Friday, May 18, 2012

5 Easy Tips That Would Protect You Against A Computer Hacker

Over the past few decades, we’ve seen many technological advancements. In fact, the advancements have been so quick that even tech-savvy individuals can end up falling by the wayside. I speak from experience. There is a downside to this technological growth speed, though. Hackers. People who create malicious software in order to inflict harm against users. Sometimes, the malicious software is made to steal valuable information, like credit card numbers. It’s always a pain in the butt...

Why An Augmented Reality Future (Google Project Glass) Scares Me [Opinion]

At the beginning of April Google unveiled Project Glass, a new effort to bring smartphone functionality to your eyeball(s). And that’s not me overstating the case. This is a HUD (Heads-Up Display) offering augmented reality, and it’s in development right now at Google HQ. We have already heard from James how this technology is perfectly feasible, and that the concept video Google proferred isn’t pie-in-the-sky thinking. Chris then detailed why he loves the ideaof a future in which...

How To QuicklyShare Beautiful Photo Galleries With Dropbox

One of the best ways to make use of the “dusty” pile of digital images on your hard drive is to share them with your friends and family. There are many ways to achieve that, such as sending them via email, uploading them to Facebook and/or Flickr, or setting up a photo gallery using WordPress to display the images. All of those options above are fairly easy to set up and require a short amount of time to complete. But there’s nothing bad about having more...

Take Beautiful Photos With Camera360 Free [Android 1.5+]

A few years back, a cellphone’s camera was little more  than a gimmick. It was just one more checkmark for the phone’s feature list – “it does pictures, too!” In recent times, though, we see more and more smartphones with 5 megapixel cameras, LED flashes, and processors powerful enough to create some very interesting images. What remains is the software – and as you may have noticed, this space is exploding with apps vying to be your default camera app. Camera360 received some...

Keep Your Computer Clean & Tidy With WinPatrol Portable [Windows]

WinPatrol has always been one of my favourite pieces of free software.   It was one of the first things I wrote about when I joined MakeUseOf back in 2007 and it also made my Mark Pack exactly one year ago today.   It’s one of those security apps that you can always depend on and it has stopped many an intruder from sneaking onto my computer without my knowledge. Now there is a portable version of the Windows-only software called Win Patrol To Go and...

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