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Quickly Research, Organize, & Automatically Cite Information Using Citelighter

There are web highlighter tools and then there are citation tools. Both are different types of study aids. A new Firefox plug-in, or let’s accurately describe it as a Firefox toolbar combines the two and gives us a personal research organizer and citation recorder called Citelighter. Citelighter is not merely for students, because with its information gathering features, it could be handy across the board.

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Arduino Programming - Playing With Shift Registers (a.k.a Even More LEDs)

Today I’ll attempt to teach you a little bit about Shift Registers. These are a fairly important part of Arduino programming, basically because they expand the number of outputs you can use, in exchange for only 3 control pins. You can also daisy-chain shift registers together in order to get even more outputs. This is a significant jump in difficulty from previous tutorials.

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Instantly Visualize Data & Information With Google Fusion Tables

Whether you're putting together a report for work, or you just want to represent information on your blog in a graphical way, Google Fusion Tables can help. Google Fusion is actually a feature embedded into Google Docs, that lets you transform raw information that's stored in a tabular or spreadsheet format into a more visually appealing way.

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8 Cool New and Revised Features in Android 4.0 Ice-Cream Sandwich

It’s a new year, and we have a new version of Android. Known popularly by the code name Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0 is an important update to Google’s mobile operating system. It will be available for both tablets and smartphones, and seeks to unify an Android experience that has become more and more fragmented.

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5 Heavy Duty Mechanical Keyboards For The Hardcore Gamer

We’ve made quite a song-and-dance about mechanical keyboards here at MakeUseOf, and now that more and more manufacturers are jumping on the bandwagon they’re no longer specialised bits of kit reserved for the upper echelons of PC gaming. If you’re wondering what the fuss is about you might want to read our relevant Technology Explained feature.

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5 Excellent Ways To Customize Windows You Simply Have To Try

I love Windows. It’s somewhat hard for me to say this, having grown up with a Mac and having hated every single Windows version up till Win2k, but Microsoft are really getting better at this, and I would not give up my Windows 7 for anything. This doesn’t mean that Windows is perfect. Sometimes there are things you want to do that simply don’t come built into Windows.

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Try The Free Official AutoCAD App For Your Phone [Android]

As most engineers, architects and draughtsmen can attest, it's incredibly useful to have a reliable smartphone application to edit your documents while you're out and about. Just think, no more A1 sheets of paper covered in incomprehensible notes. Or if you must carry that around, at least you can keep your files accessible on your phone just on the off-chance you're able to stop into a site unexpectedly.

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5 Fantastic Resources on the Web for Ukulele Players

Many people will have a new (or used) ukulele sitting in their house, either received as a gift or bought by themselves. As a proud new owner of a ukulele myself, I straight away headed online to find the best ukulele resources for new owners. Thankfully there are some great destinations on the Web to help new and experienced uke players alike.

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Easily Send Command Line Emails with Blat

Blat. Not exactly the word you envision would be the name of a tool that you can use to send out emails to anyone in the world, from any application or software tool that you desire. It more sounds like the sound that a raw egg makes when it hits the floor. Well, that's exactly what I'm going to introduce to you today, if you've never heard of it before.

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Scan Your System And Removable Media For Viruses With ClamTk [Linux]

ClamAV may be even more popular on Linux, where it first began its life. In this article, we'll be taking a look at the most popular client of ClamAV for Linux, known as ClamTk. ClamTk is an easy-to-use GUI for the ClamAV engine that should help you keep your Linux system virus free. ClamTk is available for most of the popular distributions such as Ubuntu and Fedora.

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The End of Boxee on the Desktop & What to Use Instead

Boxee fans - it's over. There may be more fun to have with the Boxee Box, but Boxee on the desktop isn't coming back. It's time to find something else if you have a computer hooked up to your television. We should have seen it coming. There was an entire year between updates for desktop users, during which things continued to break.

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How Image Search Engines Work [MakeUseOf Explains]

These days you don’t have to limit your search to just websites. Many other forms of content are easy to find, including images. No matter what you’re looking for, an image is (for better or worse) just one image search away. You may wonder, however, how image search works. How are images sorted and classified, making it possible to find tens or hundreds of relevant results?

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