admin @ January 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In the past, Linux was not overly blessed with decent budgeting software, and installing GnuCash was regarded by many as the epitome of a descent into dependency hell.
Thankfully, things have since changed, and anyone using a modern distribution could now have the software ready to go in just a few minutes.
This kind of software [...]
admin @ December 31, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In September 2008, jaws dropped at the TechCrunch 50 conference.
The reason was the Sekai Camera, an iPhone application that takes the view from the phone’s camera and augments it with data overlays including user-generated content.
Could this be the future of social apps?
Er, probably not. The demo was eye-popping, but details are frustratingly thin [...]
admin @ December 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
When you’re part of a large team churning out line after line of code in order to build a spreadsheet, word processor or web browser, there’s not that much scope for fun.
You’re just an anonymous cog in a big software machine and no one is ever going to know who you are.
That’s why [...]
admin @ November 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Some of the very best web design and development tools are free. Free as in speech and as in zero pence. We take a look at the best free software you can use to build a successful, contemporary website, starting with the obvious: tools to design it with.
First you’ll need a web editor. Nvu [...]
admin @ November 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Had your fill of zombies and pirates? Despair when you’re given another egg to hatch or offered a fish for your virtual tank?
You’re not alone. Thoroughly fed up of crap Facebook apps, we searched long and hard to find useful tools and productive programs – and we found twenty.
These are all applications worth adding [...]
admin @ November 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The selection of great free or inexpensive Mac programs on offer has never been better. You can now get amazing software designed by small or independent developers to cover practically anything you could ever want to do on your Mac.
Since the mass adoption of OS X, Apple has made it easier [...]
admin @ November 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
For us, the launch of the iPhone 3G was less about the hardware tweak than it was about the App Store. Finally, Apple had opened up the iPhone platform to allow developers to create proper, native apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, and we couldn’t wait to get installing.
The great thing about third-party [...]
admin @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
For every big, commercial application there is almost always a free alternative, which can do some or all of the same things the expensive software can.
Thanks to huge strides in technology like OS X and Apple’s Developer Tools and iPhone SDK, far more people are able to develop amazingly sophisticated programs and distribute them [...]
admin @ October 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The selection of great free or inexpensive Mac programs on offer has never been better. You can now get amazing software designed by small or independent developers to cover practically anything you could ever want to do on your Mac.
Since the mass adoption of OS X, Apple has made it easier [...]
admin @ October 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Credit crunch making your office system look lean? There’s no need to fret when there are perfectly good productivity tools available for free.
Here’s our pick of the free productivity-boosting programs every Windows user should own.
1.Thunderbird 2
Based on Mozilla code, what Firefox does for web browsing, Thunderbird does for email. Including advanced features like message tagging, [...]