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Who Is Gabe Newell And Why Do Gamers Care?
In every area of technology, we have figureheads. For the desktop, laptop, and now even smartphones, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs should both be names that ring bells. For our internet and social networking, someone like Mark Zuckerburg is viewed as the key example. For many years now, and especially for those of us with personal computers, gaming has been represented very well by a man named Gabe Newell.
How To Make Good Use Of Google's Search Operators
With operators, you're able to display results that pertain only to certain websites, search through a range of numbers, or even completely exclude a word from your results. When you master the use of Google's search engine, finding the answer to nearly anything you can think of is a power that you have right at your fingertips. In this article, let's make that happen.
4 Places To Find The Best & Hottest Vine Videos
Vine is to YouTube as Twitter is to a blog. On Vine, you're able to submit six-second video clips on the fly. What can you do in six seconds? You'd be surprised. We've covered Vine already and showed you some of the best Vine videos to date, but not all Vine videos are worth watching. In this post, I'd like to show you how to get a constant stream of quality Vines to enjoy in a number of different ways. Bookmark or subscribe to the following sites and stay updated with only the best Vine content.
Yahoo! Alerts Is A Solid Google Alerts Alternative
Not everyone cares about world and national news, though. Sometimes you want to know when information is put online about a topic that's a little bit obscure. Maybe you'd even like to monitor the web for any content that may includes info like your name or phone number. That's all completely possible, and if you've ever used Google Alerts then you know that. In this post, let's take a look into Yahoo!'s similar service, Yahoo! Alerts.
Know What Software To Uninstall With Should I Remove It?
Here at MakeUseOf, we've put out many articles reviewing and highlighting software that allows you to completely and cleanly uninstall applications from your system. One issue many of you run into is not knowing which of your installed programs are essential. When you buy a new PC, it's going to come with at least one or two pre-installed programs that you will want to remove immediately. You need a way to tell apart bloatware from useful software. Should I Remove It? will tell you just that.
2 Exploration Games That Could Give Minecraft A Run For Its Money
As with every trend in games, there will be imitators and competitors. You may have heard of Terraria. It wasn't exactly like Minecraft, but it obviously took many of its gameplay elements from the success that Minecraft saw. It brought a unique flavor to this style of game, but ultimately it has been considered a failure in the gaming community. Development is dead and it's being openly pirated and picked apart. Let's look at two more games that have a shot at making a bigger splash than Terraria did and maybe even competing with Minecraft.
4 Games You Might Not Expect To Find On Twitch.tv
There are certain games that you'd imagine are watched the most on Twitch: League of Legends, StarCraft II, Dota 2, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, etc. Though they may be the most popular, there is a lot more to watch. Let's look at gaming as a spectator sport, and I'll share with you four of my favorite not-so-popular games to be watched on Twitch.
3 Windows 98 Bugs Worth Revisiting
Is it just nostalgia that keeps me attached to this OS, or was Windows 98 actually worth remembering? This operating system released 15 years ago had its ups and downs. Critics have been pretty harsh on the recent versions of Windows. Vista took it the hardest, but there are a lot of you who don’t seem to be the biggest fans of Windows 8 either. Maybe we should take a trip back in time and remember just how bad certain parts of Windows 98 were. Love it or hate it, you were in for some pretty big problems.
More Than Search: 5 Things Google Has Done For The World
Google has come a long way since starting up as a rinky-dink search engine that played second fiddle to what Yahoo! had to offer. If you’re the average person, you’re probably using Google in some way every single day. It may sound dramatic, but Google is a huge part of our lives. It’s good to know that the company isn’t necessarily evil, either.
Are You Taking Advantage Of All The Money Saving Deals On Amazon?
I'm such a big fan of Amazon, and if you're someone who shops online then you have almost no choice but to be. You can get anything and everything on Amazon. It's trusted and reliable. It should be the first thing that comes to your mind when you turn to the internet to purchase something. Another thing that Amazon does quite well is offer some really great deals.
Only One More Month: Turn Google Reader Into CommaFeed Or Reedah In A Few Steps
Since the news first broke, several new RSS readers have surfaced online and many of them have really taken advantage of Google Reader's shutdown. Leaving behind Google Reader isn't so hard when moving on to the next service is as simple as a few keys and clicks. CommaFeed and Reedah are two services that have come up since then that offer to do just that.
4 Websites To Create Personalized "Speed Dial" Homepages
If you use an obscure browser that doesn’t show any support for Speed Dial, there’s good news for you: the same feature can easily be replicated by a large number of web services. All you need to do is configure your page and set it as your browser’s homepage, and it’s as good as any add-on for the same feature. Some do it better than others.
4 Websites To Play NES Games For Free & Through The Browser
Just recently, I put out an article outlining some of my favorite RPGs for the SNES and showed MUO readers how they can experience those games through a web interface. Not everyone has the time or privilege to be able to install a dedicated emulator, and there's no reason to because writing that article made me realize just how many online emulation stations there really are.
2 Great Sites For League Of Legends Statistics & Analysis
I've made it a point to highlight League of Legends pretty narrowly in many of my recent posts related to gaming. The game is absolutely huge and it's only going to continue growing larger. In just days, Riot will be hosting an LCS All-Star event that is expected to receive stream viewers up into the millions. The new season's competitive structure allows any individual player or team to have a realistic shot at competing with the very best.
Ubiquitous Player Is An Everything-In-One Portable Suite
Windows 8 has managed to do a pretty decent job of putting all of your favorite and most-used applications right in your face with their rendition of the startup screen. Not all of us fancy it though. I personally skip straight the desktop. With all of these commonly-used applications so separated, daily tasks can seem like a hassle. Ubiquitous Player makes an attempt at alleviating that and serving as your Swiss Army Knife of application goodies.
Use This Gmail Trick To Receive POP Emails On IMAP-Only Devices
Why isn't POP extinct yet? Good question! Unfortunately, some mail providers (most notably ISPs) still aren't supporting IMAP. You're stuck with POP. This causes a huge problem, because a lot of today's application developers don't care about it, thus don't bother to support it. In this post, I'd like to show you how to work around this issue.
3 Great Sites To Find League Of Legends Builds & Guides
As an avid League of Legends player for the past year, I'd be a complete liar to say I haven't learned my fair share about the game purely from copying the strategies of others. That's fine though, because the League of Legends community seems incredibly generous in sharing their builds and other ideas. The nature of eSports, with all the streaming and tournaments, practically embraces this copycat play style.
Project64 - The Best Way To Emulate Nintendo 64 Games
I still remember the exact day that I unboxed my Nintendo 64. I've always been a huge gamer and a bit of a nerd, and that console was a big step for me. Playing my NES, SNES, and Genesis every day became a thing of the past once I got my hands on Wave Race 64, Super Mario 64, and Diddy Kong Racing. I never picked those consoles up again. The Nintendo 64 is definitely one of the best gaming consoles of all time.
7 Sticky Notes - The Most Full-Featured Sticky Notes Program [Windows]
It won't be until you actually give digital sticky notes a try that you'll understand how useful and effective they are. I won't argue that physical sticky notes pressed around your desk or monitor is an unbeatable solution, but it also isn't the prettiest, fastest, or cleanest. If you use a desktop or laptop, sticky notes are especially useful because of how many applications offer to bring them right to your desktop.