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Dave Parrack-Deputy Editor for Creative, Entertainment, Gaming, and Social | Oversees Coverage of News and Current Events

Dave Parrack

Deputy Editor for Creative, Entertainment, Gaming, and Social | Oversees Coverage of News and Current Events

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About Dave Parrack

Dave Parrack is a Deputy Editor at MUO and also oversees the site's coverage of current events. He has been writing about technology since 2007, and with MakeUseOf since 2011.

He has previously written for various sites, including Blorge, WebTVWire, and New Atlas.

Dave uses ChromeOS and Android, but isn't a Google fanboy. He thinks AI will change the world sooner than people think, for good or for bad. He has a particular interest in new and emerging technology.

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What Do You Really Think of Windows 8? [You Told Us]

The release of Windows 8 is, at the time of writing, a mere three months away. The time to make sweeping changes has passed, and Microsoft will be unleashing a version of Windows 8 very close to the preview versions we've tried and tested (and in some cases dismissed out of hand) here at MakeUseOf. Microsoft has taken a huge gamble in its strategy for remaining in the game against Apple and Google in the emerging post-PC era.

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What To Consider When Buying A DAB Digital Radio

Radio has moved on considerably over the past few years. While FM (Frequency Modulation) is still the most popular platform, the combination of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) and the Internet has expanded the options people have for listening to both music and speech stations.

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6 Cult Japanese Video Games Still Worth Playing [MUO Gaming]

The history of video games is littered with the dead corpses of titles that never quite fulfilled their promise. Not because they sucked - far from it, in fact - but because they didn't sell in anything like the number they deserved to. Critical acclaim didn't result in commercial success. Many of these titles are slow-burners or a little strange, but those gamers who took the time to become fully immersed in their worlds became hooked.

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Why The Nexus 7 Is Competition For The iPad [Opinion]

Google unveiled the Nexus 7, its long-awaited foray into the burgeoning tablet market, at Google I/O last month. The combination of hardware, design, and price took many by surprise, with all three of these components being about the best we could have hoped for from such a device at this time. I believe the Nexus 7 is competition for the iPad and I feel competition to Apple's stranglehold on the tablet market is exactly what's needed.

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8 'Rage Quit' Videos Guaranteed To Make You Laugh [MUO Gaming]

I'm a gamer, and like all gamers I have particular tastes. I have adored some video games through the decades, and would count playing them as highly memorable experiences. I have also played some games I ended up hating, and have sought to force the memory of those to the back of my mind. Video games can frustrate very easily. Whether because they're too difficult, too annoying, or just generally bad.

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Why You Shouldn't Integrate Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedIn

Social networking is a huge part of the Internet, providing the means for us all to connect and communicate quickly and easily. There are both positive and negative aspects to the very act of social networking, but most of us take part in the activity on at least a part-time basis. Most of us doing so on more than one site. This complexity of connectivity makes it very tempting to combine the various social networks we use.

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What Would You Really Like to See in iOS 6? [You Told Us]

Apple is set to drop its latest version of the iOS operating system on us in just a few months time, and with it will come a whole host of new features and the now-ubiquitous dose of hyperbole. However, we're hearing an increasing amount of chatter about the need for Apple to do something more with iOS than the incremental updates it's been offering for several years now.

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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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5 Video Games That Would Make Great TV Shows

When Halo 4 gets released on Nov. 6, 2012, it will bring with it episodic content almost televisual in nature. In order to build shared experiences that players will talk about around the water cooler, the game's developer 343 Industries will be delivering free weekly mini-missions which tell side-stories to the main mission, all via Xbox Live. While this isn't a television show based on the Halo series, it borrows much from the idea of mixing the two media.

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The 10 Greatest Hits Of Zero Punctuation Reviews

Video game reviews are notoriously hard to judge, as a genre that one person loves will be hated by another. Using websites which draw reviews from numerous sources in order to give an average score, such as Metacritic, is one solution. Alternatively you could forgo all other reviews and just take the word of Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw as gospel.

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10 Cool Websites Featuring Draw Something Art

Draw Something is a mobile app that started life at OMGPOP but ended up at Zynga after the latter bought the former for $180 million in March 2012. Zynga might have paid over the odds for the company in order to get its hands on the game, which at the time was growing in popularity at an Angry Birds-style rate. Draw Something isn't as popular as it once was, with a notable drop in the number of active users of late.

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8 Robot Quadrotor Videos Suggest A Scary Future

Many technological advances have a scary side to them, pointing towards a future where humanity is in danger of being overrun by intelligent machines which no longer need us. If they ever decide they don't want us around then we're done for, quite frankly. In that nightmare scenario, explored in countless movies and TV shows over the years, I wouldn't bet against quadrotors being the primary attack force.

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5 Best Websites Dedicated To The Final Fantasy Series

The Final Fantasy series of video games is 25 years old this year, with the first title, unsurprisingly called Final Fantasy, released in 1987. Since then there have been 14 games released in the main series, with countless other spin-offs and connected sequels. All of the Final Fantasy games belong to the RPG genre, although some things have changed considerably through the years.

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Skrittle - Find Similar Sites To Those You Love

The Internet is an absolute wonder. I actually don't know how we lived without it for so many years. But when you head online and see the World Wide Web open up in front of your eyes it's often difficult to know where to head next. You'll have your personal favorites or bookmarks (depending on which browser you use) but what about new sites you have never visited before?

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Top 10 Most Entertaining Guitar Hero & Rock Band Videos Of All Time

The Guitar Hero and Rock Band games aren't the force they once were. The last Guitar Hero game released was Warriors Of Rock while the last Rock Band game was Rock Band 3, both released in 2010. However, thousands of songs can be downloaded for the games so the lack of new standalone titles doesn't mean everybody has stopped playing and sent their arsenal of plastic instruments to the local thrift store.

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8 YouTube Videos Of People Testing Windows 8

At the time of writing Windows 8 is almost ready for public consumption, with an expected release date of October 2012. The Windows 8 Release Preview is now available to download for those in need of an early fix (and tech-savvy enough to handle it), while the Consumer Preview of the operating system was released in February 2012.

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6 Websites To Learn About Queen Elizabeth II During Her Diamond Jubilee Year

2012 is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year, with the actual celebration itself taking place between 2nd June and 5th June. This coincides with the date of her coronation on 2 June, 1953. While most people will be aware of Queen Elizabeth II from her high-profile presence lasting 60 years and counting, few will know that much about her.

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Have Hours Of Fun With Logic Puzzles Playing The Fantastic Contraption 1 & 2

Fantastic Contraption and Fantastic Contraption 2 are games that require some lateral thinking and a little creativity. These aren't simple, straightforward, shoot-what-you-see-on-screen affairs. But that's a good thing, especially for those who like to give their gray matter an occasional workout.

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Why Facebook Is Right To Force Timeline On Everybody [Opinion]

If you haven't yet switched your Facebook profile over to the new Timeline then the chances are Facebook is getting rather insistent that you do. And it's no wonder. It's been 8 months since Timeline first reared its admittedly ugly head. Surely that's enough time for everyone to get with the program. While I'm sure some people will hate me for saying so, I think Facebook is right to force Timeline on everybody at this stage.

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10 Of The Best Tesla Coils Music Videos On YouTube

Nikola Tesla is rightly regarded as one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. His pioneering work as an engineer, especially in the field of electricity and electromagnetism, mean his name is synonymous with invention and innovation. However, one of the things Tesla is best known for these days is the Tesla coil, an electrical transformer circuit he used for experimentation.

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