Kiran Upadhyay

Law school is hard. That’s pretty much undisputed common knowledge these days. After all, it is expensive—very expensive —so maybe it should be difficult. What makes it so hard is the copious amount of information you have to absorb: forms, case studies, briefings, legal jargon, etc. When it’s all said and done, however, the time and effort you’ve put in will pay off. I doubt you’ll complain once you’re making six figures. So who wants to go to law school? Not me, that’s for sure. But for those of you brave students who are actively pursuing this endeavor, I’m sure you could use a little help along the way. Now I can’t take your bar exam for you (not that you’d want me to) but I can give you a list of helpful websites and resources. Here at MakeUseOf we like to make things easy for you, so I have compiled this list of the best websites for law students for your reference. I hope you find them useful. Law.com Dictionary What better place to start than by brushing up on your l...

Predator is cool USB security software for Windows that enables you to lock/unlock your computer with a USB drive and provides loads of other features like logging, alert alarm, configurable lock screen etc. Predator adds an additional layer atop of the Windows passwords. So do note that it if somebody knows your login password, he/she can still login to your computer. What Predator does very well is change how you login to your computer. First and foremost, it enables you to use a USB key to lock/unlock your computer without having to enter your password every time. Obviously this has it advantages and disadvantages. On the upside, it let’s you unlock the computer without having to enter the password so users won’t need to compromise between the password strength and ease of use. On the other side, if anyone gets a hold of your USB drive, all they have to do is to plug it in and they will have access to your system. You can download the Predator USB security software here . Once...

It’s one of the most sought after mobile phone applications of them all – the ability to silently track the location and condition of a mobile phone. Many people would like to track a phone that doesn’t have GPS, using just cellphone tower triangulation. This is possible when you install apps like Latitude on the target phone. The thing is, now that I’ve purchased an expensive Motorola Droid, if I ever lose this baby, I’d really like to know exactly where it is so that I can quickly find it. I took a look at some of the offerings described earlier at MakeUseOf like Mobiwee , which Grant covered. That app was pretty close to what I wanted. I decided to poke around a little more before making a decision, and I’m glad I did. The security solution that I’m going to focus on in this article is an application I discovered on the Android market while looking for one of the highest rated free mobile phone tracking systems available. Mobile Defense by Neevo, LLC is currently a beta app, e...

The web has been about doing away with distances. Web 2.0 also has been a lot about doing everything in real time. What’s real time, you may ask? Twitter, is real time I would say. Real time is when an action draws an immediate response. When something gets on the web and is received by someone almost instantaneously, that’s real time. Web apps also have gone real time. There’s no more of mailing across and update and waiting for the response to flow in. Now, collaborative tools allow two or more people to work on the same web space. It’s akin to sitting across the desk and thrashing out ideas over a cup of coffee – and it is how people can collaborate in real time. Thinklinkr is another species in the new breed of collaborative web applications. With cloud based computing, the breed of collaborative web-based apps is crowding together. From online meet-ups involving huge projects to simple things as To-do lists or even sharing a screen session, collaboration tools are the new wa...

Digital photos are great, but often times we just post them straight to a website page or let them languish on our computers. For several years now,however, Big Huge Labs has provided some awesome and practical photo related projects that can be done in a short amount of time, with very little computer skills needed. The site includes over two dozen projects that can be printed and/or posted on the web. Projects include various custom poster ideas, custom trading cards, calendars, desktop wallpaper, a pocket album, a CD Cover template, slide show generator, and much more. Each Big Huge Labs project is template-based, and the process for completing projects is as follows: Hockneyizer This example is based on the what’s called the Hockneyizer project , a college of Polaroid frames based on a selected image. Select and upload one or more photos, depending the project you’re doing. If you have photos on a Flickr.com or Facebook account, you can access them from the Big Huge Labs si...

Twenty years ago, typing was a skill reserved for PAs and office admins. Pen and paper ruled. Today however, the scenario is the complete opposite. If you live in the Western world, and even much of the developing world; PC skills are a must for anyone wanting to find a job or even book a flight. Words per minute is something many of us boast on CVs. The opportunity to learn to type for kids is important. First of all, it’s good to type properly and not develop any bad habits which could cause a repetitive strain injury or just sloppy typing. Secondly, being able to transcribe a 2,000 word documents quicker than the competition could land your kid a job as the junior man on the account. So here are three great website that focus on “learn to type” for kids – in a fun and educational way. BBC Typing Game This is a web-based flash game (although there is a non-flash alternative) that gets your kid typing in the proper manner. It starts off by asking the child to locate ‘F’ and ‘J’ an...

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer may be the worst browser on the planet, and any Mac lover or Linux geek can easily expound on the flaws in the Windows operating system. However, it would be foolhardy to abandon our objectivity and criticize all Microsoft products. Not only does Microsoft make some great products, but several of them are available for you to use completely free. Here are my picks for the Top 5 free Microsoft software products and why they are the best. #1: Windows Live Writer Any blogger not using Windows Live Writer (WLW) is wasting time and being unproductive. Looking for a better alternative? There is none. WLW makes blogging a breeze on popular platforms like Wordpress , Blogger , Windows Live , LiveJournal and Typepad. True WYSIWYG editing shows you previews of how your post will look. Easily upload/embed photos/videos with borders, effects, alignment, and resizing. WLW also has an extensible framework of plugins, that let you customize and extend its function...

There’s something magical in the absence of color and there is something unbelievably inspiring in black and white photography. This is the oldest type of photography and still the most inspiring one. I believe the reason is that when your eye is not focusing on color, you are able to see other things like the lights and darks of a picture, the feeling expressed, the mood created, etc. If you share my passion for black and white photography, you will find this toolset especially useful and bookmark-worthy: the top 5 image search engines to find black and white photos. 1. Multicolr Multicolr is a Flickr-based image search engine that allows you to search by color (I’ve already mentioned it previously ). To see only black and white photography, all you need is to pick colors from the last row: 2. Yahoo Image Search Only few people know that Yahoo can be the best Flickr image search engine you’ve ever tried; mainly, because it has some useful search option that Flickr doesn’t...