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WordPress Bootcamp: Ending Soon

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:24:17 GMT |

The Archie Search Engine – The World’s First Search!

Written over two decades ago and with no updates since then, Archie provides a very different search experience than we're used to today. So how is it different, and could it still be useful today? I'll take you on a tour of this pioneering search en"

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:40 GMT |

You Too Can Benefit From The Power Of Email Signatures

A signature tells you something about a personality. Just as two people hardly write alike, they also sign differently. That's how the "science" of Graphology came into being. But the digital age and the email signature have reduced the way you sign-o"

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:38 GMT |

Power Up Your Mac Desktop With RSS Feed Reader NewsBar [Mac & iOS]

Despite the popularity of social networks like Twitter and Facebook, RSS readers are still arguably the best way to monitor and manage daily news items and subscriptions on both our computers and mobile devices. With the pending death of the Google Rea"

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:12 GMT |

Enjoy 160+ Free Recipes At Your Fingertips With Foodie Recipes For iPad [iOS]

I love food. If you follow my posts here on MakeUseOf even half-heartedly, I'm sure you managed to figure that out by now. Foodie Recipes is based on the website foodie.com, but is not merely a mobile version of the website. Rather, Foodie Recipes off"

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:05 GMT |

Byword Offers Fullscreen Distraction-Free Writing Pleasure On Your Mac

Taking your pen to hand - or more often keyboard, in these times - is not always a simple undertaking. That's not to say writing is bothersome. No, rather the opposite. Writing is wonderful, awesome, enchanting, and a hundred other things. The problem"

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:39 GMT |

Visualisations: Helping You Put Meaningless Data Into Perspective [Stuff to Watch]

Visualisations (or visualizations if you're American or absolutely love your Zs) transform whole sets of arbitrary data into beautiful, visual learning tools. From basic graphs and charts to complex animations, visualisations take an infographic-like "

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:05 GMT |

Looking For New Music? Here Are 5 Of The Best Chrono Trigger OCRemixes

OCRemix is one of many sites where you can legally get free music. The catch is that the songs on OCRemix are remixes of popular video game soundtracks. You won’t find Pink Floyd or Taylor Swift here; however, you might be surprised to find that there "

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:10 GMT |

8 Features Missing in Windows 8 and How To Get Them Back

Microsoft removed a variety of features from Windows 8. Many of them aren't great losses to most people, but they are if you depended on them. Luckily, Windows 8 isn't yet a locked-down mobile operating system, no matter how hard Microsoft is trying "

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:30:38 GMT |

Game Of Thrones Meets Tumblr: 12 Must-Follow Blogs

The sheer amount of content on Tumblr makes it a joy to browse, though sometimes you really do have to filter through a lot of repetitive content to get to the good stuff. For that reason, we’ve put together lists of recommended Tumblr blogs that we th"

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:21 GMT |

How Undervolting Decreases Heat & Increases Battery Life

Would you believe that many computers and smartphones can run cooler and consume less power? A trick exists, called undervolting, which can increase your CPU's efficiency with few drawbacks. If performed right, devices generally produce less heat whil"

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:31:35 GMT |

Touch Up Your Photos With A Single Click Using Photo Commander 11 [Giveaway]

Sometimes you just want to fix up a picture without all of the baggage and learning curves that come with powerhouse image editors like Photoshop and Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:35 GMT |

5 iPhone Apps That Will Help You Communicate In A Foreign Language [iOS]

World travel is an exciting and adventurous activity, but one thing that hinders many from taking part is the language barrier. Everyone has their reasons for not learning another language, and furthermore, it’s just not practical to try to learn"

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:30:32 GMT |

Get a Head Start On Your USB Toolkit With Windows System Control Center

I often joke about being the only IT guy with a 36-inch pipe wrench in his toolbox. Funny, but also probably true. But I do carry one IT tool in my kit that is just as powerful and hefty as that pipe wrench - the Windows System Control Center on my Too"

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:00:02 GMT |

Ubiquitous Player Is An Everything-In-One Portable Suite

Windows 8 has managed to do a pretty decent job of putting all of your favorite and most-used applications right in your face with their rendition of the startup screen. Not all of us fancy it though. I personally skip straight the desktop. With all of"

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:30:26 GMT |

Cool Websites and Tools [May 20th 2013]

Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool websites round-ups delivered to your email daily email subscribe here....<"

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:31:31 GMT |

Inspiring Type in Package Design

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:06:54 GMT |

18 Websites that Take Scrolling to the Next Level

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:20:53 GMT |

The Web Usage Habits of Europeans [Infographic]

This week’s infographic is courtesy of MintTwist, looking at the web usage habits of Europeans. Tweetables Europeans make up 12% of the global population, and 21% of the online population Tweet this Iceland and Scandanavia have the highest Internet "

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:03:48 GMT |

Microsoft Plans To Kill Xbox Live Points System, Introduces Real Currency [Updates]

Xbox 360 users, soon you'll no longer have to struggle with the awkward math that the Microsoft Points system currently offers. Microsoft recently told tech pub The Verge that it will ditch the system in preparation for its new console release. Instea"

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:30:41 GMT |

Cool Websites and Tools [May 16th 2013]

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:31:27 GMT |