Funny, Silly and Weird Android apps

1. Crack Your Screen

This app puts a crack on your screen so you can prank your friends. To use it, just shake your phone and your screen is cracked. Shake it again to repair it.

2. Pimple Popper

If you enjoy pricking or squeezing your pimple then I’m sure you’ll enjoy this one but for me, this game is quite awful.

3. Paper Racing

The goal of the game is to finish dragging off a roll of toilet paper in as fast as you can. The concept is really shallow but in fairness, the game is pretty fun to play when you’re really really really bored.

4. Brush Your Teeth

This app will teach your kid the right way to brush their teeth and will show them the effect of drinking softdrinks and eating chocolates  on their teeth.

5. Finger Slayer

This game is entertaining and exciting at first but gets really boring just after 5 minutes of playing.

6. 1poo3

Mad at someone? This app can make you feel better by throwing poo to your enemies’ faces.

7. Slap The Baboon

Who wants to slap the Baboon’s butt? Anyone?

8. Hair Plucker

From the same creator of the awful and silly Pimple Popper, here is another silly app, Hair Plucker.

9. Power Puker

Just look at the screenshots below so you would know why it became part of the list.

10. Fart Sound Board

Never heard of a fart? This fart machine app will create different funny and weird fart sounds for you. Sounds stupid but it’s fun to use when you’re with friends.

Do you know other funny, silly, and weird apps that should be part of the list above? Let me know in the comments below.

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Because of its popularity, there has been an increase in the number of websites and platforms which allow Instagram users to do more things with their photos. Check out these wonderful and creative tools for your Instagram photos.

Instagram Wonderful and Creative Ideas

1. Casetagram

Casetagram makes iPhone cases from your Instagram photos. Just visit the site, connect with Instagram, select your pictures, create your own design with their template then Casetagram will print it and ship it to your doorstep.

Cost: $34.95 with free shipping worldwide

2. Stitchtagram

Stitchtagram turns your Instagram photos into soft, handmade throw pillows. You can choose from your friends’ photos or your own ones, use their template tool to design your pillow, and then they’ll do the rest.

Now you don’t just see your beloved Instagram photos online but also hug it when you sleep!

Cost: $49.00

3. Wallgram

Wallgram is a free service that lets you create collages of your Instagram photos (or your friends’) and turn them into wallpapers for your iPhone, iPad, computer, or even print it as a poster.

Cost: free

Image source: iPhoneography

4. Instapuzzle

Instapuzzle is an addicting 3D puzzle social game built on top of the most popular photo sharing app, Instagram. It converts Instagram photos into jigsaw puzzle games and users compete with each other based on the time they used to solve the puzzle.

You can save the jigsaw images to the album, send by email, upload to Facebook, or share on Twitter.

Cost: $1.99

5. Instamory

Instamory is a fun game for iPad that lets you enhance your memory by memorizing and collecting matching Instagram photos. Since Instagram has a huge database, this game never gets old. You can choose to play with your own Instagram collections or just search by tags. The game has easy, medium, and hard playing modes, with each mode featuring a different amount of cards.

Cost: $1.99

6. Postagram

Postagram lets you send high-quality postcards from your Instagram photos to your friends and family, anywhere, anytime! Just download the Postagram app from the iPhone App Store or Android Market, and create your own customized Postagram postcards right from the app itself.

Cost: $0.99

7. StickyGram

SitckyGram is a cool service that turns your Instagram photos into little magnets that you can place on your ref or everywhere you want. Just visit the site, sign in with Instagram, select your pics and create your pack. Then just sit back, relax, and wait for your magnet packs delivered to your door.

Cost: $14.99 per pack of 9 plus free shipping worldwide.

8. Instarium

Instarium is a cool screensaver for PC and Mac that shows the most popular photos on Instagram.

Cost: free

9. ArtStickers

ArtStickers turns your lovely Instagram photos into high-quality vinyl stickers in size 10x10cm (4×4 inches), which you can stick on your laptop, walls, face, or everywhere you want! Just visit the site, login with your Instagram account, and use their template to create your very own customized stickers.

Cost: $20.86 for 10 stickers, $41.86 for 25 stickers, $62.86 for 50 stickers

10. Blurb

Blurb is definitely one of my top picks. It turns your Instagram photos into awesome-looking Photo Books. They automatically enhance the image resolution for printability and your book is made in just a few clicks.

Cost: $10.95 for a 20-page, 7×7 format, softcover book.

11. Keepsy

Keepsy turns your Instagram photos into a personalized calendar. They also create albums just like Blurb.

Cost: $19.95

Also see: Calendagram

12. InstaShirt

InstaShirt lets you quickly and easily design mosaic from your Instagram photos and print them on a shirt.

Cost: varies on the design of the shirt

13. Pummelvision

Pummelvision creates a music video from your Instagram photos. It also works with other services such as Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr, etc. Below is a sample video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Ecai24Mgc

Cost: free

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As years passed by, Google Doodles have evolved from plain images to animated doodles which makes “Googling” more fun and entertaining. Here’s a great list of some of the best animated Google Doodles and the all-time favorites!

Best Google Doodle Animations

1. Jim Henson’s 75th Birthday

2. Lucille Ball’s 100th Birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idn9UOMhPbE

3. Jules Verne’s 187th Birthday

4. Les Paul’s 96th Birthday

5. 160th Anniversary of the First World’s Fair

6. 51st Anniversary of the Human Spaceflight

7. Google Instant – Particle Logo

8. Robert Bunsen’s 200th Birthday

9. Earth Day 2011

10. Charlie Chaplin’s 122nd Birthday

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NGSU2PM9dA

11. Alexander Calder’s 113th Birthday

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqeGvECBEOs

12. Thomas Edison’s Birthday

13. Pacman’s 30th Anniversary Doodle

14. Nam June Paik’s Birthday

15. Independence Day 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkUmkBjy1ic

Top 3 All-time Favorite Google Doodle Animations

3. Freddie Mercury’s 65th Birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX2BQM0D01M

2. John Lennon’s 70th Birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYHCeUfoAnw

1. Martha Graham’s 117th Birthday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsbI1GE4DGA

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Android is one of the most popular and widely-used operating systems available for today’s mobile phones. It’s incredibly popular not just for its mobile broadband capabilities, but for the many apps that are currently available and for those that are constantly in development. Some of the most popular apps for Android and other mobile devices are photography apps. In fact, many cell phones are advertised and sold for their ability to take and share photos, effectively adding “camera” to the long list of what mobile devices have become beyond mere telephones. There are countless photography apps available for Android devices, but here are 15 of the best.

Best Photography Apps for Android:

1. PicSay Pro

PicSay Pro is an award-winning photo editing app that is easy to use and has more editing tools than practically every other app on the market. It is definitely one of the best out there. Cost: $4.27; has a free version.

2. Camera Fun Pro

Camera Fun Pro is a fun app that allows users to take a photo of a person’s face and turn it into a “pencil sketch” that can be edited and distorted for all kinds of amusing effects. Cost: $0.99; has a free version.

3. Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe Photoshop is very well-known to most people with at least a passing familiarity with image editing computer software, and the Adobe Photoshop Express remains one of the best photo editing apps available for Android phones. Users can even use this app to access their photoshop.com accounts directly from their mobile broadband devices. Cost: free.

4. Fast Burst Camera

For those who want to take several shots per second on their phones, there’s the Fast Burst Camera app. This allows users to take five to ten photos per second, a feature that was previously only available on expensive digital cameras. Cost: $3.63; has a free version.

5. Camera Zoom FX

Cell phone cameras are often said to be on the low end of the digital camera spectrum, but with Camera Zoom FX users can add thousands of effects to their photos and turn their phones into advanced full-featured cameras. Cost: $4.86.

6. PhotoWonder

PhotoWonder allows you to create cool collages, add amazing effects to your pictures like LOMO, Blue Tone, Sketch, and a lot more! It also lets you add stickers and frames, smoothen skin or enlarge eyes, add texts and other decorations to make your pictures look stunningly beautiful! Cost: free.

7. Vignette

This app provides a range of photo editing tools along with some nice frame effects. It’s easy to use, but the number of possible effects makes it well worth the download. Cost: $4.05; has a free version.

8. Paper Camera

Paper Camera lets you view camera effects in real time. That’s actually the reason why I love this app because what you see in the screen is exactly what you get! No need to edit the photos and apply effects! Just press the camera button and tada, you already have your very own cartoonized picture! Cost: $1.49. See the full review here.

9. PhotoFunia

PhotoFunia is a fun app that will enable users to put their faces onto different scenes and images such as billboards, postage stamps and even the Mona Lisa. There are currently over 150 different scenes available for users to edit and play with. Cost: free.

10. Retro Camera

Retro Camera allows users to add some old-fashioned effects to their photos. Modern digital images can be turned into classic black-and-white or sepia-toned images and add effects such as film scratches and vintage vignetting to create a cool “aged” effect. Cost: free.

11. Fatbooth

This app is just for fun. Users who want to know how someone would look if they were ten pounds heavier can distort faces to make them look like they’ve put on weight. The effect is surprisingly accurate and good for a laugh. Cost: free. See the full review here.

12. Little Photo

Little Photo allows users to touch up their photos with over 50 effects and tools, with more to be added in the future. Cost: free.

13. Color Touch Effects

Color Touch Effects lets you recolor images and apply cool effects to them. It will turn the photos to gray and you can bring back the original color with your fingers. This is a great app if you want to add drama to your picture. Cost: free.

14. Camera360

The Camera360 is a fun photo styling app that has many photo editing features including LOMO, retro effects, a night enhancement mode and dreamlike effects. It also has a unique Tilt-shift Mode that allows photos to be edited from various different angles.

15. PicPlz

PicPlz deserves a mention if only for its simplicity and efficiency. Users can take photos with numerous filters, edit them with incredible ease and upload them to a Dropbox account. It’s perfect for those who just want a simple photography app. Cost: free.

About the author: Spencer Hogg is a writer from the mobile broadband comparison site, Broadband Expert.

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Threats from external sources have created a need for everyone with internet access to use an encryption tool to secure all information that resides on servers and computers. Large corporations have always used extensive measures to protect their computer networks from viruses and attempts to hack into databases, but many smaller businesses and private users usually ignore threats until an identity is stolen or a network is compromised. Information contained in every spreadsheet or report is the responsibility of the company to protect, and lawsuits can be filed if someone is able to steal that information.

Consider installing one of these top five encryption tools on every computer and server to protect valuable information from external threats. Each of these programs is meant to be installed on every computer. Encryption processes take place in the background without intervention from the user. Every private computer user would be wise to select one of these programs and install the software on computers in the office or at home to prevent outside invasion and theft of personal information.

1. Pretty Good Privacy – (PGP)

• Recently purchased by Symantec Corporation
• Known throughout many industries as the standard in data encryption used to protect sensitive information on removable and permanent data storage devices containing information stored in spreadsheets, word processing documents, email, instant messages, and any other form residing on the media.
• Considered the easiest and most comprehensive software program in nearly every application from the smallest home office to multinational organizations that must protect employees and citizens from foreign investigations into private information.
• Method: Public Key Encryption
• Price: $239 for full version (required in certain applications)
• OS: Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux

2. Stunnel

• Program designed to allow a network to encrypt inbound arbitrary TCP connections that reside inside the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
• Requires an SSL library, such as OpenSLL, to perform correctly.
• Complex encryption protection of information throughout the network is available after proper setup procedures have been implemented. Transparent to every user and impenetrable to threats from external threats.
• Method: Universal SSL Wrapper
• Price: Free (requires open source code)

3. TrueCrypt

• Encryption solution based on open source implementation written and provided by the True Crypt Foundation.
• Provides varying level of encryption based on the need of the software program used.
• Localized encryption is used for Microsoft programs since drive encryption is not possible when working inside these programs.
• Rated as extremely easy to use and effective in on-the-fly use that enables the user to access any file without extra steps to remove the encryption prior to editing the file.
• Method: Creates a virtual encrypted disk
• Price: Free
• OS: Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux

4. Kruptos 2.0 Professional

• Menu driven with drag and drop option for easy use for each file. Nested files within each directory are treated as individual files.
• Invoked one file at a time for easy control and retrieval of all encrypted files.
• Allows easy editing of encrypted files and re-encrypts the file when it is closed after use.
• Easily integrates with Windows for easy use without attention to actively encrypting and removing encryption through extra steps. All functions are available through the menus.
• Method: Algorithm used for encryption is Blowfish 128-bit
• Price: $14.99 for full version (offers 30-day free trial)
• OS: Windows only

5. Folder Lock

• Provides the option to simply lock folders from external view or apply the encryption algorithm. Whenever the program is opened, the master password must be entered by the user. When external penetration is attempted, the computer can be set to shut down.
• Offers a “stealth” mode to hide the existence of the program on the computer.
• Encryption file size is limited to 25 MB in the free version.
• Method: Blowfish 256-bit encryption algorithm
• Price: Free trial version, $39.95 for full version
• OS: Windows only

The most powerful encryption programs used to protect information that resides on computers are free of charge. When evaluating the best program to protect the information on your computers, look closely at the level of encryption the program provides and the ease of use. Price is not an indicator of the power of the product in this particular segment of the software industry. Repetitive use of the program will build confidence in the software options. External attempts to penetrate the network security can be viewed easily through the statistics options in each of the programs.

Also see: How to password-protect Excel/PowerPoint/Word Documents

About the author: James works at Office Kitten, one of the UK’s top suppliers of business equipment.

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If you are looking for a cheaper or free solution to the Microsoft Office Suite, then perhaps this list of seven cheaper alternative office productivity tools can help you. All of these alternatives feature a number of different features that make each product nearly identical to the Microsoft Office Suite. Many of the products described below feature word document programs, spreadsheet programs, presentation programs, and even graphics programs. While some of the products listed below will come at a very small and affordable price, there are also open source office suite programs that allow you to take advantage of free office features.

1. Open Office

Open Office is an open source version of Microsoft Office. It supports different computer operating systems such as Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and Solaris. Many people use it for all of their office needs including spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, presentations, and database needs. Open Office is also considered as one of the best alternatives to the Microsoft Office Suite.

2. Word Perfect Office

Word Perfect Office is a program that only works on the Windows operating system. It has several different editions that are available for download. Each edition caters to specific needs. For example, there is the professional edition, the standard edition, the home edition, and the student edition. Word Perfect Office is not an open source program. In order to take advantage of Word Perfect, one will have to pay for the download. The professional edition offers an office productivity package that works great for business environments. This package costs $349.99 for a full download and $229.99 for an upgrade.

3. Google Docs

Google Docs is an Internet based program. This means that you do not need to download anything in order to use this office suite. In addition, it is a free office suite program. It includes a word processor, a presentation program, a spreadsheet program, and a form application program. As the name implies, Google Docs has been created and distributed by Google. The program allows all users to edit and create documents online. The interesting feature about Google Docs is the fact that while creating documents users may collaborate with other Google Docs users in real time. Google Docs is a simple and easy to use program that anyone who has a Google account may use*.

* You can also try Google Docs even without a Google account by trying its demo version.

4. Oracle Office

Oracle Office is an office suite program that works on the Windows, Linux, Solaris, and the Mac OS X operating systems. It offers a productive software package that has been developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Oracle Office offers a number of different features that make it similar to the Microsoft Office Suite package. This includes spreadsheet programs, presentation programs, integrated word processing software, database capabilities, and drawing software. In addition, the Oracle Office Suite owner may be able to edit, save, and open Microsoft Office files. Oracle Office currently costs ninety dollars ($90) for the Enterprise Edition.

5. IBM Lotus Symphony

IBM Lotus Symphony is an office suite that works on the Windows, Linux, and the Mac OS X operating systems. It features free office suite software including spreadsheet, word processing, and presentation programs.

6. iWork

iWork is an office suite program that only works on the Mac OS X operating system. The program includes spreadsheet, word processing, and presentation programs. iWork users can also take advantage of www.iWork.com to share their documents with anyone. One can try iWork free for thirty days. However, the professional edition costs around eighty dollars ($80).

* iWork was developed by the Apple Company.

7. Zoho Office Suite

Zoho is an Internet based office suite that was developed by the Zoho Corporation. It features spreadsheets, presentations, word processing, note taking, databases, invoicing, project management, chart, planners, and CRM applications. In order to take advantage of the entry level Zoho Office Suite, you do not need to pay anything. You only need to sign up for a Zoho account. However, if you wish to take advantage of other features, you may need to pay anything between five dollars ($5) and one hundred dollars ($100).

* Know more about Zoho Writer.

About the author: John works for OfficeKitten.co.uk where he reviews office stationery supplies, hardware and furniture for businesses.

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Today, I’m going to show you the add-ons that really standout for me and that I can truly say, give me the best browsing experience.

1. QuickDrag – my most favorite add-on.

Eveything becomes so easy after installing QuickDrag. If you want to load URLs, just drag and drop it; if you want to do a web search of selected text on a page, just drag and drop it; if you want to save an image from a webpage, just drag and drop it. No hassle at all and it really saves your time!

2. AdBlock Plus

Do you hate the ads that you see on the web? Check out this add-on so you can regain control of the internet and view the web the way you want to.

3. Download Statusbar

Are you annoyed every time you download something and then the download window will popup? Now, there’s a better way to view and manage downloads straight from you status bar.

Download Statusbar is a handy dandy add-on that lets you view your downloads from a tidy status bar – without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.

4. Greasemonkey

This add-on lets you boost your web experience by installing some JavaScripts. There are a lot of scripts available and you can find them at http://userscripts.org.

5. Menu Editor

This add-on lets you clean up your messy menu. It allows you to remove those options on your context menu that you don’t use often or you don’t need at all. You can also rearrange the items on your menu via drag and drop.

6. SiteLauncher

This add-on lets you quickly visit your favorite websites using only your keyboard.

7. SkipScreen

This add-on is a great tool that allows you to skip unnecessary pages on sites like RapidShare, Megaupload, zShare, Mediafire, and more.

8. WebMail Notifier

This add-on lets you check your webmail accounts and notifies the number of unread emails. Aside from your email accounts, it also supports Facebook, Twitter, and more by installing some scripts.

9. Spedr

I know that there are a lot of URL shortener add-ons out there but what I like most about Spedr is its simplicity. To shorten a long URL, all you have to do is just click its lightning icon in your address bar and once the icon turns yellow, it’s done already! It also copies the shortened URL to your clipboard automatically.

10. Organize Status Bar

If you’re using a lot of add-ons, I’m sure you’ll notice that your status bar begins to be filled up with tons of icons. Good thing there is Organize Status Bar which can help you clean and organize your messy status bar.

11. Google Shortcuts

Since I’m a big fan of Google, this add-on is very essential for me because it lets me visit any Google services like Gmail, Google reader, Google maps, Google calendar, and many more in a single click from my browser.

12. IE Tab Plus

This add-on enables you to use the embedded IE engine within tabs of Mozilla Firefox. It is not only useful for web developers but also for the normal users like us since there are some sites that only work properly when viewed in Internet Explorer like the Windows Update site, and etc.

13. Simple Timer + Clocks

This is a very important add-on for me because I always want to check the time whenever I’m using my netbook. Aside from the clock, it also offers count down/up, alarm clock, and calendar reminders.

14. Shareaholic

Since I’m an internet addict, every day I get to visit websites and articles that really “Wow” me and really caught my attention that’s why it’s very essential for me to have Shareaholic by my side that allows me to share interesting links to my Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and other accounts easily.

15. UsableHomeButton

How often do you use the Home button of your browser? Once? Twice? Thrice a week? If you find the Home button useless, it’s time you check out UsableHomeButton, an add-on that makes the Home button usable by linking it to the homepage of the current site.

16. FEBE

This add-on lets you back up your extensions, themes, bookmarks, preferences, passwords, cookies and just about everything else Firefox offers. (It’s always important to have a backup, right?)

That’s it! Actually, I still have some add-ons that I didn’t mention above like Alexa Sparky, Hide Caption, Fission, and Search Site but why I didn’t include them on the list? Because I can use Firefox without them, but those that are listed above, I can not.

How about you guys? What are your most favorite Firefox add-ons and why? Are you also using some of the add-ons that I’m using? Share your thoughts below at the comment box.

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Since the days of floppies and dialup modems, file compression has been a vital piece of the computer landscape. Now, even with broadband, DVDs, and terabyte drives, file compression is still important to conserve space, group files together, and get attachments past firewalls.

Here are the 7 best file compression tools available today that will add power and simplicity to your life.

1. 7 Zip is a free utility for Windows and Linux that has its own, powerful 7z compression format, but compresses and uncompresses 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR files. This convenient compression tool will also uncompress files in the ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z formats.

2. Universal Extractor is a popular Windows compression tool because it integrates nicely with Windows Explorer. This free utility will open compressed files for viewing and extraction as well as other file types such as executables and database files. Universal Extractor detects the type of file you want to open; you can open files even if they have no extension, so extracting files is always fast and easy. Universal Extractor extracts files: it does not have the ability to create compressed files.

3. PeaZip is an open source compression tool that will extract and create compressed files such as 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ACE, ARJ, BZ2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LHA/LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP. You can download versions of PeaZip that run on either Windows or Linux for free.

4. KGB Archiver has one of the highest compression ratios available when it uses its own PAQ7 algorithm. In fact, with KGB, you can shrink files to less than one-fifth of their size This program works with KGB and Zip files, so you’ll use it more to compress than to decompress. KGB Archiver also integrates with Universal Extractor and incorporates the option to use AES-256 encryption for files you create. Version two of KGB Archiver is now in beta and is available for Windows only. The current release of KGB (1.x) runs with Windows, Linux, or Macintosh. This is a free utility.

5. TUGZip is a robust compression tool that supports scripting and other powerful options. File archives in P, 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, BH, BZ2, CAB, CPIO, DEB, GCA, GZ, IMP, JAR, LHA (LZH), LIB, RAR, RPM, SQX, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TAZ, YZ1 and ZOO formats are all opened in TUBGZip and disk images in BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG formats can also be opened. TUGZip will create 7-ZIP, BH, BZ2, CAB, JAR, LHA (LZH), SQX, TAR, TGZ, YZ1 and ZIP files. This program integrates well with Windows shell and enables powerful browsing and drag and drop functionality as well as several encryption formats. TUGZip is free and runs only in Windows.

6. WinRAR is a shareware file compression tool for which you must pay if you use it beyond the trial period. WinRAR supports encryption, and handles all the most common file formats. You can download WinRAR for use with Windows, Macintosh, Pocket PC, Linux, Linux 64, FreeBSD, and MS-DOS. You can purchase WinRAR for $29 for a single user license, with options with a declining pricing scale for additional users.

7. The Unarchiver is designed to be a replacement for the default Mac OS X file archive handler. This is free software that runs on Macintosh. It handles files in Zip, Tar-GZip, Tar-BZip2, RAR, 7-zip, LhA, StuffIt, and other formats and easily installs in the Mac OS X environment.

These 7 best file compression tools all have outstanding capabilities and will help you deal with compressed files whenever you need to create them or open them. Try them all. Find the one you like best or install one or more on your system to make sure you are always ready.

About the author: James Adams writes a blog about advertising, art and media design for an online toner cartridges specialist where he reviews hardware like the MLT-D1082S.

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Here is a list of websites that convert YouTube videos to MP3:

1. Video2MP3

Video2MP3 is a fast and easy way to convert YouTube videos to MP3. All you need is the URL of the video you want to convert and their software will extract the MP3 and give you a link to download the audio file. Aside from YouTube, it also supports MyVideo, Clipfish, Sevenload, Dailymotion, and MySpace.

Video2MP3 also has a Firefox and Google Chrome extension that makes it easier for you to convert videos to MP3.

2. ListenToYouTube

3. VidToMP3

Aside from YouTube, VidToMP3 also supports MegaVideo, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Veoh, Myspace, Break, iFilm, Google Video, Bolt, ClipJunkie, ClipShack, CollegeHumor, FunnyJunk, Glumbert, GoFish, Grouper, Hallpass, MilkandCookies, Putfile, SantaBanta, Sharkle, Shoutfile, Vimeo, vSocial, Yikers, ZippyVideos.

4. YouTube Download Converter (yt.devzed.com)

At first, I thought it’s the same as Video2MP3 because it has the same interface but I was wrong. Yt.devzed.com can convert and download your favorite YouTube videos to MP3, MP4, 3GP, FLV and AVI (DivX).

5. YouTubeToMP3

6. GetAudioFromVideo

7. Vixy.net

Vixy.net is one of the most popular online conversion and download tools for YouTube videos. This service allows you to convert FLV videos such as YouTube’s videos to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online.

* In the “Convert to” option, choose MP3 (audio only) from the dropdown list.

8. Catch YouTube

Catch YouTube lets you convert YouTube videos to different video and audio formats like Windows (.mpg), Mac (.mov), DVD (.dvd), iPod/Sony PSP/iPhone (.mp4), mobile (.3gp), audio (.mp3 and .wav) and Flash (.flv).

NOTE: DO NOT USE THE ABOVE WEBSITES TO DOWNLOAD COPYRIGHTED VIDEO/AUDIO FILES.

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It goes without saying that Mozilla Firefox is among the most popular of browsers, if it is not simply the number one among the others. This is especially true for web developers, designers and folks who just generally enjoy convenience in their browsing experience. It does not get this top spot alone, though – with the ability to upload a library of different extensions and a very active community, Firefox always has something to offer its users. This list shows some of the essential extensions to obtain.

1. Web Developer: This extension offers a toolbar for web developers. It inspects the CSS within the active page and offers the present attributes, as well as the different styles that affect them.
2. SeoQuake: Optimize your web page for the major search engines. Also in the form of a toolbar, this extension offers various advantageous phrases you may employ to help your website become well known.
3. Window Resizer 1.0: Quickly and accurate resize the resolution of your window. This is essential in determining whether your website will work on any other computer, or you may wish to use it to optimize your own viewing experience.
4. FireShot: This addon allows screenshots to be made of any web page. However, it differs from the typical “Print Screen” function in that it automatically offers a brand of different annotation and manipulation tools. This can be used to create works for a portfolio.
5. Firebug: The ultimate tool for development, this extension offers a wealth of different tools, such as those which allow you debug, edit, explore and monitor your JavaScript, HTML and CSS in real time for any active web page.
6. Greasemonkey: Modify the way your websites load using little bits of JavaScript. There are literally hundreds available for download.
7. ColorZilla: This is one of the more simple and useful extensions in all of the Firefox library. If you have ever needed to know a specific color code, an eyedropper in your status bar can save you the trouble.
8. FireFTP: This streamlined extension allow users to upload their files onto their server. One major advantage it has over other FTP applications is its ability to be installed on any major platform, and it retains the same functionality as well.
9. IE Tab: This is a truly essential extension for the standard Internet user and for web developers alike. For the former, it can trick a website into allowing you to access it without closing out of Firefox. For the latter, it can enable developers to conveniently see how your coding is handled by the less popular web browser.
10. Palette Grabber: This handy tool lets users build color themes which can later be exported to any major photo manipulation, such as Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, Fireworks, GIMP and Paint.NET. The theme can be comprised of the website you are currently in the middle of viewing.
11. Font Finder 0.5c: This addon allows you to highlight any portion of the web page and extract the information regarding its styling, but only of that highlighted block.
12. Total Validator: This extension is a validation tool that comes with many different features in one, allowing users to take screenshots, check the HTML, check the links and much, much more. Check up on your broken links, misspelled words and take a screen capture by way of various different operating systems and web browsers to get a full understanding on the way your web page will look.
13. Platypus: This is arguably the best extension available to modify any web page. It offers a “what you see is what you get” mechanic that functions well with the Greasemonkey addon. Additionally, it comes with the added convenience of remembering the edits you have made for the next time you visit the website.
14. Dummy Lipsum: This is a simple add on with a simple purpose; it generates the famous Lorem Ipsum dummy text for filler.

About the author: During his time as a writer at a leading UK based ink cartridges supplier, James has written on a massive range of subjects covering everything from CLT-P4092C toner to the latest developments in hardware and design.

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