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- Happy One Year Anniversary [MakeUseOf Answers]
- Cool Websites and Tools [January 31st]
- How to Search YouTube Like a PRO with Google Advanced Operators
- Simplify Your Shared Grocery Shopping Tasks With OurGroceries [Mobile]
- Pixelpost – A Very Capable Photo Blog Engine For Your Website
- Hot Tech Deals [Jan 31st]
- Borrow Kindle eBooks From The Kindle Lending Club
- Advanced Keynote Slide Tricks and Effects You Should Know [Mac]
- Parallels Desktop 6 and SyncMate 3 Expert Edition Giveaway Winners
- 7 Free Online Medical Dictionaries for Some Word Aid
- Free Server Uptime Check and Status Monitoring With Cloudkick
- 9 Apps For The Price Of 1: bundlelytic charity bundle [Giveaway]
| Happy One Year Anniversary [MakeUseOf Answers] Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:31 PM PST
Over 2,700 published questions, thousands of comments, and hundreds of contributors later, we find ourselves in the middle of many talented volunteers who help us and keep the site flourishing. This is the time to thank every one of you. And we don’t stand empty handed. To celebrate one year of MakeUseOf Answers we’re handing out prizes to our most active and most valued volunteers. Your contribution has been noticed and we owe you more than just a Thank You!
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A special cash bonus is awarded to the first five in the list for their outstanding contributions in solving people’s questions. Thank you very much all of you! Everyone still looking for help, I hope you now know where to turn to! Happy Anniversary MakeUseOf Answers! Got Questions? Ask Them Now FREE on MakeUseOf Answers!
    
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| Cool Websites and Tools [January 31st] Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:31 PM PST
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| How to Search YouTube Like a PRO with Google Advanced Operators Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:30 PM PST
But with the resource being enormous comes one issue: it is almost impossible to search it efficiently. And there are no official guides on how to search YouTube to actually find something. However, not many people know how flexible YouTube’s search function actually is.
The IssueYouTube (like Google Video Search) has some handy sorting options that allow you to find videos by:
I love using the latter two options to look through the most popular YouTube videos on any topic. The only issue is that when you sort by anything other than relevancy, the results are likely to be highly irrelevant. Let’s compare:
Sorting makes results absolutely off-topic. Luckily, we do have an option to sort YouTube search results while still getting relevant results: YouTube advanced search operators. YouTube Advanced Search OperatorsI don’t think the search operators I am listing here are anywhere to be found in YouTube’s documentation. All that is listed on the official “Advanced YouTube search” page is the set of the usual search options you see below the search field: You can filter results by:
However, as we have seen above, filtering and sorting seldom triggers relevant results. To bypass this issue, you need to use advanced operators which were inherited from Google search and are really very helpful: 1. Use quotes to force the exact matchThis operator may come particularly in handy when you are sure which exact key phrases you want to be included into the search results, for example, the name of a movie or a music clip.
2. Use plus (+) sign to force a word in the resultsIf one of your words gets dropped out from search results, this operator may save a lot of your time. Similarly, you can use the minus (-) sign to force YouTube search to exclude any irrelevant but persistent words from the search results.
3. Force any word to appear in the video title with help of INTITLE: operatorThis trick turns out to be very useful if you, for example, keep getting irrelevant results (video pages that only mention your search term in comments or loosely in description).
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| Simplify Your Shared Grocery Shopping Tasks With OurGroceries [Mobile] Posted: 31 Jan 2011 03:30 PM PST
OurGroceries [iTunes link, BlackBerry App World link, Android users just need to search for OurGroceries in the Market app] is an incredible free find that does a few unique things, proving it invaluable for anyone that has more than 1 person in his/her household. Let’s see why OurGroceries is a must-have. Only One User Has To Make An Account
The first thing I thought after reading OurGroceries’ description of having to use one master email address to access the lists, was, “Well, I could just let my trustworthy friend access my wunderlist with my email and password, so I don’t see how this app’s doing anything better.” In reality, with OurGroceries, only one person needs to set up an account and password, but does not have to share the password with anyone. As the owner of the master email address, you can grant others access to your lists. You only need to share your email address with your, say, your roommate Anna, who will input that address in the login information screen in the OurGroceries app, and then, you will get an email about whether or not you give permission to the owner of “Anna’s iPod” to access your account.
Share & Sync All Lists Instantly
Once you grant your roommate (or family member) access to the account, the items sync unbelievably quickly with no need for manual refresh.
You will have the option to create as many lists as you want, but keep in mind that all of them will be shared with your roommate, or whomever has access. You can also add and edit items on the web interface, which sports a very similar look to that of the iPhone app and thus, could be used if you’re on a mobile browser of an unsupported phone model, like a Symbian or Windows 7 phone.
Additionally, you can create recipe lists with only items to buy so if you have planned a weekly menu with KitchenMonki, you will know exactly what you need for that recipe.
Use Categories To Classify Items By Supermarket Aisle
Not only can you use pre-existing categories, but you can also edit and add more categories to match the layout of the supermarket you frequently go to and make navigating it a lot easier. If you go with, say, your spouse to get groceries and both of you own a supported phone, you can even split the tasks, go on separate ends of the supermarket and cross each item off as you each pick up a product. Not only do you save money using a set grocery list, you can also save time. Create & Share WishlistsSince you can create all sorts of lists of items to buy, writing a wishlist just makes sense and would ease trying to figure out a gift, and especially, trying to figure out if the other person likes the gift or not.
You could also create a list for all the things you want to try out together with your roommate or family member, like restaurants, movies, places to go, etc. which are all purchases, so OurGroceries could essentially be a planner of sorts, because more likely than not, you will be doing all those things with someone else. So now that I’ve listed the features that make OurGroceries shine over other grocery shopping software, we should also mention that the apps are ad-supported, which isn’t bad, but you can always upgrade with the Android app and get rid of the ads. Another thing that would be nice to see in OurGroceries, is the ability to choose what lists to share. All lists get shared, so if you have a gift list, you will probably have to use another app to house that list, unless you want your surprises ruined. Also, like I mentioned earlier, there’s no mobile-friendly site yet, but the web interface sort of makes up for that, as it resembles the iPhone interface and thus, there’s not as much zooming and panning involved. If you’re looking for a similar app, but that can scan product bar codes to instantly add an item to your grocery list, check out GroceryIQ. Also, if you don’t have a smartphone, check out this list of websites that can help with your printable grocery list! What do you use to simplify your grocery shopping experience? Let us know in the comments! Photo credit: Matt MacGillivray Do you like MakeUseOf articles? Don’t forget to share our articles with others! It’s really important to us.
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| Pixelpost – A Very Capable Photo Blog Engine For Your Website Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:30 PM PST
If you’ve got some free webspace, a spare MySQL database and a burning desire to share your particular flavour of photography with the world wide web then you’ll be relieved to find out Pixelpost is a powerful free open-source tool for the job. In this article, we’ll be looking at version 1.7.3 – you can check out the latest version in action right here. Installing the Pixelpost Photo Blog EngineBefore you get too excited, it’s important to check you’ve got everything Pixelpost requires to function. In order to install the software, you’re going to need:
During the installation process, Pixelpost will test each of these settings, and if all goes well you won’t have any issues. If you do then it’s wise to contact your web hosting company for updates and additional software.
Download the latest Pixelpost release and extract it into its own folder on your hard drive. You’re going to need an FTP client to connect to your webspace, I’d recommend FileZilla as it’s free, stable and cross-compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac. You can then upload the folder (with any name you like) to your webspace. Once done, simply visit your photo blog’s location in a web browser (e.g. yoururl.com/pixelpost) to see if everything’s in order. You will also need to make the When you’ve done all this, you can navigate to yoururl.com/pixelpost/admin (replacing yoururl and pixelpost with your own info) to begin the installation. Be aware you’ll need to create a new MySQL database, a user for the database and a password for the user. Keep all this information handy, you’ll need it to complete the installation.
PixelpowerOnce you’ve made it through the installation and logged in to your admin panel, everything is fairly straightforward. The bar at the top of the admin screen provides access to pretty much every function you’ll need, though the Options page makes for a good starting point.
There are 4 pages of options – General, Template, Thumbnails and Spam Control. The General page allows you to customize your blog’s name, sub-title, RSS feed settings and so on. Templates allows you to change the look and feel of the site (more on that later) and Thumbnails and Spam Control are fairly self-explanatory.
Once you’re set-up, you can post a new image from the New Image admin page. But first, there are a few things to remember when posting to your photo blog. Pixelpost will not resize your images for you – so you’re going to need to resize and save anything you want posted online. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as you can watermark your images while you’re at it (if you do so wish). You cannot make categories from the New Image page, a feature that I have gotten used to thanks to WordPress. The best way round this is to quickly create a new category from the Categories page before posting. You’ve also got the (absolutely fantastic) ability to schedule posts directly from the New Image page, especially useful if you’re doing a photo-a-day and want to sort your photos out beforehand. Repaint The GalleriesOnce you’ve posted an image take a look at your new photo blog. Photography aside, it should probably look something like this:
If you’re sick of the black background, white border and grey text then you can always give your Pixelpost a brand new look by changing the template. Templates come in folders to be easily placed in the You can then change template via the Options then Template page. There’s plenty to choose from on the Pixelpost website.
There’s also all manner of addons available for download, and these should be put in the Once you’ve finally got your photo blog exactly the way you want it it’s time for the hardest job of all – choosing the right photos! I’ll leave that one up to you. ConclusionIf you’ve got some experience in setting up simple WordPress-style blogs then you’ll have no issues with Pixelpost, from the installation right down to adding images, templates and addons. You’ve then got the task of driving traffic and competing with some of the best photo blogs on the web – good luck! Did you use Pixelpost for your photo blog? Thinking of starting one up but not sure how? Any favourite themes or addons? Fancy plugging your photography anyway? Let us know in the comments below. Do you like MakeUseOf articles? Don’t forget to share our articles with others! It’s really important to us.
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| Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:15 PM PST
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| Borrow Kindle eBooks From The Kindle Lending Club Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:30 AM PST
The Kindle Lending Club started out as a Facebook page, growing to over 8,000 members in less than a month. The best part is that you don’t even have to own a Kindle to get in on the action. You can use the free Kindle apps op your Mac, PC, iOS, Blackberry or Android devices.
Register for a free account by providing your details, or if you’d prefer, you can connect the site to your Facebook account.
How to Borrow a BookThe first thing you’ll probably want to do once you’ve registered for a free account is see if you can find any books that you want to borrow. Clicking on the orange Borrow a Book button gives you the option to perform a search or to browse the available books.
If the eBook is lendable, it will be accompanied by buttons to borrow or lend the title, along with the option to purchase it on Amazon.
If the ebook is not available or is not lendable, it will only be accompanied by a link to purchase it on Amazon.
Of course, its availability in the Lending Club doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get to read it straight away. Depending on the number of copies available, you might end up on a waiting list until a copy becomes available.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, browsing the available titles might pique your interest.
Once you’ve found a book that is available, you will have to wait until one of the owners of the book receives the notification that you wish to borrow the book.
Once the title has been loaned to you, you will receive an email notification with a link to download the book to your Kindle device or app. The book is yours for 14 days, after which it is automatically returned to the lender. How to Lend a BookLending a book is just as easy. Click the green Lend a Book button and you can can then search for the titles you own or browse the most recently requested titles.
The method is exactly the same as borrowing a book. Click the lend button, and there are no current requests for the title, you simply wait to be notified when someone wants to borrow the book.
In the event that the book has already been requested, you will be presented with a list of the users waiting for the title.
You can then select one and follow the instructions to lend the title directly on Amazon after which you will confirm on the site that you have loaned out the title.
It is worth mentioning that the email address that you use will be visible to other users who lend you books, and that the email address you register with does not have to be your Kindle or Amazon email address. If you want to delete an offer or a request, this can be done by accessing your profile and clicking delete on any given title from your page.
If we had one request, it would be the inclusion of book descriptions on the site. At the moment, you have to go to Amazon to read the description, and if you’re not sure what you want to read and are just browsing, it’s a little inconvenient. Have you tried borrowing a book using the Kindle Lending Club? Got any books on offer? Let us know in the comments. Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Includes cool extras.
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| Advanced Keynote Slide Tricks and Effects You Should Know [Mac] Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:30 AM PST
I recommend that the best way to explore the features of Keynote is not when you're working on an actual project, but rather when you have the time to launch the program and explore its features when you're not facing a deadline of completing an actual Keynote project. You're more than likely to try advance techniques when you previously practiced using them. In this tutorial, we'll explore three techniques. Magic MoveProbably the easiest but most powerful Keynote technique to learn is Magic Move. This effect is used when you want to accentuate one or more graphics or objects between two slides. Here's how to set it up:
You can also play around with the duration of the effect and time delays between the slide transition. Custom MoveThe next technique is a little trickier. This one involves moving a graphic inside of a slide, instead of between. It enables you to customize the movement.
Create a new slide and add a single graphic to it. This time, select the Build inspector (the little yellow diamond icon) in the Inspector. Click on the “Action” button. Next, select “Move” under Effect. Click the “More Options” button to open the Build Order drawer. At the bottom of that drawer, select “Automatically after transition” from the drop-down menu.
Smart BuildFor this last technique, we're going to explore how to use the Smart Build. This involves showing two or more objects in one slide. Instead of having to build a slide for each object, you can use Smart Build to make a sort of mini slideshow within one slide.
Like PowerPoint, Keynote can be an awesome presentation tool if you spend time learning how to use its features effectively. While Apple provides many templates and simple drag-and-drop features to make the program fairly easy to use, many of its not-so-obvious features are under the hood of the program, so to speak. If haven't had much experience using the Keynote software, let us know how these techniques worked out for you. If you use Keynote techniques our readers should know about, please share them in the comment section. Do you like MakeUseOf articles? Don’t forget to share our articles with others! It’s really important to us.
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| Parallels Desktop 6 and SyncMate 3 Expert Edition Giveaway Winners Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:00 AM PST
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| 7 Free Online Medical Dictionaries for Some Word Aid Posted: 31 Jan 2011 09:30 AM PST
Of course, some doctors are patient enough to explain everything in layman's terms, but then I don't think many of them take the Hippocratic Oath for patiently educating the common masses about the arcane medical terminologies. That's where a free online medical dictionary and encyclopedia can jump right in.
Medline Plus
Webster's medical dictionary is a top-notch spot for looking up medical terms and their meanings. MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health’s website for free health related queries and information. Along with the general search field, you also can look up a page which lists lots of words that go into explaining medical terminologies. There's another page on common abbreviations. The Medline Plus search supports use of wild card characters. MediLexicon
MediLexicon is a comprehensive database of medical abbreviations, terms, ICD9 codes, equipments, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, news, publications etc. The site has over 230,000 items in its database. The information can be accessed for free by professionals from the fields of pharmacy, biotechnology, agrochemicals, and healthcare. You can also use an alphabetical listing of medical words. Optionally, the search engine uses a fuzzy algorithm to supply variations to the keyword you enter. The dictionary is powered by Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. MedTerms
You can get easy to understand explanations of nearly 16,000 medical terms as well as detailed articles as part of all resources on the MedicineNet.com site. Use the search box or the alphabetical listing. If you are not sure of the spelling, use wildcards to get a list of results to browse through. The advanced search options help to narrow down your search according to the choice you select from a dropdown. WebMD
WebMD is a top-tier medical information website that has an entire suite of features on health and medicine. The dictionary, quite predictably gives you an alphabetical listing and a search box. The dictionary sources the meanings from Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. The meanings are short and concise. The Free Dictionary
The medical dictionary of the Free Dictionary sources medical terms and definitions from The American Heritage Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, Second Edition and Dorland’s Medical Dictionary for Health Care Consumers, covering authoritative descriptions of medical conditions, medications, anatomical terms, noted medical personalities and more. The search box has the auto-suggestion feature enabled by default which also indicates the languages available for the meaning of a particular word. What are really useful are the audio pronunciations and selective illustrations of medical terms. King's Medical Library Engine
The meta-search tool accesses most of the known resources we have listed above. The site includes a medical dictionary, terminology, and abbreviation search. You can also search for drug related information links to medical articles and journals on sites like PubMed. The web engine is powered by Google and the site also pings most of the well known sites for definitions and illustrations. Medic8
Medic8 gets medical terms and meanings from these publications – Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, and Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. Compared to some of the other medical dictionaries we have seen above, it is more of a content search engine rather than a pure dictionary as it gives you links to relevant articles on the site. These seven free online medical dictionary sources are not only for laymen but also for those in the medical profession or on the verge of it. They can add these to some of the earlier ones we covered in The Best Reference Sites for Medical Students. Do you know of an online medical dictionary we haven't covered here? Image credit: Shutterstock Do you like MakeUseOf articles? Don’t forget to share our articles with others! It’s really important to us.
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| Free Server Uptime Check and Status Monitoring With Cloudkick Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:30 AM PST
Cloudkick was one of the hottest startups of 2010 and was acquired by Rackspace in December. Their whole business model is system monitoring as a service, with a lightweight client installed on the server reporting back to their monitoring servers operating in several different datacenters in the U.S.
Is Cloudkick a good option for you to monitor your system(s)? Let’s go over the setup and what you get from the Cloudkick platform. Setting Up The Cloudkick AgentThe first thing you will do is sign up for a developer account on the Cloudkick website. They have several paid options available as well but the developer account will allow you to have one server with comprehensive monitoring: CPU, memory and more; and also unlimited basic checks on an unlimited number of servers which include HTTP/S checks, Ping, SSH, DNS and TCP Header check (regular expression check).
First add the Cloudkick yum repository to /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudkick.repo:
Install the Cloudkick packages:
and then run the configuration utility:
Username: username You will then probably want to edit /etc/cloudkick.conf to add your server name. Create a new line and add the following text, using your server name in place of serverXX:
Finally, enable the cloudkick agent to run on startup:
That is all you need to do from your end to install and register your system in the Cloudkick system. Setting up MonitorsThe next time you log into the Cloudkick dashboard, you will see that this new server has been added to the system automatically. You will then need to set up alerts (also called Monitors) to go along with your server. For the free checks, we will add a basic availability check on our server(s). We will check SSH availability as well as PING response times just for demo purposes. You can use any of the ‘basic’ checks or one or more of the standard checks depending on what type of account that you have signed up for.
After adding these monitors, it will start collecting data for your system. The Cloudkick interface has a lot of graphing options, allowing you to monitor these services over time and give you an idea as to how responsive your server is.
In addition to the pretty graphs and charts, you will also have alerts sent to you if any of the services go down. You can set it up so that it will trigger an alert after 1-3 errors and can also have it alert you just once or on a continuing basis. For extra bonus points, you can set it up so that it will text you on outages or also pipe it to a push service such as Boxcar. Will Cloudkick Work For You?Cloudkick is great if you have a small number of servers and you are looking for basic monitoring. The pricetag is certainly right for this type of uptime and health monitoring. However once you start adding servers with full checks to your account, the price quickly goes up. There is some great free server monitoring software available out there which are open source and free such as Nagios and Zabbix, and both would be compelling alternatives if you are looking for more detailed checks on multiple servers and are willing and able to set up the infrastructure for doing so. But for a personal home server or even a couple of servers for businesses, Cloudkick is a useful service to sign up for and it is very easy to get started with. Check it out and let us know what you think! Do you like MakeUseOf articles? Don’t forget to share our articles with others! It’s really important to us.
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| 9 Apps For The Price Of 1: bundlelytic charity bundle [Giveaway] Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:30 AM PST
What do you get when you bring 9 great app developers, 1 awesome hot product and a fantastic website together? Pure awesome, that’s what. Brought to you by the guys behind MakeUseOf with a little help from TheDailyBuggle and fueled by good will, we’re proud to present the bundlelytic charity Windows app bundle. Featuring some of the best, must-have apps from around the web like Paragon Partition Manager 11, EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard, Divvy for Windows and many more; the bundlelytic app bundle will be available at just $49.99 (original total price of $299) from today until midnight, 28th of February 2011. We’ll also be giving away 25 copies of the bundle here at MakeUseOf totalling to over $1200 worth of apps! We’ve also got a coupon code exclusively for MakeUseOf readers if you’re looking to purchase this bundle today. So let’s take a closer look at the bundlelytic charity bundle. UPDATE: We’ve got a second 250GB ioSafe Rugged Portable to give away! In order to be in the running to win it, all you have to do is go to bundlelytic.com and hit the retweet button or share the page on Facebook. Easy!
Aside from the fact that this is a chance for you to get 9 useful applications at a greatly reduced price, you’ll also be donating to a worthwhile cause. 50% of the proceeds from this bundle will be donated to the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal, a fund for those affected by the overwhelming floods in Queensland, Australia. Over 70 towns and 200,000 people were affected by the floods, costing over AUD$30 billion in damages. Families are left homeless, food prices are skyrocketing. It is only right for us to do what we can in order to help out. Your money will be touching the lives of those who had to leave all of their belongings behind.
What’s includedAnd now, a quick summary about the apps that are included in this bundle. Paragon Partition Manager 11 PersonalParagon’s Partion Manager 11 Personal is an advanced disk management application that is packed with sophisticated features like Hot Resize which allows you to change any NTFS partition without rebooting, setup multi-boot environments, creates backup images and more. 32- and 64-bit versions available. We’ve featured Partition Manager 11 Personal before — Get Your Drives Under Control With Paragon Partition Manager SafeWallet for Windows v.2.0.2SafeWallet is a secure personal information manager. It utilises AES 256-bit encryption to store your private data like credit card information, passwords, banking information, etc. safely on your computer. It is also able to sync with iPhones, Androids, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows mobile phones via its mobile app counterpart. We reviewed SafeWallet recently, take a look: Store Confidential Details on your Phone with SafeWallet Divvy for WindowsDivvy is an insanely simple tool yet vitally important in your daily workflow. It allows you to easily manage the sizes of your windows and organise them on the screen however you want. Divvy is perfect for the multi-tasking productivist. “If you want some better tools for organizing and resizing your windows, Mizage’s Divvy might be a breath of fresh air.” — PCWorld Altaro Oops!BackupAltaro Oops!Backup is a highly functional yet easy way to back up your data on a Windows PC. With its unique BackInTime technology, you can travel back in time to find and revert changes made to your documents, photos and other files. “I fell in deep like with Oops!Backup’s well-designed interface and its plain, straightforward English dialogs.” — PCWorld 360Amigo System Speedup Pro360Amigo’s System Speedup PRO offers a one-click solution to fix PC problems quickly. Additionally, it can also scan and erase malicious processes & clear your computer of junk data and errors, giving it a new breath of life. Purchase of this bundle entitles you to full 1-year license. “360 Amigo System SpeedUp’s pro edition delivered significant improvements to a well-worn system. These improvements, coupled with a wallet-friendly price, make this a compelling utility for breathing new life into aging machines.” — PCMag We’ve ran several giveaways featuring 360Amigo System Speedup PRO — Nurse Windows Back To Health With System Speedup Pro novaPDF Professional v.7From the makers of the fabulous free PDF converter, doPDF — NovaPDF Professional Desktop is a souped-up, feature-packed application that enables you to easily convert any document to PDF via a printer driver interface or a simple Microsoft Office add-in. It can also secure your PDF documents by requiring a password in order to view, print or copy; among other great features. EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard v.5.0.1Easeus Data Recovery Wizard is a powerful, straightforward application that will help you recover deleted data from an existing partition, data from a reformatted partition, and lost data from a corrupted partition and it supports sector-by-sector recovery. It works on hardware RAID arrays, hard drives, USB drives, SD and other memory cards. Returnil System Safe v.3.2.11341Returnil System Safe 2011 uses a combination of anti-virus/anti-malware protection and a virtual system to clone your operating system in order to create a safe, secure virtual environment for your PC. Instead of loading the real operating system, a clone (copy) is booted and allows you to run your applications (or try new apps) in an isolated setting. Purchase of this bundle entitles you to full 1-year license. PixoPixo is an interesting image effects editor that allows you to “brush” effects directly on images. It can also process effects using compatible Photoshop plugins. It’s really simple to use — just pick your image, select an effect and start painting. We’re reviewed Pixo before too — Add Special Effects To Your Photos With Pixo Lucky drawsAh but wait, that’s not all. Purchasing this bundle will automatically enter you into our lucky draw to win a free 250 GB ioSafe Rugged Portable bulletproof hard drive which was only recently revealed in CES ’11. Like its older sibling the SoloPRO, this 2.5″ portable hard drive is also virtually indestructible and capable of withstanding extreme amounts of torture. The winner of this lucky draw will be announced on March 15th, 2011.
There’s more — a second lucky draw which you will qualify for upon purchasing the bundle, and the prize is one of 100 copies of Nitro PDF Professional worth $99.99 each. That’s almost $10,000 of freebies up for grabs!
The bundlelytic charity bundle is available at just $49.99 for a limited time only — the bundle expires at midnight, 28th of February 2011. If you would like to purchase this bundle, we’ve got an exclusive $10 off coupon code for you. Please use the code MUO5OFF during checkout or click on this link to automatically add the discount. This coupon is limited to 500 uses only so act quickly! Or if you’d like to take the chance, we’re giving away 25 copies of this bundle. How do I win a copy?It’s simple, just follow the instructions.
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