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Use Magazinify To Turn Your Favorite Articles Into Easy To Read PDF Files

Have you ever been in the middle of reading a really amazing article only to have to run out? This can be frustrating and annoying. Thankfully, Magazinify has the solution. Their awesome service takes any article on the Internet and converts it to a beautiful PDF file for later reading. Each day all the articles saved in your queue are emailed to you as a handy little magazine that you can read on at your own leisure.

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Stop Excessive & Annoying Video Ads On YouTube & Other Video Sites With AdBlockVideo [Firefox]

Ads are a necessary evil. In the offline world, they inform, entertain, and let the producers make money so that they can continue producing ‘great’ content for us. Thankfully when it comes to all browsers, you can stay away from the ad-war by using the available ways to block ads. Here we look at a Firefox add-on, and three more options for Chrome users.

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Two 3D Printers You Can Make Yourself For Around $1,000

Today I’d like to show you two specific projects that can built for more or less $1,000, both of which are fully functional 3D-plastic printers, and both of which are open-sourced and actively being developed.

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How To Build A WiFi PC Radio With Subsonic [Cross-Platform]

Downloading or streaming music is definitely an activity that I love to do when I'm relaxing or just trying to pass the time. The problem I have is that when I download music to a PC, I may want to access that music from different PCs in my house. To solve that problem, I decided to create a sort of Wi-Fi PC Radio server where I can store all of my music and then allow users from anywhere to stream that music.

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Read Entire Books On Your Smartphone With Moon+ Reader [Android 1.6+]

While I dearly love my Kindle, my smartphone is always with me. Also, the Kindle doesn’t have a backlit screen (which is the whole point of a Kindle really), and sometimes a reading lamp spreads too much light – such as when your significant other is trying to catch some sleep and you want to read in bed.

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Start A "Dead Drop" In Your City & Share Files With People In The Street

Who’d have thought in 2011 - the year of the fibre optic broadband connection - we’d be cementing USB sticks into the wall to share files? Not me, but that’s exactly what the term "dead drop" entails. Devised by blogger Aram Bartholl, this offline and anonymous file sharing method has taken off around the globe.

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The 3 Steps To Setting Up Your Android Tablet's Touchscreen Keyboard

Over a year after the initial launch of the iPad, we are finally seeing some decent tablet alternatives on the market. Recent legal quarrels between Apple and Samsung indicate that competition will be fierce. Obviously, the most recent Android Honeycomb tablets are up to par, even in the eyes of Apple.

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Boost Your Brain Power & Memorize Important Information With AnkiDroid [Android 1.5+]

Alfa November Kilo India. That’s how you spell "Anki" according to the NATO phonetic alphabet. And no, I didn’t need Wikipedia to come up with that. I just know the phonetic alphabet now. And I can also phonetically read many words in Russian, when a month ago I couldn’t. This is all thanks to AnkiDroid, a free Android application for learning things using flash cards.

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Mac
4 Ways To Use The iPad To Enhance The Use Of Your Personal Computer

Many people separate the personal computer and the iPad into two different worlds - the PC is for work and the iPad is for fun. But I think both devices don't have to be on opposite sides. They can work together harmoniously. If you want to use your iPad alongside your PC, here are four ways to use the iPad to enhance the use of your personal computer.

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