Labs

Mini-Roundup: P2P file sharing clients

[MacUser 13 Oct 06]
Peer-to-peer file sharing clients let you make large files available without burdening a file server. But which to choose? Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing clients have had a lot of press in recent years. ... more

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Mini-Roundup: iChat transcript viewers

[MacUser 21 Jul 06]
For many of us, iChat is as much an essential business tool as it is a way of keeping in touch with friends and family all over the world. Need to check a price? ... more

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Mini-roundup: Blogging tools

[MacUser 26 May 06]
At its most basic, a blog is an online journal that simply gives the outside world a window into your life. Spend a bit more time and effort, though, and with a targeted presence and some advertising, a blog could become a method of supporting yourself or at least making a few extra pounds each month. ... more

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eBay selling tools

[MacUser 05 Oct 05]
If commerce is, as they say, the act of moving goods from where they're plentiful to where they're scarce, then commerce using the auction site eBay could be thought of as moving goods from where they're perceived as junk to where they're perceived as must-have retro chic. ... more

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Icon Websites

[MacUser 08 Mar 05]
Icons are more than just window-dressing: they defined the original Mac's radical interface manifesto and introduced a whole new generation of non-geeks to computers. ... more

Web Browsers

[MacUser 19 Aug 04]
These days, web browsers are vital tools for just about everyone, but the choice of browser, once a simple matter of Netscape or Internet Explorer, is now far more complex. ... more

News feed readers

[MacUser 05 Mar 04]
An RSS - 'really simple syndication' or 'rich site summary' - feed is a text-based stream of information - the essence of the site with all the pictures and design stripped out. ... more

Anti-spam software

[MacUser 12 Dec 03]
If you've had an email address for more than a couple of years, it's likely your day begins not by pleasantly looking over mail from friends, but by weeding out a slew of offers of a less-than-savoury nature. ... more

Instant messaging clients

[MacUser 12 Dec 03]
The popularity of instant messaging has exploded in recent years. Flat-rate broadband connections mean more and more of us are staying online for longer, and as a result they're becoming something of a must-have. ... more

Blogging

[MacUser 15 May 03]
The past year has seen something of a revolution in Web publishing. Content management systems that allow users to update Web sites quickly and easily used to cost hundreds of thousands of pounds, but now personal software that does the same job can be bought very cheaply. ... more