articles about free software
Digiarty have announced a major upgrade of their popular free DVD ripping software. Anyone who has had anything to do with Digiarty products will already be aware that their WinX range of DVD and video software are outstanding; easy to use, fast, and very effective. …
Cinemas will dim the lights prior to the commencement of a movie in order to help eliminate distractions and provide maximum contrast. Now, thanks to Turn Off the Lights, you can enjoy the ‘cinematic experience’ on the home PC while viewing videos on popular media …
In these days, where advertising and profits seem to largely rule even the freeware world, it’s refreshing to encounter an example of selfless commitment where the only motivation is to provide a useful and worthwhile contribution. Such is the nature of a new freeware called …
Mozilla, the developer of the popular Firefox browser, are about to announce an increase in revenue for 2010. Mozilla’s gross income grew 18%, from a recorded $104 million in 2009 to an anticipated $123 million in 2010. A significantly large portion of that revenue being …
I don’t actually need to change screen resolution here on my home PC, but I can well imagine how this may be necessary for situations involving multiple users; and especially where multiple users with varying degrees of eyesight are concerned. If you are in this …
Carroll: Set individual screen resolutions for each user Read More »
It seems more and more developers are insisting on bundling extras with their freeware; toolbars are becoming common place as well as changes to home pages and search engines. Some are open and up front about it, many adopt a more sneaky approach – such …
FreewareBB – helping you avoid those bundled extras Read More »
Longtime Avira fans will immediately notice their favorite anti-virus software has undergone a minor name change; “AntiVir” has been dropped from the title and Avira AntiVir Personal now becomes Avira Free Antivirus. Avira may have changed the name for the latest version of their popular …
Nir Sofer is the freeware developer responsible for the terrific range of NirSoft tools and utilities; all NirSoft freeware is lightweight, portable, and very effective. Nir Sofer has recently combined over 100 of his extremely useful utilities into one downloadable package called NirLauncher. The package …
NirLauncher – a collection of brilliant utilities! Read More »
There are several excellent tools available to help us rid our system of malware, but what about any damaged files and altered settings malware can leave behind, even after it has been completely eradicated! This is where the tools available from Tweaking.com can come in …
A couple of day ago we reported on the confusion surrounding Piriform’s change in policy, where an extra ‘Home’ version costing $24.95 has been added to the downloads for products such as CCleaner and Defraggler – see HERE. We have since received an email response …
Update – Piriform now charging for their software? Read More »
If you are not familiar with the name Piriform, they are the publishers of very popular freeware products such as CCleaner, Defraggler and Recuva. It appears Piriform has revamped its policy somewhat and this is causing confusion among users. Piriform products have previously been available …
If you like to download online video clips from sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, etc., here are a couple of really simple and completely free methods: 1) If you are a dedicated Firefox user the solution comes via a simple add-on called Video DownloadHelper. …
I recently went hunting around the net for the free download of AnyBizSoft PDF to Word Converter (v3.0.0), which has previously been available for free per medium of an extended giveaway. I was at first disappointed when I could no longer locate the giveaway but …
AnyBizSoft PDF to Word Converter – Now Freeware! Read More »
Kingsoft Office Suite has been around for some time now but has always been available only as shareware. This latest 2012 version however has been released as Freeware, which is good news indeed. The freeware ranks are not exactly over endowed with office suites, and …
