Ka ching ! Adsense : Need Royalty Free Music for Your Youtube Video?

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Consider the following scenario : you recorded some interesting event with your camcorder or phone. You edited your video and added a nice song to go with it, then you posted it in Youtube and checked the monetization box to earn a few bucks. Then you wait a couple of days for them (the Google folks) to review it and finally you see they didn't approve your monetization request--all this because of the catchy tune you thought would make your video more entertaining. And now you can kiss the adsense money goodbye (at least for this video).

The Unix Philosophy or The Nine Programming Commandments

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Developers know programming languages become obsolete with time. Say you learn to code in one language today, a few years down the road that language might be extinct or really antiquated. Recently a friend of mine who is a developer told me about the Unix Philosophy.

New Amazing Lionel Messi Video Created with Unusual Video Editing Tool

Gotcha! It's not a video editing tool at all. Remember those days back in school making flipbooks while the teacher babbled away?

 And how about Goku vs Superman?

Snapito Full Length Website Screenshots

Need a picture of a website for Pinterest? There's a tool for that : Snapito.com. You have several options: Download, Quick Snap, Delayed Snap, Pin to Pinterest, Pin Full Page, etc.

For similar tools go to Pinstamatic.com.

Wevideo : Way better than MovieMaker



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I've been testing Wevideo and so far so good. This online video editing website offers you two options depending on how experienced you're editing video. I've been using the advanced option, Timeline. I've found that it's far superior to Windows MovieMaker when it comes to video, image and sound editing. The only downside is probably the fact you only have 15 minutes of "export time". After that I imagine you have to switch to their premium version.
You can try other online video editing tools.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-free-tools-online-video-editing/

Windows 8

Geeks are excited about the arrival of the new baby. NOOOO, not that one!! Congrats to Prince William and his wife though. Actually we're talking about Windows 8. I've been talking to some experts and the verdict is simple : Windows 8 is a lot of trouble and comes with a lot of bugs.

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This operating system was built with an eye on the future : tablets and smartphones. It is a poor fit when used with PC's. Buyers are hoping each new update will improve performance and get rid of the bugs. In the meantime several of my friends and acquaintances have been forced to reinstall Windows 7.

Maybe it is wise to wait a little bit until when a more long term version of Windows 8 appears.

Is Niwie Pixel the most popular Youtube Linux Geek ? : She knows her stuff. And she shows her stuff too.

 Nixie Pixel knows her stuff : computers, software and  games. If you are into Linux and open source stuff, she can be fun to watch. She has a serious number of fans who are not shy to tell how they feel about Linux or her. I think she capitalises her "assets" in order to attract more visitors/followers.

Ask the Oracle Anything You Want : Wolfram Alpha

Is this the future of search engines? A serious competitor to google?
Give it a try.

wolframalpha.com

Play the Spy Game With Agent Snowden! Click on the links and play!!

Photo credit: DonkeyHotey via Flickr.com

http://www.gamesonly.com/fun-games/snowdens-leaks-the-game.html

http://www.where-is-snowden.com/

Linux's best OS : Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Mint 15 Olivia

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is a long-term version that was created for extended support. It looks more like an OS x while Mint is a little bit more like Windows.

According to some experts, Mint15 is the outstanding OS of its generation. Then it's a no-brainer, you might say. Except that, Mint15 is based on Ubuntu and it suffers from the nine month support cycle that Ubuntu offers to all its releases(it used to be 18 months before). Ubuntu can be upgraded at the end of the cycle, unfortunately Mint doesn't have an update option. Your only option to upgrade would be a re-installation. So, after nine months Mint won't be getting any more security updates.