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Which Major Company Is The Best Of 2011? [MakeUseOf Poll]


class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/polls.jpg?323f2c" alt=""/>In the spirit of Christmas, we asked you last week for href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/electronic-christmas-cards-makeuseof-poll/">your opinion regarding electronic Christmas cards. While not many of you voted (probably busy with Christmas dinners and presents), the majority of voters still prefer plain old paper cards over anything else.

Out of 147 voters, 24% think e-cards are great and prefer them over paper cards, 40% think paper cards are more personal and are generally superior, 16% are happy as long as they get some kind of card, and a full 20% don’t like sending cards at all.

Full results and this week’s poll after the jump.

So here is some useful information for you for next year: if in doubt, send a paper card!

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This week’s href="http://www.makeuseof.com/service/polls/">poll question is: Which Major Company Is The Best Of 2011?

2011 is over, and it’s time to think back on everything that’s happened. Among other things, 2011 saw the release of Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich, the new iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iOS 5, Facebook’s Timeline profiles, Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus S, Windows Phone Mango and Nokia’s new WP7 devices, Mozilla’s move to quick update cycles, Amazon’s Kindle Fire, the public launch of Google+ and much much more. So taking all this into account, which is your favorite company of 2011? Who made the greatest progress? Who launched the best products? It’s time for you to choose!

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Explain in the comments why you chose the company you did. Further more, if you chose “none of the above”, which do you think should be the best company of 2011?

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    Facebook Launches Major Update For Android App, Now Much Easier & Faster To Use [News]


    class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/facebook-icon.jpg?323f2c" alt="facebook-icon" />Facebook has launched a major update for its href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.facebook.katana&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5mYWNlYm9vay5rYXRhbmEiXQ..">Android app which improves on photo viewing, navigation, search and speed. The new update brings the app closer to the experience the iOS version provides – definitely good news for Android users, who have had to deal with an inferior version up till now.

    The new version brings three major changes – faster and better photo viewing, access to notifications from the main screen, and a sidebar which provides access to all your friends, pages, groups, etc. You can also use it to access your Facebook apps and games on the go.

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    According to Facebook, photos and albums are now twice as fast as they used to be. The interface has also changed completely, providing a nice black background for viewing, along with easier buttons for comments and likes, and tags on top of the photos.

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    The left sidebar resembles the one from Facebook’s href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/facebook-ipad-finally-features-news/">iPad app, and along with easier navigation also provides easier search through all your friends, statuses, pages, etc. The notification bar, which hasn’t actually changed, was simply added to the main news feed page, which makes it easier to view notifications and chat without losing your place in the news feed. According to Facebook, those of us with timeline profiles should also see their timelines integrated into the app, but I haven’t seen mine yet.

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    So what do you think of the update? Too little too late, or is this exactly what Android users have been waiting for?

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    Which Major Gaming Platforms Do You Use? [MakeUseOf Poll]


    class="align-right" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/polls.png"/>Our poll last week asked you to tell us href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/programming-languages-makeuseof-poll/">how many programming languages you know. With most responders claiming to know between 3 and 5 programming languages, the MakeUseOf readership has again proved it is a pretty geeky bunch.

    We got a total of 838 votes, divided as follows: 37% know 3-5 programming languages; 26% know 1-2 languages; 20% know 6-10 languages; 9% just aren’t into code and don’t know any programming languages; 5% know between 10-20 languages; and an elite 2% know more than 20 programming languages.

    Full results and this week’s poll after the jump.

    It seems that most MakeUseOf readers know more than a few programming languages.

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    This week’s href="http://www.makeuseof.com/service/polls/">poll question is: Which Major Gaming Platforms Do You Use? /> It’s time to find out what sort of gamers we have around here: Do you use the latest consoles? Do you have old consoles kicking about? Do you play games on your computer? Are you a retro game nut? Let us know!

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    If you absolutely love your gaming setup, let us know what you use in the comments! />
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    What’s Your Favourite Major Online Retailer? [MakeUseOf Poll]


    style="border: 0px none;margin-left:20px;float:right;" src="http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/poll2.png" />Last week, our poll question asked if you had href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/aware-makeuseof-newsletter-makeuseof-poll/">heard of our MakeUseOf newsletter. It seems that quite a lot of readers were entirely unaware of the newsletter. If you’re not yet a subscriber, it’s quick to join by entering your email into the field at the top or bottom of every page on MakeUseOf. This will keep you up-to-date with weekly highlights as well as some short cool tips not published on the website.

    Quick analysis: Of the 97 votes counted for the poll, 60% of people were already aware of the newsletter; the other 40% were not aware of the newsletter before the poll ran. Full results and this week’s poll after the jump.

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    This week’s href="http://www.makeuseof.com/service/polls/">poll question is: What’s Your Favourite Major Online Retailer?

    With the task of Christmas shopping looming ahead, this week we thought we’d ask about your favourite retailers. Specifically, we want to ask about the big retailers who sell a wide variety of goods or easy-to-find gifts. Which is best? We’ll let you choose your top three favourites.

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    What Are The Major Variances Among The Mp3 Players?

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    The modern technologies have developed a kind of MP3 players in the marketplace which are highly being used by the purchasers. Even though on that point are many characters of mp3 gadgets accessible but they are fundamentally shared into four families that are described by the power of storing digital sound songs. The WMA format is the nearly average file character that is stood by all most every music player. Several of the major classes of the MP3 Gadgets are-
    �Mp3 gadgets with flash memory- This kind of players count the slightest among entire music gadgets. The instant savings applied in these mp3 players can store the songs up to 1GB retention. Flash storage music players show to be the foremost for the people who tend to be on jaunts. These participants are also favorite by joggers or sportsman as on that point are hardly any mobile pieces which can be cross by consecutive drive.
    �Mp3 players with micro-drive- These players use a hard drive for storing song information that in general has 4 to 6GB memory place. As they own micro disk drive so they can become broken if not treated the right way but they guarantee more storage space as likened to the flash memory Mp3 gizmos.
    �Mp3 gadgets plus disc drive �Such music players have highest capability of all the players. These gadgets can store up to 20GB to 30GB of song data files but they need to be taken well care of as they can easily get riddled.
    �CD players and the mp3- The CD players are really general in almost each house but now there are younger poses that can even run the mp3 data files which are transcribed in CDs from computer. Such players can not provide you with lots memory place.
    Whole the above kinds of mp3 players enable you to hear to the clear music files. The major component for which you need to determine is on the storage capacity and the treatment uses. You must know about all the mp3 players open in the marketplace for which you can research on-line for the best mp3 gizmos with great holds and then select the one which suits you the foremost.�
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    Is Your Website Cross Compatible? – Does it Support Every Major Web Browser, Or Can Your Site Look.

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    “Cross compatability in browsers”, If you have spent your share of time on the internet, I am sure you have heard the term before.

    Basically, this refers to the ability to project your website in the same format, regardless of what browser your visitors are using to view your site with. It is very important to keep in mind that the browser *you* use to access the web is not the same for everyone.

    There are many brands of browsers available on the web, some of which are more widely used that others, and just like the various operating systems available today…not all browsers function exactly the same way. In some cases, your content may display the same in most major web browsers, but it doesn’t always work out so easily. From tables to layers, JavaScript to php…there are many things that can display differently to the user browsing your website based on the application they are using.

    This is why it is very important that, when creating a website (or page), you verify that the page functions correctly in all major browsers (this means having a machine with all browsers available to you so that you can view and test your site in each one). When something does go astray, it isn’t always simple to fix…but it can be done.

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    Anti Virus Software Review – 9 Major Indicators of Virus Infection – Top 4 Antivirus Programs

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    Spyware and Viruses are two types of typically malicious software programs that you have to have to guard your computer from attack. You should have anti virus technology to assist you in preventing viruses, and you want to make sure you update it regularly.Computer anti virus software is a computer or PC software program that prevents, detects, and takes action to remove and disarm malicious harmful software programs, such as worms trojans and viruses. You can help guard your PC system from virus attacks by using a top antivirus product.PC viruses that attack your computer are software programs that are purposely created to hinder with computer operation, delete data, record, corrupt, or transmit themselves to other PCs and computers and all through the world wide web.To assist you to avoid the most up to date viruses, you should update regularly your antivirus program. Automatic updates is one of the features you will find on all antivirus software programs.If your computer becomes infected by a virus program or attachment, you may not realize it until you system seems to acting up.Listed below are a 9 major indicators that your PC may be contaminated with a virus:1. Your PC appears to be running at a snail’s pace.2. Error messages seem to be popping up all over the place.3. Your system shuts down often and restarts by itself frequently.4. Your PC system restarts by itself and then fails to operate routinely.5. You see unclear dialog boxes and menus.6. Software programs on your PC will not operate properly.7. Your computer hard drive system crashes and restarts every few minutes.8. Disk drives and Disks or are unable to open and operate.9. Your printer does not print properly.In order to keep your computer system from becoming infected, you want to make sure you have the appropriate security software installed on your computer.In addition, to make sure your system is protected properly, install a firewall and keep it up to date. A firewall blocks incoming and outgoing messages from leaving your computer.We also suggest that you keep your PC current by backing up your computer system.Steps to help prevent viruses attacks on your computer:1. Use a recommended firewall software.2. Keep your operating system updated with regular security updates.3. Install an effective anti virus software program.4. Make sure you do not open email attachments that you have received from someone you don’t know.5. Stay away from opening an email attachment even from a person you recognize, unless you know accurately what the attachment is and know that they sent the email. The person that sent the email to you may be uninformed that it contains a virus program and may not have even sent it due to a virus infection.Top Anti Virus Software Programs. Shield ProMcafeeKaspersky

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    The Differences In The 5 Major Web Browsers

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    There are five main Internet browsers for accessing the Internet. These browsers are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and Apple Safari. All of them have one primary purpose, which is to enable users to surf the web, so whats the difference between them?

    Which Web Browser Is The Best? The Differences In The 5 Major Web Browsers

    The five most popular Internet browsers have numerous things in common. All five offer: no cost, start-up time less than five seconds, tabbed browsing, integrated search engine, smart toolbar, frequently visited web pages list, RSS feeds, automatic updates, password manager, find on page, pop-up blocker, anti-spyware, anti-virus, anti-phishing, clear history, on-line help, tutorials, user manuals, FAQs, user forum, and supports Windows XP and Vista.

    The differences between the browsers are very few, but considering your needs should help you decide which one to use.

    INTERNET EXPLORER

    Internet Explorer offers a thumbnail preview where you can view a closed tab without opening it. It allows users to save a set of tabs to be opened when surfing is resumed. You can also customize your browser. IE offers the ability to synchronize information from the web between browsers, mobile devices, or documents. Parental controls allow parents to control their childrens Internet activities. IE also offers telephone and email support.

    MOZILLA FIREFOX

    Firefox offers saved tabs, customization, parental controls, and spell-check. Firefox is different from the others in that it offers Open Source Development, which means it was built and maintained by a network of users. Volunteers are encouraged to make the software better. This browser offers a Seamless Download Manager, which means there are no pop-ups when downloading. Firefox offers email support and is compatible with MAC, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.

    GOOGLE CHROME

    Google Chrome was introduced fall of 2009. It offers thumbnail preview, synchronization, Open Source Development, and Seamless Download Manager. It is only compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista. This browser offers no parental controls.

    OPERA

    Opera offers thumbnail preview, saved tabs, customization, synchronization, and spell check. Out of the five browsers, Opera offers extras the other does not. First, they offer Mouse Gestures, which is where the mouse movements represent commands. This is very similar to shortcut keys. Second, they offer Voice Interaction where a user can use a microphone and headphones and speak to the browser or the browser will read to the user. Opera also offers Seamless Download Manager. Opera has email support and is compatible with MAC, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. This browser offers no parental controls.

    APPLE SAFARI

    Safari offers save tabs, customization, and spell check, and is compatible with MAC, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. This browser offers no parental controls.

    CONCLUSION

    Internet browsers are your gateway to the Internet. In looking for a browser be certain to look for good security. You want a browser which will guard against pop-up windows, viruses, and phishing frauds. Most all browsers offer the same features, but its the little differences which will help you decide.

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