You may have a ton of music on your local hard drive that is getting old, maybe you don’t want to buy any music off iTunes, or maybe you just need an expansion of taste.  In any case, online streaming radio is here to save the day! Today, we will talk about the top 5 [...]

Do you have a file(s), folder, or directory you need to save from prying eyes? Need to rest knowing your data is encrypted and locked away? Enter My Lockbox – a secure, advanced, freeware application that allows users the ability to lock an important and otherwise unsecured folder (and contents) from being available on your [...]

Almost all of us geeks have at least one or two old computers hanging around the house, in a corner, in a basement, attic, etc. Most of the time these, possibly, useful computers go to waste and eventually sit in that same corner, basement, or attic for years until being wastefully thrown away out of [...]

Books are wonderful things. They can be filled with information and tell you about current events or they can be fictional and tell of adventures. But what happens when you finish that perfect book only to look upon your shelf and find that you have no more new books to read? Oh, the horror! Well, [...]

With The Pirate Bay losing its previously ever-loyal crowd due to being sold out to the Global Gaming Factory, and possibly requesting certain users to pay for its operations, many users are now turning to alternative torrent trackers to fill their needs to file share. Here are 6 of the best alternatives to Pirate Bay [...]

So, you have a huge library of newly discovered music, you have all of your music in your favorite media player, you even have the latest live recordings; the only thing left to do is see your newly favorite rock bands live! Going to a live concert for your favorite band is one of the [...]

If you haven’t heard of Greasemonkey, you must be a latecomer to the Internet. Greasemonkey is a Firefox script that allows anyone the ability to tweak appearance of and additional functionalities to any website using Javascript. Because of this, Greasemonkey has become a very popular and powerful Firefox add-on over the years. From the ability [...]

The internet is filled with junk. One of the most common pieces of junk is spam. Many of us are bombarded with spam every day and hate it. Although there are a few email providers that provide great spam filtering services, sometimes that just isn’t enough. Maybe you need to fill in an email for [...]

Twitter has grown to become an extremely large and heavily used microblogging service that has really allowed anyone and everyone to communicate over the internet much easier. Besides Twitter’s multiple uses, one thing it can really be used well for is sharing music. Today, we will talk about some of the best sites to use [...]

Windows Vista has a large amount of options when it comes to customization, as do nearly all Windows operating systems. Fortunately, Vista makes it even easier then you may believe to tweak your operating system. Today, we will be looking at some of the top Vista tricks to increase productivity and unlock Vista’s potential. Here [...]

If you have a lot of music, carrying around all of it on an external hard drive may become a hassle, and maybe you would like to just be able to go somewhere else and listen to your music wherever you want. If this is the case, probably the best option you have is to [...]

As technology progresses, numerous different types of media, and thus new file formats, emerge. This can pose a problem, though. With audio formats ranging from AIFF to WAV, trying to listen to music or even watch videos on your computer can become difficult and possibly tedious. Today, I will show you some of the top [...]

The internet allows for a huge increase in connection and community as well as media – more specifically, music. With such a demand, a wave of new file sharing was born that is now called called BitTorrent. This allows users to share files easily by storing separate files, not on one person’s computer, but multiple [...]

There is a multitude of software on the web. Of those, some of the coolest are media players. Today, we will be looking at some of the best media players on the web for Windows. (There have been a couple of MakeUseOf polls on best audio players and video players as well.) Ready? Let’s go. [...]

All of the Windows Operating Systems, though great, usually require maintenance. Fortunately, it isn’t hard to keep your operating system in check with a few great tools and a little bit of tweaking. Today, I will be talking about this and how to have your operating system running as fast as ever. Let’s do it! [...]