December 14, 2012
Digital photos are great for sharing and showcasing your masterpieces online. But there’s nothing like flipping through a portfolio, or looking at a beautifully framed shot displayed on the wall. For photographers who want control over their final print, having a Canon PIXMA Pro printer at home or work gives you the wide array of options you need.
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December 10, 2012
The holidays are a time for merriment, coming together with your nearest and dearest, eating too much and the sending and receiving of gifts. Ruthless consumerism is all well and good, but if you play it smart and ditch the boring perfumes and costly consumables you might want to consider upgrading the tech in your home. These are the gifts that last all year round, most of which will serve you well for many years to come.
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November 16, 2012
Christmas is coming and we all know that men are the most difficult people to buy presents for. Unless they’ve explicitly told you what they want, reading their feelings is pretty much hopeless, and subtle hints just isn't their style. Well, no worries - I’m a guy - and here I’ve picked out 8 of the top tech gifts for him this year, so you don’t get lost.
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October 22, 2012
With privacy on the Internet becoming an increasingly difficult to obtain commodity, and more governments beginning to censor politically sensitive websites or bow to the whims of the recording industry, having a VPN on hand has never been more useful. There are hundreds of VPN providers though, so today we're going to take a comprehensive look at proXPN, a service with both free and cost-effective premium plans that we can all make use of in our Internet travels.
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September 26, 2012
Staying productive on the go isn’t hard, but being really productive while traveling is another story. Most of today’s laptops, tablets, smartphones and cameras are perfectly adequate yet not particularly enjoyable to use away from home. Performance and portability are often lacking. There are, however, some gadgets that stand out from the crowd.
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September 18, 2012
Android devices have always struggled with a stigma of being a bit low-class compared to Apple’s lofty products. This may have been deserved when the first products hit the market years ago, but manufacturers have been working harder to catch up. Today, there are many options for the enthusiast that can go toe-to-toe with the best products running any other operating system.
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August 28, 2012
High performance computing is one of those areas that people are skeptical of when it comes to migrating services to the cloud - performance and security are the biggest concerns, and understandably so. Let's look at 3 ways in which cloud computing is really evolving in the area of high performance computing though, and directly address those concerns here.
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June 27, 2012
CDNs make the Internet fast and websites affordable even when you scale to millions of users. Firstly, bandwidth costs money; those of us on limited contracts know that all too well. Not only do you as an Internet 'consumer' need to pay for your bandwidth, but the websites you visit also have to pay for their bandwidth. More importantly though, a slow website will cost you dearly.
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June 18, 2012
Chances are good that if you’re at this site, reading this post, you already consume more data than the average 0.5 GB. But that’s nothing compared to what a corporation goes through. You may have heard of a T1 – a common enterprise connection before. But what benefits does it actually offer, and what other enterprise-grade Internet connections are available?
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December 8, 2007
Disclaimer: This is a paid review, ordered by Soft Logica. Although they have paid for the review, I am allowed to be negative if I want. Therefore, content and views expressed in this post are my own. About two or three times a week, I go into “stupid mode” where I make stupid and unnecessary [...]
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November 29, 2007
Disclaimer: This is a paid review ordered by FreshBargains. Even though the company has paid for the review, our views are still our own and we are allowed to be negative if we want to! Besides, somebody has to pay the bills around here for the wild Make Use Of parties. Beer and girls don’t [...]
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November 24, 2007
Disclaimer: This is a paid review ordered by AVS. Even though the company has paid for the review, our views are still our own and we are allowed to be negative if we want to! Besides, somebody has to pay the bills around here for the wild Make Use Of parties. Beer and girls don’t [...]
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November 18, 2007
Disclosure: In the interests of full disclosure, this is a paid review, ordered by ACA Capture Pro. But even though the company has paid for the review, my views are still my own and I am allowed to be negative if I want! You can rest assured that the following opinions are really what I [...]
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November 12, 2007
Disclaimer: TriviaOnNet requested us to run a sponsored review for them. As mentioned before, MakeUseOf only accepts what we think may benefit you or what you may be interested to learn about. And also because somebody have to pay the bills out here. The actual contents and opinions expressed in the post are sole views [...]
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October 21, 2007
Disclaimer: TNX requested us to run a sponsored review for their website. MakeUseOf only accepts what we think may benefit you or at least you would be interested to learn about. The actual contents and opinions expressed in the post are sole views of MakeUseOf.com One of the biggest challenges facing any webmaster / blogger [...]
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