It’s time once again for our featured Movers and Shakers post. Each week, we take one software category and list the top ten most downloaded free apps. This week we will be looking at Video Software. These are the applications that allow you to watch, convert or make videos on your Windows machine. Let’s see [...]

Last week we asked you if you have ever used the mobile version of MakeUseOf and 40% of you said that you have NEVER used m.makeuseof.com before. That is surprising. Maybe now more of you will realize that there is a mobile optimized site for reading MakeUseOf on the go. 17.8% of you said you [...]

I previously covered an application that allowed you to hide a drive letter from users on your Windows system. Today we will be looking at a small application that will allow you to not only encrypt certain folders on your Windows system but it will also change the icon of the folder or folders you [...]

I have several websites that I maintain for clients. I need to have up to date live copies of their data in case something goes wrong with their webhosts. I keep weekly backup copies of the data but what if a user uploaded a new report or entered new information 10 minutes after the backup? [...]

I see many different types of infections on a daily basis. Sometimes the infection is so new that your antivirus application does not detect it. The majority of these types of infections are called scareware. They infect your machine by any number of methods that exploit weaknesses or vulnerabilities in your system. Then they tell [...]

It’s time once again for our featured Movers & Shakers post. Each week we are taking one software category from CNet and listing the top ten most downloaded apps in it. This week we will be looking at communication software. These are the apps that we use to connect with others, chat or email with [...]

Last week we asked you if you are a paperless person. The top answer, at a whopping 52%, was that you were trying to become paperless, and you were trying to get your bills online instead. Only 22% of you said you were completely paperless and 13% said you may try going paperless in the [...]

Have you ever had the need to watermark a lot of images? Watermarking is the process of overlaying an image or textual logo onto another image for the purposes of crediting the author with creating the image. Some websites and blogs use watermarks in case other sites try to steal or hotlink to their images. [...]

Do you do consulting? Do you work in a freelance capacity from time to time? Well then you know how hard it is to keep track of the time you spend on individual projects and sub-projects. I used to find that a big chunk of my day was devoted to tracking and reporting on my [...]

Are you sick and tired of your played out ringtones? Does everyone sigh when your phone starts ringing? Either way I am about to introduce you to some slick, cool and unique ringtones. Stephen Wolfram published a book in 2002 that generated awesome new uses of technology and this one is creating awesome, ear pleasing [...]