November 24, 2009
Back in the 1990′s, the only “instant messenger” system in use was IRC chat. Its use actually predates the web and the http protocol. IRC is still going on strong today – it is used by countless groups including developers, businesses, hackers and everyone else in between. Since it is such an established protocol, there [...]
November 24, 2009
We all have our bad days. A laptop that gets stolen, keys that disappear into the drain and those mothers-in-law. When you’re having one of those days, we all need to be cheered up. Actually, even without having one of those days, most people can use a good laugh. And because none of your friends [...]
November 24, 2009
In this digital era, every part of human life which can be digitized has been digitized. From work documents to personal conversations, everything can be transferred into bits and bytes. Even social communities are moving into the virtual territories. Facebook is one of those e-areas. The millions of Facebook users around the world is the [...]
November 24, 2009
Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is coming up. Then comes Christmas. Yes, it’s that time of year again: weekends are spent baking cookies, tempting Xmas treats, seasonal decorations in every store and cheesy songs on the radio. If you want to get into the mood with music you enjoy or accompany your Christmas celebrations with [...]
November 24, 2009
I wrote about a favorite application of mine called Texter last week. You can see that post here. A lot of readers wrote in asking about alternatives due to the fact that Texter sometimes interferes with people’s systems ““ especially when working with Portuguese and Japanese. I guess I configured mine properly to stay out [...]
November 23, 2009
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 more cool websites and web app reviews subscribe to MakeUseOf Directory. (1) useKit – New web service that can enhance your web surfing by integrating bunch of [...]
November 23, 2009
The other day, a friend of mine got an e-mail from his Internet Service Provider (ISP) about a copyright infringement. He didn’t know what this was all about so he had me take a look at it. What I’d like to do for you now is to break down the letter and address important things [...]
November 23, 2009
If you’re anything like I am, you’ve accumulated a great deal of photos of your family, your travels and everything else that interests you. Other than storing it away on disk or even creating an online photo slideshow with them, wouldn’t it be cool to make your own home movie using those photos, background music [...]
November 23, 2009
If there’s one thing that gets to me it’s wasting money. I know we all like to splash the cash a little and have fun ““ hell I’m known to buy the latest gadget, game or gizmo if my bank balance permits me. But it’s spending money when one doesn’t have to that gets to [...]
November 23, 2009
![Become A Multitasking Master With These 6 Exposé Tips [Mac]](http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/0212-150x150.jpg?323f2c "Become A Multitasking Master With These 6 Exposé Tips [Mac]")
Spread out over several articles, I’ve mentioned that I’m sort of a multitasker. Not a very good one though, I have to admit. And every Mac user will concur that aside from Spaces, Exposé is one of the most useful tools to help you triumph over the land mine that is multitasking. From Panther to [...]
