To almost every people that uses computer, the copy/paste function is a simple and useful function that everyone can take it for granted. Simply highlight the text in one document, press Ctrl + C follow by Ctrl + V on your keyboard and you can paste it in another document. As easy as that. However, ...

We have previously covered how you can play old school console games on your computer. Now, what about bringing it one step further and install these game consoles on your iPhone so that you can play them while you are on the move? While there are many games available in the App Store, some with exc...

You may own a one terabyte hard disk, but the screen still shows an “Your disk is full” error message whenever you want to install a new application. Does this sound familiar to you? When I shop for hard disk, I tend to buy one that comes with a large storage space so that I can have amp...

Mark has previously described how you can use TrueCrypt to encrypt your sensitive data. While that is a great encryption software, it requires you to pre-allocate a fixed size to the container before you can store confidential data to it. If you are using only 10% of the allocated space, the remaini...

Have you ever been to a website and seen the nice little circle that is spinning round and round while the application is being loaded?  Most people who have no technical knowledge will think that this is something amazing and can never understand how it works. Now, what if you can create your own ...

When it comes to shortening a long URL, most people will think of TinyURL or one of the hundreds of other URL shortening sites. Most, if not all, of these sites take a long URL and generate a short URL based on their domain name. For example, if you use TinyURL to shorten the long URL http://makeuse...

If you own an iPod, you will know that other than storing music, you can also use it as an external hard disk. You simply connect your iPod to your computer and you can easily transfer files over via drag and drop. When it comes to the iPhone however, Apple sells you a larger hard disk, gives you mo...

When it comes to gaming in Linux, one of the most frequently faced problems is the sourcing of the game code then compiling and installing them on your machine. While some games provide easy ways to install them or are found in the distro’s software repository, there are plenty of games that c...