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When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity as ink wouldn't flow down to the writing surface. They took one decade and $12 million to develop a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down underwater, and in practically any surface including crystal.

And what did Russians do.. They used a PENCIL!

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The Simplest Way To Find and Recover Precious Storage Space On Your Android

Submitted by Alucard on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 17:10
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After using your phone for quite some time, things tend to pile up and before you know it you don't have any space left on your Android device. This handy little app will analyze and show you exactly what's taking up your precious storage space.

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The Simplest Way To Trim Any MP3 To Create Custom Ringtone On Android

Submitted by Alucard on Sat, 01/14/2012 - 13:44
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Unlike the old days, creating a custom ringtone of your favourite song is easy peasy. You don't even need to use your PC!

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The Simplest Way To Remote Control Your PC Anywhere On Your Android Device

Submitted by Alucard on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 15:41
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Now you can bring along your home PC anywhere as long as you have your Android device with you (and a Data Plan of course). 

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The Simplest Way To Zombify Your Friends (Android and iPhone)

Submitted by Alucard on Sat, 12/17/2011 - 16:51
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This app is for entertainment purpose only. It creates a lifelike, 3D animated zombie from any photo portrait.

Not for the fainted heart. Lower down your phone's volumn as the zombie will growl and breathe.

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The Simplest Way To Get A Fake U.S. Identity (For Various Online Services)

Submitted by Alucard on Sat, 12/17/2011 - 16:11
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[Fake identities for Jason Bourne were generated using this tool]

There are quite a few internet services require the user to have a U.S. address. PSN and Amazon app store are two examples that I use myself; by entering my real country I was blocked from accessing some U.S. only contents on PSN, and I also can't download the daily Free apps offered by Amazon app store for Android.

For those who are living outside of U.S., all you need to do to get full access (legally, since you're not doing anything bad) is to sign up using a U.S. address. However most systems will check your address validity so simply pressing random keys on your keyboard won't work.

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The Simplest Way To Find An Unknown Song Using Its Melody With Your Android Device

Submitted by Alucard on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 15:04
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What's that songs name? Who sang it?

Now it is as easy as humming/singing the song to search for it.

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The Simplest Way To Further Dim Your Android Screen For Night-time Viewing

Submitted by Alucard on Sun, 11/20/2011 - 17:00
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For those who use Android phones with AMOLED displays, even the lowest brightness setting is never dark enough for night-time viewing.

Further reducing the brightness will not only protect your eye, it saves some battery juice too.

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The Simplest Way To Download Youtube Video As MP3 (or Any Video Formats)

Submitted by Alucard on Sat, 11/12/2011 - 17:55
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Often we come across some youtube songs, accompany by MV or just the album cover, that we wish to download as MP3.

Yes that are many tools that can be utilized to perform this task. For example one can download the youtube video and then extract the audio out using some tool, but why the hassle?

This website does all the work for you and lets you download the MP3 straight. Conversion to other video formats is also supported.

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