June 3, 2008
Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf ‘Geeky Fun’ during the last week. As usual, thanks to everyone who emailed us the links, this wouldn’t be possible without your contributions. 1. First Signs of Geekiness (Pic) 2. I Can Be Your FaceBook Stalker (Vid) 3. Apple iQuit (Pic) 4. This is What Happens When You [...]
June 3, 2008
As we mentioned yesterday, May was quite a month for new writers coming on board with us to share their knowledge with the Make Use Of readers. Here are four of them introducing themselves. Varun Kashyap I am Varun from India. I am passionate about computers, the internet and the technologies that drive them. I [...]
June 3, 2008
Whenever you visit say a news website, one of the most common features offered by the site is a “printer-friendly” button. As you probably know, this strips out all the adverts, excessive colours and unnecessary “fluff” and then turns the page into a nice neat clean format that requires the minimum amount of printer ink [...]
June 2, 2008
Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory. Want to submit your application to MakeUseOf directory ? See how here. (1) Bradicon – Simple online image to icon [...]
June 2, 2008
Being the beginning of June, it’s time to take a look back at May and see what we’ve done and to say thanks to our writers and sponsors. May has been a huge month for us. We’ve had a lot of new writers starting and we also started podcasting! So a big thank you to [...]
June 2, 2008
While we have mentioned SharePod in our free iPod tools round-up before, I wanted to take a closer look at this free iPod manager program that is designed to sync and manage my iPod. To install SharePod, visit the SharePod download site and download the .zip file. Once you unzip it, you can either drag [...]
June 2, 2008
Who loves eye-candy? Don’t be afraid to raise your hand. Right, so, to all you out there thinking Linux is nothing but command line, or at best GUIs like this one from GNOME 1.0 (circa 1997): I’ve got to say, think again. When I started using Linux two years ago, that was what I expected. [...]
June 1, 2008
Anyone who is spending a considerable amount of time on the web will probably agree that mastering keyboard shortcuts can make a person a lot more productive. The same can be said about the mouse. The more you master it the better it gets. So here are some cool tools and tips to add to [...]
June 1, 2008
On this week’s Make Use Of podcast I am talking to Karl Gechlik, a Make Use Of writer and the guy behind Ask The Admin. We managed to cover subjects such as Windows Vista, LocatePC, Google Maps and blog commenting. If you look underneath the show notes on this page, you will see a little [...]
