http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/ MacUser labs en-gb Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:56:53 +0000 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:56:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 site.editor@macuser.co.uk webmaster@macuser.co.uk http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/22:21/mini-roundup-p2p-file-sharing-clients/products.html 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. Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/22:15/mini-roundup-ichat-transcript-viewers/products.html 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? Want to see if a problem is being dealt with by someone else? Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/22:11/mini-roundup-blogging-tools/products.html 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. Fri, 26 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/21:20/ebay-selling-tools/products.html 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. Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/21:2/icon-websites/products.html 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. They gave us a way to interact with our computers that was based on metaphor and analogy - something we humans cope extremely well with - and meant we could begin to intuit ways of using computers that was impossible while we were stuck in the command line. Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/20:17/web-browsers/products.html 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. In this Labs test we've picked five of the leading Mac-compatible browsers, the ones currently in wide use and with market-leading features of one sort or another. Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/20:5/news-feed-readers/products.html 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. In fact, chances are if you write a blog you're already producing a feed, perhaps without even noticing it, as the most common blogging tools, including Movable Type, produce them by default. Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/19:25/anti-spam-software/products.html 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. Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/19:25/instant-messaging-clients/products.html 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. Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/19:10/blogging/products.html 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. Thu, 15 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/17:10/email-utilities/products.html Mon, 15 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.macuser.co.uk/labs/13:18/web-server-software/products.html Mon, 15 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0100