Multiple Computers, One Keyboard: Quicksynergy Makes Sharing Simple

Stop jumping from one keyboard and mouse combination to another every time you switch computers. Control multiple computers using just one set – without the need for extra hardware. QuickSynergy for Linux and Mac, working with Synergy for Windows, means there’s no combination of systems that can’t be controlled this quickly and easily. If there’s more than one computer on your desk then you need to check this out. Multiple monitors are intuitive – you move your mouse from one screen to another and simply continue controlling. But what if your desk has multiple computers on it? Can you move...

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The New York Times Joins The IFTTT Crowd [Updates]

It seems these days as if you’re not getting anywhere unless you have a channel on the automation juggernaut known as IFTTT (If This Then That). In the past, we have highlighted lots of other companies who have allowed us to automate their service using IFTTT (the most recent one being Gmail attachments). But now the newspaper giant The New York Times has jumped right in with both feet with their own IFTTT channel, enabling you to have various stories and features from the NYT sent to you automatically. For those who love to read the news, this one could...

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How to Avoid Embarrassing Yourself on Social Media

If you’ve never ever embarrassed yourself on a social network, stand up now. No, I mean it, stand up, and leave your computer, because you don’t need to read this. You probably don’t use social networks anyhow, so why would you need tips on how to avoid embarrassing yourself on them? Alright, it’s definitely possible that you’ve been extra careful, but even the most perfect of us makes the occasional typo, and when that happens in the one tweet you’ve sent in the past month, it gets kind of awkward. Typos are not the only way you can inadvertently embarrass...

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How To Increase VirtualBox Disk Size

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Oracle VM VirtualBox is one of the best and widely used free virtualization software. While there are a couple of virtual machine software around and some of them even offer a few features that aren’t available in VirtualBox, this free virtualization software from Oracle is beats it competitors when it comes to overall performance, stability, [...]

Test Your Music Knowledge With The Mr. Quizter Spotify App

As much as it’s important to keep your body fit and healthy by watching what you eat and drink and taking regular exercise, it’s also important to keep your brain fit and healthy. This can be achieved in several small ways, including taking the time to de-stress once in a while and (conversely) exercising the ol’ gray matter with brainteasers and puzzles. I regularly attend pub quizzes. Not only do these make sure I’m putting my brain to the test on a regular basis, the socializing is good for my sanity, and there’s beer available literally on tap. Unfortunately I...

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Chrome's Redesigned Navigation Error Pages

Chrome's navigation error pages have a new look: a simplified design optimized for mobile, with bigger text and less information.

They usually show up if a site is down or the web address doesn't exist. "Google Chrome can show suggestions for the page you were trying to reach, if it is unable to connect to the web address. Instead of a cryptic error message, you'll see suggestions to navigate to other parts of the website or to search for the page with Google. Often the webpage can't be found because it's temporarily down. To check if this is the issue, try opening the page in other browsers, such as Firefox or Internet Explorer," suggests Google.



Chrome's error pages are powered by a web service, so that's the reason why the new design is available in old Chrome releases, in Chrome's mobile apps and more. Here's an example: http://linkhelp.clients.google.com/tbproxy/lh/fixurl?sourceid=chrome&url=www.gogle.com.

{ Thanks, Michael. }

How To Restore Windows 8.1 Backup Image

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In one of our earlier posts, we talked about creating system backup image in Windows 8.1 using the Command Prompt. If you have previously created an backup image of your Windows 8.1 drive and would like to restore the image now, you can follow the given below instructions to successfully restore the backup image. Things [...]

Launch the Google+ Photos App in Chrome

Initially launched just for the Chromebook Pixel, the Google+ Photos packaged app also worked on other Chromebooks. The app's description suggested that you'll be able to use in Windows, Mac OS and regular Linux distributions, not just in Chrome OS.



If you've already installed the app in Chrome, now you can run it: just click the Google+ Photos icon from the new tab page or the app launcher and then click "run anyway". Until now, the "run anyway" button wasn't available.

Here's the Google+ Photos app in Windows 8:

Unfortunately, the app's page from the Chrome Web Store is no longer available, so this only works if you already have the app. For example, if you've installed the app on a Chromebook and you use Chrome Sync, then it should also be installed on your other computers that run Chrome.

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Looking For Feedback For Your Fiction? Check Out These 4 Websites

The number one rule when writing fiction is that most of the writing happens in the rewrite. Once you’ve typed out that monstrous first draft, you’re going to want a fresh set of eyes (or several fresh sets of eyes) to look over your work and give you feedback. After all, you can’t fix something if you don’t know what’s wrong with it and this applies whether you’re writing novels or screenplays. One way to go about it is to hire a freelance editor but they can cost you a pretty penny — upwards of hundreds, if not thousands, of...

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4 Ways To Bulletproof Windows XP Forever

Windows XP is slated to be exterminated for good by Microsoft in April of 2014. It is the last stage of a multi-year effort to kill off the operating system. Microsoft previously cut support for any system running SP2, driving a massive effort across corporations to ensure their systems were all up to SP3. As of April of 2014, even that will no longer be supported with patch updates by Microsoft. We certainly fell in love with XP here at MakeUseOf, just like everyone else. Even on my recent article on the Windows XP virtual machine, readers were commenting about...

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4 Ways To Bulletproof Windows XP Forever

Windows XP is slated to be exterminated for good by Microsoft in April of 2014. It is the last stage of a multi-year effort to kill off the operating system. Microsoft previously cut support for any system running SP2, driving a massive effort across corporations to ensure their systems were all up to SP3. As of April of 2014, even that will no longer be supported with patch updates by Microsoft. We certainly fell in love with XP here at MakeUseOf, just like everyone else. Even on my recent article on the Windows XP virtual machine, readers were commenting about...

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Sismics Reader: A Simple Local Alternative To Google Reader

You are most likely aware by now that Google Reader is dead. You may have moved on to Feedly, like many of our readers, or one of the other great Google Reader alternatives. But what happens if your chosen service decides to call it quits? Or what happens if their servers go down? The only 100% reliable way to not have your hopes and dreams crushed by another RSS service is to host your own. That’s where Sismics Reader comes in. Sismics Reader is an open source, free alternative to Google Reader that allows you to host the service on...

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Sismics Reader: A Simple Local Alternative To Google Reader

You are most likely aware by now that Google Reader is dead. You may have moved on to Feedly, like many of our readers, or one of the other great Google Reader alternatives. But what happens if your chosen service decides to call it quits? Or what happens if their servers go down? The only 100% reliable way to not have your hopes and dreams crushed by another RSS service is to host your own. That’s where Sismics Reader comes in. Sismics Reader is an open source, free alternative to Google Reader that allows you to host the service on...

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Internet Censorship In The UK – Why It Won’t Work

I’m not a parent. I’ve not had the experience of creating a tiny version of myself and bringing it into the world. I’ve never experienced what it’s like to take responsibility for a tiny, innocent baby and then bring them up as best you know how. But the fundamental concept of parenthood isn’t lost on me. You have a child, and you love it and you keep it from harm with the aim of creating a happy, productive adult. It is for this reason why I can understand the motives behind David ‘webcameron‘ Cameron’s proposed mandatory, ISP level filtering of...

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How To Create System Image Backup In Windows 8.1

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Image Backup is one of the features first introduced with Windows Vista to help users easily create image backup of drives without the help of third-party tools. In simple words, a system image backup includes all drives and files required for Windows to boot and run. Generally, Windows users create a system image backup after [...]

Aero Glass For Windows 8 Setup Helps You Easily Install And Configure Aero Glass

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If you are a Windows 8 user and ever attempted to enable Aero glass transparency in Windows 8, you probably have come across a free software called Aero Glass for Windows 8 by Big Muscle. While there are a couple software around for the same job, Aero Glass for Windows 8 adds Windows7-style native Aero [...]

Fix: Start Text Appears On Taskbar After Uninstalling ViStart

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On Friday of last week, we published a guide on how to make Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 look like Windows 7 again. The guide is useful for those who aren’t happy with the new design of Windows 8 and 8.1, and provides detailed instructions on getting back the look and feel of Windows 7 [...]

PirateBrowser: A new browser by Pirate Bay to Bypass Censorship

Are you annoying with awful censorship rules in your countries or not able to access torrents sites then PirateBrowser is only for you.

The Pirate Bay launches a new web browser called PirateBrowser on its 10th anniversary eve. This browser helps internet users to bypass any ISP blocked website in certain countries such as Iran, North Korea, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy etc.

It’s a simple one-click browser that circumvents censorship and blockades and makes the site instantly available and accessible. No bundled ad-ware, toolbars or other crap, just a Pre-configured Firefox browser.

The PirateBrowser based on the Firefox 23 Portable browser with Tor client and some custom settings.

This browser is intended just to circumvent censorship — to remove limits on accessing websites your government doesn’t want you to know about.

Download PirateBrowser from here

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Google Translate's Safe Mode

Google Translate has a new feature called Safe Mode, but it's not clear what it does. It's only for page translation and Google shows the following message: "Translated in Safe Mode. This may cause problems with some websites, especially those that use plugins like Flash. Click here to disable Safe Mode".

Google uses the "sandbox" parameter to enable the Safe Mode, so you can try it by adding "&sandbox=1" to any Google Translate URL. Here's an example for El Pais, a Spanish news site. When using the Safe Mode, the site redirects to the US version, but that doesn't happen when using the regular mode if you're not in the US.



Maybe the Safe Mode is related to this security issue.

YouTube Tests Unified Settings Control

YouTube tests a new version of the video player with a unified control for annotations, size, video quality and more.

I don't think it's a good idea to combine these settings because they become more difficult to find. Some player buttons show up only if they're useful (for example, the annotation button) and they let you disable feature with a single click. The unified control requires more clicks and doesn't show useful information at a glance.



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