Quickbooks Pro is an accounting software package for small and medium sized businesses. The publisher produces a new version each year with updated tax tables and a few new or improved features, but I’ve stayed with the 2004 version because it wasn’t worth the charge to upgrade. The program …

Over the years, I tried a variety of media players. Some were pretty, but required a lot of space on my hard drive, and would freeze my computer with the RAM they ate. Others, while simpler, didn’t possess all the functions I needed. Then someone suggested I tried Foobar …

Core FTP is a free FTP client which I got to try in a few months because I had to upload my website back then. Since I did not know anything much about FTP clients, I downloaded the one which received a lot of rave reviews. I did not …

Corel Draw Graphics Suite X3 is the latest version of the well-known drawing and painting package. It is comprised of Corel Draw, a vector based drawing program, Corel PhotoPaint, their bitmap graphic editing program, and several related utilities. I am a professional graphic artist (designing mostly t-shirt graphics), and …

The only reason why I bought this software was because I thought that my wife was cheating on me. And I figured she was doing it behind my back through the computer. Everyone thought that I was crazy but to be honest I knew what I felt and …

Up to a week ago I was using AVG Antivirus, thinking I would be protected quite well. As far as viruses go, I had no problems. Anything that was infected was sent to the vault with no further issues.
I found the program very easy to use. Once …

Every professional related to areas such as webdesign, animation, game development and special effects for movies and TV has gone through thick and thin in order to produce particle effects. Of course, there are many different solutions for applying particles, but most of them are very time consuming and, usually, …

Quickheal anti virus, one of worst anti virus I even used, don’t ever think of buying a copy of the anti-virus as it’s just is useless and doesn’t even detect let along quarantine the virus and keep the computer clean .
I just bought a new notebook and was pretty …

I have Microsoft Works Calendar installed on my computer and although I don’t use it a lot I have to say that it works very well and I enjoy being able to use it when necessary. It came already installed on my computer so I’m unsure of the …

I often download media files that aren’t compatible with Windows Media Player. VLC Media Player’s awesome because it’s compatible with most media formats. There aren’t many files that I haven’t been able to play since I started using it. FYI, if you’re interested …

VLC Media Player is a player for the computer that plays almost every media file. My favourite thing about VLC is how up to date it is and how well it plays all the files.
There are many features that VLC have, that others don’t.
For example, when playing a OGM …

Although the main email service that I am using is Yahoo, I would still say that Google Mail or popularly known as Gmail, is the of the best when it comes to Web-based email service. There are a lot of reasons why I say that Gmail is the …

When my son(who happens to be my computer Guru)placed all these tools on my computer,I wondered why I needed so many programs just to get online and surf?He said,”mama you go to all those sites,you get a virus,then you will get mad at me when I can’t come right …

I use Ivideomax for my video conversion and I can admit it’s a great piece of software. One of its powerful feature is its easy interface to use it (push-a-button software). I bought it 6 months ago, I’m very satisfied about it and I think it reveals itself as …

While I don’t like to mess with movies or videos that I have, for I don’t like to lose picture quality, I like to make music videos for my son, as well as making Sing-Along music videos for him. So, when I started to look at the best movie …

Steam is a software that allows you to:
- Chat over the internet
- Buy games using Paypal, credit card or bank account and download them easily
- View game,trailers, gaming news
So basically it’s all a gamer ever wanted. I bought 2 games from the STEAM website ( www.steampowered.com ) …

PCLinuxOS is a flavor of the Linux operating system, which is one of the three major choices in software to power your computer. The three are: Microsoft Windows, Apple OS-X, and Linux. Linux differs from the other two in one major way, and that is that it …

I think that Ad Aware 2007 is a great program. I used to older version of Ad Aware and they were also very good. The thing I really like about this product is that it has many more features than older versions of Ad Aware. Ad Aware 2007 offers …

I’m crazy about keeping journals, so it was inevitable that I would end up using a computer journal. I even bought a journal software to satisfy my hobby. But then I found out that such things get out-dated. That is, improved versions come out often and …

One of the neatest software tools out there is called RoboForm. What RoboForm does is save you time with filling in forms and storing passwords. It’s a great device.
When I first began surfing the internet, I started doing surveys and such, and boy was I happy when …

No matter the type of picture I might be editing. I find that editing and making them look better is important to me. Photoshop was one of the software’s that I really enjoyed using but I found the Paintshop Photo Pro X3 Limited Edition did a whole lot more …

Some time ago I decided that I was going to make an animated film and therefore I wanted to do some research by getting some stills of a few video clips that were going to influence some scenes especially. My biggest problem at the time though was not finding …

Im in a band that does covers but we also have to do alot of original material. One of the programs I use to learn the original songs is Guitar Pro 5. Its a program that has tabs for every instrument and musical notation. People all over the internet …

I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop purchased in early 2007 with Windows Vista installed. After a few days up setting up my system, I came to the realization that Norton AntiVirus was just not working for me at all. A decided to go a web search of the better …

Expression Studio is a worthy successor that can rival Adobe’s Web Premium CS4. It is easy to use and I picked it up without having to read a manual. One huge thing that has set me back from Expression Web to Dreamweaver is the lack of extensions Web …

Norton is known as being one of the top internet protection companies in the world, so when Norton 360 came out - I was happy to get it and install it right away. I never had any problems with it, but more importantly - I never had any viruses …

Reasonably priced at $10, this is the best portable voice recording app I’ve tried so far. Of course, all the current Apple portable devices have a built-in “Voice Memos” app that is available for free, but there are things you may need in a voice recording application that “Voice Memos” …

Camstudio 2.0 is a nice software program which is meant for creating tutorial videos by recording from your desktop. It’s a great tool for teachers and other people trying to teach others how to use various programs and software.
What I like about Camstudio 2.0 is that it is …

Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 is a voice dictation program that I had heard good things about so I decided to give it a try. I paid I believe $50 or $60 with shipping to get the installation disk and a headset for the software. I work from home so …

Tuneup Utilities 2007 is an great software which automatically checks and updates registry error and thus doesn’t allow the system to go dysfunctional any time. Some registry errors can cause quite some problem for the system and these errors are like virus not traceable by naked eyes. Even the …

If you’re a digital artist or if you ever even some much as tried to use the brushes in Photoshop, you really owe it to yourself to check out this program. If you enjoy painting or drawing, this program will be exceptional for your needs. This program will provide …

At the beginning it is essential to explain what exactly “Praat” is since not all of us may know that. So, I will try to explain properly. It is the program for phonetic speech analysis and synthesis of sound. “Praat” program performs various functions: speech analysis, speech synthesis, …

Like many people, I have a lot of trouble managing passwords. For security reasons, I try to avoid using the same passwords on multiple sites, but if there are too many passwords, it’s hard to remember which password is for which site, not to mention what the passwords actually …

Have you ever wanted to keep certain files on your PC secret, so that you and only you could access a certain folder? Well you’re in luck. Folder Access Pro is the perfect freeware program for anyone who has to share a computer with other people. Once installed, the …

I’ve always wanted to make those cool,looking scrapbooks that everyone else makes, but have never really been crafty enougth to pull it off. this scrabook studio from hallmark makes making scrabooks easy for the less creatively inclined ofus.
The program is prett cheap and you can buy it anywhere that …

I have had so many different viruses on my computer that It’s ridiculous. One of the first viruse protectors I’ve tried was the Kaspersky AntiVirus Software. I wasn’t aware that I had to buy the full package to actually get some love when it came to protection. They made …

My nephew has taught me a lot when it comes to music editors. I have gotten into the music wave and with that being said I have tried tons of different software’s that edit music and allow me to record different pod cast shows. Some editors are cool to …

My friends and I have used nearly all of the various Internet chat programs over the years and always find ourselves back with AIM. We are writers, we spend all day writing and sharing writing and for this kind of work AOL simply has the hands down best …

7-Zip is a free software program that allows users to compress large files into smaller Zip files and also unzip zipped files that they have on their computer. It’s also a free program like the WinRAR program that unzips files too, but unlike WinRAR, 7-Zip is completely free …

I first came to know about sandboxie from a computer security forum. I installed sandboxie and then installed a few programs inside it. It’s a kind of a vertual operating system so that if any program is executed inside it, it won’t make any changes to the operating system, …

With Microsoft’s word processor and office application pack becoming more and more expensive, as well as more and more complicated to use, I happened to come across what I think is a suitable alternative to the mainstream, in terms of office application software.
OpenOffice is word processing and spreadsheet application …

I have used AVG Free Antivirus for a little while. This software was developed by GRISOFT. You can purchase a full product at their website. First of all this software is free. It will help keep ur system safe. I started using it when my older antivirus software expired. …

My 10 year old grandson decided he wanted to write music. He’s not Mozart, but then, who is? He uses Finale Notepad and got me hooked on it as well. It is a basic program, but you do need at least some background in music to understand the process. …

Audacity Software is freeware, and can easily be obtained by downloading it from online. This is great software for beginning sound record artists, or someone who is just looking to add some audio files to their computer. All you need is a microphone to plug into your …

In my experience of Microsoft Office 2008, I really think they were just trying to complicate things. I am so not impressed with Office 2008 that I resorted back to using Microsoft Office 2003, because of familiarity, ease of use and a general look and feel that I find …

The Microsoft Office Picture Manager is a part of the Office package. As the name says, it is manager more than a photo editor so it is no substitute for a photo editing program like for example Adobe Photoshop. However, it is much faster to open, especially if your …

Pinnacle Mobile Media Converter is a useful software to help collate all the various songs, movie clips and photos on your computer, facilitate conversion to the right format and transfer them to your portable media devices.
It looks and works quite similarly to iTunes. The only exception is that it …

Cydia for iPhone is a great solution to the App Store. It supports 3rd party apps, and best of all the developed apps do not need to be approved by Apple. This is great if you are an amateur programmer who does not want to spend a membership.
Pros: …

A while back I worked at a small company that used Quickbooks software. I started there when my son entered first grade, and before that I had been a stay-at-home mom and also babysat to earn extra income. So, it had been several years since I had …

If there’s a lightweight media player for Windows that’s Media Player Classic. It has a small size (installer of version 6.4.9.1 weights around 1.9MB) and a very low RAM consumption. It has a retro looking interface, just like it’s name indicates, and that’s because the interface resembles the one …