I just got a brand-new Galaxy S III. It’s a beautiful device, except for one big flaw: Samsung TouchWiz. This is a layer of customization and “added value” Samsung slaps on the custom Android interface… and it looks simply horrid. I mean, it...

Optical discs are not forever, but although they are losing significance, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs are still a great medium for long term backups, given you store them right and don’t use them as your only backup method. In other words, do keep a...

Firefox now gives us a lot of tab management features straight up from the starting blocks. Pinning tabs is old hat. Tab Groups (also known as Panorama) are an easy way to organize a lot of tabs, and that sounds more interesting. Scroll buttons to move...

When was the last time you actually shut down your computer before bed? I’ve had to ask myself the same thing, and I can’t remember. When you’re trying to save power and potentially preserve the lifespan of your system, it’s...

If your iOS user device is brimming with countless apps, you probably like to share some of the best ones with other users on occasion. A new website service called Appetite.io allows you to upload or send through email a screenshot of your iPhone’s...

In these heady days when everything seems to be cloud-based, is there still room for a lowly desktop note manager? I think there is, and we covered quite a few of these over the years - WikiPad, Zim, and more recently, ResophNotes. Today, it’s time to...

There was once a time when I was a naive kid on a desktop who never even considered that I’d have to keep up with the health of my hard drive. Jumping from the world of video games to the Internet, what do you expect? Blowing a little harder on the...

I’m rather obsessed with the weather. It’s not my fault, it’s just that I was born and brought up in the U.K., and all British people are obsessed with the weather. I think it’s because the weather is rather changeable on this...

Do you want to save money or find a job? Yahoo Pipes helps with both by grabbing the data you want, like job openings, and feeding it to you immediately. On top of that, it’s remarkably easy to set up and use.The Pipes technology represents the web’s...

One look at my external drives or Dropbox folder and you can tell that I suffer from some form of OCD. Folders can never be too organized or cleaned, and I’m a hoarder. That together means that I spend hours on end organizing and perfecting my most...