Do copy acceleration utilities actually lower file transfer speeds? Our tests say yes
We’ve featured several file copy acceleration utilities on this site. Recently, however, we went in and did a head-to-head test to discover which of...
Free Minecraft resources: get the most out of Minecraft with custom content
Minecraft has become a wildly successful, rags to riches software sensation nearly overnight. And while Minecraft Retail may not be free, we’ve previously written...
Create a local, development version of your WordPress site on your hard drive: a...
If you have a Wordpress site, you may have imagined how useful it would be to have a development version of your site running...
Google’s belligerent Panda: how Google’s algorithm updates hurt small sites and give others an...
Google’s last Panda 3.8 update which happened in late June 2012 took away two thirds of my traffic, reducing my readership to the same...
Ten of the best FREE online education resources that you should know about
We recently published an article that listed the free online learning resources offered by the best 40 colleges in America (here).
In the process of...
10 must have FREE Android apps (part 1)
My recent switch from iOS to Android has given me the chance to discover some fantastic new free apps.
Of course there are staple apps...
Take FREE online courses from the TOP 40 colleges in the US
Online education is ubiquitous, it seems, and has a lot to recommend it, such as the convenience of learning when and where you want,...
Three must-have FREE image manipulation tools: Smilla Enlarger, Seam Carving GUI, and ShiftN
If you are an expert Photoshop user then this post may not be for you; for the rest of us, however, the 3 tools...
7 FREE dual monitor programs and resources that you should know about
We recently got access to a new extra screen at the office, so we did the natural thing, and started testing all sorts of...
How to run two Dropbox instances on the same PC
Why would you want to run multiple Dropbox instances on the same machine? We could think of two reasons (1) you’ve maxed out on...
Ten ‘Chrome Experiments’ in WebGL that you MUST see
What are Chrome Experiments? Simply put, they are interesting bits of coding that use some of the latest open technologies (e.g. HTML5, Canvas, SVG,...
Four FREE apps that can transform how you read the news
With the explosion of information and news sources that is the hallmark of the internet, application developers are coming up with creative ways to...
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