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- Latest Hilarious Picks [MakeUseOf Geeky Fun]
- Cool Websites and Tools [June 5th]
- Thank You To MakeUseOf Friends!
- How Much Hard Drive Space Do You Have? [MakeUseOf Poll]
- Hot Tech Deals – Western Digital My Book Essential 3TB USB 3.0 + more
- 10 Free Music Albums From People With Stories [Sound Sunday June 5th]
- 9 Easy Ways To Never Get A Virus
| Latest Hilarious Picks [MakeUseOf Geeky Fun] Posted: 06 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT
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| Cool Websites and Tools [June 5th] Posted: 05 Jun 2011 08:31 PM PDT
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| Thank You To MakeUseOf Friends! Posted: 05 Jun 2011 07:31 PM PDT
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| How Much Hard Drive Space Do You Have? [MakeUseOf Poll] Posted: 05 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT
From the 660 votes collected, we had the following breakdown: 32% would move to Opera 11; 24% would never consider leaving Firefox/Chrome; 20% would move to Chromium; 10% would head to Internet Explorer 9; 7% would take up RockMelt 2; SRWare Iron gained 5% of the voters; 2% would go to Wyzo; 2% would leave for Maxathon 3.0; and 1 person would go to something else entirely. Full results and this week’s poll after the jump. Opera 11 and Chromium are the hottest new browsers out!
This week’s poll question is: How Much Hard Drive Space Do You Have? We all seem to have a couple of computers around the house: maybe a laptop, a desktop and a server. Maybe more. But what’s your total hard drive space in those machines? If you use a very small amount of hard drive space, or a very large amount, we’d love to hear why! Let us know in the comments! Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Includes cool extras. Read comments: Loved it? Hated it? Join discussion here ...
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| Hot Tech Deals – Western Digital My Book Essential 3TB USB 3.0 + more Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:30 PM PDT
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| 10 Free Music Albums From People With Stories [Sound Sunday June 5th] Posted: 05 Jun 2011 12:30 PM PDT
Music is made by people and they all have their own compelling story. In this edition of Sound Sunday you will find music from the mysterious Moses Luster, the former surf professional Timmy Curran, the student and entrepreneur Peter Sobot, the Sci-Fi songwriter John Anealio, a Man Mantis, and many more. Their music doesn’t necessarily tell their story, but it’s certainly no less compelling. Feedback and suggestions via email [tina at makeuseof dot com] or comment is very welcome. Moses Luster and the Hollywood Lights – I’m The LionGenre: alternative, electronic, folk, country, noir Moses Luster is an elusive man whose album is spreading far and wide on the net. Except for his Bandcamp page, he has no known online presence and few know the man. One Arthur Brown of Unclean Magazine writes that he saw Moses play in an off strip casino in Vegas in the late nineties. Over a decade later, Moses Luster has released an album, which will leave an imprint. I’m The Lion is a name your price download from Bandcamp. Timmy Curran – OptionsGenre: alternative, americana, folk, pop From Wikipedia: “Tim Curran is a musician, retired professional surfer and a spokesperson for the Surfrider Foundation. During his successful surfing career, he was one of the best surfers on the World Championship Tour, and was consistently in contention for the world championship.” In 2004 Timmy released his first EP, followed by three full-length albums. Options is a free wav album download from Timmy Curran’s Homepage. Peter Sobot – The IdeaGenre: alternative, electronic, rock, metal Peter Sobot is a musician, web developer, entrepreneur, and student from Ontario, Canada. The Idea is his second solo album, which came to life amidst other projects, including a chiptune album, an open-source web journal, a space management start-up, and many others. Peter was previously featured on Sound Sunday with his debut album Story of Flight. The Idea is a name your price download from Bandcamp. John Anealio – Angry Robot RemixGenre: folk, geek, nerd, rock, remix This album shows the power of remixes. John Anealio originally wrote Angry Robot with Matt Forbeck, author of Angry Robot Books. In a remix contest held by ARB the winners could earn a spot in an upcoming novel. In addition, five artists had their remix featured on this album. Angry Robot Remix is a free download from Bandcamp. Tiger Mountain – selftitledGenre: indie, lo-fi, pop New York’s latest rock and roll sensation named themselves after a mountain in the US state of Washington. The band features singers/guitarists Mike Jackson and Tyler Lenane, formerly of Girltoucher, ex Murphy’s Law bassist Dean Rispler, and ex Nada Surf drummer Aaron Conte. Tiger Mountain is a free download from Bandcamp. Man Mantis – Cities Without HousesGenre: indie, instrumental, downtempo, electronic, avant garde, hip hop From his World Around Record page: “Man Mantis is a DJ, producer and multimedia artist living in Madison, Wisconsin, where he's spent the last several years establishing himself as a major presence in the local music scene. Since the release of his first album, Dawn of the Def, he has continuously polished his unique sound, which seamlessly blends the soulful, organic feel of samples with glistening synthesizers and crisp drums.” Cities Without Houses is a name your price download from Bandcamp. The Body Electric – Positive ChargeGenre: rock, punk, hard rock
Positive Charge is a free download from Heartthrob Media. Polar Aviation – NarvikGenre: experimental, electronic The man behind Polar Aviation is UK born Andrew Haines. From his Energostatic artist page: “The Polar Aviation audio/visual project aims to be experimental in outlook whilst developing an eclectic series of distinct and characteristic works. The project hopes to draw upon various aspects from several notable contemporary electronic music genres, whilst negotiating a path between the ‘deep analogue’ and ‘innovative digital’ schools of electronics. Thus, a symbiosis of modified experimental software and vintage analogue hardware are intended as the primary tools of the project. Aspects of experimental graphic design and photography are also intended to enhance and accompany audio material.” Narvik is a free download from the Internet Archive. Remuziq – Music For HumansGenre: instrumental, pop Remuziq :: Music For Humans :: Album Taster from Remuziq on Vimeo. From Remuziq’s about page: “Have you ever listened to an old song and thought: “..they don’t make music like that anymore!” Well you’re right, they don’t! Much of modern music relies heavily on digital recording techniques, and is primarily driven by market forces and fashion trends; the whole process of recording and producing music has fundamentally changed. Our philosophy is simple: Record great music that people can enjoy again and again.” Music for Humans is a free download from the Remuziq Homepage. Geotic – MendGenre: ambient, electronic Geotic – The Sprawling, Glorious Newness by snipelondon From Snipe: “Geotic is the ambient side-project of California electro-pop whizzkid Baths, a.k.a. Will Wiesenfeld. Maintaining the lo-fi aesthetic but eschewing the scatter-gun beats of his day job, he's recorded an album of fuzzy, guitar-led instrumentals called 'Mends' and made the whole thing available for free via his website. Recorded in four days over the xmas period (in a toilet presumably), Mends wraps itself around you like a warm towel, as all records legally should at this time of year.” Mend is a free download from Geotic’s Angelfire page. New to Sound Sunday? Past editions of Sound Sunday are available here. Feel free to get in touch with me [tina at makeuseof dot com] to share free material, suggestions, and feedback or simply add your comments below. Download videos from the sites like YouTube, Break.com etc. Convert videos to almost any format. Read comments: Loved it? Hated it? Join discussion here ...
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| 9 Easy Ways To Never Get A Virus Posted: 05 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT
1. Beware of Fake Download / Play Buttons:Usually these are targeted on torrent sites or anything with a download keyword on it, so users are fooled into clicking it and downloading something completely unrelated. It’s a dirty trick, and the only way to defeat them is to be careful and think twice before hitting the download button. It helps if you already know the site in question, because you should be able to realize the location of the download button has changed – but what about new users? Check the status bar. Though this can be faked with JavaScript, I’ve noticed these ads in particular don’t usually do that. If the domain in the status is different to the site you’re on, it’s probably a malicious advert. Another method is to use logic. If you have download some software for example, and it’s showing a PLAY NOW button, you should know instantly that’s completely unrelated. The visual style is a giveaway too.
2. Don’t use Internet Explorer:In every hacking convention so far, Internet Explorer has always been the first to fall. It has been claimed that a fresh install of XP with IE6 will be infected within minutes of browsing the internet. While the latest IE9 may have toughened up a little, the fact is that IE is specifically targeted by hackers on a daily basis, precisely because the number of people who don’t even consider switching browsers makes it a profitable target. Go download Chrome. 3. Hang Up on Cold-Calling Indian Technical Support Agents:In the UK at least, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of scam telephone calls from supposed Windows technical support agents. Here’s how it starts: At this point, 90% of people will be thinking their Windows is broken and yes, of course they have been experiencing issues, because who doesn’t have Windows problems? You’ll then be walked through how to give this called complete remote control access to your PC, where they perform some BS technical checks and try to get you to purchase a support contract. Check out this video so you know what to expect. 4. Ignore Pop-Ups That Have Anything To Do With Security or Viruses:These are difficult if you are actually running anti-virus software, because they pop up and fool you into thinking your AV software has found something. For a start, ignore anything originating from your browser – which you can check by completely closing it down. As a general rule of thumb, ignore any and all security related messages if you didn’t initiate them youself – by clicking on your AV software’s SCAN button, for example. If you get a message from an AV app on windows you never installed, it’s likely you’ve already been infected.
5. Avoid Public Torrent Sites Like The Plague:Most public torrent sites are teething with malware and fake torrents. I don’t care what you download, but make sure you do it from a private tracker. They’re a few exceptions to the rule, some of which we’ve covered in the best new torrent sites. torrentbutler.eu - because if the film is here, it’s been checked already.
Private trackers are only open to members, so it’s sometimes hard to find some that are accepting new registrations. We wrote before about how to find trackers that are open. Be warned though, private trackers don’t take kindly to leeching, and if your ratio drops you can get banned.
6. Fake Torrents That Need a Specific Video Player:If you’ve ignored my advice and downloaded some movie from a public torrent site, there’s a very good chance it’s a fake. These are difficult to detect because the file is usually padded to be about the right size, but upon playing them you’ll see a message that you need to download a new video player because it’s encoded specially or words to that effect. Don’t download movies from public sites, and use VLC player to check a file. VLC player has every codec under the sun built-in, so if it doesn’t play correctly in that, it’s not a real movie.
7. Don’t Open Anything Forwarded To You:While you can be as careful as you like, your friends might not. If you have the kind of friends who forward you fun little flash games packaged up in .exe files, or anything other than a simple picture, just delete them. 8. Don’t search for common utilities in Google:We covered this a little while ago – the worrying trend of malware ridden sites ranking highly in Google for various common utilities. Thinking you are downloading the best video player around, you actually get a virus infected copy instead from a dodgy third-party site. The solution – Have no fear, we have an extensive list of the BEST software for Windows (and now Linux, with Mac OSx one in the works – not that osx or linux users need to worry about viruses…) with verified links that you can trust. If you’re unsure of a particular app – where to download it officially or if it’s worth it – you can always ask around on our helpful tech questions community. 9. Create a non-admin account for general use and family members:If you allow yourself and members of your family to use the administration account, you are asking for trouble. Creating a limited privileges user account protects you somewhat by preventing anything run by that user (malicious or not) from doing any permanent damage. You can find out more about user accounts and everything else Windows 7 related in our fantastic free ebook. The internet can be a dangerous place, but not if you follow these simple rules. Got some other useful tips? Do share, please! Let’s put an end to the madness of anti-virus now! Hey Facebookers, make sure to join MakeUseOf on Facebook and get access to some exclusve stuff. Over 105,000 fans already! Read comments: Loved it? Hated it? Join discussion here ...
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In 20 odd years of using computers, I can safely say that I’ve never been a victim of any computer virus, and yet I’ve also never run anti-virus software. It’s a curious fact that the people who are most worried about viruses get them more often. With a little basic training you can completely avoid the problem of viruses and malware, so you can calm down and enjoy the internet!
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