Since the late 20th century the market for personal computers has been growing and developing rapidly. The sudden diversity among customers and their increasingly differential demands created a need for specialized operating systems. During the late 1990’s, Microsoft developed Windows versions specifically targeted at businesses or home PC users.With its introduction of Windows 2000, Microsoft [...]
If you blog using Wordpress as your blogging software, you will know that it offers a lot of flexibility in design. You can run a blog, run a normal website, and even a create a social networking site. You can also run a newspaper or magazine site using Wordpress.There are specific elements that make a [...]
Oh, passwords. Too hard to remember if they’re all different; too insecure if they’re all the same. Is there any relief?As it turns out, there is. Dave once profiled KeePass for securing your online passwords, and I recently mentioned the Linux/Mac version of that same app, KeePassX.Between these apps you can store passwords on your [...]
When you work a lot on the computer, you come face to face with the desktop several times a day. The most important is first thing in the morning, when you start up your computer for the day, to check your email and read a few of your favorite blogs.There are few greater opportunities to [...]
People who do a lot of typing generally discover that there are certain strings of text that appear quite often in their day-to-day work.There are certain phrases like addresses, greetings, custom signatures that repeat themselves quite often — which may be a bother, especially if you’re not into typing. Text expansion utilities are great [...]
Windows 7 was released about 10 months ago and it currently has a market share of 20%.If you are one of the 80% of users who might be afraid to upgrade from Vista or XP because you feel it is completely different to what you are used to, you should read MakeUseOf’s new guide, [...]
Apple is famous for its simple, clean and minimalist look on their products. Not only the hardware, but also the user interface of its operating system and applications. I’m sure most Mac users are fine with that, otherwise they wouldn’t choose Mac, would they?But some people – especially those who switched from the Windows world [...]
Google’s online image editor, Picasa, has yet again been updated. The new 3.8 version of Picasa is yet another small stride towards an all-in-one photo organization and editing suite. It includes one major new feature – integration with Picnik, an online photo editing application.But that isn’t all. Other new features make it easier than ever [...]
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Yes, we know. The giveaway has been over for quite a while now. We tried hard to push through the red tape and good news — we’ve finally selected a winner to go on this fabulous trip.Congratulations, Dan Splawn from Boncarbo, CO. (up in the mountains).For his plus one, Dan will be taking his [...]
Getting things done, or GTD, is a popular category of web application software. We have covered many GTD programs in the past and they each have their own little pros and cons. I am going to introduce you to another one called Nirvana (@nirvanahq on Twitter) and go over some of the things that make [...]
Whether you’re trying to create a mix of audio tracks to burn to CD as a gift for someone, or you want to put together a cool stream of awesome songs with professional DJ fading, scratches and other effects, it isn’t always easy to find high quality DJ mixing software for free.Jeffry described how you [...]
If you’re in the market for a new computer, laptop, mobile phone, games and other accessories; don’t waste your time searching online. We’ve taken the liberty of locating the best tech deals and unifying them into a single post for your convenience.For more fresh hot deals, visit our Hot Tech Deals page, which is constantly [...]
If you have to pick three companies that take up most of your mindspace, I am sure you would plonk for The Big Three – Apple, Microsoft, and Google.No three companies can be more different, but they affect our lives in the same way.Microsoft, the oldest of the three, has the iron grip on desktop [...]
It’s no doubt that modern technologies have shifted our method of exchanging information away from the oral tradition and closer to the written tradition. It seems that the lives of today’s internet generation revolves around text; starting from the SMS’s, Tweets, status updates, emails, blogs, to office works and term papers. These text creating businesses [...]
While computers and other forms of technology have replaced many manual labor jobs, that’s not the case in the field of writing. The daily proliferation of websites demands good and consistent content produced by freelance writers, designers, technicians and other web content providers.If you‘re interested in pursuing work in freelance writing, there are a number [...]
Web apps are fantastic. They’re cross platform, accessible anywhere and fast.There’s one problem, however: passwords. If you use a lot of different web apps you need to manage many different usernames and passwords.This is the exact reason Dave recommended using KeePass to secure your online accounts. This simple program creates an encrypted database where [...]
If you are a web designer, chances are there is always something interesting to be found. Whether you are looking for some creative inspiration, trying to stay up on the current trends, or are seeking the latest buttons, textures, or graphics, you can find them. If you simply want to sharpen your skills – or [...]
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Have you ever felt like running your very own social networking site? I know I have. Have I actually got up and done it? Not yet. But with Wordpress 3.0 it is now easy to set one up.A while back Damien wrote an article about how to install and run your very own social network [...]
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I’m a visual learner, so physically viewing something is my preferred experience in life. It is this characteristic that causes me to find a lot of great images and videos on the web. In fact, I find so much interesting stuff that sometimes I just want to save it, so I turn to bookmarking and [...]
One aspect of owning a website or a blog that few people think about is offering mobile content. The problem with forgetting about the mobile community is that mobile is the trend of the Internet. More people are checking Facebook, reading and responding to emails, and yes – reading their favorite websites right from their [...]
Computer systems, like any other device, need maintenance. Computer maintenance is generally different from vehicles, appliances and others, mainly because you have to maintain not only the hardware but also the software that you use on your computer.Software can get outdated, you might have cruft and then there are chores related to the operating system [...]
If you’re in the market for a new computer, laptop, mobile phone, games and other accessories; don’t waste your time searching online. We’ve taken the liberty of locating the best tech deals and unifying them into a single post for your convenience.For more fresh hot deals, visit our Hot Tech Deals page, which is constantly [...]
This instrument is commonplace today. But when it was first invented, someone said “an amazing invention – but who would ever want to use one?”The Doubting Thomases were talking about a cool new invention called the telephone. Inventions start off like that. Sometimes necessity is the mother of invention.A well known misquote said that everything [...]