Articles about software
Do you find yourself often needing the little accents and doo-dads which appear above certain letters in certain words, maybe in your writing, posts or emails? Would you like to be able to easily put the é into your elan, the à into your voila, […]
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uRex is currently offering the latest version of uRex iPhone DVD Ripper free for everyone… offer ends 10th October. Time to get your iPhone 5 DVD Ripper ready! It is the first class DVD to iPhone 5/ HD/1080P HD Ripper. Mainly designed for iPhone5, iPhone
uRex iPhone DVD Ripper – time limited giveaway for everyone Read More »
CheckDiskGUI – A One-Click Disk Check (almost) The native Windows ChkDsk tool is not very user-friendly. It involves several mouse-clicks to check each hard drive for errors, bad sectors, and other integrity issues. This is fine if you only have a few drives/partitions to deal
A One-Click Disk Check Tool for Windows – CheckDiskGUI Read More »
Before we get to the nitty gritty, I want to re-iterate that these kinds of test results should not be relied on too heavily when making decisions concerning anti-virus software; for starters they are generally testing against a comparatively tiny number of samples – in
AV-Test.org: Latest anti-virus test results Read More »
Xara is currently offering version 5 of its excellent Xara Xtreme software free for everyone… offer ends 30th September. This is the latest version of Xara Xtreme, before the name was changed to Xara Photo & Graphic Designer, and which previously sold for $79.00. We
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In my job as a Network Administrator, I’m constantly called upon to reset passwords to email, network shares and sensitive corporate resources. Up to now, it has been my standard procedure to transmit passwords and other login information only by phone, but this is tedious
Send sensitive information to anyone securely Read More »
For those who may not be familiar with the name; Puran Software was founded in India 5 years ago and has quickly established a solid reputation compliments of its very good Puran Defrag freeware. Now Puran Software has released a suite of 22 freeware maintenance
Puran Utilities: Suite of 20+ maintenance tools Read More »
Yes folks, yet another freeware developer has gone over to the dark side, bundling undesirable software with its products. I have stated on many occasions that I have no problem with developers wishing to monetize their efforts, anything which helps keep our favorite freeware free
My Favorite Gadgets: Another developer gone over to the dark side! Read More »
There are lots of online image editors available, each offering its own particular feature set, and all affording the distinct advantage of not needing to download and install any complex software. You probably already have a favorite, but here’s another, called FotoFlexer, which I thought
FotoFlexer: Terrific online photo editor Read More »
No doubting that Microsoft added more versatility to the taskbar in Windows 7, but options built-in for pinning items to the taskbar for quick access are very limited in their range, generally restricted to applications. There are workarounds available which allow users to pin personal
TaskbarPinner: pin just about ANYTHING to the taskbar Read More »
If you work with PDF documents at all you will no doubt be aware of the sterling reputation Tracker Software has achieved through its excellent range of PDF related applications. Tracker Software is currently offering the latest version of PDF-XChange Lite free to everyone for
PDF-XChange Lite 2012 – giveaway for everyone Read More »
Of all the programs installed on all the computers across the world, I’d hazard a guess that the humble word processor would likely be among the most common and most often utilized applications. A word processor is, of course, an integral part of any full
Word Processors: 2 best free alternatives to Microsoft Word Read More »
It appears that Mozilla’s leak-management project, code-named ‘MemShrink’, might finally have achieved the results all dedicated Firefox users have been waiting for. Mozilla is confident that the new Firefox 15 for PCs will put an end to the multitude of memory-management issues which have plagued
Firefox 15 addresses memory issues – finally! Read More »
Paragon is currently offering its brand new imaging software, Paragon Image Backup for Windows 8 and Server 2012, for free. The software is specifically designed for Windows 8 and according to Paragon is… a complete backup and recovery software tool for all Windows 8 versions,
Paragon Image Backup for Windows 8: Get it FREE now! Read More »
