It’s great when developers respond to the genuine needs of users and produce something simple that makes a big difference to your working day. The development of Letterbox is one such application after a request by a user on an Ars Technica forum to create a plugin that allows Mail to take advantage of […]

Call me an uber geek but I like to keep a close eye my Mac’s processes. I usually use the iStat Nano widget to keep an eye on the top 5 but OS X’s Activity Monitor gives the most detailed info. Processes are the “engine” behind what’s going on and can be used to quickly […]

Making programs that can’t be uninstalled easily is a software crime in my book. It’s bad enough when applications leave behind folders and files after you’ve dragged them to the Trash (I recommend free AppCleaner helping prevent this) but those that actually leave behind memory sapping and CPU guzzling processes are simply bang out of […]

Mac: If you’re constantly making the same old file transfers, it’s really annoying having to browse to the right folders all the time. Dropzone does the hard work for you by allowing you to setup handy shortcuts for all your main transfer needs. All you need to do is setup a shortcut folder to which […]

Windows: If you’re sick of using iTunes to manage the contents of your iPod, use CopyTrans Manager instead. This powerful alternative to the Apple tool gives you full control over your iPod or iPhone, and lets you create and manage playlists, add new music and videos and edit the file’s tags – including album artwork […]

Windows: Are you a Firefox user? If so, you’ll be happy to know your favorite browser has been updated. Firefox 3.5 includes exciting new features such as a private browsing mode, an enhanced Awesome bar, better support for embedded videos, more powerful tools to manage your browsing history and a new engine that makes websites […]

Spending much of my day at a computer, my daily routine leaves my desktop in a mess: A ton of browser tabs open, various documents and more. It’s like a chaotic to do list - it’s easier to leave a tab open than find it again later, I say to myself. It’s probably not great […]

Last year I happily bought a first-generation iPhone, totally convinced that I was acquiring a state-of-the-art piece of technology. However, it didn’t take me much time to discover that my new phone had some ridiculous limitations and was clearly behind other terminals I had bought before.
Let’s face it: the iPhone is beautifully designed and has […]

iMovie is a great video editing tool but I’ve learned through painful trial and error that it’s very fussy when it comes to formats. It won’t even accept videos in MP4 or AVI format. Try importing one and although it will say it’s generating thumbnails for that clip, iMovie will hang or the process will […]

Windows: Panoramic photos may seem quite difficult to create, but the truth is that if you have the right app, it’s easy as pie. Pos Panorama Pro is one of those apps, providing you with an easy, intuitive wizard-style interface where you can create your own panoramas in just a few clicks. Give it a […]

What are the best ways to get your MacBook to run faster? You could always buy extra RAM, but that means spending a few extra bucks and can be a bit hazardous if you don’t know how to do it right. There are the obvious tricks of stopping important processes in your Activity Monitor, cleaning […]

The Terminal isn’t known to be the most exciting application on your Mac, even though if you know how to use it it can be a pretty powerful one. Now most people that make use of it will probably not really worry about the way it looks as long as it works and lets them […]

In previous articles, we’ve often dedicated time to extolling the virtues of Linux. However, as with Windows and Mac OS X, there are plenty of reasons why the OS with the penguin mascot might not be the best choice for your PC.
Here are our top 10 reasons why you should leave Linux to the geeks […]

With all the hype surrounding the iPhone and the fact that its AppStore seems to be doing so well, it’s easy to forget that there’s another new mobile Operating System in town. Android is Google’s version of a next generation mobile OS, and while it’s not actually available on any mobile handsets at the moment, […]

This has surely happened to you at least once: after pressing CMD+Delete on an item or selecting ‘Empty Trash’ in the Finder the following message pops up: “The operation could not be completed because the item ‘(item name)’ is locked.” If your trash is filled to the brim with files, then you don’t really want […]