How To Quickly See Available Keyboard Shortcuts On Windows Desktop
Windows keyboard shortcuts may relieve you from not having to ever touch your mouse, which could accelerate things quite a bit. But when you combine custom program shortcuts in Windows, plus the native shortcuts in, say, Firefox and other applications, it’s very easy to just forget all the combinations that you created.
In fact, one of our readers in the MakeUseOf Answers community pondered whether the dream of a centralized shortcut manager existed. ActiveHotkeys and Qliner both aim to provide interfaces to view enabled shortcuts, but may not contain information about the shortcut actions or native keyboard combinations from all programs.
Celebrating TriDefense’s 1st Birthday [MakeUseOf Giveaway]
Today is a very special day for TriDefense because one year ago, on July 12, 2010, TriDefense v1.0 was launched! Since then, it has gone head to head with the best tower defence games available on the App Store. And with great pleasure, MakeUseOf is celebrating this glorious occasion with a giveaway.
This week, we will be handing out 25 App Store promo codes for TriDefense to celebrate this significant milestone in mobile gaming. If you’ve played the free version [iTunes link], you’ll definitely want to get your hands on the full version.
Cool Websites and Tools [July 11th]
Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For more cool websites and web app reviews subscribe to MakeUseOf Directory.
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Latest Hilarious Picks [MakeUseOf Geeky Fun]
Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf Geeky Fun during the last week.
- Cool Homemade iPad Stand (Pic)
- If Games Had Super Easy Mode (Video)
- Google Icon Revealed (Pic)
- New iPhone 5: Reception Problems Solved Once And For All (Pic)
- Adobe Photoshop Day Cream (Pic)
- A Guide To NSFW Content Online (Pic)
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Do You Prefer The iPhone or Android? [MakeUseOf Poll]
In the last poll, we asked you “How many monitors do you have in your setup?” and now we’re ready to share the results.
It seems 40% of readers use two monitors – by far the most favoured response. Second most preferred set-up is for one monitor only, coming in at 27% of votes. Laptop users with an external monitor was next on the list and accounted for 15% of responses. A surprising amount of voters have a three monitor set-up, while a small but not insignificant number of you use four monitors. What’s really surprising is that there are more of you using six (or more) monitors than there are people using five. I’m intrigued – Please tell us what you’re doing with them all!
Today’s poll after the jump.
Paragon System Backup 2010 Giveaway Winners
You can never be “too safe” when it comes to backing up your data. Data loss is a serious and substantial problem.
So when Paragon Software wanted to run a giveaway for System Backup 2010, we grabbed at the chance to provide our readers with a truly simple way to back up their digital life.
Here are the 50 lucky winners who will win a copy.
Hot Tech Deals [July 11th]
If you’re in the market for a new computer, laptop, mobile phone, games and other accessories; don’t waste your time searching online. We’ve taken the liberty of locating the best tech deals and unifying them into a single post for your convenience.
For more fresh hot deals, visit our Hot Tech Deals page, which is constantly updated.
- Toshiba Satellite Intel Dual Core 2.2GHz 17″ LED Laptop for $498 + free shipping
- Apple cuts prices on refurbished Apple Mac mini Desktops by up to $100
- Dell Vostro v13 Celeron M 1.3GHz 13″ Laptop for $449 + $8 s&h
- 7 refurbished Apple iMac Desktops: 20″ for $849 + free shipping, more
- Sony BRAVIA EX400 46″ 1080p LCD HDTV for $600 + free shipping
- Samsung 27″ 1080p Widescreen LCD HDTV Display for $286 + $10 s&h
- Refurbished Sony Walkman 8GB MP3 Player w/FM Tuner for $45 + free shipping
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10 Free MP3 Albums To Download [Sound Sunday]
Friends of music, I welcome you to Sound Sunday! I hope you had a pleasant week with last week’s selection. Once again the time has come to update your mp3 player.
This week’s mix carries us across genres again. Starting with ambient rock from Jets Overhead, via Electronica from Moachin and Christian pop from Bryan Brown, we land at hip hop from Childish Gambino, better known as NBC’s Donald Glover.
Enjoy the ride!
4 Google Chrome Extensions To Improve Your Gmail Interface
Gmail is the most favored email address of nerds and computer experts. Although Gmail is an amazing service, it still has it’s quirks. And besides, there are a couple of features that you really don’t need, or have been wanting them to add for years.
Although these services aren’t usually hand-tailored, you can make them your own, and customize them with userscripts or by using browser add-ons.
Below are four of the best Google Chrome extensions, to better your Gmail experience!