – they’re no more. But eMule is still with us. It’s a peer-to-peer file-sharing application that uses eDonkey servers and its own decentralized Kad network.

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10+ Great Online Tools For Group Co-Ordination & Meetings

How do you manage a team of people who are spread out geographically? How do you co-ordinate international time zones? The concept of working via the Internet has begun to creep into the everyday workplace, so it's probably a good time for us to round up some great tools for organising and managing a decentralised team of people.

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A Roundup Of 5 Online Video Dictionaries You Can Have Fun With Or Use To Look Up Words

We have already seen some examples of online dictionaries that give us one-click access to meanings, synonyms, antonyms, usage, and more. Now in another helpful twist, we see the arrival of video dictionaries. Are video dictionaries really helpful, or are they mere entertaining video memes? You decide as I give you a roundup of five online video dictionaries to make use of.

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3 Dual Joystick Shooters You Won't Believe Are Free [iPhone]

One of the most undervalued genres on the iPhone is the dual joystick shooter. Twin stick shooters are a genre that has been around for as long as video game consoles have had two joysticks, but they were really popularized by the release of Geometry Wars on the Xbox 360. Since then, lots of developers have tried to get a piece of the dual joystick pie on every platform.

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5 Things I've Learned About Internet Behavior Through My SEO Work

I have a criteria of about 8 to 10 items that I personally look for when I do SEO analysis, but of course one of the most important is search volume. Having monitored the search volume for thousands of different phrases over the course of time, I have come to recognize a few very large, not insignificant patterns in how humanity around the world tends to use the Internet - or at least how they use the search engines.

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6 Reasons Why You Need A Roku [Opinion]

Electronics can be evil. A short time ago I wrote an article about using the Xbox 360 as a media center. I concluded that it wasn’t the best choice. Sensing my betrayal, the 360 promptly kicked the bucket, leaving me without the Netflix I craved. Rather than replace the 360, I decided buy to a competing media center, the Roku. My verdict?

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LinkedIn Guide: Build Your Living Resume

Learn the true power of LinkedIn. Whether you're looking for a job or looking to hire new talent, LinkedIn is a resource you can't afford to miss.

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Shared Offices & Coworking: How To Become A More Productive Freelancer

Working from home might seem like a great idea, but I don’t see it. After more than a year of working from various places of residence I’m thoroughly sick of mixing business with pleasure. Home is where I go to relax, to escape work - and that’s the way I like it. When the lines between downtime and work-time become blurred, home starts to feel a bit like a rabbit hole.

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A Handy Keyboard Shortcuts List for the Upcoming Microsoft Windows 8

Not having to reach for your mouse to do the most routine task is one huge benefit I enjoy every day. That's because I've memorized my list of Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts, and I use applications like Fingertips. Though there have been so many changes to the perspective of personal computing since Windows 7 was dropped, Windows 8 did a good job in recognizing that these are important.

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Use Your Smartphone As An Instrument & Create Beautiful Audioscapes With NodeBeat

Confession: I have always wanted to play a musical instrument. Somehow, it never happened; I could never find the time, or the instrument, or some other excuse would come up. So for me, musicians have remained somewhat magical people, folks who can understand a language I can only hear. Because of this, I am always intrigued by musical "toys" – doodads and gadgets that lets you play with sound in interesting ways.

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5 Top Free Ways To Learn How To Speak French (Or Any Other Language)

So you're thinking of heading to Paris for a holiday but you're not sure how far you'll get with your limited French once you're done ordering your first croissant? Never fear, the Internet is here. There are thousands of great free sites available to help you learn French. The only real trick is finding the best ones! Here's five of the very best free online ways to learn French.

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