November 7, 2009
We all know some of the well known URL-shortening services such as TinyURL or Twitter’s own Bit.ly. MakeUseOf has also profiled many other URL shorteners in the past. But one of the drawbacks of using one of those URL-shortening services is that the links you’re firing out by email, blog post or Twitter stream to [...]
July 10, 2009
What do you do when you start a new web project and need a new site name? I know I use a service like GoDaddy or Register.com to do a domain name search to find available domains. Now, close to 2 decades after the Internet gained popularity, all the decent domain names have been taken. [...]
June 10, 2009
If you are running a website that supports PHP and MySQL, and you are sick of using the SquirrelMail to access your email account, then RoundCube Webmail would be the best solution to ease your pain. RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client packed with plenty of AJAX goodness. It comes with an application-like [...]
December 10, 2008
What’s in a domain? When building your new website or blog – having the best possible domain is a key factor that adds to your success. When selecting a domain, people generally will take the following factors into account : Easy to remember. Standardized spelling (except for this whole Web 2.0 thing). Keyword rich (though this [...]
November 7, 2008
If you’re a regular Make Use Of reader, you’ll know we were hacked the other day. Someone stole our domain name. If you want to read what happened during the time we were offline, head on over to the temporary website we set up. I talk a little about being hacked and about Simon‘s article [...]
October 27, 2008
You’d be amazed at some of the simple things that people can’t do computer / internet-wise. They can install Linux on their computers or set up a webcam security system but when it comes to simple basic things, their minds go completely blank! So I’ve decided to go “back to basics” for a while, go [...]
