articles about free software
Karen’s Replicator is a really simple ‘set it and forget it’ way to backup your important data. First, you need to get an external drive to keep the backed up data. If you keep the backup on your computer’s hard drive, you are not backing […]
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Programs may come and programs may go but there is one piece of software which has always been an essential part of most user’s setup and remains so to this day… antivirus. Sure, you may come across the odd comment from someone expounding on how
Avira Free Antivirus – Up Close & Personal Read More »
Easy BCD is a free (for non-commercial use) software to help users easily set up multi-boot environments. If you search for information across the net on how to dual boot you’ll find plenty of references to and recommendations for EasyBCD. What follows is a summary
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Red Eclipse, a Free Casual Arena Shooter If you like shooters and enjoy multiplayer, it doesn’t get much better than this and it’s totally free of charge. I’ve seen multiplayer shooters only half as good as Red Eclipse and you have to pay for them
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TrueCrypt, the most popular free and open source encryption software, has abruptly changed its homepage to display a message saying that the software is not secure and suggesting that existing users should migrate to Bitlocker: As you can imagine, the net is abuzz with news
TrueCrypt Mystery – Is it Really Insecure? Read More »
Perhaps you’ve read or heard about how coding is the cool thing right now. Kids should be taught it in school; young ladies and gentlemen should be encouraged to get together and start software companies. Everyone should have a go, right? Including you, so read
Hello World! Start Coding – with NetBeans Read More »
Pioneer – Space Adventure/Simulator Pioneer is a space adventure game set in our galaxy at the turn of the 31st century. The game is open-ended, and you are free to eke out whatever kind of space-faring existence you can think of. Look for fame or
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Most ardent Firefox users would have been frustrated at one time or another by the popular browser’s excessive RAM usage, but did you know that a bare bones Firefox actually compares very favorably with competitor browsers and it’s the add-ons which are actually consuming the
Bluhell Firewall – Lightweight ad-blocker for Firefox Read More »
As of this week DCT will be featuring a ‘freeware game of the week’ as a regular weekly item. These are not reviews, just a means of letting our readers know about some of the terrific range of free games available. Warsow – First Person
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Most writers tend to work with screenshots and images regularly, and I am certainly no exception. My duties here at DCT involve working with images pretty much on a daily basis, and as image file sizes can have a seriously negative impact on page loading
Review: Voralent Antelope – Free Image Resizer Read More »
For those who may be unaware, VLC is a popular free and open source cross-platform media player developed by the VideoLan Organization. VLC’s widespread popularity stems largely from its excellent codec (video format) support and powerful range of features, you can check it out here:
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Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding the NSA’s covert spying activities not only served to heighten the issue of online privacy, they also created a general atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust. One software which came under the microscope in particular was the popular and widely used TrueCrypt.
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Glossary of Terms: PUPs: Potentially Unwanted Programs – such as toolbars. PUMs: Potentially Unwanted Modifications – changes to home page, search engine, etc. MBAM: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware It’s been almost a year since Malwarebytes’ decision to stop supporting the identification and removal of PUPs created a
Does Malwarebytes 2.0 Identify & Remove PUPs (toolbars, etc.)? Read More »
In today’s world of burgeoning cybercrime, passwords and password security have become critical in the way we protect ourselves online. It’s not too difficult to create a different strong password for each account but it is not so easy remembering them all. This is where
New Password Manager *SpeedyPassword* – Is It Safe? Read More »
