Articles about software
Right-Click Menu I have written several articles over the years about changing the right-click menu. These have usually involved editing the Windows Registry in some way. Truth be told, many people are justifiably nervous about hacking into the Registry. If you are one of those […]
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I am a self-confessed movie buff. Fortunately, so is my lovely better half. I’m always on the lookout for half decent DVD authoring software, free of course! There aren’t too many around which fit the bill… the freeware offerings always seem to involve one issue
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Windows 8 has arrived and I guess there will be quite a few befuddled new users out there looking for guidance. Our Dave has already published a series of great ‘Getting Started’ guides here on DCT, you can access them all in the Windows 8
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Here are three nice Halloween Giveaways which are still up for grabs; for uRex Video Converter Platinum, Aimersoft Video Studio Express, and Wondershare PDF to Word: uRex Video Converter Platinum **The software must be downloaded and *activated* before 6th November! uRex Video Converter Platinum offers
Halloween Giveaways: Video Converter, Video Editor, PDF to Word Read More »
[important]This article was written by Bill Pytlovany and has been reposted here with his kind permission. Bill is the developer of the well known WinPatrol security program, he is among the original cyber-security researchers and one of the founding fathers of the Internet as we
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As you may be aware by now, unlike its predecessors, Windows 8 does not include Windows Media Center built-in to the operating system. It’s now an ‘extra’ that can be purchased through the Add Features option in Windows 8. However, for a limited time, Microsoft
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There are lots of Halloween giveaways on offer at the moment, too many to detail individually, so we have combined them all into one post here: WinX HD Video Converter Halloween Edition Giveaway + The New iPad Ripper Giveaway Take advantage of this offer here:
Halloween Giveaways: Video converter, DVD Ripper, Video Editor, PDF to Word Read More »
The terrific WinPatrol Plus will be available for 2 days at the special price of just 99cents… commencing12.00am (EST) Thursday 25th October through the following 48 hours. How do we know this? Because developer and all round ‘good bloke’ Bill Pytlovany sent us advanced notice
WinPatrol *PLUS* for just 99cents – time limited offer! Read More »
Just over a week ago I published an article on how to Increase your browsing security easily and effectively. Co-incidentally, I just came across a very simple yet useful add-on for the Firefox browser which also helps in this regard. I am guessing Flagfox is
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I admit I do not know very much about this software from PCWinSoft Systems, and there is scant information on the HOME PAGE. There are also no details as to how long this offer is valid for, so I suggest that if you are interested
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There are certain types of software that fall easily into the ‘essential’ category, those products which we just cannot do without. PDF readers (or viewers) fall squarely into this domain. PDF (Portable Document Format) has become the standard utilized in a myriad online distribution models;
PDF Readers: 6 alternatives to Adobe and how they stack up Read More »
Greetings, Readers. It’s been a couple of weeks since I last posted an article. Since then, the fourth expansion to Blizzards World of Warcraft has arrived. In Mists of Pandaria, I have leveled one of my characters to the new Level 90 Cap, prepped a
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You may not have heard of Box, I hadn’t until I recently read about this free offer. Box is a cloud storage/sync service, similar in nature to Dropbox. Box is currently offering 25GB storage for free, the normal free quota is 5GB. File sizes are
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Last week I published a Review of System Explorer, an alternative task/process manager. At the end of the article I promised to follow up with a review for the developer’s other freeware, System Security Guard… well here it is: System Security Guard takes the ‘security
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