It’s easy to change the background of a photo in Photoshop, but you don’t have to pay for expensive software if you don’t want to. GIMP is the best free image editing software around, and it’s almost as powerful as its commercial counterpart. Changing the background in GIMP is simple, and there are several different […]
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could turn off your phone’s screen just by swiping down from the top of your display? Or access your recent apps by swiping in from the right? These shortcuts would allow you to use your Android smartphone or tablet in a whole new way. You can decide what gestures trigger what result, […]
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Start a new tab on any modern browser and you meet the speed dial, a collection of your most visited sites. It’s handy, sure, but the new tab page can be much more useful. The key to productivity is finding out what works for you. Don’t just apply what a productivity guru says without thinking […]
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Ubuntu is a rock solid operating system, which can be installed on just about any PC and “just work.” There are many great derivatives of Ubuntu, each with a different desktop environment built on top of the same great core found in the flagship Ubuntu Desktop, but they all come preloaded with oodles of software […]
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Minecraft never ceases to amaze me. The game entertains millions of users daily with its simple interface and cubic graphics. This is due, in large part, to its active modding community. Minecraft’s modding community has given the original game a world of new possibilities. For instance, did you know you can change the look of […]
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Like Windows and Mac OS X, Linux offers a wealth of options for anyone wanting to tweak their operating system. But the nature of the open source world means that you can also create your own distro, burn it to disc and install it. These four tools will get you started. Tweaking Linux the Easy […]
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