Cool Websites and Tools [June 10th 2012]

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Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool website round-ups delivered to your daily email, subscribe here.

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Sunrise 7 â€" Have you ever wanted a really easy to use, intuitive way to tweak Windows 7 and make it perform more to your liking? Well if so, than Sunrise 7 is a great option for you. It has a slew of Windows 7 tweaks that makes your computer way more awesome and way more customized. Read more: Sunrise 7: Make Some Really Cool Tweaks To Windows 7

Loonapix â€" is a decent tool that lets you add various effects to your photos. After you choose an effect from a selection of over a hundred, you can upload a photo from your computer or link to one from the web. When the picture is uploaded, you can crop it before applying the effect. Once created, it can be downloaded. Read more: Loonapix: Add Cool Effects & Frames To Your Photos

Chat For Google â€" Google Chat is awesome, but if you close your Gmail window it also disappears. Chat For Google is an official extension from Google that fixes that by giving you a chat box irrespective of the website you are browsing. It lets you chat with your Gmail and Google+ contacts quickly and easily without actually going to a Google site. Read more: Chat For Google: Chat With Your Gmail & Google+ Contacts From Anywhere [Chrome]

GeoEmpires â€" Often in fictional media, such as books and movies, the creators will often come up with fictional places that do not exist. The same applies to video games: places in the games are usually fictional. But imagine how fun it would be to play a game that not only incorporates real places, but also changes your game according to the geographical location you are at. Such a game could let players challenge nearby players and be champions of their own territories. This unique approach for a location-based game has been taken by the highly enjoyable game called GeoEmpires. Read more: GeoEmpires: A Location-Based Game That Lets You Conquer Real Territories

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