Articles about software
The Mechanic’s Woe We’ve all heard the stories about how the poor mechanic is trying to discern the meaning of the different grunts, chirps, and wheezing noises another person is uttering over the phone to describe how his/her car sounds at the moment. A nearly […]
This giveaway is available for everybody, simply visit the associated promo page and activate the software before 15th August. There are two versions of the software up for grabs, one for Windows and one for Mac. WinX iPhone Video Converter —-> HOME PAGE “Comprehensive and
These giveaways are open to everybody, simply visit the associated promo page and activate the software before 31st August: WinX Bluray DVD iPad Ripper (for Windows) —-> HOME PAGE The best DVD Blu-ray ripper software that helps you fast rip DVD/ Blu-ray to iPad, iPad
Giveaway: WinX Bluray DVD iPad Ripper + WinX DVD to iPad Ripper for Mac Read More »
PrivaZer is a relatively new cleanup/privacy tool, similar in vein to CCleaner, which has been developed by a US-based company and is reputed to be very thorough. There are lots of these types of free cleaning tools available but PrivaZer introduces several innovations and new
Last May we reported the availability of 10 free technical eBooks from Microsoft. Microsoft has now released more than 80 free technical eBooks for general download via the msdn blog. A huge collection of guides and resource kits, including: SharePoint, Visual Studio, Windows Phone, Windows
FREE technical eBooks from Microsoft – more than 80 available! Read More »
Why Remove the Video but Keep the Audio? There may be many reasons to do this. Perhaps you want to play the audio on an MP3 player, or create a CD/DVD of your favorite tunes. Maybe you’d like to listen to them on your mobile
Back when the World was young (1984) – and, me too for that matter – I bought my first Hard Drive. A mega sized 10 MB HD (yep, 10 MB – not 10 GB) with a seek time of 198 ms. I paid $800 ($1,780
BlazeVideo is running a special Olympics 2012 giveaway for its video/photo software VideoFlick. VideoFlick would normally sell for $29.95 but is currently available free for everyone. At the time of writing this there is a little over one week until the offer expires. View &
A few weeks ago I reviewed a number of free programs specifically designed to record screen activity for demos, guides, etc… Screen Recorder Freeware: which is the best choice?… none of which really came up to the mark and some of which were just downright
ActivePresenter: Top notch screen recorder/capture Read More »
I’ve been running Windows 8, almost exclusively, since the first (beta) release in September of last year. Despite my initial impressions (not favorable), I’ve made a 180 degree turn – I’m really into Win 8. Despite the clunky Metro GUI, which I’ve managed to deal
Desktops is a tiny, free, and portable program from Windows Sysinternals which allows users to easily and quickly create up to four separate desktops: Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on
Create multiple desktops with this tiny free program Read More »
I just love my freeware, but it’s impossible to test and review all the new products which continue hitting the shelves almost on a daily basis. Most of those I do review are either of particular interest to me personally, or I believe might be
Four new-ish freeware offerings you might like to check out Read More »
I guess most people would be aware of OpenCandy by now, for those who are not, here is a short explanation compliments of Wikipedia: OpenCandy is an advertising software module consisting of a Microsoft Windows library that can be incorporated into a Windows installer. When
Beware: Solimba and Somoto bundled with freeware Read More »
I’ve long made it a practice to treat my Windows machines as if they have already been compromised. No, that’s not paranoia – that’s 30+ years of practical hands on computing experience. If there’s one thing that experience has taught me it’s this – I
