About Tina Sieber
Tina started building websites in the late 1990s, which led her to writing. Formerly MUO's COO, she has since returned to SEO and reviewing consumer hardware. You can find her on the backend of a tech blog near you, or enjoying the outdoors in the Pacific Northwest.
Latest Articles
Better Manage Open Windows With PowerResizer [Windows]
PowerResizer is a tool that enhances native Windows features for managing open windows. One example is the Windows Aero-powered windows docking, which allows you to dock Windows to either sides of your screen, simply by dragging it to the respective edge. The tool also improves mundane tasks, like resizing and moving windows.
Discover The Hidden Features Of Your Touchpad [Windows]
With the rise of laptops and netbooks, the touchpad has become a key input device. Yet, in the Windows environment, working with the touchpad has been a drag more than a delight. While the hardware often is able to perform the same tricks as Apple's touchpads, sometimes drivers don't support its full capabilities or users are simply not aware of the available features.
12 Interesting Google Suggest Results & What They Reveal
Google Search is the modern world's confessional. Whatever it is that we need help with, we just type it into the patient white search box and hope for relevant results. Google even helps us complete our searches by suggesting phrases based on the search activities of other users, a feature known as autocomplete. Not surprisingly, the results are often revealing and occasionally entertaining.
ROUNDUP: 5 Must-Know Critical Facebook Privacy Tips
MakeUseOf has published countless articles on Facebook privacy and security settings. Facebook continuously updates and changes privacy settings and options. For this post I have revisited previous stories to collect the best tips and and update instructions to reflect current options. If you have lost track, this is your chance to catch up and bring your Facebook privacy settings up to speed.
3 Reasons Why You Should Be Running The Latest Windows Security Patches & Updates
The code that makes up the Windows operating system contains security loop holes, errors, incompatibilities, or outdated software elements. In short, Windows isn't perfect, we all know that. Security patches and updates fix the vulnerabilities and errors in Windows and associated software, and they occasionally add new features. This essentially summarizes why you should regularly run a Windows Update.
3 Ways To Free Up Storage Space In Your Gmail Account
Google Mail currently offers 7,679 MB of free storage. For the average user, that is enough space to last a lifetime. But what if you run out of storage space nevertheless? How can you find and delete obsolete emails in bulk or track down large attachments to regain precious MBs? This article highlights three ways to quickly make room for more mail.
10 Free MP3 Albums: Chilled Out Jazzy Hip Hop Edition [Sound Sunday]
Sound Sunday is a weekly feature promoting free album downloads. Every edition invites you to explore various genres and artists from around the world. This edition has a focus on jazz and hip hop, a genre you know well from laid back chill out lounges and futuristic cocktail bars. The genre must be immensely popular on Bandcamp, as indicated by the many external download links.
How To Make The Most of Firefox's Session Manager
Restoring browser sessions was a milestone in browser development. Meanwhile, all browsers offer this feature to some extent. Firefox allows you to restore previous windows and tabs, but it doesn't come with an elaborate session manager. The aptly called Session Manager fills this gap, allowsing you to save and restore multiple sessions.
3 +1 Best Windows Explorer Add-ons For Windows 7
In two recent articles on Windows Explorer, I explained advanced settings and shared tips and tricks to improve your experience with the Windows file manager. To conclude this article trilogy, I will show you how you can add missing features using Windows Explorer add-ons, for example tabs, an enhanced copy process, and a tool to restore desktop icons.
3 Advanced Tips & Tricks For Using Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer is the default Windows file manager. Last week I introduced you to 3 easy ways to improve Windows 7 Explorer by tweaking features and using it to its full potential. In this article, I will show you a small hack and share some tips to get the most out of Windows Explorer.
5 Distracting Desktop Notifications & How To Turn Them Off [Windows]
When you are working on a computer, it takes a fair bit of will power to resist the attempt to multitask. But even if you manage to restrain yourself, many programs manage to throw in distracting notifications that will divert your attention. Especially after setting up a new computer or re-installing, it can be a pain to track down the common offenders and turn off annoying focus killers.
3 Easy Ways to Improve the Windows 7 Explorer
Windows Explorer is the file manager application that handles the Windows desktop and taskbar and lets you access your files. Without its nice graphical interface, controlling your computer would be a lot more complicated. It's probably the Windows application that you interact with the most, and hence it's worth looking into improvements that make it even more useful and efficient.
6 Fun Fake Facebook Walls & How to Create Your Own
Facebook is the leading social network. As such it is a prime target for practical jokes and pranks. However, creating fake profiles and conversations on Facebook is rather tedious. With a bit of skill, imagination and the right tools, you can easily create your own custom wall posts and fake profiles. Have a look at what is possible and how to make it happen.
5 Simple Ways To Keep Selected Windows On Top [Windows]
Computers are made to multitask. As a result, we all have to juggle with multiple open windows to jump back and forth between various tasks. Sometimes, however, you just want to keep one window in your view regardless of what else happens on your screen. Surprisingly, Windows does not offer a native feature for this task. In this article I will introduce five tools that fill this niche.
Meet Your Writing Deadlines In A Distraction-Free Writing Environment With OmmWriter
OmmWriter is a writing application for Windows, Mac, and the iPad. It is based on the philosophy that in order to concentrate and be creative, we need a calm and largely distraction-free surrounding. Unfortunately, our electronic writing environments are typically riddled with distractions, be it complex program menus or random messages and alerts popping up. The result is a constant struggle for focus.
3 Ways To Stop Multitasking & Stay Focused To Be More Efficient & Productive [Windows]
At MakeUseOf we have written countless articles on how to multitask. As it turns out, however, multitasking messes with your brain. Research shows that people who multitask a lot are "more susceptible to interference from irrelevant environmental stimuli and from irrelevant representations in memory" (Ophir 2009). In other words, people who multitask are much more easily distracted.
Manage & Share Your Files With File Expert [Android]
File Expert is an all-in-wonder tool for managing and sharing local files and apps installed on your Google Android device, as well as files stored in the cloud. File Expert supports a host of options to connect and share, it comes with an archive manager, provides root access to system folders, and more options. The tool is free and yet does not display any ads.